IPAB revokes patent for GSK's anti-cancer drug

New Delhi: In yet another blow to multinational companies operating in India, the Intellectual Property Appellate Board ...

August 5, 2013 | Monday | News
Polio free South East Asia soon a reality

Bangalore: At a recent WHO regional committee meeting in Yogyakarta it was announced that 11countries in WHO's South Eas...

September 7, 2012 | Friday | News
eHealth Access launches pregnancy helpline

Bangalore: India-based eHealth Access launched the first of its kind 'Healthy Pregnancy Plan' to provide supplemental su...

March 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Healthcare delivery revolution in APAC

Asian countries face the challenge of wide demographics, resource accessibility and disruptive connection between health...

May 30, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
Intra-nasal vaccine: Answer to avian influenza threat

There is a fear that avian H5N1 virus could cause a pandemic of new influenza in humans without any warning. To prevent ...

July 18, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
Agilent launches new mass spectrometer

Singapore: Agilent Technologies has introduced a new flagship triple quadrupole mass spectrometer for LC/MS applications...

July 7, 2014 | Monday | News
Cancer care in India needs urgent attention'

Singapore: Recently Aster Medcity, Kochi, India, hosted an international Cancer Conclave in its campus, called the 'Hori...

November 19, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Indian scientists discover "Sanjeevani"

Singapore: Researchers at the Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR), Leh are exploring the therapeutic val...

September 1, 2014 | Monday | News
Natco gets time till Aug 25 to reply to Bayer plea

Bangalore: The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) in Chennai, India, has asked Hyderabad-based Natco Pharma to...

August 22, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Now, Mapmygenome's personal genomics facility

Singapore: Mapmygenome India has partnered with CARE Hospitals Group to offer personal genomics and molecular diagnostic...

August 6, 2014 | Wednesday | News
USFDA accepts Actavis' ANDA filing

Singapore: "The NDA filing of Eluxadoline marks an important step forward for this potential first-in-class treatment, w...

September 4, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory
EU approval for GE's VIZAMYL

Singapore: GE healthcare's radiopharmaceutical product VIZAMYL (flutemetamol (18F)) a Positron Emission Tomography (PET)...

September 4, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory
India, the US to develop new vaccines for endemic diseases

Singapore: The recent visit of the Indian Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi to the US, has turned out to be a game changer...

October 9, 2014 | Thursday | News
Dr Reddy's launches Metoprolol Succinate tablets

Mumbai: Dr Reddy's Laboratories launched Metoprolol Succinate extended release (ER) tablets 25 mg, 50 mg, 100 mg and 200...

September 21, 2012 | Friday | News
US diagnostic lab expands in China

Singapore: ACM Global Central Laboratory, US-based diagnostic central laboratory, has expanded in China with the opening...

September 10, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Your plate of chicken may have antibiotics too

Singapore: A study conducted by the Center for Science and Environment (CSE), India indicated that indiscriminate use of...

July 31, 2014 | Thursday | News
FDI as a key growth driver for Indian pharma: F&S

According to Dr Saneesh Edacherian, research analyst, Business and Financial Services - Healthcare, Frost & Sullivan...

February 7, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
Firms to look at emerging markets for first approval

Burrill & Company (B&C), a global financial services firm focused on the life sciences industry, is increasingly...

June 8, 2012 | Friday | Influencers
Biocon chief gets 'Mazumdar Drive' in Aussie University

Singapore: Ms Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairperson, Biocon has been honoured by Federation University Australia (FedUni) by ...

March 9, 2015 | Monday | Influencers
German firm buys $200 mn stake in Indian generic company

Singapore: Gland Pharma, a leading Indian pure-play generic injectable pharmaceutical products company, has signed an ag...

November 28, 2013 | Thursday | News
UST Global, Blackberry launch a telemedicine app

Singapore: UST global, in collaboration with Blackberry, has launched an advance telemedicine application that offers ru...

October 1, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Venus inks pact with Mylan

Singapore: Venus Remedies has announced that it has entered into distribution-cum-licensing agreement with Mylan for mar...

September 12, 2014 | Friday | News
FDA to review Pfizer's meningococcal disease drug

Singapore: Global pharmaceutical firm, Pfizer, has recieved US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nod for review of Biol...

August 15, 2014 | Friday | Regulatory
Developing countries need to build HIV research pool: NIH

Singapore: National Institutes of Health (NIH) recommends that scientists and physicians in low and middle income countr...

August 15, 2014 | Friday | News
EU, too, bans Ranbaxy's injectable antibiotic

Singapore: Mounting more problems for the Indian drug maker Ranbaxy, the Europe Union has also issued a ban on Ranbaxy's...

December 5, 2014 | Friday | News