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
Simcere Pharma sells Boda subsidiary for $65 mn

Singapore: Simcere Pharma has agreed to sell its 99.99 percent stake in Jilin Boda Pharma for $65 million. The company f...

July 2, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Actavis files ANDA for Reckitt generic with FDA

Singapore: Actavis has filed an abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) with the US FDA seeking approval to market Bupre...

October 10, 2013 | Thursday | News
Teva restructures organization model

Singapore: Global pharmaceutical company, Teva Pharmaceutical, is restructuring its management and organizational functi...

June 3, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Bayer appoints a new President

Singapore: Bayer pharmaceuticals announced changes in the top management, declaring Mr Dieter Weinand as the president o...

June 11, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Lupin begins trial runs at Nagpur's Mihan unit

Mumbai: Indian drug giant Lupin Pharma has begun trial run at Mihan that it expects to become fully functional in two ye...

August 12, 2013 | Monday | News
Dr. Reddy's launches generic of Singulair oral granules

Bangalore: India-based Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has launched its montelukast sodium oral granules, a bioequivalent ge...

September 28, 2012 | Friday | News
Daiichi Sankyo generics' unit to launch 5 drugs

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo's pharmaceuticals subsidiary, Daiichi Sankyo Espha is all set to launch five generic products ...

December 17, 2012 | Monday | News
Aurobindo receives FDA approval for Nevirapine

Bangalore: India-based Aurobindo Pharma has received final approval from the US Food & Drug Administration for Nevir...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | News
Another Indian pharma company rapped by FDA

Singapore: After reports of Indian drug majors Ranbaxy Laboratories, Aurobindo Pharma, Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Wockh...

October 22, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Mitsubishi Tanabe files NDA for Canagliflozin

Singapore: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma announced that the company has submitted an application for the manufacturing and ma...

May 30, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
Mylan to develop, market Biocon generic insulin

Bangalore: India's No 2 biotech company, Bangalore-based Biocon has announced a strategic partnership with global generi...

February 14, 2013 | Thursday | News
Australia's Mayne Pharma launches Doryx in US

Singapore: Mayne Pharma Group has announced the launch of Doxycycline Hyclate Delayed-Release tablet in the US through t...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
The US coaxing India to relax patent laws: MSF

Singapore: Medical Charity, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has condemned the US for mounting pressure on India's new gov...

October 20, 2014 | Monday | News
FDA approves Novo Nordisk haemophilia A drug

Singapore: U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Novo Nordisk's Biologics License Application (BLA) for r...

October 17, 2013 | Thursday | Regulatory
Sun Pharma settles Gleevec compound litigation

Singapore: Novartis Pharmaceuticals has reported to settle its litigation with US subsidiary of India based Sun Pharmace...

May 20, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Bayer's CEO to step down by 2016

Singapore: German drugmaker Bayer announced that Dr Marjin Dekkers will step down as the CEO, by the end of 2016. The fi...

June 5, 2014 | Thursday | News
Lupin gets FDA approval for Lyrica generic

Mumbai: Pharma major Lupin's subsidiary, Lupin Pharmaceuticals, has received final approval for its pregabalin capsules,...

July 6, 2012 | Friday | Regulatory
Indian state to slash prices of 348 drugs

Singapore: Tripura has become the first Indian state to announce its implementation of the country's health ministry's d...

July 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Daiichi to work with US FDA to solve Ranbaxy quality issue

Singapore: As a strong reaction to the import ban placed on Ranbaxy Laboratories' third manufacturing unit in India, the...

September 25, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Ranbaxy aiming to sell its generics in Japan

Singapore: Leading Indian generic drug maker, Ranbaxy Laboratories, along with its owners, Japan's second largest pharma...

November 18, 2013 | Monday | News
Ranbaxy claims FDA form '483' not a show stopper

Singapore: Soon after reports of Ranbaxy's Mohali manufacturing plant being issued a Form 483 by the US US FDA broke out...

June 28, 2013 | Friday | News
Astellas joins hands with Tecnofarma International

Singapore: The US subsidiary of Japanese drug major Astellas Pharma has entered into a distribution agreement with Tecno...

June 7, 2013 | Friday | News
Generic sodium tablets from Dr. Reddy's, Mylan hit US market

Mumbai: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, India's leading pharmaceutical company, recently launched Montelukast Sodium Tablets a...

August 8, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Generics take center stage in South East Asia

Singapore: The South East Asian pharmaceuticals industry is forecast to witness a boost to $3.9 billion by 2016. The ...

August 21, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis