Suspected epidemic kills 42 children in Bihar, India

Singapore: A mysterious epidemic is daunting the state of Bihar claiming the lives of 42 children, so far. The disease, ...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
JCDC receives human research protection accreditation in India

Bangalore: The Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, announced that it has accredit...

September 17, 2012 | Monday | News
India, Canada to begin key research partnerships

Singapore: The Indian Department of Biotechnology (DBT) and IC-IMPACTS Centres of Excellence, Canada, are the implementi...

May 5, 2014 | Monday | News
Biotech crops helps countries boost income

Singapore: For the first time since the introduction of biotech/GM crops almost two decades ago, developing countries h...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Dutch company acquires Indian pharma distributor

Mumbai: IMCD Group acquired the business of Indchem International, an established player in the pharmaceutical ingredie...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
ICRISAT appoints new director-general

Singapore: The governing board of the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has announc...

July 6, 2014 | Sunday | News
RCC Labs gets exclusive marketing rights from ViruSure

Bangalore: RCC Laboratories, a Hyderabad based contract research organization (CRO) and ViruSure entered into a partners...

November 1, 2012 | Thursday | News
Venus gets US patent for drug that fights superbugs

Bangalore: Venus Remedies, a research-based Indian global pharmaceutical company, has received a patent from the US Pate...

June 14, 2012 | Thursday | News
BP and Diabetes drugs available at $0.04 per day

Bangalore: Considering the rising prices of products and services in India, Ozone Pharmaceuticals, one of the leading pr...

August 14, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Avanir Pharma settles patent litigation with Wockhardt

Singapore: US based Avanir Pharmaceuticals has entered into a settlement agreement with India's Wockhardt to resolve pen...

September 9, 2013 | Monday | News
Obesity an epidemic in developing countries'

Singapore: Out of 2.1 billion obese population in the world, 15 percent are the Indians and Chinese, reveals a study con...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Cognizant acquires TriZetto

Singapore: In a bid to expand its market position in the healthcare sector, Cognizant purchased Colorado-based TriZetto,...

September 17, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Smokefree's new range of electronic cigarettes

New Delhi: India-based electronic cigarette company Smokefree Electronic Cigarette has launched new EGO series range of ...

July 4, 2013 | Thursday | News
A mini PCR for quick diagnosis

Innovation comes in all sizes. Bigtec's mini PCR, TrueLab, is the perfect example for that. TrueLab is a point-of-care, ...

June 14, 2012 | Thursday | News
India's Science & Technology minister passes away

Bangalore: Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Science and Technology minister, Government of India, passed away at a hospital in ...

August 14, 2012 | Tuesday | News
CMOs look towards Asia to reduce cost by 50%

Singapore: Global contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) are set to steadily become more and more popular, as Weste...

November 5, 2012 | Monday | News
InnoPack Pharma to be held from June 27-28

Singapore: The second edition of InnoPack Pharma would be held from June 27-28, 2013, in Mumbai, India. The conference i...

April 15, 2013 | Monday | News
Industry-academia meet focuses on innovation in India

New Delhi: India's department of biotechnology (DBT) and biotechnology industry research assistance council (BIRAC) have...

October 22, 2012 | Monday | News
Wockhardt to market generic of GSK Parkinson's drug

Mumbai: Pharmaceutical and biotechnology major Wockhardt received US FDA approval for marketing 2mg, 4mg, 6mg, 8mg and 1...

August 29, 2012 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Pharma companies set eyes on China

China reported total of 97 deals worth $6.5 billion, the highest in Asia Pacific, according to a mergermarket report. Th...

June 19, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
5 major policy developments of 2012

The Year 2012 has seen crucial policy changes in the bioscience industry around the world. These changes that have taken...

December 20, 2012 | Thursday | Regulatory
50 Indian companies to invest $500mn in the US

Hyderabad: 50 Indian companies have recently indicated they will collectively invest over $500 million in the US market...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Lupin gets approval for oral contraceptive

Bangalore: Pharma major, Lupin, announced that its subsidiary Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (collectively Lupin) has recei...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
What the future holds for the APAC CRO market?

