Dr. Reddy's launches generic Finasteride

Hyderabad: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has launched Finasteride tablets (1 mg), a bioequivalent generic version of Propeci...

January 4, 2013 | Friday | News
Forbes 50 list features only 2 Asian pharma firms

Singapore: India's Sun Pharmaceuticals and Australia's CSL are the only two drugmakers that have been featured in the Fo...

August 31, 2012 | Friday | News
145 Indians from Ebola-hit nations return

Singapore: The Indian Health Ministry has confirmed that 145 Indians from Ebola affected countries had arrived in India ...

August 21, 2014 | Thursday | News
Life Technologies launches gene editing products

Singapore: To expand its portfolio in molecular biology, Life technologies has launched new GeneArt CRISPR products. The...

September 16, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Indian MedTech Industry to touch $50 bn: Report

Singapore: A report by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) highlighted that the Indian medical technology industr...

August 21, 2014 | Thursday | News
Indian state of MP to get tech know-how from China

Singapore: The Madhya Pradesh State Livelihood Forum, India, and Indo-China Economic and Culture Council are goignt o pa...

September 23, 2013 | Monday | News
Patents rights in India unreasonably denied: US Pharma

Singapore: Expressing grave concern over the deteriorating intellectual property environment in India, the Pharmaceutica...

July 3, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Sun Pharma cancer drug to address shortage

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first generic version of the cancer drug Doxil (doxorubi...

February 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
India's deputy drug controller held for bribe

Singapore: India's top investigation agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation has trapped the Deputy Drugs Controller...

January 21, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Trends in the Indian TB diagnostic market

Trends in the TB diagnostic markets in India have been changing drastically. Serological TB tests have been very popular...

February 20, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
AIIMS doctors to prescribe only generics

Singapore: As per a latest circular issued to all the doctors, consultants and residents of the All India Institute of M...

September 8, 2014 | Monday | News
Canada bans three Indian API manufacturers

Singapore: Health Canada, national health agency, has banned the import of health products from three different companie...

October 1, 2014 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Suven granted patents for its neurodegenerative drug

Singapore: South Korea, Canada and China, have individually granted Suven lifesciences, product patents for its neurodeg...

September 5, 2014 | Friday | News
Embryonic stem cells remain a sticky wicket

Dr Shinya Yamanaka and Sir John Gurdon's discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) has given the world an altern...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
US FDA approves Biogen's MS drug

Singapore: The US food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Biogen's multiple sclerosis (MS) drug, Plegridy (pegin...

August 20, 2014 | Wednesday | Regulatory
First FDA-cleared mobile ECG offered in India

Singapore: Through an exclusive agreement, Apollo Hospitals and AliveCor will tackle the growing problem of heart arrhyt...

September 13, 2014 | Saturday | Regulatory
Say No to Pneumonia' campaign to be launched in India

Bangalore: On the occasion of World Pneumonia Day on November 12, the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) will be initiat...

November 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Sun, Glenmark nervous system drug gets FDA nod

New Delhi: The nervous system drug, Riluzole, by Indian drug majors Sun Pharma and Glenmark received the much awaited US...

June 25, 2013 | Tuesday | News