Apollo Hospitals MD on Medtronic board

Bangalore: Medtronic, a global medical technology company with its headquarters in the US, has named Ms Preetha Reddy, m...

September 27, 2012 | Thursday | News
Dr Harish Iyer, Shantha Biotech: Euro-zone debt, US fiscal cliff will impact the industry in 2013

Globally, 2013 is a critical year that will indicate the impact of Euro-zone debt and the so-called US 'fiscal cliff'. B...

December 26, 2012 | Wednesday | Opinion
Granules India acquires Auctus Pharma for $20 mn

Singapore: Hyderabad-based mid-sized pharmaceutical firm Granules India has acquired Auctus Pharma in an all-cash deal w...

November 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Doctor-developed Iridotomy lens for Glaucoma

Singapore: Volk Optical has launched a new specialty lens for iridotomy procedures. Developed in conjunction with Eytan ...

January 16, 2014 | Thursday | News
US firm to develop inhaled insulin products for Asia‎

Singapore: Dance Biopharm, US based privately-held biotechnology company focused on the development of inhaled insulin p...

October 16, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Venus Remedies launches Trois in India

New Delhi: Chandigarh-based Venus Remedies, a research-based pharmaceutical company, has launched Trois in the India mar...

August 28, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Tech drive demand for 3D medical imaging

Singapore: Global Industry Analysts (GIA) announces the release of a comprehensive global report on 3D medical imaging m...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | News
'Dengue, malaria impacting socioeconomic growth'

Singapore: While countries in South-East Asia have made substantial economic progress, diseases such as dengue and malar...

April 7, 2014 | Monday | News
7,400 newborns die every day in South-East Asia'

Singapore: Nearly 7,400 newborns die every day in South-East Asia, causing untold misery to mothers and families, yet tw...

December 15, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Sanofi launches reusable insulin pen AllStar in India

Bangalore: Sanofi has launched AllStar, the first Indian-manufactured, re-usable insulin pen, manufactured by a global c...

October 9, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Dr Gautam Daftary: The Indian biologics pioneer

Indian company Bharat Serums and Vaccines boasts of a product portfolio that includes many firsts in India and the world...

February 14, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
BSA-CMR Survey: CROs hopeful despite stifled growth

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Indian government framing new clinical trial law

Singapore: The Indian Supreme Court on July 26 heard a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on drug trials in ...

July 26, 2013 | Friday | News
FDA approves Jubilant's molecule for drug trials

Singapore: Indian pharmaceutical company based in Bangalore, Jubilant Biosys has said that the US Food and Drug Administ...

August 12, 2013 | Monday | News
Granules India to acquire Auctus Pharma

Singapore: Granules India has said that it has received the approval to go ahead with its proposed acquisition of the ac...

December 9, 2013 | Monday | News
Asia gets $15 mn donation for better sanitation

Singapore: Last year, the Asian Development Bank created the Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund to help provide...

March 21, 2014 | Friday | News
West Pharma enters India with new plant

Singapore: US drug packaging major West Pharmaceutical Services has announced that it has set up a manufacturing plant i...

July 17, 2014 | Thursday | News
Dubiotech, India to promote Dubai's biotech sector

Singapore: DuBiotech, a free zone dedicated to facilitating and fostering the growth of the life sciences industry in th...

October 16, 2013 | Wednesday | News
After Ranbaxy FDA pulls its guns at Wockhardt

Singapore: The US FDA has sent Indian drugmaker, Wockhardt, an import alert notifying that the import of all drugs manuf...

May 27, 2013 | Monday | News
Transcatheter embolization market up in APAC'

Singapore: Asia Pacific market for transcatheter embolization and occlusion (TEO) devices in countries including Austral...

August 12, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
Bt cotton: The India story

India accounts for about 32 percent of the global cotton cultivation area and contributes 21 percent of the global cotto...

May 21, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Lupin, LG to launch an anti-diabetes drug

Singapore: Indian drug major Lupin has inked a marketing pact with South Korea's LG Life Sciences to launch its anti-...

August 12, 2014 | Tuesday | News
BMS, Celgene collaborate on a combination trial

Singapore: BioPharmaceutical major Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) and Celgene have teamed up to conduct a combination clinic...

August 31, 2014 | Sunday | News
MM Activ signs integral MOU at BIO 2014

San Diego: India's leading integrated science and technology knowledge and B2B communciations enterprise, MM Activ Sci-T...

June 26, 2014 | Thursday | News
India bioscience industry not amused by Budget

The Indian bioscience industry was not too happy with the budget proposed by Finance Minister Mr P Chidambaram. While th...

