India inks biosimilar agreement with Japan, Korea

Indian firm Intas Pharmaceuticals has entered into an exclusive license agreement with Japan-based Meiji and South Korea...

July 22, 2021 | Thursday | News
Product launches by Asian pharma cos can benefit antiviral drug makers in APAC: Graphical Research

    The global antiviral drugs market growth is stimulated by a growing focus toward therapeutic management ...

July 19, 2021 | Monday | News
IFC invests $16.5M in MedGenome to support COVID-19 response in India

As India emerges from the devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Finance Corporation (IF...

July 15, 2021 | Thursday | News
China's Envision Group donates medical supplies to fight COVID-19 in India

Envision Group, a leading green technology company based in China, recently donated dozens of oxygen concentrators and 4...

July 14, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Smith+Nephew launches robotic surgical system in India

UK-based med tech firm Smith+Nephew has announced the launch of its Real Intelligence suite of enabling technology ...

July 13, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Health innovators to be felicitated at 11th edition of Anjani Mashelkar Inclusive Innovation Award

2021 marks the 11th year of the Anjani Mashelkar Inclusive Innovation Award. The Anjani Mashelkar Inclusive Innovation A...

July 9, 2021 | Friday | News
Indian-US scientists work on pre-existing immunity in people unexposed to COVID-19

In a study published in the Nature journal, Scientific Reports, an international team of researchers from MedGenome...

July 5, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore's Everlife Holdings appoints Ramesh Subrahmanian as Board of Directors

Everlife Holdings Pte. Ltd., a leading manufacturer and distributor of medical devices and laboratory equipment and cons...

July 2, 2021 | Friday | News
India to share indigenous vaccination platform tech with 50 countries on goodwill

More than 50 countries around the world from Latin America, Africa, and Asia have shown interest in India's vaccina...

July 1, 2021 | Thursday | News
Takeda India brings diagnostic program in support of rare diseases

Japanese firm Takeda has announced ILLUMINATE - a rare disease diagnosis program to support improved clinical resul...

June 30, 2021 | Wednesday | News
BioSpectrum's publication firm MM Activ receives RS Gadgil Memorial Award

On the occasion of Late R S Gadgil's 75th birth anniversary, a two-day virtual award marathon event- RSG Wisdom and Exce...

June 22, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Centrient Pharma boosts statins API manufacturing capacity in India

Centrient Pharmaceuticals, headquartered in the Netherlands, has announced to have started production at its new statins...

June 21, 2021 | Monday | News
Avery Dennison to reinforce India's position for the next phase of growth in Asia Pacific

Avery Dennison, a global materials science and manufacturing company, announced two key appointments for its Label ...

June 17, 2021 | Thursday | News
Thermo Fisher expands SARS-CoV-2 testing portfolio in India with Accula System

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced a introduction of the new and innovative SARS-CoV-2 Test that delivers gold-stand...

June 15, 2021 | Tuesday | News
COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca effective against Delta (‘Indian’) variant

New data from Public Health England (PHE) demonstrated COVID-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca offers high levels of prot...

June 15, 2021 | Tuesday | News
DIA-CoRE Singapore Annual Meeting to launch virtually on 7&8 July 2021

The 2021 DIA-CoRE Singapore Annual Meeting is all set to kick start virtually on 7 & 8 July 2021. The event is theme...

June 14, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia brings anti-COVID nasal spray Viraleze to India

India's vast population now has access to the Australian developed anti-COVID nasal spray Viraleze™ foll...

June 11, 2021 | Friday | News
WhiteCoats partners with India's Simbo.ai to provide Voice-enabled patient care

Bangalore -based Simbo.ai, a pioneer in explainable Artificial Intelligence (AI), announced its partners...

June 10, 2021 | Thursday | News
Tata Medical & Diagnostics buys silicon valley startup's video biz

AccessBell, a VC-backed silicon valley startup founded by Stanford MBAs, sold its video conferencing software solution t...

