Cosmetics testing kills 3.9 million animals

        As cosmetics grow more sophisticated and the line between cosmetic products and drugs continues to blu...

August 24, 2012 | Friday | Opinion
Asia Pacific pharma meet at Hyderabad in September

Bangalore: Hyderabad will host an Asia Pacific International Pharma Business Meet between September 26 and 28, 2012. The...

August 17, 2012 | Friday | News
Mylan gets India's nod for $1.6 bn Agila takeover

New Delhi: India has cleared US-based Mylan's $1.6 billion takeover plan of India-based Agila Specialties even as the co...

August 19, 2013 | Monday | News
International consortium sequences tomato genome

Singapore: The Tomato Genome Consortium (TGC), which is a group of over 300 scientists from 13 countries sequenced the g...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | News
Indian court: HP govt should regulate drug prices

New Delhi: India's Himachal Pradesh High Court has asked the state government to establish a committee of experts in ord...

January 2, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Wockhardt chairman: Painkiller ban may cost us $100 mn

Singapore: The several bans on Proxyvon, a brand under India-based Wockhardt sold formulation of the painkiller dextropr...

June 17, 2013 | Monday | News
Cadila to start manufacturing facility in Russia

Singapore: Indian pharmaceutical major, Cadila Pharmaceutical is getting closer to constructing a modern manufacturing f...

July 31, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Indian nutraceuticals market to double in next 5 years

Singapore: A latest research report filed by Ikon Marketing Consultants revealed that the Indian domestic nutraceutical ...

August 20, 2013 | Tuesday | News
India firm gets US nod to market image-guided oncology device

Singapore: India based Perfint Healthcare, solution provider for image guided interventional procedures in oncology and ...

May 27, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Medical laser market to reach $8.8 bn by 2018: GIA

Singapore: Technological advancements in laser technology have created a plethora of applications in the medical field, ...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | News
Jubilant's Spironolactone receives ANDA approval

Singapore: Jubilant Life Sciences, an integrated Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences Company announced that it has receive...

April 28, 2014 | Monday | News
US FDA approves acne medication Absorica

New Delhi: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Absorica, a novel, patented brand formulation of the a...

May 28, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
Novo's insulin injection Tresiba to be launched in India

Singapore: Novo Nordisk is all set to launch a new basal insulin for adult patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, Tre...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
India's budget boost for biotech research

India: With a thrust on technology development through public private partnerships, the union budget 2014 offers big enc...

July 11, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
UCB sues 15 firms for patent infringement

Singapore: In a move that is threatening to become a high profile patent infringement suit, global biopharma company UCB...

July 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Challenge No 3: Policy issues

Government policies are among the major challenges before companies operating in the life sciences sector in the Asia Pa...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Phase III trial of $1 vaccine RotaVac completed

Pune: The phase III trial of RotaVac, India's first indigenously developed rotavirus vaccine, has been completed and the...

March 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Diabetes drug Actos banned in India

Singapore: The Indian Health Ministry has banned the blockbuster diabetes drug Actos along with suspending sales of pain...

July 10, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory