Major biotech related announcements during forthcoming Australian PM's visit to India

Singapore: Ahead of the India next week on September 4, the Australian High Commissioner in New Delhi, Mr. Patrick Suckl...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
AstraZeneca should gift its R&D center to Bangalore

AstraZeneca took the national biotech community by surprise by its sudden announcement on January 30, 2014, that it will...

February 3, 2014 | Monday | Opinion
Indian regulator cracks down on banned drugs

Bangalore: As a first step to prevent misuse of drugs, which have been banned abroad from being sold freely in the count...

January 21, 2013 | Monday | News
Chinese medicine firm eyes Indian antibiotic market

‎Singapore: Tianyin Pharmaceutical (TPI), China-based pharmaceutical company that specializes in patented biopharm...

July 15, 2013 | Monday | News
Columbia Asia to invest $150 mn in India, SE Asia

Singapore: US-based Columbia Pacific Management, provider of hospital systems, plans to invest USD150 million to expand ...

September 10, 2014 | Wednesday | News
China firm develops new therapeutic vaccine for rabies

Singapore: China's Yisheng Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing vaccines, has developed a new vaccine for t...

March 17, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Gilead drug approved for HIV, hepatitis B in EU

Singapore: European Commission granted marketing authorization for two new indications for once-daily Viread (tenofovir ...

November 29, 2012 | Thursday | Regulatory
Apollo, Medtronic develop portable dialysis unit in India

Singapore: Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, one of the leading healthcare providers in Asia, and Medtronic, global leader in...

October 11, 2013 | Friday | News
Cloud technology for seamless clinical trials

Singapore: India's second largest IT firm Infosys has unveiled a cloud-based solution to speed up clinical trials and lo...

June 6, 2014 | Friday | News
Sun Pharma to take Taro private

Mumbai: Sun Pharmaceutical and Taro Pharmaceutical Industries have entered into a merger agreement together with certain...

August 13, 2012 | Monday | News
Consure develops novel solution for uncontrolled feces

Fecal incontinence (FI) or commonly referred to as bowel control problem, is a condition in which there is a loss of reg...

October 10, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
Dr Indu Sharma: Resistant wheat stem rust may spread in APAC

Ug99 is a lineage of wheat stem rust, a type of wheat plant disease present in the fields across Africa and Middle East....

June 17, 2013 | Monday | Influencers
Orchid Pharma registers turnover of $72.83 mn

Bangalore: Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals, a global Indian pharmaceutical company, registered a turnover of close ...

August 17, 2012 | Friday | Company results
Ranbaxy's blockbuster Nexium loses generic exclusivity

Singapore: In a filing to the BSE, Indian drug major, Ranbaxy, said that the US FDA had recently communicated to the com...

January 29, 2015 | Thursday | News
Dr Reddy's Laboratories appoints a new Chairman

Singapore: With an intent to reorganize roles and separation of activities, Dr Reddy's has appointed Mr K Satish Reddy a...

May 14, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Gilead's Viread patent revoked in China

Singapore: China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) has yanked the patent for Gilead Sciences popular HIV and h...

August 8, 2013 | Thursday | News
Climate expert R K Pachauri suggests growing eco-friendly coffee crop

Bangalore: Increasing global warming and rising sea levels will lead to severe climate changes around the world and coff...

January 27, 2014 | Monday | Analysis
Status quo maintained for pharma FDI in India

Bangalore: The Government of India announced on December 3, 2012, that all foreign investments in domestic pharma compa...

December 4, 2012 | Tuesday | Regulatory