ICRISAT appoints new director-general

Singapore: The governing board of the International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has announc...

July 6, 2014 | Sunday | News
RCC Labs gets exclusive marketing rights from ViruSure

Bangalore: RCC Laboratories, a Hyderabad based contract research organization (CRO) and ViruSure entered into a partners...

November 1, 2012 | Thursday | News
Venus gets US patent for drug that fights superbugs

Bangalore: Venus Remedies, a research-based Indian global pharmaceutical company, has received a patent from the US Pate...

June 14, 2012 | Thursday | News
BP and Diabetes drugs available at $0.04 per day

Bangalore: Considering the rising prices of products and services in India, Ozone Pharmaceuticals, one of the leading pr...

August 14, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Avanir Pharma settles patent litigation with Wockhardt

Singapore: US based Avanir Pharmaceuticals has entered into a settlement agreement with India's Wockhardt to resolve pen...

September 9, 2013 | Monday | News
Obesity an epidemic in developing countries'

Singapore: Out of 2.1 billion obese population in the world, 15 percent are the Indians and Chinese, reveals a study con...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Cognizant acquires TriZetto

Singapore: In a bid to expand its market position in the healthcare sector, Cognizant purchased Colorado-based TriZetto,...

September 17, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Smokefree's new range of electronic cigarettes

New Delhi: India-based electronic cigarette company Smokefree Electronic Cigarette has launched new EGO series range of ...

July 4, 2013 | Thursday | News
A mini PCR for quick diagnosis

Innovation comes in all sizes. Bigtec's mini PCR, TrueLab, is the perfect example for that. TrueLab is a point-of-care, ...

June 14, 2012 | Thursday | News
India's Science & Technology minister passes away

Bangalore: Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, the Science and Technology minister, Government of India, passed away at a hospital in ...

August 14, 2012 | Tuesday | News
CMOs look towards Asia to reduce cost by 50%

Singapore: Global contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) are set to steadily become more and more popular, as Weste...

November 5, 2012 | Monday | News
InnoPack Pharma to be held from June 27-28

Singapore: The second edition of InnoPack Pharma would be held from June 27-28, 2013, in Mumbai, India. The conference i...

April 15, 2013 | Monday | News
Industry-academia meet focuses on innovation in India

New Delhi: India's department of biotechnology (DBT) and biotechnology industry research assistance council (BIRAC) have...

October 22, 2012 | Monday | News
Wockhardt to market generic of GSK Parkinson's drug

Mumbai: Pharmaceutical and biotechnology major Wockhardt received US FDA approval for marketing 2mg, 4mg, 6mg, 8mg and 1...

August 29, 2012 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Pharma companies set eyes on China

China reported total of 97 deals worth $6.5 billion, the highest in Asia Pacific, according to a mergermarket report. Th...

June 19, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
5 major policy developments of 2012

The Year 2012 has seen crucial policy changes in the bioscience industry around the world. These changes that have taken...

December 20, 2012 | Thursday | Regulatory
50 Indian companies to invest $500mn in the US

Hyderabad: 50 Indian companies have recently indicated they will collectively invest over $500 million in the US mark...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Lupin gets approval for oral contraceptive

Bangalore: Pharma major, Lupin, announced that its subsidiary Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. (collectively Lupin) has rec...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
What the future holds for the APAC CRO market?

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Indo-Aussie research to find ovarian cancer cure

Singapore: Scientists at Australia's Queensland University of Technology (QUT) are hot on the trail of a genetic pathway...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | News
joimax goes BRIC and beyond

Singapore: Right on time with the soon expected registrations of the joimax products in Brazil - one of the most emer...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Eli Lilly, Strides expand in emerging markets

Bangalore: Eli Lilly and Company and Strides Arcolab have entered into a collaboration to expand delivery of cancer m...

December 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
Aventis Pharma renamed to 'Sanofi India Ltd'

Bangalore: The Sanofi Group recently announced the company's change of name from Aventis Pharma Limited to 'Sanofi India...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | News
Phoenix's heart repair device trial is underway

Singapore: Phoenix Cardiac Devices, a medical device company with a novel method of repairing leaky heart valves without...

January 15, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Global collaborations is the way forward for drug discovery

Over the last few decades India has reiterated its capabilities in providing dependable and cost effective chemistry ser...

December 19, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis