Ushering a renewed hope!

This edition of the magazine captures the leading developments, hits, and misses of 2013 and also hints at the trends th...

January 6, 2014 | Monday | Analysis
Biocon enters pact with BMS for oral insulin candidate

Bangalore: Biocon has entered into an option agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb for Biocon's IN-105, a prandial oral in...

November 16, 2012 | Friday | News
Unity Lab Services plans launch in India

As part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, Fisher Scientific India has been a channel partner for not just the parent company'...

July 10, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
BioAsia 2013 to focus on biosimilars, biologics

Bangalore: The 10th edition of BioAsia, the flagship annual biotech event of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, will be...

January 17, 2013 | Thursday | News
What are the new vaccines on the horizon for India?

Vaccines are considered among the most important medical inventions made by man. Indian vaccine manufacturers, who are w...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Curadev, Endo Pharma oncology program reaches milestone

Singapore: New Delhi-based Curadev Pharma has successfully advanced its oncology program to the next stage with its clin...

October 1, 2012 | Monday | News
WHO gives nod to Panacea Biotec's Easyfive TT

New Delhi: India-based drugmaker Panacea Biotec said it is preparing to resume supplies of its pentavalent vaccine Easyf...

September 20, 2013 | Friday | News
'More than 3 mn children await cochlear implants'

Dr Ingeborg Hochmair is the founder and CEO of worldwide hearing implant leader MED-EL. In September 2013, Dr Ingeborg H...

March 3, 2014 | Monday | Influencers
Bhagirath: Work towards increasing food security

Bt cotton has been a very successful story in Indian agricultural history. The adoption rate of the crop has been very r...

May 8, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion
Indian court says no to ban on GM field trials for now

New Delhi: In a major relief to India's agri-biotechnology industry, the Supreme Court of India ruled out any possibilit...

October 30, 2012 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Cipla will not buy South African drug major

Mumbai: Indian drugmaker Cipla has postponed its plans to acquire majority stakes in South African firm Medpro on accoun...

February 11, 2013 | Monday | News
India to consider 6 FDI proposals from foreign pharma

Singapore: India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) will be taking up 32 foreign investment proposals on August...

August 26, 2013 | Monday | News
Lessons in partnering from Biocon-Pfizer deal termination

In March 2012, the termination of a multi-million dollar deal between India's top biotechnology company Biocon and globa...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Feb 28 to be deciding date for Biocon, Mylan

Singapore: Indian Biotechnology major Biocon and US generic drug maker Mylan, who have been selling their jointly develo...

February 18, 2014 | Tuesday | News
What services do APAC CROs offer to their clients?

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Apollo partners with New South Wales for e-course

Singapore: Apollo's Medical e-learning initiative, Medvarsity, has tied up with University of New South Wales (UNSW),to ...

December 12, 2014 | Friday | News
Merck Millipore India, Toshvin enter sales deal

Bangalore: Merck Millipore India, a division of Merck, Germany, has entered into a partnership with Toshvin Analytical i...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | News
Vietnam bans drugs from 45 Indian pharma firms

Singapore: Claiming that the drugs supplied by at least 45 Indian pharmaceutical companies are not of standard quality (...

April 26, 2014 | Saturday | News