Diabetes claims have gone up over last two years

SBI General Insurance, one of the fastest growing general insurance companies in India, did a study on their claims data...

November 15, 2018 | Thursday | News
Suven secures product patents in Australia, Hong Kong

Suven Life Sciences Ltd (Suven) recently announced that the grant of one product patent from Australia (2016276139) and ...

November 14, 2018 | Wednesday | News
C-CAMP, AUM Biosciences partner to develop small-molecules as anti-cancer drugs

Singapore – The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP), India’s premier bio-innovation hub has...

November 13, 2018 | Tuesday | News
BioSpectrum wins recognition at Asia Pacific Publishing Awards

BioSpectrum has recently won recognition in the category of Overseas Media Brand at the Asia Pacific Publishing Awards (...

November 8, 2018 | Thursday | News
Ayurvedic medicine for dengue is likely to launch in market

Union Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Naik said that Clinical trials of Ayurvedic medicine against dengue are in pro...

November 5, 2018 | Monday | News
HMD procures 2018 Good Design Award in Japan

Hindustan Syringes & Medical Devices Ltd (HMD), one of the largest manufacturers of Disposable Syringes in the World...

November 2, 2018 | Friday | News
CCI Approves IHH Healthcare’s acquisition of Fortis

Anti-trust regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved Malaysia-based IHH healthcare’s acquisitio...

October 31, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Roche partners with Wellthy Therapeutics

Roche has announced its partnership with the digital health company Wellthy Therapeutics to offer users of the Accu-Chek...

October 30, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Mitra Biotech, Brigham and Women’s Hospital team up for Cancer Immunotherapies

 Mitra Biotech is a global leader in advancing personalized oncology treatment and supporting more effective and ef...

October 29, 2018 | Monday | News
Philips launches first start-up programme for AI in healthcare

Philips announced the launch of their first global startup collaboration program involving Philips’ innovation hub...

October 25, 2018 | Thursday | News
Biocon and Mylan Announce Positive CHMP Opinion for Ogivri, Biosimilar Trastuzumab

Biocon and Mylan announced that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) ha...

October 22, 2018 | Monday | News
Lilly India enters the autoimmune segment with Olumiant

Eli Lilly and Company (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Lilly India) has announced the launch of Olumiant (baricitinib). This announcem...

October 10, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Rangsons brings TMS Neurocare to India

‘Mindful TMS Neurocare’, India’s first chain of super specialized neurocare centres for treating depre...

October 10, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Wipro GE Healthcare strengthens its commitment to India

Wipro GE Healthcare (WGE), India’s leading medical technology company has announced a series of partnerships to st...

October 8, 2018 | Monday | News
Rotavirus vaccine options expand with WHO’s prequalification

PATH welcomes the World Health Organization's (WHO's) prequalification of the thermostable rotavirus vaccine, ROTASIIL, ...

September 28, 2018 | Friday | News
Glenmark Pharma considers buyback of Singapore FCCBs

The company said its operations committee would consider opportunistic tenders or buybacks of any part of its Singa...

September 26, 2018 | Wednesday | News
SigTuple Tech receives recognition at Demo Day Asia

Bengaluru, India based SigTuple Technologies was given the Judges' Choic' award at the Google's first Demo Day Asia prog...

September 24, 2018 | Monday | News
Cyclops Medtech raises $1 M as fresh capital

Medical technology company Cyclops Medtech Pvt. Ltd has raised $1 million in fresh capital from impact investment fund U...

September 21, 2018 | Friday | News
Aurobindo Pharma gets SA health authority nod for HIV drug

Aurobindo Pharma has received approval from the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) for its Dolu...

September 18, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Aster DM Healthcare partners with Nigerian University Hospital

Aster DM Healthcare, a leading integrated healthcare services provider in Asia, has entered into a partnership agreement...

