BioAsia 2013 delegates visit biocluster in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The first day of the BioAsia 2013, which started amidst much pomp and grandeur in the nawab city of Hyderabad...

January 29, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Approval rate for biologics drop in India

The biopharma sector, which contributes about 60 percent of the Indian biotechnology industry, has been witnessing a com...

January 7, 2013 | Monday | Analysis
Daiichi, Ranbaxy promote generics in Brazil

New Delhi: Daiichi Sankyo and Ranbaxy will work in synergy in Brazil to expand the business of both companies in the cou...

April 18, 2013 | Thursday | News
Indian pharma market booms despite poor policies

Bangalore: India has numerous healthcare problems, ranging from inadequate policy monitoring to the widespread lack of h...

August 24, 2012 | Friday | News
India: Policy reforms enables bioscience sector

Leveraging on the back of increasing sales of generic medicines, continued growth in chronic therapies and a greater pen...

May 14, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Novartis investigates unethical promotion of its drug

Mumbai: Novartis has discovered that some of its employees are adopting unethical means to promote its diabetes drug Gal...

June 13, 2013 | Thursday | News
Trivitron acquires Ani Labsystem

Bangalore: Indian company Trivitron Healthcare acquired Finland-based Ani Labsystem, a leader in the in vitro diagnosti...

November 27, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Hope floats for HIV patients!

Compared to the times of complete despair and loss of hope, there has been a remarkable scale up of treatment over the p...

January 14, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
M&A activity slows down in APAC

In 2011, the number of mergers and acquisitions in the life sciences field of Asia Pacific witnessed a fall. An indepen...

June 19, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
Stem cell industry has substantial growth potential

The Nobel prize for Physiology to two stem cell research scientists in 2012 has firmly put the spotlight on this promisi...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
India, EU firms fight 'epidemic of drug-resistance'

Singapore: India-based Orchid Pharma entered into a strategic partnership with Europe-based Allecra Therapeutics to deve...

April 19, 2013 | Friday | News
Wacker restructures sales network in Asia

Singapore: Munich-based Wacker Group is restructuring its sales network for biotech products in Asia to enhance efficien...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | News
Genetic diagnostics usher in a new era in healthcare

Thanks to the Human Genome Project, scientists now have a set of tools that can be readily used to understand the comple...

December 18, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
Japanese acquisitions ahead for Lupin

Singapore: In a bid to expand its product portfolio, India's fourth largest domestic drug maker (in terms of revenue) is...

June 25, 2014 | Wednesday | News
ClinACE enters stem cell therapy development program

Singapore: ClinACE has collaborated with a stem cell banking and therapy company for conducting end-to-end clinical deve...

October 8, 2012 | Monday | News
Biocon in Science magazine Top 20 employers list

Bangalore: India-based premier biotechnology company, Biocon, has been ranked 19th in Science magazine's annual global '...

September 26, 2012 | Wednesday | News
OPPI holds conclave on healthcare in India

Bangalore: Improving access through innovation and research and development aimed at finding tomorrow's cures will conti...

July 31, 2012 | Tuesday | News