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
BIO India to take up vaccine development

Mumbai: Recognizing India as a model for the global vaccine market, the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has pl...

August 15, 2012 | Wednesday | News
We are going to reduce Injectible Polio Vaccine cost, says Dr Cyrus Poonawalla

Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SIIL), one of the largest providers of affordable quality vaccines in the world, ha...

July 15, 2013 | Monday | Influencers
Interphex Japan: Japan pharma eyes China, India

Tokyo: The 7th in-Pharma Japan and 26th Interphex Japan, which are being concurrently held at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan, k...

July 10, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Ranbaxy records 55% sales growth in Q2 2012

New Delhi: Ranbaxy Laboratories has reported a 55 percent growth in sales revenue in the second quarter of 2012 over the...

August 13, 2012 | Monday | Company results
Cipla's mother-baby pack wins BioSpectrum award

Towards the end of November 2010, Cipla, a Mumbai-based pharmaceutical major, took a step ahead in revolutionizing HIV/A...

March 15, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
Intrexon appoints new VP and CIO

Singapore: US-based Intrexon, a synthetic biology company, has appointed Dr Peter Seufer-Wasserthal as VP, business deve...

November 20, 2013 | Wednesday | News
'Personalized Shipment Service' for cord blood in India

Bangalore: LifeCell International, India's largest and most accredited stem cell storage company announced its partnersh...

September 21, 2012 | Friday | News
Harvard, MIT clinical research course now in India

Mumbai: A new introductory course on clinical research has been introduced at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)...

August 17, 2012 | Friday | News
MSD sues Glenmark for diabetes drug patent

New Delhi: The legal battles between pharma MNCs and local drug companies doesn't seem to cease in India. Following the ...

April 3, 2013 | Wednesday | News