February 28, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
International Clinical trials day Special: India to decide on its regulations

Singapore: "The regulatory pathway is in place, a compensation system is in place, and with the call for 'Make in India'...

May 20, 2015 | Wednesday | News
PolyMedicure wins patent battle against B Braun

Singapore: PolyMedicure, a manufacturer of medical devices has won its five-year long patent battle against German medic...

September 11, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory
IRRI scientists find rice gene that can drive yield

Singapore: Scientists at the International Rice Research Institute, headquartered in the Philippines, have pinpointed a ...

August 23, 2012 | Thursday | News
Cipla enters Czech & Slovakian markets

Singapore: Under the collaboration, Cipla will be driving its respiratory product portfolio in both Czech Republic and S...

September 11, 2014 | Thursday | News
Pfizer to close one of its Indian plants

Singapore: Drug maker Pfizer has issued a lockout notice at its Thane plant following labor unrest, stating the step was...

August 6, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Cipla's HIV drug gets tentative nod from FDA

Singapore: India based generic drug maker Cipla has recieved FDA tentative approval for a generic formulation of emtrici...

February 27, 2014 | Thursday | News
Dr. Reddy's Azacitidine for injection gets FDA nod

Singapore: The US FDA has granted approval for the launch of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories's cancer drug Azacitidine for inje...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Aurobindo aims for $2 bn revenues by FY15

Singapore: India-based Aurobindo Pharma eyes on globalization and innovation to achieve a turnover of $2 billion in t...

August 5, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Infosys, Smart Enterprise join hands for mHealth

Singapore: India's Infosys has signed a deal with Smart Communications to develop mobile solutions that would allow orga...

July 18, 2014 | Friday | News
Robo Brain: a new computing platform for Robotics

Singapore: Two Indian-origin researchers at Cornell University have developed a computational system known as 'Robo Brai...

September 1, 2014 | Monday | News
GE to open technology and training centre in Turkey

Singapore: GE Healthcare Life Sciences plans to open a technology and training laboratory in Turkey by mid-2015 targetti...

November 17, 2014 | Monday | News
A molecular gel with diverse applications

Singapore: Under the guidance of professors from IIT-Madras and Pondicherry University, a team of students have develope...

September 1, 2014 | Monday | News
Aurobindo gets FDA nod for anti-depression generic

Singapore: India's Aurobindo Pharma received final approval from the US FDA to manufacture and market Escitalopram Oxala...

September 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
Philanthropists pledge $4bn for polio eradication

Singapore: The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) presented a first-of-its-kind comprehensive six-year plan, tit...

April 29, 2013 | Monday | News
Canada quarantines APIs by India firm

Singapore: Canada has quarantined the health products made with active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) from India's Sr...

January 7, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Global medtech firm DJO ventures into India

Mumbai: DJO Global International, one of the world's largest orthopaedic companies, has ventured into India. The firm's ...

February 18, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Ranbaxy redesigns strategy to meet regulations

The year 2011 was a year of capturing potential markets and achieving new milestones. Ranbaxy Laboratories became the fi...

June 12, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
Study points out Asia's top medical tourism hubs

Singapore: In a recent report released by KPMG and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) - ...

September 3, 2014 | Wednesday | News
APAC colorectal cancer market to touch $2.9 bn by 2020

Singapore: Colorectal Cancer (CRC) therapeutics market in Asia-Pacific (APAC) is set to increase in value, from $1.9 bil...

December 18, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
BRAI Bill deadline extension fails to dampen biotech industry's spirits

New Delhi: While, the environment activists in India welcomed the Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environm...

July 11, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
Sanofi, PATH deliver anti-malaria drug made from semisynthetic derivative

Singapore: Global pharmaceutical firm, Sanofi, and world organization, PATH, have initated the delivery of the first lar...

August 13, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Agilent launches a new spectroscopy system

Singapore: The Agilent Cary 8454 UV-Visible spectroscopy system includes a UV-Visible instrument based on leading LC pho...

September 11, 2014 | Thursday | News
India, China recreate Barefoot Doctors

Singapore: A team of Indian and Chinese doctors have jointly launched the fourth medical mission to provide free consult...

September 16, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Philips, Accenture use Google Glass in surgery

Singapore: Royal Philips and Accenture have announced the creation of a proof-of-concept demonstration that uses a Googl...

October 4, 2013 | Friday | News
GSK faces initial resistance following directional shift

Singapore: Following a less than flattering financial performance in 2014, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is realigning its opera...

February 14, 2015 | Saturday | News
59 new drug applications pending review at CDSCO

Singapore: While there are 59 new drug application cases pending for approval in the Central Drugs Standard Organisation...

