India budget 2013: A fillip for bioagri

Giving a boost to agriculture in India, the Finance Minister of the country, Mr P Chidamabaram, announced $4.9 billion (...

February 28, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Torrent to acquire Eleder Pharma at $325 mn

Singapore: India-based Torrent Pharmaceuticals plans to acquire Elder Pharmaceuticals for approximately $325 million. El...

December 16, 2013 | Monday | News
Sanofi is top bidder for Elder Pharma

Mumbai: Sanofi has emerged, as the highest bidder for all brands of Mumbai-based Elder Pharma, valuing the Indian firm a...

July 16, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BioAsia 2013 kickstarts in Hyderabad, India

Bangalore: BioAsia, one of Asia's biggest technology and bio-business platform for biotechnology and life sciences, kick...

January 28, 2013 | Monday | News
Medical coding needs better documentation technology

In most US healthcare information technology (HIT) environments, the speed and accuracy of medical coding relies heavi...

August 29, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
Genome Life Sciences lab gets recognition in India

New Delhi: Chennai-based bioinformatics and biomarker company Genome Life Sciences (GLS) recently received recognition f...

July 12, 2012 | Thursday | News
India's National Vaccine Policy: What next?

A year after India released its National Vaccine Policy, industry experts say it is time to draw up a plan to put the gu...

June 4, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
KIRAN to encourage women scientists

Singapore: Announcing a special promotion scheme for women Scientists "KIRAN", the science and technology minister revea...

September 17, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Mr Steven Kaufman, SHL Group: 2013 will be an exciting year for drug delivery devices

Pharmaceutical companies in the region are starting to take more interest in biologics and biosimilars, and of course wi...

December 25, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
Trivitron to tap critical life support solutions market

Bangalore: Trivitron Healthcare, the largest Indian multinational in medical technology, has shifted its focus to the cr...

June 12, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Life after TB diagnostic ban in India?

Every year, an estimated 1.5 million patients are subjected to the diagnostic tests of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Ind...

February 20, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
TGA gives Venus nod to export to Australia

New Delhi: Venus Remedies received Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) approval from the Therapeutic Goods Administratio...

February 15, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
Lupin launches generic of Abbott's Tricor

Mumbai: Lupin's subsidiary Lupin Pharmaceuticals, US, launched its Fenofibrate tablets (48 mg and 145 mg strengths) in ...

November 21, 2012 | Wednesday | News
SII gets 500,000 SoloFlow needles from Telezon

Singapore: Telezon has dispatched the first of three shiments for the 500,000 SoloFlow commercial order to Serum Institu...

March 11, 2013 | Monday | News
FDA trains Indian market to boost exports

Singapore: As a measure, to improvise on Indian exports, the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has deputed three s...

May 20, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Aeras signs deal with GSK to develop TB vaccine

Singapore: Aeras, a not-for-profit fully integrated tuberculosis vaccine development organization, has signed an agreeme...

October 11, 2012 | Thursday | News
Ranbaxy to market Desvenlafaxine in the US

Bangalore: Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories, has entered into an in-licensing...

March 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
The latest in cancer immunotherapy

Immunotherapy is a very active area of cancer research wherein the treatment makes the immune system fight against cance...

August 28, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion