India's deputy drug controller held for bribe

Singapore: India's top investigation agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation has trapped the Deputy Drugs Controller...

January 21, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Trends in the Indian TB diagnostic market

Trends in the TB diagnostic markets in India have been changing drastically. Serological TB tests have been very popular...

February 20, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
AIIMS doctors to prescribe only generics

Singapore: As per a latest circular issued to all the doctors, consultants and residents of the All India Institute of M...

September 8, 2014 | Monday | News
Canada bans three Indian API manufacturers

Singapore: Health Canada, national health agency, has banned the import of health products from three different companie...

October 1, 2014 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Suven granted patents for its neurodegenerative drug

Singapore: South Korea, Canada and China, have individually granted Suven lifesciences, product patents for its neurodeg...

September 5, 2014 | Friday | News
Embryonic stem cells remain a sticky wicket

Dr Shinya Yamanaka and Sir John Gurdon's discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) has given the world an altern...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
US FDA approves Biogen's MS drug

Singapore: The US food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Biogen's multiple sclerosis (MS) drug, Plegridy (pegin...

August 20, 2014 | Wednesday | Regulatory
First FDA-cleared mobile ECG offered in India

Singapore: Through an exclusive agreement, Apollo Hospitals and AliveCor will tackle the growing problem of heart arrhyt...

September 13, 2014 | Saturday | Regulatory
Say No to Pneumonia' campaign to be launched in India

Bangalore: On the occasion of World Pneumonia Day on November 12, the Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) will be initiat...

November 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Sun, Glenmark nervous system drug gets FDA nod

New Delhi: The nervous system drug, Riluzole, by Indian drug majors Sun Pharma and Glenmark received the much awaited US...

June 25, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Novartis awaits Supreme Court verdict on Glivec patent case

New Delhi: India's apex judicial body will today pass its verdict on historic seven-year legal battle involving Novartis...

April 1, 2013 | Monday | News
Jubilant sells its hospital business

Singapore: Jubilant First Trust Healthcare (JFTH), a wholly owned subsidiary of Jubilant Life Sciences sells its hospita...

March 4, 2014 | Tuesday | News
India rules out Ebola reports, says no cases so far

Singapore: India's union health minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan has expressed satisfaction with the infrastructure in place a...

August 19, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Jubilant smoking cessation aid gets FDA nod

Singapore: India's leading pharma company, Jubilant Life Sciences received an approval from the US FDA for its anti-depr...

October 21, 2013 | Monday | News
Heartbeat reports 350% growth in emerging markets

Singapore: Heartbeat Experts, the global leader in stakeholder management solutions for the life sciences industry, has ...

May 7, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Novartis case hearing against Indian patent office on Sept 11

Bangalore: The Supreme Court will take up the landmark case involving swiss drugmaker Novartis and India's patent office...

August 21, 2012 | Tuesday | News
India's Hinduja Hospital launches 'Day Surgery'

Mumbai: PD Hinduja Hospital, which is one of India's premier healthcare providers, has inaugurated a dedicated Short Sta...

September 6, 2013 | Friday | News
Wipro, Microsoft launch remote health platform

Bangalore: Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro, announc...

March 8, 2013 | Friday | News
Sun Pharma's founder named India's 3rd richest

Singapore: For the first time, founder of leading Indian drugmaker Sun Pharmaceuticals, Mr Dilip Shanghvi has been named...

October 25, 2013 | Friday | News
India gets blood-based gene test for coronary disease

Bangalore: Core Diagnostics India has got the exclusive right to market and sell US-based CardioDx's Corus CAD diagnosti...

April 26, 2013 | Friday | News
India's Sun Pharma hit by USFDA ban

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has imposed a ban on imports from generic drugmaker Sun Pharmaceuti...

March 20, 2014 | Thursday | News
FDA axes approval of 27 Ranbaxy ANDAs

Singapore: The FDA has withdrawn approval of 27 abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) held by Ranbaxy Laboratories. ...

