India to examine drug approval procedures

Bangalore: India has set up a committee to examine the validity of scientific and statutory basis adopted for approval o...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
Egypt seeking Indian pharma investment

Singapore: With analysts predicting great growth from overseas for the Indian pharmaceutical industry, Egypt recently jo...

December 5, 2013 | Thursday | News
GE Healthcare unveils first PET/CT designed in India

Singapore: The new Discovery IQ is the result of $15 Million (INR 90 Crores) investment, and 3 years of close collaborat...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
India lags behind neighbors on key health measures

Bangalore: Indians are living longer lives, but illness and disability of a very high order and relatively early deat...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Gerresheimer net income rises by 22%

Singapore: Gerresheimer, one-of-the-leading worldwide partners of the pharma and healthcare industry, has closed the 201...

February 15, 2013 | Friday | News
FDA gets biomarker database license from GVK Bio

Singapore: GVK Biosciences is extending its Clinical Biomarker Database (Gobiom) license to the Biomarker Qualification ...

February 5, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
'Start-up services should meet customers' needs'

Mr Sam Santhosh, the founder of MedGenome has been an entrepreneur, with over 20 years' of experience in the software in...

April 21, 2014 | Monday | Influencers
BASF to launch production line for catalysts required for APIs

Bangalore: BASF will launch a production line for precious metal-based fine chemical catalysts at the company's manuf...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Minister: HIV in India down by 56%

New Delhi: During the last decade in India, HIV infections have declined by 56 percent from 2.7 lakh in 2000 to 1.2 lakh...

August 15, 2012 | Wednesday | News
India's clinical trial industry should look into the mirror

What are the major issues confronting India's bioscience sector now? On top of every one's mind is the uncertainty over ...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | Opinion
NATCO wins compulsory license for anti-cancer drug

In a landmark decision, Hyderabad-based NATCO Pharma has been granted compulsory license for Sorafenib Tosylate sold und...

March 16, 2012 | Friday | News
Infosys joins movement against child diarrheal deaths

Bangalore: Information technology services major Infosys has made a commitment to work with the MDG Health Alliance, ...

August 24, 2012 | Friday | News
Philips opens manufacturing facility in India

Bangalore: In line with its strategy to expand the company's industrial footprint in India, Royal Philips Electronics co...

June 15, 2012 | Friday | News
IPDA wants export ban on medicines lifted

Singapore: The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in India has enforced a ban on export of pharma products t...

July 6, 2014 | Sunday | Regulatory
Cadila chairman Indravadan Modi passes away

Bangalore: Veteran industrialist and one of pioneers of Indian pharmaceuticals industry Mr Indravadan Modi, the chairman...

November 27, 2012 | Tuesday | News
First-of-its-kind osteoarthritis study done in India

Bangalore: Signaling relief to over 15 million knee-osteoarthritis patients in India, the world's first study "Osteoa...

September 21, 2012 | Friday | News
India to introduce new medical device Bill

Singapore: The Indian government will soon bring a Bill aimed at regulating the medical equipment industry in the county...

June 21, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
Panacea gets govt order worth $34 million

New Delhi: India's second largest producer of vaccines, New Delhi-based Panacea Biotec, has received a government order ...

December 17, 2012 | Monday | News
Indian FIPB clears pharma FDI proposals worth $536 mn

New Delhi: The Indian Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), which is the foreign investment approval authority, has...

August 27, 2012 | Monday | News
WHO: Invest in local research to improve healthcare

Singapore: WHO has urged countries to invest in local research in order to develop a system of universal health coverage...

August 19, 2013 | Monday | News
Arvind sets up $42.37 mn plant top tap US market

Singapore: Indian pharmaceutical firm, Arvind Remedies has been gearing up to take the US market by storm. The company h...

June 26, 2013 | Wednesday | News
BioEnable launch biometric kiosks

Bangalore: BioEnable Technologies announced the launch of their new generation Biometric Kiosks. The device type is u...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
What are India's most eminent life science individuals saying about CSIR?

India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), which was established in 1942 as an autonomous society and...

November 21, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
Ranbaxy, Gilead sign licensing agreement

New Delhi: Ranbaxy Laboratories has entered into an in-licensing agreement with Gilead Sciences to promote access to hig...

August 3, 2012 | Friday | News
NSF brings Secondary Reference Standards to India

Singapore: NSF International, an independent global public health and safety organization which develops standards, and ...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News