Existing TB treatments take too long to be effective'

Microbial geneticist Dr Gyanu Lamichhane of the Johns Hopkins Center for Tuberculosis Research is one of the foremost au...

March 12, 2012 | Monday | News
Indian Drug Controller: People mistrusted the system

India's drug regulator, the Central Drug Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), had in 2012 received World Health Organi...

April 17, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
India revives public sector units in vaccines

Keeping health security of the country in mind and the success of the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP), India has ...

June 4, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Mylan, Teva to setup plants worth $235 mn at Indore in India

Singapore: Global pharmaceutical giants Mylan and Teva are planning to launch manufacturing units in the city of Indore,...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | News
Pakistan bans import of APIs from India

New Delhi: The state government of Punjab in Pakistan has instructed pharmaceutical companies to not use raw materials t...

January 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Indian state of AP signs MoU with Korean techpark

Hyderabad: The state undertaking of Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Development, India, signed a memorandum of ...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | News
Indian firms get FDA approval for 110 generic drugs

Singapore: India pharmaceutical companies have yet again emerged as the biggest overseas sources of medicines sold in th...

September 16, 2013 | Monday | News
Ideal Cures to launch Instanute DR at Geneva event

Singapore: Indian pharmaceutical company Ideal Cures will launch its newly developed delayed release delivery system, In...

May 22, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Wockhardt's regulatory unit gets new head

Singapore: After facing a wave of troubles from the US drug regulatory body through the last 12 months, leading Indian d...

January 14, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Sun-Ranbaxy merger on hold: Indian High Court

Singapore: In what was being dubbed to be one of the biggest consolidation attempt in the Indian pharmaceutical industry...

April 30, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Medtronic commits $6 mn to CVD, diabetes in India

New Delhi: One year after the historic United Nations high level meeting on non-communicable diseases (NCDs), Medtronic...

September 24, 2012 | Monday | News
IPAB revokes Roche hepatitis C patent of Pegasys

New Delhi: India's Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) has revoked a patent granted in India to F Hoffmann-La R...

November 5, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
JCDC accredited to carry research on humans

Pune-based Jehangir Clinical Development Center (JCDC) was formed in 2006 to focus on clinical trials. Since then, the c...

November 6, 2012 | Tuesday | Influencers
India invites Japanese firms to invest in healthcare

New Delhi: Aiming at becoming one of the global manufacturing hubs, besides being a large healthcare market, India has i...

October 7, 2013 | Monday | News
BS Survey: Healthcare is getting smarter in Asia

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November 30, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
The curtain rises on Bangalore India Bio 2013

Bangalore: The flagship biotech event of the State of Karnataka, India - Bangalore India BIO, will be holding its 13th e...

January 30, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Challenge No 2: Missing industry hubs

The Asia Pacific region, barring the developed nations of Australia and Singapore, needs "critical mass" where interdepe...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Swati Spentose to distribute Univar products in the US

Mumbai: Univar, a leading global chemical distributor, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with India-...

October 23, 2013 | Wednesday | News