“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
Seven New Research Parks to be set up in India to boost innovation

In a bid to boost the Indian start up scene, the government is all set to fulfill its promise of setting up of seven new...

June 5, 2017 | Monday | News
Asia’s first bot-aided implant for Parkinson’s at Kochi

This is the first time in Asia that Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) implantation was performed with a medical robot called ...

May 25, 2017 | Thursday | News
Zydus gets approval for antihistamine drug

Drug firm Zydus Cadila has received approval from the US health regulator to market antihistamine Cyproheptadine Hydroch...

May 23, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Toro Finserve to invest in Healthcare Real Estate

Private equity firm Toro Finserve is raising a USD 500 million fund to invest in real estate for healthcare enterprises....

May 23, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Indian Wins Top Intel Science Award in U.S.

Prashant Ranganathan, Indian boy has won the world's largest pre-college science competition in the US in the environmen...

May 22, 2017 | Monday | News
India's Torrent Pharma inks deal with Novartis

Singapore: Indian drug giant Torrent Pharma has acquired a portfolio of generic drugs from Swiss pharma company Novartis...

April 12, 2017 | Wednesday | News
IFC to sell entire stake for $65 mn in Max Healthcare

International Finance Corp (IFC), the private-sector investment arm of the World Bank, will sell its entire 7.5% stake i...

May 12, 2017 | Friday | News
Milann Hospital receives approval from ICMR

Bangalore based Milann, country’s leading fertility center, becomes the first hospital in India to receive permiss...

May 11, 2017 | Thursday | News
Claris sells stake to Otsuka for $20 m

Ahmedabad-based pharmaceutical company Claris Lifesciences Ltd has agreed to sell its entire 20% stake in a joint ventur...

May 10, 2017 | Wednesday | News
3 Indian scientists elected fellows of Royal society

Three Indian-origin scientists known for their expertise in genetics, computers and ecology have been elected fellows of...

May 9, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Yuvraj Singh-backed Healthians raises funds

Expedient Healthcare Marketing Pvt. Ltd, which runs online diagnostics and wellness startup Healthians.com, has raised a...

May 5, 2017 | Friday | News
Parkway Pantai raises stake in Continental Hospitals

Parkway Pantai is in an expansion-cum-consolidation phase in India. It has announced the allotment of an additional 1.3 ...

May 4, 2017 | Thursday | News
Brinton Pharma raises $4 mn from Tata Capital’s healthcare fund

Pune-based drugmaker Brinton Pharmaceuticals Ltd has raised Rs 25.6 crore ($4 million) from Tata Capital Healthcare Fund...

May 4, 2017 | Thursday | News
Apollo Hospital implants world’s smallest pacemaker

Apollo BGS Hospital, Mysuru, became the first hospital in the State to implant the world’s smallest pacemaker into...

April 28, 2017 | Friday | News
Cloud-based app for patient’s aid in absence of doctor

The Society for Administration of Telemedicine and Health Informatics (Sathi) has joined hands with a Hyderabad-based en...

April 28, 2017 | Friday | News
Glenmark initiates clinical investigation for respiratory drug

Global pharmaceutical major Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has received the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) approval f...

April 28, 2017 | Friday | News
Siemens Healthineers installs India’s first fully automated lab

In a significant boost to availability of in-vitro diagnostic testing services in India, Siemens Healthineers has succes...

April 27, 2017 | Thursday | News
Transasia Bio-Medicals acquires Calbiotech Group of US

Strengthening its foray into immunoassay, Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd., India’s leading in-vitro diagnostic company...

April 27, 2017 | Thursday | News
PerkinElmer India felicitated at Elets Healthcare Summit

PerkinElmer India was felicitated with the Leadership Award for contribution in Healthcare at the Elets Healthcare Summi...

April 27, 2017 | Thursday | News
APAC Biotech gets approval for APCEDEN

Singapore: Indian biotechnology company, APAC Biotech, is granted with a commercial license by Indian FDA (CDSCO - Centr...

April 6, 2017 | Thursday | News
AiMED, Invest India ink MoU to promote Indian medical devices sector

Singapore: In a bid to further provide an impetus to India's medical devices sector, The Association of Indian Medical D...

February 17, 2017 | Friday | News
Cadila arm acquires six brands from MSD pharma

Singapore: Indian pharma giant Cadila healthcare's arm Zydus Healthcare has acquired six brands from MSD Pharmaceuticals...

January 3, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Indian Pharma industry to hire only qualified personnel now

Singapore: In order to bring the Indian Pharmaceutical industry at par with international standards, the Ministry of Hea...

December 8, 2016 | Thursday | News
Vietnam blacklists 39 Indian drug firms

Singapore: Giant drug makers like Aurobindo Pharma, Cadila and Mcleods Pharmaceuticals are among 39 Indian firms that ha...