August 23, 2012 | Thursday | News
Cipla wins patent case against Roche

Bangalore: India's generics giant Cipla has won a landmark patent case against Swiss drug maker Roche in the Delhi High ...

September 10, 2012 | Monday | News
Introducing the 'PfizerKline Empire'

Singapore: This past May, Deutsche Bank analyst Mr Gregg Gilbert sent a note to the clients writing, 'Introducing Pfizer...

August 1, 2015 | Saturday | Analysis
India's S&T Minister on the regulatory bill: EXCLUSIVE

The completion of 100 days of Modi government has been marked by few major initiatives in healthcare research by the sci...

September 12, 2014 | Friday | Influencers
Sun unit recalls Cephalexin capsules from US

Singapore: A unit of Sun Pharma from India, Caraco Pharma has initiated the process of recalling multiple lots of its Ce...

August 18, 2014 | Monday | Regulatory
Cipla partners with Serum Institute

Singapore: The Europen subsidiary of India's second largest drugmaker Cipla has inked a distribution pact with Serum Ins...

November 21, 2014 | Friday | News
Experimental chikungunya vaccine induces antibody response

Singapore: An experimental vaccine to prevent the mosquito-borne viral illness chikungunya has elicited neutralizing ant...

August 18, 2014 | Monday | News
Sun Pharma registers Rs 1391 crores profit in Q1

Singapore: Posting a net profit of Rs 1391 crores in Q1, Sun Pharma exhibited a flat growth in line with the market expe...

August 18, 2014 | Monday | News
Fidelity invests $75 mn in Trivitron Healthcare

Bangalore: Fidelity Growth Partners India (FGPI) has provided a round of investment of approximately $75 million (Rs400...

November 5, 2012 | Monday | News
Biocon starts academy to train biotech professionals

Bangalore: In a first for Asia's bioscience industry, India's leading biotech company, Biocon has started an academy to ...

November 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
India, Australia to collaborate on science and research

Singapore: There must have been many Indian prime ministers who have visited Australia before. But this one by the curre...

November 18, 2014 | Tuesday | News
India asks pharma to provide unhindered supply of drugs

Singapore: The new pharma policy implemented in India last month led to many media reports of shortage of essential medi...

September 24, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Patients back-out from trials fearing AV consent'

Singapore: The discussion was led by Ms Suneela Thatte, president, ISCR, and Dr Bapsy, senior consultant and head of dep...

August 30, 2014 | Saturday | News
Daiichi accuses Singh brothers of concealing facts

Singapore: The Japanese owners of Ranbaxy Laboratories, drug major Daiichi Sankyo has accused the Singh brothers, former...

November 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
India renews 'dumping' charges against Chinese

Singapore: The Indian Government has said that it would continue to levy import duties on Chinese analgesic API paraceta...

October 31, 2013 | Thursday | News
Human hair leads Hospira to recall IV solution

Singapore: Biopharmaceutical manufacturer Hospira has initiated a voluntary recall of one lot of Aminosyn, an amino acid...

September 6, 2013 | Friday | News
'Scientists are future investment of our country'

Bangalore: Prior to this, he served as a faculty at NII in the area of Chemical and Systems Biology. Dr Gokhale holds a...

March 21, 2014 | Friday | Influencers
Aurobindo to acquire Actavis generics unit in EU

Mumbai: India-based Aurobindo Pharma intends to acquire Actavis' generics commercial operations in seven markets in West...

January 20, 2014 | Monday | News
St Jude launches Ilumien for heart patients in India

Singapore: Global medical device company St Jude Medical launched Ilumien PCI Optimization System as a treatment option ...

April 5, 2013 | Friday | News
Bengaluru to get Asia's first science gallery

Singapore: Bengaluru, India, will be the first Asian city to house a science gallery, designed on the model pioneered at...

November 18, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Indian Experts slam serological TB tests

An estimated 1.5 million patients undergo diagnostic tests for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in India every year and this n...

February 20, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
A new breakthrough in Alzheimer's research in India

Singapore: A Kerala-based company, Arjuna Natural Extracts, has made headlines by securing the US patent for its unique ...

