India origin Singapore lecturer gets International Achievement Award

Singapore: Ms Subhadra Devi, a nurse and senior lecturer at School of Health Sciences (Nursing) at Nanyang Polytechnic i...

April 2, 2015 | Thursday | News
Dr GSK Velu: We are the largest Indian medtech MNC

In span of 15 years, Trivitron has emerged as the largest Indian multinational in medical technology with group revenues...

November 9, 2012 | Friday | Influencers
What is up with the Indian patent scenario?

To say that the last few months have been tumultuous for the India pharma patent landscape would be an understatement. I...

January 4, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
Indian govt refuses patent for Gilead's hepatitis C drug

Singapore: The oral drug, which first received regulatory approval in the US in November 2013, and has been priced by Gi...

January 20, 2015 | Tuesday | News
GSK Pulse program sees 100 employees join 46 NGOs

Singapore: One hundred employees of drug major GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have started long-term assignments with 46 nonprofi...

June 27, 2013 | Thursday | News
USAID, Dasra launch $14 mn program for women

Mumbai: The US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Kiawah Trust of UK, and Dasra (India's leading strategi...

March 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
India to join PIC/S to safeguard drug exports

Singapore: India is mulling over joining a global forum that currently has 43 drug importing countries to ensure safety ...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | News
LifeCell reaches milestone in India

Bangalore: LifeCell International, India's largest stem cell bank, achieved a milestone of successfully preserving 50,00...

August 10, 2012 | Friday | News
India must leverage on its private strength

India recently decided to revive three of its public sector vaccine manufacturing units and a strong argument in support...

June 4, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
GVK Bio establishes largest isotope labeling factory in India

Hyderabad: GVK Biosciences, Asia's leading drug discovery R&D organization, has received approvals from the Atomi...

November 20, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Disruptive technologies penetrate into healthcare

Commercial television took 13 years to reach 50 million people; internet reached the same number of people in three ye...

August 29, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
Sun gets FDA nod for Januvia, Glumetza generics

Mumbai: Sun Pharmaceutical subsidiary received two tentative approvals from the US FDA for its Abbreviated New Drug Appl...

April 16, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
BSA-CMR Survey: Asian CROs optimistic in a gloomy pharma market

Over the past four years, BioSpectrum Asia in association with CyberMedia Research (CMR) has been capturing the key br...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
RAS: Our kits cost 8-fold less than that of MNC

Hyderabad-based RAS Life Sciences has in a span of six years achieved what many bootstrapped start-ups only aspire to. C...

December 31, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Eppendorf opens nomination for Neurobiology Prize 2015

Singapore: BioSupplier company, Eppendorf, and journal Science have opened applications for 2015 Eppendorf and Science P...

February 28, 2015 | Saturday | News
“Make in India” boon for Medtech sector

Singapore: Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi's "Make in India" campaign throws up opportunities for growth of domestic med...

March 25, 2015 | Wednesday | News
DIA executive director calls it quits

Singapore: Executive director of DIA, Mr Paul Pomerantz is quitting his position effective March 3, 2013, to assume the ...

December 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
India concerned about M&A, FDI in pharma

New Delhi: Expressing concerns over the spate of mergers and acquisitions of Indian pharma companies, the country's Comm...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Gajendra Kelkar is Alicat India sales manager

Bangalore: Alicat Scientific appointed Mr Gajendra G Kelkar as its India sales manager. Mr Kelkar will primarily supp...

December 20, 2012 | Thursday | News
Aurobindo pharma sells stake in its Australian subsidiary

Singapore: Indian drug giant Aurobindo pharma has divested its entire stake in its Australian subsidiary, Aurobindo phar...

April 13, 2015 | Monday | News
Transgene Biotek stock to be delisted in India

Mumbai: Transgene Biotek has decided to delist its shares from the Bombay Stock Exchange. The Hyderabad-based biotechnol...

September 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
Top 20 APAC Country Analysis: India

Singapore:  India generated the nearly one-fourth of the global revenue of the lifescience market in APAC.  H...

June 18, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
Top 20 APAC Country Analysis: Australia

Singapore: Australia was the third largest contributor to the lifescience market in the region Highlights â€...

June 19, 2015 | Friday | Analysis
Indian budget fails to address pharma, biotech concerns

There is little to cheer for the pharmaceuticals and biotechnology industry in India's Budget for 2013-14, unlike the ag...

February 28, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Sun's generic of Takeda ulcer drug gets FDA nod

Singapore: Indian pharmaceutical major, Sun Pharmaceutical Industries announced that the generic version of Prevacid by ...

September 16, 2013 | Monday | Regulatory