November 25, 2016 | Friday | News
Everstone acquires majority stake in Rubicon Research

Singapore: The Everstone Group has bought a 70 percent stake in Mumbai-based Rubicon Research Pvt. Ltd., a pioneering dr...

October 25, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Sayre Therapeutics announces distribution agreement with Cancer Genetics Inc

Singapore: Sayre Therapeutics, today announced an exclusive distribution agreement with Cancer Genetics Inc.(CGI), a lea...

October 24, 2016 | Monday | News
Is public health in India secure?

Singapore: The country's national capital is reeling under one of the worst outbreaks of dengue and chikungunya this yea...

October 24, 2016 | Monday | Opinion
India requests 'Green Channel' for export of drugs to China

Singapore: With a view to bridge the increasing trade gap between the two countries, Chinese vice Minister of finance an...

October 14, 2016 | Friday | News
Bharat Biotech's Zika vaccine to enter phase-I trials

Singapore: Giving a further boost to Modi governemt's Make in India initiative, India's Bharat Biotech recently announce...

October 10, 2016 | Monday | News
Zydus Cadila, Takeda to co-develop vaccine for chikungunya

Singapore: Japan's Takeda pharmaceuticals has joined hands with India-based Zydus Cadila in an aim to co-develop a vacci...

September 23, 2016 | Friday | News
India's resurgence as a clinical trial destination

Singapore: Factors such as technically competent workforce, large genetically diverse population, easy patient availabil...

September 21, 2016 | Wednesday | News
Eppendorf launches pipette calibration facility in India

Bangalore: Eppendorf, a leading life science company that develops and sells instruments, consumables and services, laun...

November 9, 2012 | Friday | News
Columbia Asia receives $101mn investment from Mitsui & Co.

Singapore: Columbia Asia has announced it is receiving $101 million in investment from Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Columbia ...

July 27, 2016 | Wednesday | News
Lupin's sNDA Antara Capsules receive FDA nod

Singapore: Indian drug major Lupin Limited's New Drug Application Antara capsules have received the US drug regulator's ...

October 23, 2013 | Wednesday | News
"Solve Ranbaxy merger case in two days"

Singapore: Now there is another twist to the interesting tale of merger of once powerful indigenous company, Ranbaxy by ...

May 23, 2014 | Friday | News
Glenmark develops first-of-its-kind antibody

Singapore: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has started the discovery and initiation of IND enabling studies of a novel clinical...

February 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Sanofi, Carlyle to buy Elder Pharma for $450 mn

Singapore: Sanofi's India unit and Carlyle group are in talks to buy the domestic drug formulation business of Indian dr...

July 25, 2013 | Thursday | News
India's Assam to launch miracle TB drug

Singapore: As per reports, the Indian state of Assam has become the first state in Asia to launch a new drug that can co...

June 8, 2016 | Wednesday | News
New genomes of malaria sequenced, vaccine to follow

A group of scientists working in India and the US has sequenced and annotated the genomes of four Plasmodium vivax strai...

September 17, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Sri Lanka encourages Indian pharma companies to set up units in the country

Singapore: In a bid to strengthen the pharma relations between the two countries, Sri Lankan Trade minister has planned ...

July 13, 2016 | Wednesday | News
Indian govt relaxes clinical trial norms

Singapore: In a bid to woo global researchers and improve the clinical trial landscape in the country, the Indian govern...

August 9, 2016 | Tuesday | News
India, Australia partner to foster sugar research

Singapore: Sugar Research Australia recently announced a new research partnership with India to further research and fos...

May 4, 2016 | Wednesday | News
German firm Evotec to pack up from India

Singapore: Custom manufacturing German firm, Evotec is closing its Chemistry Operations in Thane, India. All chemistry e...

July 10, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Lambda appointed new president

Singapore: Lambda Therapeutic Research announces the joining of Dr Tausif Monif as President - Global Operations. Lambd...

April 18, 2016 | Monday | News
Asia's first dental stem cell bank is here

With the experience of scientists having discovered the optimum medical therapeutic utilizing the nucleus of regenerativ...

October 28, 2013 | Monday | Influencers
GSK sells thrombosis brands to Aspen for $1.1 bn

Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has agreed to sell its thrombosis brands, Arixtra and Fraxiparine, and Notre-Dame de Bo...

October 1, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Why are bio firms in a hurry to set up shop in Malaysia?

India-based Agila Biotech, which is a subsidiary of Strides Arcolab, entered into a $34.4 million (RM107 million) build-...

April 17, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
India's Arunachal Pradesh to get Digital Healthcare Centers

Singapore: India's northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh is wooing Samsung Electronics to set up units in the state. T...