June 8, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Biolog-id launches regional office for blood component monitoring in New Delhi, India

Biolog-id, a global service provider of connected healthcare solutions, announce on June 4, 2021 the opening of a regist...

June 4, 2021 | Friday | News
Countries, health partners discuss efforts to curb COVID-19 in WHO South-East Asia Region

The World Health Organization convened a meeting of member countries and health partners to discuss the strengthening of...

June 3, 2021 | Thursday | News
Biological E partners with Canadian firm to manufacture mRNA vaccines in India

Canadian firm Providence Therapeutics Holdings Inc. and India's Biological E have announced the execution of a term shee...

June 2, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Taiwan's TLC inks agreement with Strides to supply mucormycosis drug in India

Taiwanese firm TLC and Strides Pharma Science, based in India, have entered a license supply and commercialization agree...

May 28, 2021 | Friday | News
Lancet Commission proposes urgent recommendations for COVID-19 response in India

The Lancet Citizens’ Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System was launched in December 2020 with the ...

May 26, 2021 | Wednesday | News
RDIF, Panacea Biotec launch production of Sputnik V in India

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund) and Panacea Biotec, one of the leading v...

May 24, 2021 | Monday | News
Indian scientists shed light on evolution of Mimivirus and other giant viruses

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay shed light on the origins of Mimivirus and other giant viru...

May 14, 2021 | Friday | News
Chinese firm licenses-out CAR-T therapy to Dr Reddy's Labs in India

Indian firm Dr. Reddy's Laboratories and Shenzhen Pregene Biopharma, based in China, have announced an agreement whereby...

May 14, 2021 | Friday | News
India develops AI tool to detect COVID-19 in Chest X-rays

India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an artificial intelligence algorithm...

May 10, 2021 | Monday | News
Taiwan shares 150 oxygen concentrators, 500 cylinders with India

Taiwan shared a total of 150 oxygen concentrators and 500 oxygen cylinders with India to support the country's figh...

May 10, 2021 | Monday | News
FedEx delivers COVID-19 relief aid to India

FedEx is currently supporting the transportation of more than 25,000 oxygen concentrators and transducers through initia...

May 10, 2021 | Monday | News
Oxford’s malaria vaccine shows significant 75% efficacy in early trial

A malaria vaccine created by scientists at the University of Oxford’s Jenner Institute has been found to be 77% ef...

May 4, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Korean firm Pharmcadd plans expansion in India, US & France

South Korea's Pharmcadd Co. Ltd., a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) and physics-based drug discovery platform,...

May 4, 2021 | Tuesday | News
US firm donates hundreds of non-invasive ventilators to India

Nanotronics Health, LLC, a US based healthcare technology company whose mission is to create and build urgently needed m...

May 3, 2021 | Monday | News
India's Ab-drug-conjugate API manufacturer expands to Switzerland with CHF 15 M investment

The company’s subsidiary, Carbogen Amcis AG, pharmaceutical process development and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredie...

April 29, 2021 | Thursday | News
US extends support for India’s COVID-19 crisis response

US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) and members are highlighting the efforts by leaders across the US gov...

April 26, 2021 | Monday | News
India launches MANAS, a digital platform to address mental-health

The Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India Prof. K VijayRaghavan virtually launched the “MANAS&rd...

April 19, 2021 | Monday | News
Sputnik V vaccine receives authorization in India

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund) announces that Drug Controller General o...

April 13, 2021 | Tuesday | News
India's Manipal Health divests stake in hospital biz in Malaysia

Manipal Health Enterprises Pvt Ltd (Manipal Hospitals), one of India’s largest multi-speciality healthcare provide...

April 9, 2021 | Friday | News
Indian health insurance suit aims at Next-gen digital healthcare transactions

HealthEdge® the health insurance industry’s first digital interconnection system that provides ...

April 8, 2021 | Thursday | News
Cipla Therapeutics, SIGA Technologies lay focus on novel antibacterial drugs against biothreats

Cipla Therapeutics, an affiliate of Indian firm Cipla Limited, and American pharmaceutical company SIGA Technologies, In...

