BASF to launch production line for catalysts required for APIs

India |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2012

Bangalore: BASF will launch a production line for precious metal-based fine chemical catalysts at the company's manufacturing site in Mangalore, India. These catalysts are important for th...Read more

Minister: HIV in India down by 56%

India |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Aug, 2012

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 in 2009. This was stated by Mr Ghulam Nabi Azad, minister, Health an...Read more

India's clinical trial industry should look into the mirror

India |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Jul, 2013

What are the major issues confronting India's bioscience sector now? On top of every one's mind is the uncertainty over parliamentary approval to the new biotech regulatory legislation and ...Read more

NATCO wins compulsory license for anti-cancer drug

India |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 Mar, 2012

In a landmark decision, Hyderabad-based NATCO Pharma has been granted compulsory license for Sorafenib Tosylate sold under the brand name of Nexavar owned by Bayer. Nexavar is the first-li...Read more

Infosys joins movement against child diarrheal deaths

India |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Aug, 2012

Bangalore: Information technology services major Infosys has made a commitment to work with the MDG Health Alliance, the United Nations Foundation, and the Clinton Health Access Initiative...Read more

Philips opens manufacturing facility in India

India |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Jun, 2012

Bangalore: In line with its strategy to expand the company's industrial footprint in India, Royal Philips Electronics commenced operations at its first greenfield manufacturing facility for...Read more

IPDA wants export ban on medicines lifted

India |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Jul, 2014

Singapore: The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in India has enforced a ban on export of pharma products through parcel posts in February this year. Pharma companies in Mahara...Read more

Cadila chairman Indravadan Modi passes away

India |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 Nov, 2012

Bangalore: Veteran industrialist and one of pioneers of Indian pharmaceuticals industry Mr Indravadan Modi, the chairman of Cadila Pharmaceuticals and group companies, passed away on Novemb...Read more

First-of-its-kind osteoarthritis study done in India

India |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Sep, 2012

Bangalore: Signaling relief to over 15 million knee-osteoarthritis patients in India, the world's first study "Osteoarthritis Synvisc One Indian Post Marketing Study" (OASIS) has revealed ...Read more

India to introduce new medical device Bill

India |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Jun, 2013

Singapore: The Indian government will soon bring a Bill aimed at regulating the medical equipment industry in the county, which so far has remained unregulated. The new Bill will replace th...Read more

Panacea gets govt order worth $34 million

India |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Dec, 2012

New Delhi: India's second largest producer of vaccines, New Delhi-based Panacea Biotec, has received a government order worth $34 million (Rs 187.61 crore) for the supply of 345 million dos...Read more

Indian FIPB clears pharma FDI proposals worth $536 mn

India |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 Aug, 2012

New Delhi: The Indian Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), which is the foreign investment approval authority, has cleared eight of the ten pending proposals of foreign drug firms tha...Read more

WHO: Invest in local research to improve healthcare

India |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Aug, 2013

Singapore: WHO has urged countries to invest in local research in order to develop a system of universal health coverage tailored to each individual country's situation to help ensure that ...Read more

Arvind sets up $42.37 mn plant top tap US market

India |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 Jun, 2013

Singapore: Indian pharmaceutical firm, Arvind Remedies has been gearing up to take the US market by storm. The company has invested $42.37 million to set up a new manufacturing facility at ...Read more

BioEnable launch biometric kiosks

India |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2012

Bangalore: BioEnable Technologies announced the launch of their new generation Biometric Kiosks. The device type is used for a number of different applications including food coupons, self...Read more

What are India's most eminent life science individuals saying about CSIR?

India |  Analysis | By Rahul Koul Koul | 0 Comment | 21 Nov, 2012

India's Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), which was established in 1942 as an autonomous society and with 37 state-of-the-art institutes by Dr Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, h...Read more

Ranbaxy, Gilead sign licensing agreement

India |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 03 Aug, 2012

New Delhi: Ranbaxy Laboratories has entered into an in-licensing agreement with Gilead Sciences to promote access to high-quality, low-cost generic versions of Gilead's HIV medicine emtrici...Read more

NSF brings Secondary Reference Standards to India

India |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2012

Singapore: NSF International, an independent global public health and safety organization which develops standards, and tests and certifies products for the pharmaceutical, dietary suppleme...Read more