Medicines: Veg or Non-veg?

Singapore: If reports are to be believed, vegetarian and non-vegetarian capsules will soon hit the Indian market, offeri...

July 25, 2015 | Saturday | News
India's CSIR to research on medicinal properties of cow urine

Singapore: Indian Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) through its constituent laboratories has conduct...

July 27, 2015 | Monday | News
Study: Infrastructure, policy are biggest hurdles in India

New Delhi: The McKinsey report, commissioned by the US-India Chamber of Commerce, was released at the recently held US-I...

June 25, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Boehringer drug gets Frost brand of the year award

Singapore: Frost & Sullivan (F&S) has awarded Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) the 'Pharmaceutical Brand of the Year - ...

September 30, 2013 | Monday | News
Novo Informatics weaves magic of computational biology

Drug pricing pressures, stricter regulatory environments and the economic downturn are all pushing the global pharmaceut...

August 22, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
India launches pneumococcal disease surveillance

Bangalore: Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Bangalore, announced the launch of India's largest pneumococ...

September 18, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Mylan India wins ARV drug tender in South Africa

Bangalore: South African-based subsidiary of Mylan Laboratories, a leading manufacturer of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, ...

November 30, 2012 | Friday | News
F&S: Private hospital sector to grow in APAC

Singapore: About 180 million new hospital beds will be needed over the next decade to meet the rising healthcare demand ...

February 7, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Biocon CMD on US pharma body board

Singapore: The US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has named Biocon chairman and managing director Dr Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw ...

January 29, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BIO CEO: Compulsory licensing is unsound policy

Mumbai: Mr James C Greenwood is the president and CEO, Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), US. BIO represents mor...

August 29, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
GSK records 16% growth in net sales in Q2 2012

Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals in India released its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30...

August 13, 2012 | Monday | Company results
Transasia Biomedicals launches fully automated Analyzer

Singapore: Transasia Bio-Medicals, India's leading invitro diagnostic company has announced the launch of HbA1c & Hb...

March 24, 2015 | Tuesday | News
SME Exchanges: Big change for India biotech?

India's leading bourses National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange launched their separate platforms for small an...

July 20, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
India to use 20% blended biofuel by 2020

New Delhi: The rising energy requirements has led the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science and Technol...

November 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Pfizer chooses UnitedLex for document review

New Delhi: UnitedLex, a global provider of legal and business technology consulting services, announced its selection to...

June 7, 2013 | Friday | News
Achira weaves microfluidics into diagnostics

In what can be termed as the perfect blend of an old art and new technology, a small start-up in Bangalore, India, is tr...

May 23, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
First-of-its-kind virtual medical kiosk in India

Bangalore: ehealth Access, a company focused on developing healthcare eco-system through advanced telemedicine technolo...

November 29, 2012 | Thursday | News
Cisco report: Focus shifts to telemedicine in India

Bangalore: Cisco released the Cisco Customer Experience Report focused on healthcare. The findings from the survey cond...

April 4, 2013 | Thursday | News
Avantor, Rubicon to bring new excipient product to India

Singapore: Avantor Performance Materials has signed a collaboration agreement with Rubicon Research of Mumbai, aimed at ...

October 17, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Dabur: A year of robust sales

Singapore:  Dabur, IndiaChairman: Dr Anand C BurmanRevenue: $1202.3 mnBusiness: Ayurvedic products  Recording a grow...

July 8, 2015 | Wednesday | Analysis
Challenge No 5: Talent trouble

Lack of trained and skilled workforce, identifying a market-savvy work force and retaining the right people on key posit...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
India to be Asia Pacific region hub for QED

UK-headquartered QED Clinical Services, recently, enhanced its global delivery of clinical trials by creating a wholly ...

June 6, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
Jubilant Biosys collaborates with Sanofi to develop metabolic disorders therapy

Singapore: India based Jubilant Biosys, subsidiary of Jubilant Life Sciences, and Germany based Sanofi Deutschland have ...

January 11, 2016 | Monday | News
Sun-Ranbaxy deal clears first regulatory hurdle

Singapore: The $4 billion merger of Ranbaxy Laboratories with Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has received clearance from ...

July 23, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Funding start-ups is a huge concern in India

The life sciences sector has been to a large extent insulated from the recession that cast a long shadow on the industry...

November 13, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
New diabetes drug to save upto Rs 10,000 a year on treatment

Singapore: Now diabetes patients can heave a sigh of relief with India-based Glenmark Pharma announcing the launch of Te...