September 17, 2018 | Monday | News
UK- India collaborate to curb AMR

A £3 million interdisciplinary research project will address the growing threat of drug-resistant infections in In...

September 14, 2018 | Friday | News
Sun Pharma to buy minority stake in Israeli firm

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd plans to acquire an 18.75 per cent stake in Israel's Tarsius Pharma Ltd for $3 million...

September 12, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Microsoft, SRL to use AI for cancer detection

Tech giant Microsoft has collaborated with SRL Diagnostics to train its artificial intelligence (AI) system in detecting...

September 11, 2018 | Tuesday | News
"We support India’s target of TB elimination by 2025"

The company has announced its ‘Make in India’ initiative by announcing plans to establish their manufacturin...

September 4, 2018 | Tuesday | Opinion
Health for all resonates at WHO Regional Committee session

Health ministers and experts from countries in WHO South-East Asia Region recently began five day deliberations on prior...

September 4, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Suven secures product patents in China, Eurasia

Suven Life Sciences has said that it has been granted a product patent each by China and Eurasia corresponding to a new ...

August 31, 2018 | Friday | News
Kare4U introduces block chain based healthcare app

Hyderabad-based, digital healthcare company Kare4U has recently launched a block chain enabled mobile app in healthcare,...

August 30, 2018 | Thursday | News
Indian Healthcare BPO Market to touch $188.9 billion by 2018

The global health care BPO market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 10.7% from US$113...

August 29, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Distinct perspectives on Life Sciences trends

Life Sciences is a constantly evolving field. Staying uo-to-date with these evolutions, especially for busy executives w...

August 27, 2018 | Monday | News
Bugworks Research raises $9M in series A funding

Bangalore India and Delaware, USA, based biopharma startup Bugworks Research, designing first-in-class an...

August 16, 2018 | Thursday | News
India loses its vaccine export sheen

India, once called as the vaccine capital, is slowly losing its sheen because of various reasons, primarily the aggressi...

August 14, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Cabinet approves MoU between India, Indonesia on health cooperation

The Union Cabinet chaired by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the signing of the Memorandum of Understan...

August 13, 2018 | Monday | News
PharmaLytica 2018 highlights Quality Culture and Regulatory Compliance trends of the Pharma Sector

UBM India, the organisers of CPhI / P-MEC India, the leading global pharma trade show and conference, recently hosted th...

August 13, 2018 | Monday | News
DNAtix, Mapmygenome partner to advance personalized preventive medicine

Digital DNAtix Ltd., the blockchain genetics company, and Mapmygenome, a molecular diagnostics company, today announced ...

August 6, 2018 | Monday | News
Hyderabad to witness latest pharma innovations and trends with PharmaLytica 2018

UBM India, organizers of CPhI / P-MEC India, the leading global pharma trade show and conference, has announced the 5th ...

August 1, 2018 | Wednesday | News
WHO SE Asia Region Parliamentarians make stronger commitments

Over 30 parliamentarians from countries in WHO South-East Asia Region have committed to health and wellbeing of women, c...

July 30, 2018 | Monday | News
Slayback Pharma appoints Dr Girish Jain as Global R&D Head

Slayback Pharma LLC, a privately held pharmaceutical research and development company, has announced the appointment of ...

July 25, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Pfizer halts production at India injectables plant, FDA finds issues

Singapore –Pfizer has again suspended production at a long-troubled sterile injectables plant in India (Hospira) t...

July 20, 2018 | Friday | News
LeapFrog acquires majority stake in Ascent Meditech

LeapFrog Investments ("LeapFrog"), the leading investor in companies that deliver healthcare and financial services for ...

July 17, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Aurobindo to acquire Apotex's biz in European countries

Aurobindo Pharma Limited, a world-leading marketer and manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical...

July 16, 2018 | Monday | News
Navitas titled as a Leader in IDC MarketScape

TAKE Solutions announced that its dedicated life sciences company, Navitas has been recognized as a ‘Leader’...