July 27, 2016 | Wednesday | News
Mylan holds back $250 mn in Agila buyout

Singapore: With the US drug regulator, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issuing a warning letter to one of Agila's Spe...

December 6, 2013 | Friday | News
Biobanking has attractive prospects in Asia

Asia is becoming increasingly important as a market for upcoming biobanks. Within Asia, India, China and Japan have attr...

June 12, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
China Cord Blood, Cordlife join hands for stem cell therapy services

Singapore: China Cord Blood Corporation (CCBC) and Cordlife Group, a multi-product healthcare company catering to the mo...

July 25, 2014 | Friday | News
Johns Hopkins releases NCD policy briefs

Singapore: Johns Hopkins University's Institute for Applied Economics, Global Health and the Study of Business Enterpris...

February 5, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Lupin appoints Theresa Stevens as chief corporate development officer

Singapore: Pharma major Lupin announced the appointment of Theresa Stevens as Chief Corporate Development Officer for it...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Type 2 diabetes could be next epidemic in India, China

Singapore: Despite modern science's best efforts, the most common type of diabetes, Type 2, is reaching epidemic levels ...

February 7, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Challenge No 1: A culture cauldron

The countries in Asia have different languages, cultures and religion. Some of them are even a melting pot of people fro...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Biocon registers 16 percent growth

Bangalore: India's leading biotech conglomerate Biocon records 16% revenue growth in FY14. The companies revenues for th...

April 25, 2014 | Friday | News
Suven gets patents for NCE in Canada, China and India

Bangalore: Suven Life Sciences received three product patents one each from Canada (2600271), China (CN 101544592B) and ...

February 4, 2014 | Tuesday | News
India approves STAAR Surgical's Visian ICL

New Delhi: US-based STAAR Surgical, a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of implantable lenses and delivery sy...

August 20, 2013 | Tuesday | News
India's potential lures pharma MNCs

Singapore: There has been a stark increase in the number of consolidations and in-licensing agreements between multinati...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | News
Exclusive: We can help shape Indian health services: NHS

Singapore: In June 2016, National Health Service's (NHS) Chairman Sir Malcolm Grant was in India and led a world-class d...

July 25, 2016 | Monday | Influencers
UK drugs regulator to halt approvals for clinical trials firm Quest Life Sciences

Singapore: The UK's healthcare regulator has decided to suspended marketing approval for a widely used antibiotic that h...

July 22, 2016 | Friday | News
Indian firm announces breakthrough for Zika vaccine

Singapore: Hyderabad, India based Vaccines and Bio-Therapeutic manufacturer, Bharat Biotech, announced breakthrough in d...

February 5, 2016 | Friday | News
Breast cancer market will rise to $3.4 billion by 2021'

Singapore: The Asia-Pacific (APAC) breast cancer market is set to experience considerable expansion from $1.9 billion in...

February 16, 2016 | Tuesday | News
IPC set to become first WHO Collaborating Centre for Safety of Medicines and Vaccines in APAC

Singapore: Hosted annually by one of the World Health Organization (WHO) member states, the 38th Annual Meeting of Repre...

November 5, 2015 | Thursday | News
SurgicEye's declipseSPECT 3D imaging enters Asia

Bangalore: India-based HealthCare Global (HCG) introduced the Intra Operative 3D Radioguided Surgery System (declipseSpe...

August 30, 2013 | Friday | News
F&S: China, India are hotspot for cardiac imaging

‎Singapore: A new study from Frost & Sullivan titled 'Global Trends in Medical Imaging-Cardiology Applications...

January 3, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
India market forecast

Singapore: Multinational pharmaceutical firms will continue to see mixed results in the Indian pharmaceutical market. A ...

January 20, 2016 | Wednesday | Opinion
Life Technologies to tap genetic sequencing market

Life Technologies, a US-based biotechnology company with customers in more than 160 countries, introduced a new benchtop...

May 18, 2012 | Friday | Influencers
Biosimilars to push growth in China, Korea, India

Singapore: The annual revenue for biopharmaceuticals has been consistently growing since 2001, accounting for 15.6 perc...

October 5, 2012 | Friday | News
Novo Nordisk insulin top pharma product in India

India, which has the second largest population in the world and is among the top three nations in terms of patient pool,...

June 11, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Zydus Cadila: A year of unparalleled growth

Singapore:  Cadila Healthcare, India Chairman: Mr Pankaj R PatelRevenue: $1285.6 mnBusiness: Discovery, development, m...

July 9, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
ABIVAX to market typhoid, meningococcus vaccines in Asia

Singapore: ABIVAX, Europe-based clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing anti-viral compo...

