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
Pergamum, Cadila develop infection treatments

Ahmedabad: Pergamum and Cadila Pharmaceuticals announced a strategic collaboration to develop a novel treatment of infe...

February 11, 2013 | Monday | News
India's publishing giant invests in healthcare firm

Singapore: India based VIVO Healthcare, a healthcare training and education company, has received an investment from Spr...

September 22, 2015 | Tuesday | News
BioAsia 2013: India, Spain announce 3 joint food R&D projects

Hyderabad: The first day of the BioAsia 2013 event saw the announcement of three joint Indo-Spainish research projects i...

January 29, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Glenmark: Europe's growth story

Singapore:  Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, IndiaChairman: Mr Glenn SaldanhaRevenue: $1027.8 mnBusiness: Developer and manuf...

July 10, 2015 | Friday | Analysis
Ebola scare: Indian airports to screen flyers

Singapore: In line with the WHO declaration urging individual countries to bolster Ebola surveillance measures, Indian a...

August 4, 2014 | Monday | News
Siemens Healthcare CEO: Indian diversity is both unique, challenging

The Indian healthcare industry has seen a surge during the last few years. This is growth is expected to reach $160 bill...

October 30, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
A leaf-a-day keeps diabetes away

Wouldn't it be nice if you could treat your diabetes by just eating one leaf-a-day, thereby requiring no insulin injecti...

January 21, 2013 | Monday | Analysis
Smita Singhania: Avoid 'made-in-India' bias in quality approvals

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization and Department of Biotechnology mutually formed and implemented the nati...

May 8, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion
Indian pharma sector to get Rs. 500 crore boost

Singapore: In a bid to provide further impetus to India's burgeoning pharma industry, the Indian government has announce...

June 29, 2015 | Monday | News
Sun Pharma net sales up by 33 percent

Mumbai: Sun Pharmaceutical reported financials for the third quarter and nine months ending December 31st, 2012. Net sal...

February 11, 2013 | Monday | Company results
F&S: APAC hospital market touches $378 bn

Singapore: According to a Frost and Sullivan report, Asia Pacific hospital market earned revenues of more than $377.90 b...

June 10, 2013 | Monday | Analysis
A push to accelerate next-gen immunogen design

According to the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), in September 2009, scientists reported isolation of a pai...

July 19, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Indian state signs MoU with WHO to implement UHC

Singapore: The Government of Kerala, India, has inked a pact with the World Health Organization (WHO) to implement unive...

May 1, 2015 | Friday | News
Private equity investments rise by 137% in Indian life science

The private equity (PE) investments in the Indian life sciences sector, during 2012 (from January until date), recorded ...

November 12, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Stem cell therapy to help the blind regain sight

Singapore: A team of engineers at the University of Sheffield have developed a new method for producing membranes that c...

December 12, 2012 | Wednesday | News
TB diagnosis needs effective regulatory approach

Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death worldwide. According to the WHO, India accounts for the one-fifth of glo...

July 30, 2012 | Monday | Opinion
Marck products get approval in South Africa

Mumbai: Marck Biosciences, an Indian manufacturer and marketer of sterile dosages and Blow-Fill-Seal (BFS) specialist, w...

January 9, 2013 | Wednesday | News
DFH, Hetero to develop HIV replication blockers

Bangalore: DFH Pharma (DFH), a privately held pharmaceutical company focused on the development of HIV therapeutics, has...

April 4, 2013 | Thursday | News
India to build a new AYUSH hospital in Delhi

Singapore: India's biggest AYUSH hospital, built on the lines of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is sche...

August 17, 2015 | Monday | News
India third most obese country in the world'

Singapore: The study titled Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults d...

July 11, 2014 | Friday | News
Sale of wound care devices spurs in Asia-Pacific: Frost & Sullivan analysis report

Singapore: Advanced wound care and modern wound closure products are gaining an edge over traditional wound dressings in...

September 4, 2013 | Wednesday | News
India bans pain killer 36 years after the US did so

New Delhi: The Indian health ministry has banned the sale of three medicines after learning about the health risks assoc...

June 28, 2013 | Friday | News
Biocon gets DCGI nod for psoriasis drug itolizumab

Bangalore: Biocon received marketing authorization from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for its novel biolo...

January 9, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Matt Kerr: Tough task ahead for APAC HR managers

With rapid growth of life sciences industry in Asia, we have seen many success stories over the last decade. However, an...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion
Mercury fever thermometers to phase out by 2020

Singapore: WHO and Health Care without Harm, a non-governmental organization, have taken a new initiative to get mercur...