June 15, 2015 | Monday | News
India inks health pact with the US

Singapore: India and the United States of America (USA) have signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) on Cooperation o...

June 26, 2015 | Friday | News
India biotech rides on biologics manufacturing

A large chunk of the Indian firms are also looking at contract manufacturing of biologic products for western companies....

March 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Arvind Remedies signs MoU to launch new drugs

Singapore: Arvind Remedies, a producer of branded and generic pharma products has entered into a Memorandum of Understan...

July 14, 2014 | Monday | News
Crossed $1 Billion mark

Singapore:  Dr Reddy's Laboratories, India Chairman: Mr Satish ReddyRevenue: $2273.4MNBusiness: Produces and markets f...

July 2, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
Designing organisms: The science of synthetic biology

DNA sends the coded message to RNA for the onward transmission of message to proteins. For a long time people thought th...

September 27, 2012 | Thursday | Opinion
Mylan's capacity will rise to 50 bn doses in APAC during 2012

Mylan was recently chosen as the leading supplier of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to India's National AIDS Control Organiz...

October 9, 2012 | Tuesday | Influencers
Ranbaxy launches authorized generic of Evoxac

Hyderabad: Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals launched the authorized generic cevimeline hydrochloride 30 mg capsules in the US ma...

October 10, 2012 | Wednesday | News
India biotech to be $125 billion gorilla by 2025

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October 1, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
India to issue guidelines to regulate antibiotic usage

Singapore: A senior WHO official said that India will soon issue guidelines to regulate the use of antibiotics and their...

September 8, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Malpractices in Indian drug approval system exposed

India received a lot of criticism in the past few months after a report exposed malpractices in the functioning of Centr...

August 17, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Bayer CropScience India gets new MD

Mumbai: The board of directors of Bayer CropScience India, at a recently held meeting in Mumbai on January 30, 2014, app...

January 31, 2014 | Friday | News
Bloopers made by Indian Drug Standards Control organization

The report of the Indian parliamentary standing committee that focuses on the functioning of the Central Drugs Standards...

August 17, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Indian researchers decoded the Tulsi genome

Singapore: A multi-institutional team led by Dr Sowdhamini Ramanathan from NCBS, Bangalore, have produced the first draf...

September 15, 2015 | Tuesday | News
mHealth apps market to reach $20.7 bn by 2018: Report

Singapore: A recent report by Research and Markets estimates that global mHealth apps market will reach $6.6 billion in ...

October 22, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Apollo bags Asia responsible award

Bangalore: Apollo Hospitals was honoured by Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Awards (AREA) South Asia 2012 under two ca...

December 20, 2012 | Thursday | News
Linagliptin efficacy further established in specific patient populations

Seoul: Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly & Company have announced new data that reinforces the efficacy and tolerab...

November 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
DNA test reveals Indian ancestry of Prince William

Singapore: In a shocking revelation, UK-based BritainsDNA pointed out that Prince William will become Britain's first ki...

June 17, 2013 | Monday | News
577 clinical trial sites inspected in India

Singapore: The Indian Health Ministry has said that the regulatory authorities in the country have so far inspected 577 ...

October 17, 2013 | Thursday | News
GSK to invest Rs.1000 crore in a manufacturing facility in India

Singapore: As per reports, British drug giant, GlaxoSmithKline has planned to invest nearly Rs 1,000 crore in setting up...

August 6, 2015 | Thursday | News
Food pipe surgery by Apollo doctor helps man eat after 20 years

Bangalore: A 61-year-old individual from the town of Shimoga in Karnataka, India, who had been suffering from Achalasia ...

July 27, 2012 | Friday | News
India, China focus on skilled manpower

At a time when multinational companies in bioscience industry are opting for job cuts, the lure of international markets...

May 25, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
LifeCell launches world's most advanced newborn screening program

Bangalore: LifeCell International, India's largest and most accredited stem cell storage company, launched BabyShield, ...

October 25, 2012 | Thursday | News
India's Kemwell acquires US-based CRO Cirrus

Singapore: Indian contract pharmaceutical development and manufacturing firm Kemwell Biopharma has acquired US contract ...

August 1, 2013 | Thursday | News
FDA finds hair from human arm in Ranbaxy drugs

Singapore: The US FDA released a set of further current good manufacturing practices (cGMP) violations that have been no...

September 19, 2013 | Thursday | News
Sigma-Aldrich opens support services unit in India

Bangalore: Sigma-Aldrich expanded its footprint in India by inaugurating its Global Shared Services (GSS) Center. The ce...