July 13, 2018 | Friday | News
Cipla to acquire South African drug firm for $33M

India’s drugmaker firm Cipla Ltd has agreed to acquire South Africa’s Mirren (Pty) Ltd to strengthen its foo...

July 13, 2018 | Friday | News
China ready to slash Indian medicine tariffs

China and India have entered in an agreement to reduce tariffs and increase imports of Indian medicines, particularly an...

July 10, 2018 | Tuesday | News
India, South Korea sign 5 MoUs in S&T

India and South Korea have signed five MoUs in the field of Science & Technology. Union Minister for Science & T...

July 10, 2018 | Tuesday | News
AHH raises $50 million from Sheares Healthcare

Singapore- Asia Healthcare Holdings (AHH), an operating and investment platform founded by TPG Growth, the global middle...

July 5, 2018 | Thursday | News
Ferring Pharma invests $250M in new Hyderabad facility

Switzerland-based Ferring Pharmaceuticals has recently laid the foundation for its R&D laboratory and manufacturing ...

July 2, 2018 | Monday | News
MIT Board elects Kiran-Mazumdar Shaw as full-term member

Biocon Ltd, Asia’s premier biopharmaceutical company, has announced that its Chairperson and Managing Director, Ki...

June 28, 2018 | Thursday | News
AERB approves Radixact X9 system in India

Singapore- Accuray announced that the Company has received an Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) Type Approval for it...

June 21, 2018 | Thursday | News
Lupin, Nichi-Iko unite to market biosimilar Etanercept in Japan

Pharma major Lupin and Nichi-Iko announced that the two companies have entered into an agreement for the distribution, p...

June 18, 2018 | Monday | News
NirogStreet raises $ 300K from Japanese venture

India’s first tech induced Ayurveda platform, NirogStreet raising USD 300k from the Japanese venture fund Spiral V...

June 13, 2018 | Wednesday | News
USFDA approves Mylan and Biocon’s Fulphila

Mylan N.V.  and Biocon Ltd. have announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ...

June 5, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Nipah Virus: Emerging threat to human health

Nipah virus (NiV) which is a newly emerging zoonosis causing severe disease in both animals and humans is the new threat...

May 24, 2018 | Thursday | News
Scientists develop new technique to detect Chikungunya virus

Indian scientists have developed a biosensor technique which can be potentially help in detecting Chikungunya virus. Acc...

May 22, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Nipah Virus causes panic attack in Kerala with several deaths

Singapore –  8 deaths in Kerela, including three people of the same family in the state’s coastal ...

May 21, 2018 | Monday | News
Aurobindo launches $1.6 billion bid to buy Novartis generics unit

Aurobindo Pharma Ltd has submitted an initial bid to buy Novartis AG’s dermatology generics drug business for abou...

May 7, 2018 | Monday | News
To treat corneal blindness Atelerix Ltd (UK) and LV Prasad Eye Institute (India) unites

Atelerix a UK-based start-up company that has developed a method for transporting human cells at room temperature by enc...

May 7, 2018 | Monday | News
Venture Centre wins Asian Incubation Award

The Asian Association of Business Incubation, the pan-Asian association of incubators from 19 nations and regions, has s...

May 6, 2018 | Sunday | News
China eliminates import duties on 28 Indian medicines

China has removed import duties on as many as 28 medicines, including all cancer drugs, from May 1, a move which would h...

May 4, 2018 | Friday | News
Strides Shasun receives USFDA approval for Cinacalcet Hydrochloride tablets

Drug firm Strides Shasun’s wholly-owned subsidiary Strides Pharma Global has received approval from the US health ...

May 2, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Aska, Neopharma arm team up for Rs350 Cr venture

Japan based Aska Pharmaceuticals Co. and Omnicare Drugs India Pvt Ltd, a 100 per cent subsidiary of the UAE's largest ph...