August 31, 2014 | Sunday | News
IIL develops vaccine for blue tongue disease

Singapore: Indian Immunologicals (IIL) have developed a new vaccine for Blue Tongue disease that affects domestic animal...

September 26, 2014 | Friday | News
India, China to produce generic of Gilead's TAF

Singapore: Gilead have allowed generic manufacturers in India and China to produce generic versions of its HBV and HIV d...

August 4, 2014 | Monday | News
Asia faces an acute skills gap challenge

Shortage of skills and qualification among life science professionals to pursue risk laden activities is proving to be a...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Glass packaging expert Gerresheimer on acquisition spree

German firm Gerresheimer is a manufacturer of high-quality specialty products made of glass and plastic for the global p...

August 15, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
Indian formulation industry to grow by 10-12%

Singapore: The Indian pharmaceutical industry is estimated to continue to experience strong growth in the near-term alth...

July 8, 2013 | Monday | News
Recipharm to acquire 74% stakes in Indian CMO

Singapore: Sweden based contract development and manufacturing organisation, Recipharm, plans to acquire 74 percent of s...

October 26, 2015 | Monday | News
Dr Reddy's under scanner for packaging violations

Singapore: According to reports, the US department of justice has issued a warning notice to Dr Reddy's. It states that ...

August 31, 2014 | Sunday | News
Venus gets its first Swiss marketing authorization

Singapore: Venus Remedies, a leading research-based global pharmaceutical company, has achieved a landmark by securing i...

August 31, 2014 | Sunday | News
APAC Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma treatment market to touch $1.7 bn'

Singapore: Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) treatment market in Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries including India, Australia, Chin...

September 26, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
India among top 5 contributors for Ebola relief

Singapore: According to a fact sheet released by the US, India is among the top five contributors for Ebola relief effor...

October 10, 2014 | Friday | News
Mexico probes Indian drug due to its low price

Singapore: The Mexican Ministry of Economy have initiated an anti-subsidy investigation on the import of metoprolol tart...

October 9, 2013 | Wednesday | News
India's Nova Medical wins laurels for innovation

Singapore: Nova Medical Centers, India's premier chain of specialty surgery centers and fertility centers, has been hono...

April 10, 2014 | Thursday | News
Piramal is on a acquisition spree

Mumbai: Piramal Enterprises' life sciences division has over a decade history of life sciences-related collaborations wi...

April 8, 2013 | Monday | News
Dr. Reddy's hires its HR global head from IBM

Singapore: India's pharmaceutical firm Dr. Reddy's has appointed Dr. Sripada Chandrasekhar as the president and global h...

August 13, 2013 | Tuesday | Influencers
Indian court stays DCGI's order on combination drugs

New Delhi: The High Court of Indian state Himachal Pradesh granted an interim stay on the Drug Controller General of Ind...

October 7, 2013 | Monday | News
Ranbaxy to launch malaria drug in 7 African countries

Singapore: Ranbaxy Laboratories, recently announced that the company has received approval to launch its new drug, Synri...

December 16, 2014 | Tuesday | News
IIL establishes its subsidiary in NewZealand

Singapore: Indian vaccine major, Indian Immunologicals (IIL,) has forayed into the international market by forming a sub...

December 8, 2014 | Monday | News
Suven Lifesciences receives five patents from four countries

Singapore: India-based Suven Lifescinces has secured patents for its new chemical entities (NCEs) from Japan, China, New...

December 17, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Piramal subsidiary acquires Abacus International

Bangalore: Piramal Enterprises' subsidiary Decision Resources Group, one of the world's leading research and advisory...

December 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
e-healthcare business to boost healthcare sector'

Singapore: e-healthcare in India will have a major share in the overall healthcare market, believe industry experts. "C...

August 30, 2014 | Saturday | News
BMS, Pfizer to present clinical trials data on Eliquis

Singapore: The new clinical trial data and New Global Health Economics and Outcomes Research (GHEOR) analyses assessing ...

August 30, 2014 | Saturday | News
Sigma Aldrich all set for emerging markets

Sigma-Aldrich, a leading life sciences and high technology company headquartered in the US, recently opened new faciliti...

May 29, 2012 | Tuesday | Influencers
Indian authority invites opinion on guidelines for clinical trials

Mumbai: The Central Drug Standard Control Organization (CDSCO ), the governing authority in India for conducting clinica...

August 13, 2012 | Monday | News
Thermo Scientific expands its lab portfolio

Mumbai: Thermo Scientific recently added new products in its spectrophotometer and lab instrumentation portfolio. The Mu...

September 26, 2012 | Wednesday | News
US firms lobbying to protect patents in India: Report

Singapore: An Indian news report that appeared in Business Line quoted an unidentified DIPP official who claimed that to...