February 27, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Dengue cases soar in Delhi

Singapore: India's capital city Delhi has recorded the highest number of dengue cases this year, registering nearly 830 ...

September 1, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Antimicrobial household products sell like hotcakes in APAC

Singapore: A new study from Mintel has revealed that Asia Pacific (APAC) is the global market leader in R&D of anti-...

November 5, 2012 | Monday | News
ABLE releases 'Indian biotech roadmap'

Bangalore: India's premier biotech show, Bangalore India Bio 2013, which is organised by the department of information t...

February 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Drug resistance keeps malaria threat alive in India

The current anti-malarial market in India is approximately $80 million (Rs 450 crore) with an annual growth rate of 17 p...

July 2, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Merck appoints Sanat Chattopadhyay as VP, President

Singapore: Merck has appointed Sanat Chattopadhyay as executive vice president and president of Merck Manufacturing Divi...

March 8, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Biocon, Fujifilm launch Insulin Glargine in Japan

Singapore: Marking a major achievement in Indian biosimilar history, India's Biocon announced that close on the heels of...

July 19, 2016 | Tuesday | News
India to set up Regional Biotechnology Center

Singapore: The Indian government recently passed a bill approving the establishment of regional centers for biotechnolog...

July 21, 2016 | Thursday | News
Cipla grabs 51 percent stake in Uganda firm for $26 mn

Singapore: According to reports, Indian drug giant Cipla has renegotiated payment terms for acquiring majority stake in ...

July 29, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Probi ties up with USV to tap India market

Swedish Biotechnology research company Probi, which develops probiotics with well-documented beneficial health effects, ...

July 3, 2012 | Tuesday | Influencers
National Liver Foundation launches Hep B eradication program

Mumbai: On the occasion of World Hepatitis Day, National Liver Foundation (NLF), an NGO working towards eradication of H...

July 30, 2012 | Monday | News
OvPlex to be sold in India from Q3 2012

Mumbai: HealthLinx Limited with distribution partners INEX Innovations Exchange and Metropolis Healthcare will begin sel...

May 15, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Cipla to build biotech facility in South Africa

Singapore: Indian drug major Cipla, recently announced that its South African subsidiary will invest R1.3 billion into t...

July 8, 2016 | Friday | News
Dr Appaji: Pharmexcil is taking Indian Pharma to new heights

The Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council of India (PHARMEXCIL), set up by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Gove...

November 2, 2012 | Friday | Influencers
Hetreo launches biosimilar for colorectal cancer

Singapore: Indian drug major Hetero recently announced the launch of biosimilar of 'Bevacizumab', used in treating metas...

June 29, 2016 | Wednesday | News
Cipla keeps the flag high for affordable drugs

Cipla, which is known for providing affordable drugs to cancer and HIV patients in developing countries, clocked a gro...

June 4, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Phenomenex extends Lux Chiral Bulk Media Line

Singapore:A global leader in advanced technologies for separation sciences, Phenomenex has announced the extension of it...

June 28, 2014 | Saturday | News
Activists challenge Gilead to give up Hep C drug patent

Singapore: Initiative for Medicines, Access & Knowledge (I-MAK), a team of lawyers and scientists campaigning for gl...

May 21, 2015 | Thursday | News
Teva, Sun to pay $2.15 bn to Pfizer, Takeda to settle patent suit

Singapore: Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries, Israel, and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, India, are going to pay a combine...

June 13, 2013 | Thursday | News
Adcock-Ingram buys Cosme Farma India for $86 mn

Singapore: Adcock-Ingram, which is one of the biggest pharma companies of South Africa, paid a huge premium to buy out I...

July 16, 2012 | Monday | News
Samantha Su, Simranjit Singh: Finding skilled professionals is a challenge in Singapore

In the biomedical sector, the combination of latest technology and a strong business model is considered to be ideal. Th...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion
Venus bags additional US patent for Vancoplus

Singapore: India's Chandigarh based Venus Remedies has bagged an additional patent for Vancoplus from USPTO. Vancoplus i...

May 29, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory
Aortic stent grafts market to grow at slow pace'

Singapore: The global aortic stent grafts market will increase in value from an estimated $1.2 billion in 2013 to just o...

October 17, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
Ghana to probe import of Indian anti-malarial drug

Singapore: Ghana's Health Ministry has set up a three-member Ministerial Committee to investigate the import of an anti-...

October 24, 2013 | Thursday | News
IIM-B, C-CAMP partner to support entrepreneurs in life sciences

Bangalore: On September 1, 2012, IIM Bangalore and C-CAMP signed an MoU to set up of incubation centers at the C-CAMP an...

