Dr. Reddy's intends to buy Dutch firm

Hyderabad: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, together with its subsidiaries, announced the intended public offer to acquire the...

October 23, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Sudha Rao: Your decisions are milestones of your life's journey

I completed my graduation and post graduation from the University of Mysore. My first job, after my post doctoral studie...

March 8, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Sigma-Tau wins coveted MMV anti-malarial award

New Delhi: The project team for Eurartesim, dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PQP), the first novel chemical entity d...

November 28, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Orchid exits 10-year-old JV in China due to competition

Chennai: Chennai-based global pharma major, Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals has exited its 50:50 manufacturing joi...

November 15, 2012 | Thursday | News
Novel therapeutic from CSIR gets go ahead for trial

New Delhi: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has cleared the clot-specific streptokinase (CSSK), a pioneering...

August 27, 2012 | Monday | News
Cipla appoints Frank Pieters as head of European region

Mumbai: Cipla, one of India's leading pharmaceutical companies announced the appointment of Mr Frank Pieters as the head...

July 3, 2012 | Tuesday | News
New Japanese encephalitis vaccine in India

Bangalore: Intercell has partnered with Biological E to launch JEEV, a vaccine designed to protect children and adults ...

September 14, 2012 | Friday | News
What are the hurdles before stem cell research?

The pioneering research of Nobel Laureates Sir John Gurdon and Dr Shinya Yamanaka on reprogramming adult stem cells has ...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
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