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Indo-Aussie research to find ovarian cancer cure

Singapore: Scientists at Australia's Queensland University of Technology (QUT) are hot on the trail of a genetic pathway...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | News
joimax goes BRIC and beyond

Singapore: Right on time with the soon expected registrations of the joimax products in Brazil - one of the most emergi...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Eli Lilly, Strides expand in emerging markets

Bangalore: Eli Lilly and Company and Strides Arcolab have entered into a collaboration to expand delivery of cancer med...

December 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
Aventis Pharma renamed to 'Sanofi India Ltd'

Bangalore: The Sanofi Group recently announced the company's change of name from Aventis Pharma Limited to 'Sanofi India...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | News
Phoenix's heart repair device trial is underway

Singapore: Phoenix Cardiac Devices, a medical device company with a novel method of repairing leaky heart valves without...

January 15, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Global collaborations is the way forward for drug discovery

Over the last few decades India has reiterated its capabilities in providing dependable and cost effective chemistry ser...

December 19, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
India caps FDI in pharma at 49%

Bangalore: An inter-ministerial group (IMG) on foreign direct investment (FDI) in pharmaceuticals, headed by Mr Shanktik...

July 26, 2012 | Thursday | News
BMS Foundation awards $1.6 mn to fight diabetes in India

Singapore: Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) Foundation will provide $1.6 million in grants to four healthcare institutions in ...

August 7, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Serum Institute acquires Dutch biologics company

Mumbai: Serum Institute of India, the flagship company of the over $1 bn Poonawalla Group and India's largest vaccine co...

July 4, 2012 | Wednesday | News
India to examine drug approval procedures

Bangalore: India has set up a committee to examine the validity of scientific and statutory basis adopted for approval o...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
Egypt seeking Indian pharma investment

Singapore: With analysts predicting great growth from overseas for the Indian pharmaceutical industry, Egypt recently jo...

December 5, 2013 | Thursday | News
GE Healthcare unveils first PET/CT designed in India

Singapore: The new Discovery IQ is the result of $15 Million (INR 90 Crores) investment, and 3 years of close collaborat...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
India lags behind neighbors on key health measures

Bangalore: Indians are living longer lives, but illness and disability of a very high order and relatively early death ...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Gerresheimer net income rises by 22%

Singapore: Gerresheimer, one-of-the-leading worldwide partners of the pharma and healthcare industry, has closed the 201...

February 15, 2013 | Friday | News
FDA gets biomarker database license from GVK Bio

Singapore: GVK Biosciences is extending its Clinical Biomarker Database (Gobiom) license to the Biomarker Qualification ...

February 5, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
'Start-up services should meet customers' needs'

Mr Sam Santhosh, the founder of MedGenome has been an entrepreneur, with over 20 years' of experience in the software in...

April 21, 2014 | Monday | Influencers
BASF to launch production line for catalysts required for APIs

Bangalore: BASF will launch a production line for precious metal-based fine chemical catalysts at the company's manufac...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Minister: HIV in India down by 56%

New Delhi: During the last decade in India, HIV infections have declined by 56 percent from 2.7 lakh in 2000 to 1.2 lakh...

August 15, 2012 | Wednesday | News
India's clinical trial industry should look into the mirror

What are the major issues confronting India's bioscience sector now? On top of every one's mind is the uncertainty over ...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | Opinion
NATCO wins compulsory license for anti-cancer drug

In a landmark decision, Hyderabad-based NATCO Pharma has been granted compulsory license for Sorafenib Tosylate sold und...

March 16, 2012 | Friday | News
Infosys joins movement against child diarrheal deaths

Bangalore: Information technology services major Infosys has made a commitment to work with the MDG Health Alliance, th...

August 24, 2012 | Friday | News
Philips opens manufacturing facility in India

Bangalore: In line with its strategy to expand the company's industrial footprint in India, Royal Philips Electronics co...

June 15, 2012 | Friday | News
IPDA wants export ban on medicines lifted

Singapore: The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in India has enforced a ban on export of pharma products t...

July 6, 2014 | Sunday | Regulatory
Cadila chairman Indravadan Modi passes away

Bangalore: Veteran industrialist and one of pioneers of Indian pharmaceuticals industry Mr Indravadan Modi, the chairman...

November 27, 2012 | Tuesday | News
First-of-its-kind osteoarthritis study done in India

Bangalore: Signaling relief to over 15 million knee-osteoarthritis patients in India, the world's first study "Osteoart...

September 21, 2012 | Friday | News
India to introduce new medical device Bill

Singapore: The Indian government will soon bring a Bill aimed at regulating the medical equipment industry in the county...