March 23, 2021 | Tuesday | News
India launches cloud computing upskilling solutions to enable students and entrepreneurs

The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), and Amazon Web Serv...

March 22, 2021 | Monday | News
Cytiva and Longitude reveal Healthcare industry challenges in Europe and Asia

Global life sciences leader Cytiva, along with the Financial Times’ research arm Longitude, have compiled a global...

March 16, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Intel-Powered AI solution combats diabetic vision loss

Sankara Eye Foundation in India and Singapore-based Leben Care are deploying a comprehensive retina risk ...

March 12, 2021 | Friday | News
Indian firm Cipla extends commercialization of biosimilars in Australia, NZ

Indian firm Cipla Limited has announced that its subsidiary, Cipla Gulf FZ LCC (“Cipla Gulf’) is expand...

March 2, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Indian conglomerate, Godrej & Boyce to strengthen vaccine cold chain globally

Cold Chain Partner to the world's largest covid vaccination drive in India, refrigeration expert Godrej & Boyce ('G&...

February 17, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Hygienelabs India unveils disinfectant treatment for COVID-19, other germs

Hygienelabs™ India has secured ground-breaking verification from The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), Austr...

February 16, 2021 | Tuesday | News
India's Jubilant Biosys to accelerate multiple small molecule discovery programs

Indian firm Jubilant Biosys and Yale University in the US have announced a research collaboration for multiple small mol...

February 11, 2021 | Thursday | News
India's Biocon Biologics to offer Oncology Biosimilars in over 30 countries

Biocon Biologics Ltd., a fully integrated ‘pure-play’ biosimilars company and a subsidiary of Bioc...

February 5, 2021 | Friday | News
Bharat Biotech inks agreement with GSK, PATH to supply world's first malaria vaccine

GSK, PATH, and Bharat Biotech (BBIL) on Jan 27, 2021, announced the signing of a product transfer agreement for the mala...

January 31, 2021 | Sunday | News
Indian researchers create AI model to diagnose malaria

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B), have announced the development of proteo...

January 25, 2021 | Monday | News
India to accelerate scientific discoveries with quantum computing-led R&D

India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) announced on Jan 20, 2021 that it will establish...

January 20, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore PE firm leads $16M funding round for Indian health tech startup

India's leading digital health startup MFine has raised $16 million in a new funding round led ...

January 18, 2021 | Monday | News
How is diabetes associated with lower rate of fertility?

Diabetes is an endocrine disorder that is characterised by high levels of blood sugar. The disease is associated with in...

January 8, 2021 | Friday | Opinion
India identifies genetic link for heart disease & diabetes among South Asians

Heart failure is a leading cause of death worldwide, shown to increasingly affect young individuals below the age of 40....

January 8, 2021 | Friday | News
India approves SII and Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccines, EUA

The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved Serum Institute of India (SII) Covishield (developed by Ox...

January 4, 2021 | Monday | News
CEPI partners India based vaccines developer to advance COVID-19 vaccine candidate

CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations and Biological E Limited, India (Bio E), a Hyderabad-based vac...

December 31, 2020 | Thursday | News
NovoNordisk’s Rybelsus could be a game-changer in Type 2 Diabetes

NovoNordisk’s decision to investigate its recently launched Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) drug Rybelsus (semaglutide) in a...

December 23, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Indian startup unveils safe MTM to store COVID-19 samples at RT for up to a week

Azooka Labs, a leading safe fluorophore company based in India with specialization in Molecular Biology products, reveal...

December 16, 2020 | Wednesday | News
"Post COVID-19, healthcare systems should look to implement a knowledge-driven care model"

In early August, India announced the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM), which indicated their commitment to rapidly...

November 5, 2020 | Thursday | Opinion
Managing diabetes the figital way!

The outbreak of COVID-19 has posed several new challenges to diabetes care and has also provided an opportunity for tran...

