Slayback Pharma appoints Dr Girish Jain as Global R&D Head

India |  News | 0 Comment | 25 Jul, 2018

Slayback Pharma LLC, a privately held pharmaceutical research and development company, has announced the appointment of Dr Girish Jain as Senior Vice President and Head of Global R&D. D...Read more

Pfizer halts production at India injectables plant, FDA finds issues

India |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Jul, 2018

Singapore –Pfizer has again suspended production at a long-troubled sterile injectables plant in India (Hospira) that the FDA has twice before cited for manufacturing and testing issu...Read more

LeapFrog acquires majority stake in Ascent Meditech

India |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Jul, 2018

LeapFrog Investments ("LeapFrog"), the leading investor in companies that deliver healthcare and financial services for emerging consumers, have acquired a majority stake in Ascent Meditech...Read more

Aurobindo to acquire Apotex's biz in European countries

India |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Jul, 2018

Aurobindo Pharma Limited, a world-leading marketer and manufacturer of generic pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients announces the signing of a definitive agreement to acqui...Read more

Navitas titled as a Leader in IDC MarketScape

India |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Jul, 2018

TAKE Solutions announced that its dedicated life sciences company, Navitas has been recognized as a ‘Leader’ in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Life Science R&D BPO Services ...Read more

Cipla to acquire South African drug firm for $33M

India |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Jul, 2018

India’s drugmaker firm Cipla Ltd has agreed to acquire South Africa’s Mirren (Pty) Ltd to strengthen its foothold in the African nation. Mirren, set up in 1983, makes over-the-...Read more

China ready to slash Indian medicine tariffs

India |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Jul, 2018

China and India have entered in an agreement to reduce tariffs and increase imports of Indian medicines, particularly anti-cancer drugs, part of moves to broaden its trade relations amid it...Read more

India, South Korea sign 5 MoUs in S&T

India |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Jul, 2018

India and South Korea have signed five MoUs in the field of Science & Technology. Union Minister for Science & Technology, Dr Harsh Vardhan and his South Korean counterpart, Mr. You...Read more

AHH raises $50 million from Sheares Healthcare

India |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Jul, 2018

Singapore- Asia Healthcare Holdings (AHH), an operating and investment platform founded by TPG Growth, the global middle market and growth equity platform of TPG, announced it has raised $5...Read more

Ferring Pharma invests $250M in new Hyderabad facility

India |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Jul, 2018

Switzerland-based Ferring Pharmaceuticals has recently laid the foundation for its R&D laboratory and manufacturing facility at Genome Valley, Hyderabad. The new facility will also add ...Read more

MIT Board elects Kiran-Mazumdar Shaw as full-term member

India |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Jun, 2018

Biocon Ltd, Asia’s premier biopharmaceutical company, has announced that its Chairperson and Managing Director, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, has been elected as full-term member of the MIT Co...Read more

AERB approves Radixact X9 system in India

India |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Jun, 2018

Singapore- Accuray announced that the Company has received an Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) Type Approval for its Radixact X9 System in India. The AERB Type Approval ...Read more

Lupin, Nichi-Iko unite to market biosimilar Etanercept in Japan

India |  News | 0 Comment | 18 Jun, 2018

Pharma major Lupin and Nichi-Iko announced that the two companies have entered into an agreement for the distribution, promotion and sale of Lupin’s recently-filed biosimilar Etanerce...Read more

NirogStreet raises $ 300K from Japanese venture

India |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Jun, 2018

India’s first tech induced Ayurveda platform, NirogStreet raising USD 300k from the Japanese venture fund Spiral Ventures to strengthen technology.   With maximum focus on tech...Read more

USFDA approves Mylan and Biocon’s Fulphila

India |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Jun, 2018

Mylan N.V.  and Biocon Ltd. have announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Mylan’s Fulphila (pegfilgrastim-jmbd), a biosimilar to Neu...Read more

Nipah Virus: Emerging threat to human health

India |  News | 0 Comment | 24 May, 2018

Nipah virus (NiV) which is a newly emerging zoonosis causing severe disease in both animals and humans is the new threat in India. With so many number of cases already reported in Kerala, t...Read more

Scientists develop new technique to detect Chikungunya virus

India |  News | 0 Comment | 22 May, 2018

Indian scientists have developed a biosensor technique which can be potentially help in detecting Chikungunya virus. According to the scientists, the technique can be used to develop a poin...Read more

Nipah Virus causes panic attack in Kerala with several deaths

India |  News | 0 Comment | 21 May, 2018

Singapore –  8 deaths in Kerela, including three people of the same family in the state’s coastal city Kozhikode have been recorded over the last two weeks. Reportedly...Read more