Demand for generics in Asia is drawing pharma majors

The clinical trials market in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region has been steadily growing with increased focus primarily on...

September 14, 2012 | Friday | Opinion
US based IndiPharm gets BioNexus status

Singapore: IndiPharm, a clinical development organization, headquartered in US, has been awarded BioNexus status from th...

July 29, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Open Source Drug Discovery gathers steam

Bangalore: The Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) program, a Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) initiat...

July 6, 2012 | Friday | News
Strides to acquire Shasun for $200 million

Singapore: The resulting merger will generate revenues close to $406 million and will have a product pipeline of more th...

October 2, 2014 | Thursday | News
India firm launches biosimilar for autoimmune disease

Singapore: India-based Zydus Cadila has launched the biosimilar of Adalimumab, indicated for the treatment of auto immun...

December 10, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Pharma sector may lose $65 bn by 2019: Analyst

Singapore: Pharmaceutical companies will suffer an estimated $65 billion drop in sales by 2019 worldwide due to the pate...

December 11, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Sartorius appoints new director

Singapore: In this newly created position, Ms Monge will focus on sharpening SSB's profile as an integrated solution pro...

September 12, 2014 | Friday | News
Dr Reddy's in a multi-million dollar deal with Australian firm

Singapore: Indian drug giant, Dr Reddy's laboratories recently announced collaboration with Australia's Hatchtech, a pha...

September 15, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Blogger sued by pharma firm for the first time in India

Mumbai: NATCO Pharma has filed a lawsuit against Mr Shamnaad Basheer, professor, West Bengal National University of Juri...

September 10, 2012 | Monday | News
APAC type 2 diabetes market to touch $10.5 bn by 2020'

Singapore: Type 2 diabetes treatment market in Asia-Pacific (APAC) will rise in value from an estimated $6.5 billion in ...

January 7, 2015 | Wednesday | Analysis
Astra Zeneca shuts neglected disease R&D site in Bangalore

Bangalore: AstraZeneca has revealed that it will shut down its Bangalore-based Avishkar R&D center and slash 170 job...

January 31, 2014 | Friday | News
Fortis sells Singapore unit to Malaysia's IHH healthcare

Singapore: Fortis healthcare announced that it has inked a deal to sell its entire diagnostic and molecular imaging unit...

September 15, 2014 | Monday | News
No confirmed cases of Ebola in India: WHO

Singapore: "Despite rumors," said Dr Poonam Singh, "there have been no confirmed cases of Ebola in the eleven countries ...

August 30, 2014 | Saturday | News
Funding for research will go up significantly: S&T minister

Singapore: Addressing the 70th foundation day function of Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Dr Jitendra Si...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Indian associations urge government to ease norms

Singapore: Requesting the government to consider keeping clinical trials services out of the ambit of service tax, the t...

August 28, 2014 | Thursday | News
US FDA approves Strides' anti-anxiety drug

Singapore: Indian drugmaker, Strides Arcolab, has announced that it has received approval from the United States Food a...

August 28, 2014 | Thursday | News
Supreme court defers hearing on clinical trials

Singapore: Ongoing hearing of public interest litigation (PIL) filed by an NGO, Swasthya Adhikar Manch, that was suppose...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Tele-medicine consultations in India witness remarkable surge during 2014

Singapore: Close to 120,402 tele-consultations to rural communities in UP and Bihar, India, has been delivered by the Wo...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News