Tata Hospital with Bangalore lab develop India’s first oral suspension for leukemia, ET HealthWorld

Tata Hospital with Bangalore lab develop India’s first oral suspension for leukemia, ET HealthWorld

Mumbai: Doctors from Mumbai’s Tata Memorial Centre in collaboration with IDRS Labs in Bangalore have developed India’s first and only chemotherapy drug, 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP), to be available in a syrup form. This drug is crucial to combat Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL), the commonest form of blood cancer affecting children. Approximately 10,000 children in the age…

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