September 10, 2012 | Monday | News
Kemwell CMD: Retaining staff is biggest challenge

Kemwell Biopharma, which headquartered in Bangalore, is one-of-India's largest contract manufacturers of pharmaceuticals...

February 15, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Novartis to sell Themis diclofenac topical gel

Mumbai: Themis Medicare, which is a partner firm of Australian drug delivery technology company Phosphagenics, entered i...

April 16, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Medical Tourism: Asia's top destinations

Singapore:  Asia is a special destination for those looking for quality healthcare at low cost. BioSpectrum takes a loo...

March 10, 2015 | Tuesday | Analysis
EU suspends GVK Bio medicine for non-compliance

Singapore: European Medicines Agency has slammed Indian contract research organization, GVK BioScience, for non-complian...

December 10, 2014 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Pricing revision to cost Indian pharma $160 mn

Mumbai: The pharmaceutical industry will be widely impacted after India's National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPP...

June 25, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Top 20 APAC Country Analysis: China

Singapore: ʉۢ In a bid to deepen healthcare reforms and improve health infrastructure, China increased in heal...

June 17, 2015 | Wednesday | Influencers
Top 20 APAC Country Analysis: Singapore

Singapore:  Singapore's bioscience industry has slowed down Highlights • Singapore collaborated with Korea to ...

June 20, 2015 | Saturday | Analysis
India struggles to keep Bt cotton growth story going

In 2002, India had 7.7 million hectares of land under cotton cultivation. IA decade later in 2011-12, the area under Bt ...

May 21, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Generics, small molecule injectables to drive growth, says Piramal

Singapore: India's Piramal Enterprises' Pharma Solutions division, focused on contract development and manufacturing (CD...

October 14, 2015 | Wednesday | Analysis
Indian researchers cultivate cardiac cells from stem cells

Singapore: In a new breakthrough, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, have cultured cardiac cells...

April 15, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Tarun Bansal: India witnesses patent surge

Intellectual property (IP) rights initiatives are developing fast all over the world and by now it is an established phe...

April 25, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
Celgene settles litigation with India's Natco

Singapore: US based Celgene has settled the litigation with India's Natco Pharma, Natco's US partner, Arrow Internationa...

December 28, 2015 | Monday | News
Viswanathan: The doc who setup blood refinery

Dr Chandra Viswanathan, the chief scientific mind behind the regenerative medicine unit of one of APAC's leading firms, ...

February 27, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
Asia an emerging hotspot in medical tourism

Singapore: BioSpectrum feels the pulse of Asia's top destinations and major players in medical tourism.  Medical tour...

March 9, 2015 | Monday | Analysis
Pfizer closes its manufacturing plant in India

Singapore: The multinational pharmaceutical firm, Pfizer, will be closing its 50 year old manufacturing facility in Than...

July 16, 2015 | Thursday | News
India's vaccine future looks bright despite hurdles

The Indian vaccine industry has been in the past few years following close on the footsteps of the Indian pharma sector....

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
From where is Indian bioscience gets its funding?

India has received substantial investments over the past few years not only in the form of funding from the government ...

November 15, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Nielsen survey: LifeCell is best stem cell banker

Bangalore: A recent survey conducted by Nielsen India amongst gynecologists in the country shows that LifeCell Internat...

December 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
GVK BIO eyes top spot among Asian CROs

Singapore: In a bid to race ahead to be among the top three Asian clinical research organizations in the next five years...

July 18, 2014 | Friday | News
Nearly 50 Chinese pharma firms to set up operations in India

Singapore: According to reports, nearly 50 Chinese companies are likely to set up manufacturing facilities at the Pharma...

August 5, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Pharmexcil announces outstanding exports awards

Singapore: Indian Pharmexcil recently announced awards for outstanding export performances in the bulk drugs and formula...

September 25, 2014 | Thursday | News
India snips import duties on AIDS drugs

Singapore: In an effort to cut prices and battle shortage of supply in its on-going national program to fight AIDS, Indi...

June 12, 2015 | Friday | News
Do India's bad quality drugs end up in Africa?

Singapore: According to a research conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research, some generic drugs sent from I...

September 18, 2014 | Thursday | News
Cellworks, AstraZeneca join hands for TB research

Bangalore: AstraZeneca and Cellworks have announced a collaboration, to speed the design of novel combination therapies ...

July 3, 2012 | Tuesday | News

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