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 Atomic ...

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 suppor...

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