October 14, 2013 | Monday | Regulatory
Lupin scouts for acquisitions across the world

Singapore: Indian drug major Lupin Pharmaceuticals is set to expand its global footprint by scouting for acquisitions ac...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
India's industrial biotech witnesses 8% growth

The bioindustrial sector in India registered a eight percent growth in its revenues with total sales of $142 million. Th...

August 8, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
India's traditional medicines sector receives a boost

Singapore: In a bid to foster the traditional medicines sector, the Indian government recently announced the allocation ...

May 18, 2015 | Monday | News
Market cap in APAC touches $200 bn

About 500 bioscience companies comprising pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical technology companies listed on diffe...

June 15, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
President of India unveils Ernst&Young healthcare report

Mumbai: At a recent event organised by the industry body FICCI on the theme of 'Universal Healthcare: Dream or Reality?'...

August 31, 2012 | Friday | News
India free of neonatal tetanus,yaws:WHO

Singapore: Marking a new milestone in Indian health system, the World Health Organization has presented India with certi...

July 15, 2016 | Friday | News
Indian researcher named Woman of the Year in NSW

Singapore: Dr Minoti Apte, a 56-year-old pancreatic researcher from India, has been named as the New South Wales 'Woman ...

March 18, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Chinese medicine has made herbal products' acceptance easier

The Himalaya Drug company made its foray into the rapidly growing nutraceutical space with the launch of HiOwna-Jr, a pr...

September 13, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
Lupin hires top Teva, Sandoz staff for R&D in US

Mumbai: Lupin is setting up a R&D center in the US, and has hired the R&D head of Teva Pharmaceuticals and other...

August 13, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BioAsia 2013 awards Dr M K Bhan, Pfizer

Hyderabad: The first day of the BioAsia 2013, which is being held in Hyderabad, India, from January 28-30, 2013, saw sev...

January 29, 2013 | Tuesday | News
As a child I was a bit of a rebel: Nidhi Saxena

"Don't just think you are the one. Know that you are the one." This famous line from the movie Matrix motivates me a lo...

March 7, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
How will Asia tackle total drug resistant TB?

The latest concern to have plagued the field of tuberculosis (TB) is the emergence of total drug resistant TB (TDR-TB). ...

March 23, 2012 | Friday | News
WHO issues guidance on dietary salt

Singapore: Adults should consume less than 2,000 mg of sodium, or 5 grams of salt, and at least 3,510 mg of potassium pe...

February 1, 2013 | Friday | News
BioSpectrum announces the hits and misses of 2013

Asia attracted a lot of interest from foreign multinational giants in the year 2013. This not only led to the increase i...

January 2, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
FDA approves Aurobindo's epilepsy drug

Singapore: The US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) has granted approval for Aurobindo Pharma's epilepsy prevention...

May 3, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Will India's new drug pricing policy create problems for the industry?

India's union cabinet has given its nod for the implementation of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy (NPPA). The...

January 14, 2013 | Monday | Analysis
Everyone thought my $1 vaccine shot idea was crazy

My journey as a scientist and a entrepreneur began with my strong interest in science and how it relates to health and w...

May 13, 2013 | Monday | Opinion
Mylan injections found with foreign material

Singapore: Global pharmaceutical company, Mylan, has run into a trouble for the presence of visible foreign material in ...

April 27, 2015 | Monday | Regulatory
Merck to provide diabetes management education in India

Singapore: German headquartered Merck has collaborated with Maharashtra University of Health Sciences and Directorate of...

April 14, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Assam may soon emerge as SE Asia's pharma hub

Singapore: India's seventh National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research is to be set up in Guwahati, Assa...

June 5, 2015 | Friday | News
Indian pharma draws increased US FDA scrutiny

India has in the past few years, emerged as the world's second largest drug exporter to the US. This surge in exports is...

October 17, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
India's Tergene Biotech develops vaccine for pneumonia

Singapore: Tergene Biotech, an Indian start up, has developed a promising vaccine candidate to combat pneumonia. The vac...

July 17, 2015 | Friday | News
Biocon, BMS take insulin collaboration to a new level

Bangalore: Dr Kiran Mazumder Shaw's Biocon, a well-renowned named in the field of insulin, has had a long standing relat...

April 8, 2013 | Monday | News
WHO to initiate ebola vaccine trial in Guinea

Singapore: WHO with the Health Ministry of Guinea, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Epicentre and The Norwegian Ins...