April 27, 2018 | Friday | News
Cabinet Approves MoU with BRICS nations

The government gave its nod to sign a deal with medicine regulatory agencies of BRICS nations on cooperation in the fiel...

April 26, 2018 | Thursday | Regulatory
SRL to expand its diagnostic centres in Kolkata

SRL Diagnostics will nearly double its pathology centre network in Kolkata over the next three months. The company is i...

April 24, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Munjals, Burmans extend validity of their offer for Fortis

Sunil Munjal-backed Hero Enterprise and the Burman's of Dabur group have extended the validity of their revised Rs 15-bi...

April 24, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Fortis Healthcare gets unsolicited offer from Radiant

Singapore- The takeover battle for Fortis Healthcare intensified after KKR-backed Radiant Life Care Private Ltd entered ...

April 20, 2018 | Friday | News
China’s Fosun becomes a competitor in the race for Fortis

China’s Fosun international group has become the fourth suitor for cash-strapped hospital chain Fortis healthcare ...

April 18, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Strides Shasun’s allergy relief drug gets USFDA approval

Strides Shasun said its wholly-owned subsidiary has received approval from the US health regulator for Cyproheptadine Hy...

April 12, 2018 | Thursday | News
International Liver Symposium on liver diseases and transplantation

In continuation of its commitment to bringing world-class healthcare to all, the Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantat...

April 9, 2018 | Monday | News
Beauty and wellness firm VLCC to expand internationally

Beauty and wellness firm VLCC is on the expansion spree with a target to add 50 new training institutes in India over th...

April 9, 2018 | Monday | News
Lupin receives EIR from USFDA for Pithampur facility

Drug Pharmaceutical Company has received establishment investigation report (EIR) from the United States Food and Drug A...

April 6, 2018 | Friday | News
Sun Pharma receives USFDA approval for Methadone HCL

Singapore — Sun Pharma has received USFDA approval for Methadone Hydrochloride tablet. Methadone HCL is marketed u...

April 4, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Strides Shasun’s generic Ibuprofen receives USFDA approval

Drug firm Strides Shasun has received approval from the US health regulator for generic Ibuprofen capsules, 200 mg, used...

April 2, 2018 | Monday | News
Chrys Capital to buy 10% in Mankind for $350 M

India-bred private equity firm Chrys Capital is set to acquire 10 per cent in fast-growing Mankind Pharmaceuticals for $...

April 2, 2018 | Monday | News
Biocon gets European nod for its insulin to market globally

Indian biotech major Biocon said that the biosimilar insulin glargine co-developed with US drug major partner Mylan rece...

March 28, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Metropolis to expand with 800 centres and 10 labs

Metropolis Healthcare Limited operates a chain of diagnostic centers and hospital laboratories in India, the United Arab...

March 26, 2018 | Monday | News
J&J launches unique mobile training centre

Johnson & Johnson Medical India has announced the launch of its state-of-the-art Johnson & Johnson Institute on ...

March 22, 2018 | Thursday | News
ET launches landmark event to explore growth map of healthcare industry

The 1st edition of Hospital Strategic Management Summit aims at convergence of brilliant thought leaders ...

March 6, 2018 | Tuesday | News
BD ropes in Pavan Mocherla as new MD for India, South Asia

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has recently announced the appointment of Pavan Mocherla as the new managing director...

February 27, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Canada announces $7.9 M investment for health innovations in India

Grand Challenges Canada has announced an investment of up to $7.9 million in 40 health innovations in India, supported b...

February 26, 2018 | Monday | News
Glenmark, SCD Pharma sign pact for marketing ophthalmic products

Global pharmaceutical company, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has entered into an exclusive agreement with Sam Chun Dang Pharm...

February 22, 2018 | Thursday | News
IPC to support SEARN nation for developing PV programmes

The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission (IPC), Ghaziabad under the union health ministry has chalked out a plan to support S...