October 24, 2013 | Thursday | News
Cognizant 'buys' AstraZeneca R&D Center in Bangalore?

Cognizant Technology Solutions, India's $11 billion and No.2 software company, has reportedly purchased the iconic Astra...

August 7, 2014 | Thursday | News
Satish Jindal, BMS India R&D head, to lead US innovation venture

Singapore: Allied-Bristol Life Sciences, a jointly owned enterprise between Allied Minds and Bristol-Myers Squibb, has a...

October 3, 2014 | Friday | News
India announces immediate medical visas for SAARC

Singapore: In a bid to promote medical tourism business in India, Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi announced that medical...

December 2, 2014 | Tuesday | News
WHO experts meet at Geneva over Ebola crisis

Singapore: As West Africa grapples with the deadly outbreak, global experts at the World Health Organization are meeting...

August 7, 2014 | Thursday | News
Transasia named 'Global Growth Company 2014'

Singapore: Transasia Bio-Medicals has been selected as the 'Global Growth Company 2014' by the prestigious World Economi...

November 12, 2014 | Wednesday | News
3M Healthcare gets Quality Council of India award

Bangalore: 3M Healthcare, a sub group of the Indian subsidiary of 3M, has won the prestigious QCI-DL Shah National Award...

March 11, 2013 | Monday | News
Prolonged DCGI approvals worries drugmakers

Singapore: The Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA), the industry body representing leading pharma companies, has writte...

June 27, 2014 | Friday | Regulatory
India aims to eradicate TB by 2020

Singapore: Highlighting the government's plans to eliminate Tuberculosis (TB) from the country's Union Health Minister M...

November 1, 2014 | Saturday | News
816 passengers being tracked in India for Ebola

Singapore: As per the information bulletin issued by the Indian health ministry, the construction group, Afcons and Inte...

September 2, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Free biomed journal access to aid Ebola research

Singapore: Wiley and Sons will provide free access to biomedical literature in support of the Ebola outbreak relief effo...

August 29, 2014 | Friday | News
Bangalore gets cargo terminal for pharma products

Singapore: According to Menzies, the Pharma Cold Zone will offer accurate and temperature controlled care while handling...

August 29, 2014 | Friday | News
Biocon Foundation gets best CSR practices award

Singapore: India's Biocon Foundation has won Asia Best CSR Practices Award 2014 hosted by CMO Asia at Singapore, as a pa...

August 7, 2014 | Thursday | News
Cholera vaccine from Shantha Biotechnics wins BioSpectrum award

Efforts to accelerate global use of new generation cholera vaccines gained significant momentum with the licensure of a ...

April 12, 2012 | Thursday | News
USFDA issues haunts Jubilants's Q1 growth

India: The board of Jubilant Life Sciences, an integrated pharmaceutical and lifesciences company met on August 06, 2014...

August 7, 2014 | Thursday | Company results
Frost&Sullivan: Biobanking to see a huge surge

Singapore: Frost and Sullivan has highlighted that the global proliferation of disease-based biobanks has triggered a ma...

August 2, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
Swine flu endemic claims 132 deaths in India

New Delhi: India is on a high alert for swine flu following the death of another individual in the northern Indian state...

February 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
US FDA approves GSK's asthma drug

Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has approved...

August 29, 2014 | Friday | Regulatory
Venus ties up with Teva for anti-cancer drug

Singapore: Venus Remedies has entered into a partnership with Teva, the largest manufacturer of generic drugs in the wor...

August 29, 2014 | Friday | News
Bosch expands into healthcare in India

Singapore: "We have been making concerted efforts to further strengthen our non-automotive business in the Indian market...

August 29, 2014 | Friday | News
1,300 Indians die of cancer every day: ICMR

Singapore: With more than 1,300 deaths reported every day, cancer in India has become one of the major causes of death. ...

May 19, 2015 | Tuesday | News
India's Biocon Academy records 100% placements

Bangalore, India: Biocon's CMD Dr Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, CEO & JMD Dr Arun Chandavarkar, and the newly appointed presi...

August 6, 2014 | Wednesday | Company results
A year of unstinted growth

Singapore:  Aurobindo Pharma, India Chairman: Mr N GovindarajanRevenue: $1765.5 mnBusiness: Manufacturer of APIsA we...

July 4, 2015 | Saturday | Analysis
No antibiotics in poultry: IMA

Singapore: The shocking revelation made by the Centre for Science and Environment's (CSE) Pollution Monitoring Lab, Indi...

April 24, 2016 | Sunday | News
First case of Ebola in Spain

Singapore: After showering its fury over the West African nations, the Ebola virus is now slowly crossing borders to ens...

October 7, 2014 | Tuesday | News