November 2, 2020 | Monday | Opinion
Daewoong pharma partners with Tufts medical center for Ph 2 trial with Niclosamide

Daewoong Pharmaceutical announced on 26 Oct 2020 that the collaborative clinical research agreement betwe...

October 30, 2020 | Friday | News
Genbody to supply high accuracy antigen test kits in India

South Korea-based global diagnostic firm Genbody Inc has recently received approval from ICMR (Indian Council of Medical...

October 29, 2020 | Thursday | News
TUV Rheinland opens NABL accredited Biomaterial and EMC testing lab in India

TUV Rheinland, a global leader in independent technical services on 23 Oct 2020 announced the opening of its Biomaterial...

October 23, 2020 | Friday | News
Olympus focuses on advanced endoscopy diagnostics in India

Japan based Olympus Corporation took part in a ground-breaking project as a business promoter, in cooperation with the M...

October 22, 2020 | Thursday | News
Siemens Healthineers drives digitization in healthcare by investing in Indian market

To advance the digitalization of healthcare and better serve the needs of emerging markets, Siemens Healthineers ...

October 21, 2020 | Wednesday | News
India curbs Remdesivir price to make COVID-19 treatment more affordable

The Indian state, Maharashtra has become the first to fix the price of remdesivir at INR2,360 (US$32.17), which is 16% m...

October 16, 2020 | Friday | News
SII to produce 200 million COVID-19 vaccines doses for India and LMICs in 2021

A further collaboration among the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by volu...

October 9, 2020 | Friday | News
Nohara India launches anti-viral glass coating technology from Japan

Nohara India, the Indian arm of Nohara Japan (est. 1597) has launched Dr HardoLass; a Japanese patented technology ...

October 6, 2020 | Tuesday | News
APAC Health and Finance Ministers commit to building stronger health systems

Building on the learnings from the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, in mid-September, Ministers of Health and Fin...

October 2, 2020 | Friday | News
APACMed congregate Healthcare Leaders at the global hybrid conference

On 24 Sep 2020, the Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed) brought to fruition the first-ever hybrid virt...

September 24, 2020 | Thursday | News
Novavax & Serum Institute of India to manufacture COVID-19 Vaccine

Novavax, Inc., a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases,&n...

September 16, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Novel, agile & omnichannel approach from pharma companies can structure a futuristic healthcare system

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the traditional business models of companies. While digital transformation has been ...

September 14, 2020 | Monday | Opinion
NATHEALTH and APACMED partners to advance UHC through Indian MedTech

The industry body, NATHEALTH - Healthcare Federation of India, renowned as the credible voice of the health se...

September 10, 2020 | Thursday | News
Medtronic unveils next gen ultrasonic dissection device in India

India Medtronic Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Medtronic plc has announced the launch of the So...

September 8, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Graft versus host disease market to grow at 8.2% CAGR across 5 APAC markets in 10 years

The market for graft versus host disease (GvHD) prophylaxis and treatment in the five growth markets (5GM*) in the Asia-...

August 27, 2020 | Thursday | News
India, Russia liaise to manufacture Sputnik V vaccine in India

On 25 August 2020, Indian Health Ministery announced that a dialogue has been exchanged between India and Russia on...

August 26, 2020 | Wednesday | News
India’s CMO market emerges as hotbed­­­ for global private equity investment

India’s contract manufacturing organization (CMO) and pharma market has strongly attracted investment from global ...

August 17, 2020 | Monday | Analysis
India accelerates PPE production with increased demand at Global platforms

Under India's 'Make in India' spirit" campaign which has revamped in a new local format as "Atmanirbhar Bharat...

August 15, 2020 | Saturday | News
SCHOTT AG launches pharma vials with 2 billion doses capacity for COVID-19 vaccines

German glass manufacturing giant SCHOTT AG is supporting the world’s fight against COVID-19 with vials capable of ...

August 14, 2020 | Friday | News
India receives first tranche of oxygen concentrators from Singapore

Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India received the first tranche o...

