Adcock-Ingram buys Cosme Farma India for $86 mn

Singapore: Adcock-Ingram, which is one of the biggest pharma companies of South Africa, paid a huge premium to buy out I...

July 16, 2012 | Monday | News
Samantha Su, Simranjit Singh: Finding skilled professionals is a challenge in Singapore

In the biomedical sector, the combination of latest technology and a strong business model is considered to be ideal. Th...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion
Venus bags additional US patent for Vancoplus

Singapore: India's Chandigarh based Venus Remedies has bagged an additional patent for Vancoplus from USPTO. Vancoplus i...

May 29, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory
Aortic stent grafts market to grow at slow pace'

Singapore: The global aortic stent grafts market will increase in value from an estimated $1.2 billion in 2013 to just o...

October 17, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
Ghana to probe import of Indian anti-malarial drug

Singapore: Ghana's Health Ministry has set up a three-member Ministerial Committee to investigate the import of an anti-...

October 24, 2013 | Thursday | News
IIM-B, C-CAMP partner to support entrepreneurs in life sciences

Bangalore: On September 1, 2012, IIM Bangalore and C-CAMP signed an MoU to set up of incubation centers at the C-CAMP an...

September 10, 2012 | Monday | News
Kemwell CMD: Retaining staff is biggest challenge

Kemwell Biopharma, which headquartered in Bangalore, is one-of-India's largest contract manufacturers of pharmaceuticals...

February 15, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Novartis to sell Themis diclofenac topical gel

Mumbai: Themis Medicare, which is a partner firm of Australian drug delivery technology company Phosphagenics, entered i...

April 16, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Medical Tourism: Asia's top destinations

Singapore:  Asia is a special destination for those looking for quality healthcare at low cost. BioSpectrum takes a loo...

March 10, 2015 | Tuesday | Analysis
EU suspends GVK Bio medicine for non-compliance

Singapore: European Medicines Agency has slammed Indian contract research organization, GVK BioScience, for non-complian...

December 10, 2014 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Pricing revision to cost Indian pharma $160 mn

Mumbai: The pharmaceutical industry will be widely impacted after India's National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPP...

June 25, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Top 20 APAC Country Analysis: China

Singapore: ʉۢ In a bid to deepen healthcare reforms and improve health infrastructure, China increased in heal...

June 17, 2015 | Wednesday | Influencers
Top 20 APAC Country Analysis: Singapore

Singapore:  Singapore's bioscience industry has slowed down Highlights • Singapore collaborated with Korea to ...

June 20, 2015 | Saturday | Analysis
India struggles to keep Bt cotton growth story going

In 2002, India had 7.7 million hectares of land under cotton cultivation. IA decade later in 2011-12, the area under Bt ...

May 21, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Generics, small molecule injectables to drive growth, says Piramal

Singapore: India's Piramal Enterprises' Pharma Solutions division, focused on contract development and manufacturing (CD...

October 14, 2015 | Wednesday | Analysis
Indian researchers cultivate cardiac cells from stem cells

Singapore: In a new breakthrough, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, have cultured cardiac cells...

April 15, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Tarun Bansal: India witnesses patent surge

Intellectual property (IP) rights initiatives are developing fast all over the world and by now it is an established phe...

April 25, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
Celgene settles litigation with India's Natco

Singapore: US based Celgene has settled the litigation with India's Natco Pharma, Natco's US partner, Arrow Internationa...

December 28, 2015 | Monday | News