June 21, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
Panacea gets govt order worth $34 million

New Delhi: India's second largest producer of vaccines, New Delhi-based Panacea Biotec, has received a government order ...

December 17, 2012 | Monday | News
Indian FIPB clears pharma FDI proposals worth $536 mn

New Delhi: The Indian Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), which is the foreign investment approval authority, has...

August 27, 2012 | Monday | News
WHO: Invest in local research to improve healthcare

Singapore: WHO has urged countries to invest in local research in order to develop a system of universal health coverage...

August 19, 2013 | Monday | News
Arvind sets up $42.37 mn plant top tap US market

Singapore: Indian pharmaceutical firm, Arvind Remedies has been gearing up to take the US market by storm. The company h...

June 26, 2013 | Wednesday | News
BioEnable launch biometric kiosks

Bangalore: BioEnable Technologies announced the launch of their new generation Biometric Kiosks. The device type is use...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
What are India's most eminent life science individuals saying about CSIR?

India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), which was established in 1942 as an autonomous society and...

November 21, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
Ranbaxy, Gilead sign licensing agreement

New Delhi: Ranbaxy Laboratories has entered into an in-licensing agreement with Gilead Sciences to promote access to hig...

August 3, 2012 | Friday | News
NSF brings Secondary Reference Standards to India

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

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Abuse of clinical trial laws need to be prevented

Clinical trial is a process which involves testing of efficacy of drugs for the purpose of determination of safety, prop...

October 15, 2012 | Monday | Opinion
QIAGEN gets SFDA's nod for careHPV Test

Singapore: QIAGEN announced that China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has approved QIAGEN's careHPV Test a...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
GlobalData: Osteoporosis market to be $8 bn

Singapore: According to GlobalData, the osteoporosis therapeutics market of the US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the ...

March 8, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
Cipla gets drug pricing breather from Delhi Court

Singapore: India's Delhi High Court has extended the operation of its earlier order asking the central government not t...

July 31, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Industry body expresses concern over Nexavar decision

The Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises (ABLE), a national forum that represents the $4 billion biotechnology i...

March 16, 2012 | Friday | News
APAC ovarian cancer drug market to grow modestly'

Singapore: Asia Pacific (APAC) therapeutics market for ovarian cancer will undergo a modest rise in value, from $294.3 m...

January 30, 2015 | Friday | Analysis
Hyderabad to host BioAsia from Jan 28

Bangalore: The 10th edition of much anticipated annual biotechnology and life sciences platform BioAsia will be held in ...

November 9, 2012 | Friday | News
Indian Government strengthens clinical trials regulations

Bangalore: In a bid to strengthen the regulation and monitoring of clinical trials in the country, the Indian Government...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | News
BMS pledges $15 million to help curb diabetes in India and China

Singapore: The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation has expanded its Together on Diabetes initiative to China and India, pled...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Dishman Pharma records 13.2% growth

Bangalore: Dishman Pharma has posted a 13.24 percent growth in the fourth quarter of FY12 and reported a consolidated ne...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | Company results
Dr. Reddy's revenues cross $2 billion milestone

Hyderabad: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories announced its audited consolidated financial results for the quarter and full year e...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | Company results
Genetic diagnostics companies speed ahead

The playing field for research and development for genetic diagnostics has been leveled. The landmark decision by the US...

June 28, 2013 | Friday | Opinion
US FDA approves Suprax 400 mg by Lupin

Mumbai: Lupin Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of India-based Lupin, has received approval for Suprax (Cefixime) Capsules 4...

June 6, 2012 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Bristol-Myers Squibb reveals new grants for Hepatitis in India, China

Singapore, July 30, 2012: The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation has awarded four new grants totaling US $1.69 million to i...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Another Wockhardt plant banned by the US FDA

Mumbai: New product launch approvals of Wockhardt are going to be delayed as a second plant operated by the generic drug...

December 2, 2013 | Monday | News
A thinker and a visionary'

"When I look at Dr Reddy what inspires me most is the sheer passion with which he dreams, he looks at R&D or the pas...

March 19, 2012 | Monday | News
HCL provides hospital information systems to Narayana Hrudalaya

Bangalore: HCL Infosystems, India's premier hardware, services and ICT systems integration and distribution company has ...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News

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