July 24, 2020 | Friday | News
Biocon presents Clinical results for DCGI approval of Itolizumab for COVID-19

India’s Biocon Ltd., an innovation-led global biopharmaceuticals company, on 13 July 2020 presented key insights i...

July 13, 2020 | Monday | News
India discusses bilateral health co-operation with Australia

Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Government of India had a digital interaction with his ...

July 16, 2020 | Thursday | News
US Joins India in trials for ayurveda formulations against COVID-19

A group of eminent Indian-American scientists and doctors met with the Indian Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandh...

July 15, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Piramal Pharma acquires Solid Oral Dosage Drug Product Facility in Pennsylvania

Piramal Enterprises Limited’s (PEL) Pharma Solutions business, a leading Contract Development and Manufacturing Or...

July 8, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Lipidor, Cadila to conduct Ph III study of anti-psoriasis candidate

Swedish firm Lipidor AB has announced an agreement with Cadila Pharmaceuticals, a leading Indian pharmaceutical compan...

July 8, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Dr Reddy’s leads COVID-19 treatment with Favipiravir and Remdesivir in portfolio

Indian pharmaceutical giant Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (Dr Reddy’s) has signed a tripartite agreement with Tok...

July 6, 2020 | Monday | Analysis
Freyr Launches COVID-19 Web Platform for Manufacturers

Freyr, a leading global Regulatory solutions and services company, on 1 July 2020 announced the launch of a powerful web...

July 3, 2020 | Friday | News
Biocon, DKSH to commercialize 7 generic formulations in SEA markets

India based Biocon Ltd, an innovation-led global biopharmaceutical company, and Switzerland headquartered DKSH, a l...

June 23, 2020 | Tuesday | News
India's Serum Institute to play pivotal role in COVID-19 vaccines

Serum Institute of India (SII) is the world’s largest vaccine producer in terms of volume. SII is currently workin...

June 18, 2020 | Thursday | Analysis
India to Lead ‘World’s Largest’ Convalescent Plasma COVID-19 Clinical Trial

Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) of Nagpur, Maharastra, India, will serve as the lead site for the “...

June 14, 2020 | Sunday | News
Novavax Expands Large-Scale Global Manufacturing Capacity

Novavax, Inc., a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, o...

June 1, 2020 | Monday | News
AstraZeneca Commits to 2 Billion Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine

UK-based AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford partnered on the global development and distribution ...

June 7, 2020 | Sunday | News
CEPI awards Chikungunya vaccine "BBV87" $14.1 million

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) on 3 June 2020 announced a new partnering agreement to advanc...

June 3, 2020 | Wednesday | News
India's Sun Pharma to start nafamostat mesylate trial for COVID-19

India-based Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (Sun Pharma) has received Indian regulatory approval to start clinical tri...

June 3, 2020 | Wednesday | Analysis
Ajinomoto Bio completes acquisition of Granules JV in India

Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services, a leading provider of biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing services, ...

June 3, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Stempeutics India signs an agreement with Novumcella Japan

Stempeutics Research India and Novumcella Inc. Japan, jointly announced that they have signed an agreement for developme...

June 2, 2020 | Tuesday | News
SynPhNe announces new lead for SynPhNe Health and IT/Data Infrastructure

SynPhNe (an abbreviation for Synergistic Physio Neuro platform), a Digital Neurological Therapeutics company specializin...

May 29, 2020 | Friday | News
Lincoln Pharma receives European Union (EU) GMP approval

Lincoln Pharmaceuticals Limited, one of India's leading healthcare companies has received the European Union (EU) GMP ce...

May 20, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Abbott brings COVID-19 antibody test to India

Abbott has announced that it has received CE Mark to the IVD Directive (98/79/EC) for its laboratory-based ser...

May 4, 2020 | Monday | News
Nanox partners with Qure.ai to improve imaging solutions

Israel based NANO-X IMAGING LTD, an innovative medical imaging company, announces its collaboration with Indian startup ...

April 15, 2020 | Wednesday | News

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