November 18, 2014 | Tuesday | News
India continues to lead China in pharma exports

Singapore: India has maintained its lead over China in terms of pharma exports, according to a statement by the ministry...

July 22, 2016 | Friday | News
LifeCell offers Dual Storage of stem cells

Singapore: LifeCell International, India's largest stem cell storage company, announced the launch of India's first Dual...

December 21, 2012 | Friday | News
Wockhardt increases investment in R&D

Singapore: Addressing shareholders in the company's annual report, Indian drugmaker Wockhardt said that the company plan...

September 7, 2015 | Monday | News
Eli Lilly's corporate social responsibility impact

For more than 135 years, Eli Lilly and Company has demonstrated a commitment to be a responsible global citizen, in larg...

April 23, 2013 | Tuesday | Opinion
Europe plants €3.7 billion in bio-based economy

Singapore: European Commission president Mr José Manuel Barroso, and Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Scienc...

July 17, 2014 | Thursday | News
Glenmark bags FDA approval for skin ointment

Singapore: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA (Glenmark) has been granted final approval by the United States Food &...

July 26, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Lupin gets FDA nod for generic Ortho Tri-cyclen Lo Tablets

Mumbai: Mumbai-based pharma major Lupin's subsidiary, Lupin Pharmaceuticals, has received approval for its Norgestimate ...

July 5, 2012 | Thursday | Regulatory
Lupin inks strategic JV agreement with Yoshindo

Singapore: Pharma Major, Lupin Limited announced today that it has entered into a strategic joint venture agreement with...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Ten top Indian life science collaborations of 2012

As the market for new drugs evolves, the methodologies for moving them into the market is changing and becoming more com...

March 26, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
APAC multiple myeloma market to value $2.8 bn by 2021: Report

Singapore: The treatment market for multiple myeloma across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries of China, India, Japan, an...

October 23, 2015 | Friday | Analysis
India slashes prices of 54 essential drugs

Singapore: With a view to make medicines for critical diseases more affordable, India's National Pharmaceutical Pricing ...

May 12, 2016 | Thursday | News
Baxter erects global R&D center at Syngene

Bangalore: Baxter has constructed its R&D center at Biocon's Syngene facility. The facility, which was developed a...

February 5, 2014 | Wednesday | News
India's Biological E to buy French Valneva's CMO unit

Singapore: France-based biotech firm Valneva is selling its clinical manufacturing operations (CMO) in Nantes to India-b...

June 11, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Lupin gets 16 FDA nods, launches 11 products front

US remained an unstirred focus for Indian pharmaceutical company Lupin as it went on achieving 16 approvals from US FD...

June 4, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
FDA approves Sun Pharma's generic Prandin

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given its finally approval to India's Sun Pharmaceutical Indust...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
Singapore's Fortis Surgical Hospital is now Concord Medical Services

Singapore: Concord Medical Services, China based hospital management solution provider, has received Singapore's approva...

October 16, 2015 | Friday | News
Cipla, Alembic contest Indian drug pricing in court

Singapore: Miffed at Indian government's move to slash prices of essential medicines through the new drug pricing policy...

July 17, 2013 | Wednesday | News
India's AYUSH becomes popular in Asia

Singapore: With the ancient Indian medicine systems AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy) gaining popular...

July 22, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Quintiles and Biogen Idec ink pact

Singapore: Quintiles and US-based biotech company Biogen Idec have entered into a five-year strategic clinical developme...

May 5, 2014 | Monday | News
Biocon launches world's first Biosimilar 'CANMAb' in India

Bangalore: CANMAb has been jointly developed by Biocon in partnership with Mylan and it is said to be the world's first ...

January 20, 2014 | Monday | News
Piramal to acquire US-based Decision Resource Group

Mumbai: Piramal Healthcare, an innovation led company, has agreed to acquire Decision Resources Group (DRG) a US-based c...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | News
Cadila Healthcare eyeing US, Europe markets

Singapore: With an eye on advanced markets like US and Europe, India's Cadila Healthcare has said that it would soon sta...

September 15, 2014 | Monday | News
Indian drug dealers worried about $1.69 bn old stocks

New Delhi: Ahead of the Drug Price Control Order (DPCO) to revise drug prices that came into effect on July 29, medicine...

August 2, 2013 | Friday | News
Dr Reddy's launch cystic acne generic Zenatane

Hyderabad: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories launched Zenatane (isotretinoin) capsules in 20 mg and 40 mg in the US. The drug i...

April 2, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Transasia gets award from the President of India

New Delhi: Transasia BioMedicals, one of India's largest IVD companies, was recently conferred with the coveted 'Niryat ...

October 26, 2012 | Friday | News

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