March 10, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Cipla: Affordable drugmaker

Singapore:  Cipla, IndiaChairman: Dr Yusuf HamiedRevenue: $1460.6 mnBusiness: Manufacturing generic drugsWith more tha...

July 6, 2015 | Monday | Analysis
How to get your drug registered in India?

The domain of life sciences in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region provides several opportunities for organizations that are ...

September 27, 2012 | Thursday | Regulatory
Oncology drug pipeline is the most robust'

Singapore: The oncology drug pipeline is far larger than any other therapy area across the pharmaceutical industry, with...

August 6, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
Madhuri Dixit supports UNICEF's Immunization cause

Singapore: India's top actress Ms Madhuri Dixit has urged parents and caregivers to stick to vaccination schedules and i...

September 8, 2015 | Tuesday | News
India launches online consultation for cancer patients

Singapore: Cancer patients from Karnataka and anywhere else in India can now receive treatment recommendations from expe...

June 10, 2015 | Wednesday | News
ABLE head: We help industry, government, academia to interact

Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE) is a not-for-profit pan-India forum that was launched in April 2003....

June 21, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
A re-think on site staff competency training required

When drugs are trialed in patients, they move into a clinical setting in which the busy routine care of patients, rath...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
Is India losing to China in the investment race?

While both India and China - both have a billion plus population - present similar pictures in terms of opportunities an...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Watchdogs find foreign particle in Mylan cancer vaccine

Singapore: Mylan is recalling a series of intravenous injection due to the presence of visible foreign particulate matte...

June 10, 2015 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Start-up landscape in Southeast Asia

Singapore: The findings are surprising, mentions BVGH, as often it is the big pharmaceutical companies that invest larg...

April 30, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
Sun Pharma in Forbes' Most Innovative Companies list

Bangalore: Sun Pharmaceuticals has been ranked 38 in the Forbes World's 100 Most Innovative Companies. In a list of 100...

September 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
FDA approves Sun Pharma's inflammatory drug

Singapore: India's Sun Pharmaceutical has recieved US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for supplemental new drug appli...

August 20, 2015 | Thursday | News
People's doctor Anji Reddy

Dr Kallam Anji Reddy started Dr Reddy's Laboratories in 1984 and, in 26 years, the company under his leadership has carv...

March 19, 2012 | Monday | Influencers
Asian firms lack antibody manufacturing capabilities

There are very few manufacturers in Asia capable of manufacturing antibodies on a large commercial scale. Manufacturing ...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Public funding zooms past $650 mn for Indian life science

The Government of India has named 2010-20 as the 'decade of innovations' and is currently in the process of formulating ...

November 14, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
IRCTC ventures into medical tourism

Singapore: In a bid to further promote and give a boost to India's burgeoning medical tourism sector, the Indian Railway...

August 13, 2015 | Thursday | News
Wockhardt makes leadership changes to solve crisis

Singapore: After running into trouble with the US FDA, Indian drug maker Wockhardt has undertaken some bold structural c...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Apple reseller: Pharma marketers should use iPads

Bangalore: India-based Indegene partnered with Apple's authorized reseller in India, Team Computers, conducted an exclus...

February 27, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Indian drugmakers shifting R&D to South East Asia

Singapore: Many leading Indian drug makers, that comprise a core part of the country's $1,000 bn worth pharmaceutical in...

July 8, 2013 | Monday | News
Unlike FDA, Indian regulators finds no violations at Ranbaxy

Singapore: India's Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has said that under the country's Drugs and Cosmetics Act, i...

September 20, 2013 | Friday | News
Heartbeat Experts expands in BRICK

Singapore: Heartbeat Experts, the global leader in stakeholder management solutions for the life sciences industry, ann...

December 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
India origin Singapore lecturer gets International Achievement Award

Singapore: Ms Subhadra Devi, a nurse and senior lecturer at School of Health Sciences (Nursing) at Nanyang Polytechnic i...

April 2, 2015 | Thursday | News
Dr GSK Velu: We are the largest Indian medtech MNC

In span of 15 years, Trivitron has emerged as the largest Indian multinational in medical technology with group revenues...

November 9, 2012 | Friday | Influencers
What is up with the Indian patent scenario?

To say that the last few months have been tumultuous for the India pharma patent landscape would be an understatement. I...

January 4, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
Indian govt refuses patent for Gilead's hepatitis C drug

Singapore: The oral drug, which first received regulatory approval in the US in November 2013, and has been priced by Gi...

January 20, 2015 | Tuesday | News
GSK Pulse program sees 100 employees join 46 NGOs

Singapore: One hundred employees of drug major GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have started long-term assignments with 46 nonprofi...