February 20, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Eli Lilly appoints Luca Visini as MD for India operations

Multinational biopharmaceutical leader, Eli Lilly and Company, announced earlier this year the appointment of Luca ...

February 14, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Alkem partners with Dong A to launch anti-diabetic drug

Mumbai-based Alkem Pharma is foraying into the antidiabetic drug market in the country through partnershi...

February 8, 2018 | Thursday | News
Lupin’s JV yields positive results for Etanercept clinical trials

YL Biologics (YLB), a joint venture by drugmaker Lupin and Yoshindo, has successfully completed the late phase clinical ...

February 8, 2018 | Thursday | News
Healthcare Budget 2018- A Gigantic task

Healthcare sector today took the centrestage of the budget with the finance minister Arun Jaitley announcing the world&r...

February 1, 2018 | Thursday | Analysis
Budget India 2018- Rs 1200 crores earmarked for flagship healthcare program

"We are allocating Rs 1 Lakh crore in the next four years to boost Research and Development. We are also coming up with ...

February 1, 2018 | Thursday | News
EMA accepts marketing authorization applications for Mylan and Biocon’s proposed biosimilars

India's biopharmaceutical giant Biocon, today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted for review...

December 1, 2017 | Friday | News
Roche Pharma ropes in Lara Bezerra as India MD

Drug major Roche recently announced the appointment of Lara Bezerra as Managing Director for Roche Products India. She s...

November 15, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Singapore grants patent to Suven for neuro molecule

Suven Life Sciences Ltd. has been granted a product patent from Singapore for the New Chemical Entities (NCEs) dealing w...

October 19, 2017 | Thursday | News
Suven gets product patent from India and Japan

Drug firm Suven Life Sciences has been granted a patent each by India and Japan for a drug used in the treatment of neur...

September 26, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Taiwan keen on joining hands with India for healthcare

A Taiwanese health delegation led by the Deputy Health and Welfare Minister is on a visit to the Indian state of Haryana...

September 25, 2017 | Monday | News
India and Japan join hands for stem cell research

In the light of Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to India, the two countries have signed a host of ...

September 14, 2017 | Thursday | News
MDR TB drug by Otsuka reaches India

Japanese drug maker Otsuka Pharmaceutical has granted US pharmaceutical firm Mylan’s subsidiary an exclusive licen...

August 25, 2017 | Friday | News
"Indian manufacturers account for 60% of vaccine supplies made to UNICEF”

Undoubtedly, India is the epicentre for vaccine manufacturing in the world. With many top vaccine giants supplying basic...

August 22, 2017 | Tuesday | Opinion
Resurgence of swine flu in India

At least 600 people have died and over 12,500 people have been affected by the deadly swine flu outbreak in India as of ...

July 31, 2017 | Monday | News
Swine flu raises its ugly head again in India!

Singapore: Affecting well over 12,000 people so far, Swine flu is sweeping across the Indian subcontinent. The viru...

July 25, 2017 | Tuesday | News
emids acquires healthcare IT firm Encore

Singapore: emids, a rapidly growing global provider of IT services and solutions for the healthcare and life scienc...

July 20, 2017 | Thursday | News
Takeda, Biological E ink pact to develop and commercialize vaccines

Singapore: Japan’s Takeda pharmaceuticals have inked two licensing pacts with Biological E for development and del...

June 27, 2017 | Tuesday | News
“There is also a need to increase awareness about the good that clinical research has done for patients”

The Indian Society for Clinical Research (ISCR), an association of clinical research professionals, has announced the ap...

June 19, 2017 | Monday | Opinion
LifeCell's Community Stem Cell Banking Receives Global Recognition

Singapore - LifeCell International (India's first and the largest stem cell bank)has made an entry into global platform ...

June 14, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Withania somnifera can deal with complicated cancers

Cancer is a complex disorder, largely defined as abnormal growth of cells. In contrast to normal cells that divide limit...

June 8, 2017 | Thursday | News

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