June 27, 2013 | Thursday | News
USAID, Dasra launch $14 mn program for women

Mumbai: The US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Kiawah Trust of UK, and Dasra (India's leading strategi...

March 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
India to join PIC/S to safeguard drug exports

Singapore: India is mulling over joining a global forum that currently has 43 drug importing countries to ensure safety ...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | News
LifeCell reaches milestone in India

Bangalore: LifeCell International, India's largest stem cell bank, achieved a milestone of successfully preserving 50,00...

August 10, 2012 | Friday | News
India must leverage on its private strength

India recently decided to revive three of its public sector vaccine manufacturing units and a strong argument in support...

June 4, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
GVK Bio establishes largest isotope labeling factory in India

Hyderabad: GVK Biosciences, Asia's leading drug discovery R&D organization, has received approvals from the Atomic ...

November 20, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Disruptive technologies penetrate into healthcare

Commercial television took 13 years to reach 50 million people; internet reached the same number of people in three ye...

August 29, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
Sun gets FDA nod for Januvia, Glumetza generics

Mumbai: Sun Pharmaceutical subsidiary received two tentative approvals from the US FDA for its Abbreviated New Drug Appl...

April 16, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
BSA-CMR Survey: Asian CROs optimistic in a gloomy pharma market

Over the past four years, BioSpectrum Asia in association with CyberMedia Research (CMR) has been capturing the key br...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
RAS: Our kits cost 8-fold less than that of MNC

Hyderabad-based RAS Life Sciences has in a span of six years achieved what many bootstrapped start-ups only aspire to. C...

December 31, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Eppendorf opens nomination for Neurobiology Prize 2015

Singapore: BioSupplier company, Eppendorf, and journal Science have opened applications for 2015 Eppendorf and Science P...

February 28, 2015 | Saturday | News
“Make in India” boon for Medtech sector

Singapore: Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi's "Make in India" campaign throws up opportunities for growth of domestic med...

March 25, 2015 | Wednesday | News
DIA executive director calls it quits

Singapore: Executive director of DIA, Mr Paul Pomerantz is quitting his position effective March 3, 2013, to assume the ...

December 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
India concerned about M&A, FDI in pharma

New Delhi: Expressing concerns over the spate of mergers and acquisitions of Indian pharma companies, the country's Comm...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Gajendra Kelkar is Alicat India sales manager

Bangalore: Alicat Scientific appointed Mr Gajendra G Kelkar as its India sales manager. Mr Kelkar will primarily suppor...

December 20, 2012 | Thursday | News
Aurobindo pharma sells stake in its Australian subsidiary

Singapore: Indian drug giant Aurobindo pharma has divested its entire stake in its Australian subsidiary, Aurobindo phar...

April 13, 2015 | Monday | News
Transgene Biotek stock to be delisted in India

Mumbai: Transgene Biotek has decided to delist its shares from the Bombay Stock Exchange. The Hyderabad-based biotechnol...

September 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
Top 20 APAC Country Analysis: India

Singapore:  India generated the nearly one-fourth of the global revenue of the lifescience market in APAC.  Highlig...

June 18, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
Top 20 APAC Country Analysis: Australia

Singapore: Australia was the third largest contributor to the lifescience market in the region Highlights • An ...

June 19, 2015 | Friday | Analysis
Indian budget fails to address pharma, biotech concerns

There is little to cheer for the pharmaceuticals and biotechnology industry in India's Budget for 2013-14, unlike the ag...

February 28, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Sun's generic of Takeda ulcer drug gets FDA nod

Singapore: Indian pharmaceutical major, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries announced that the generic version of Prevacid by ...

September 16, 2013 | Monday | Regulatory
Cipla wins $188.95 Mn of Global Fund ARV Tender

Singapore: The company has been selected as a 'Panel Supplier' for a Supplier Partnership Agreement. The contract is ef...

February 14, 2015 | Saturday | News
Parexel acquires regulatory info firm Liquent

Singapore: Parexel International has acquired all of the outstanding equity securities of Liquent, a leading global prov...

December 28, 2012 | Friday | News
NSF offers secondary reference standards in India

Bangalore: NSF International, an independent global public health and safety organization which develops standards, tes...

August 28, 2012 | Tuesday | News
FICCI medical devices forum chair: Budget is a mix bag

India's Finance Minister, Mr P Chidambaram, has reiterated that health for all is a priority. The increase in outlay by ...

February 28, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion

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