November 24, 2014 | Monday | News
Making kidney dialysis cheaper and quicker

Singapore: Scientists at the Indian Institute of Technology- Bombay, India have developed a unique membrane that can eff...

April 24, 2016 | Sunday | News
Ranbaxy sues Actavis to stop acne generic sale

Singapore: Dublin headquartered generic drugmaker Actavis has now been caught in a legal tangle after Indian drug major ...

November 4, 2013 | Monday | News
Indian vaccine market clocks $600 mn in 2011-12

The vaccines sector within the BioPharma space witnessed a continued growth in 2011-12. Haffkine Biopharmaceutical and S...

August 7, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
India gears up to tame the AIDS monster

New Delhi: The 'International Symposium on Accelerating India's Response to Research for a Preventive HIV Vaccine', whic...

August 17, 2012 | Friday | News
IPAB revokes patent for GSK's anti-cancer drug

New Delhi: In yet another blow to multinational companies operating in India, the Intellectual Property Appellate Board ...

August 5, 2013 | Monday | News
Polio free South East Asia soon a reality

Bangalore: At a recent WHO regional committee meeting in Yogyakarta it was announced that 11countries in WHO's South Eas...

September 7, 2012 | Friday | News
eHealth Access launches pregnancy helpline

Bangalore: India-based eHealth Access launched the first of its kind 'Healthy Pregnancy Plan' to provide supplemental su...

March 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Healthcare delivery revolution in APAC

Asian countries face the challenge of wide demographics, resource accessibility and disruptive connection between health...

May 30, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
Intra-nasal vaccine: Answer to avian influenza threat

There is a fear that avian H5N1 virus could cause a pandemic of new influenza in humans without any warning. To prevent ...

July 18, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
Agilent launches new mass spectrometer

Singapore: Agilent Technologies has introduced a new flagship triple quadrupole mass spectrometer for LC/MS applications...

July 7, 2014 | Monday | News
Cancer care in India needs urgent attention'

Singapore: Recently Aster Medcity, Kochi, India, hosted an international Cancer Conclave in its campus, called the 'Hori...

November 19, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Indian scientists discover "Sanjeevani"

Singapore: Researchers at the Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR), Leh are exploring the therapeutic val...

September 1, 2014 | Monday | News
Natco gets time till Aug 25 to reply to Bayer plea

Bangalore: The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) in Chennai, India, has asked Hyderabad-based Natco Pharma to...

August 22, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Now, Mapmygenome's personal genomics facility

Singapore: Mapmygenome India has partnered with CARE Hospitals Group to offer personal genomics and molecular diagnostic...

August 6, 2014 | Wednesday | News
USFDA accepts Actavis' ANDA filing

Singapore: "The NDA filing of Eluxadoline marks an important step forward for this potential first-in-class treatment, w...

September 4, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory
EU approval for GE's VIZAMYL

Singapore: GE healthcare's radiopharmaceutical product VIZAMYL (flutemetamol (18F)) a Positron Emission Tomography (PET)...

September 4, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory
India, the US to develop new vaccines for endemic diseases

Singapore: The recent visit of the Indian Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi to the US, has turned out to be a game changer...

October 9, 2014 | Thursday | News
Dr Reddy's launches Metoprolol Succinate tablets

Mumbai: Dr Reddy's Laboratories launched Metoprolol Succinate extended release (ER) tablets 25 mg, 50 mg, 100 mg and 200...

September 21, 2012 | Friday | News
US diagnostic lab expands in China

Singapore: ACM Global Central Laboratory, US-based diagnostic central laboratory, has expanded in China with the opening...

September 10, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Your plate of chicken may have antibiotics too

Singapore: A study conducted by the Center for Science and Environment (CSE), India indicated that indiscriminate use of...

July 31, 2014 | Thursday | News
FDI as a key growth driver for Indian pharma: F&S

According to Dr Saneesh Edacherian, research analyst, Business and Financial Services - Healthcare, Frost & Sullivan...

February 7, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
Firms to look at emerging markets for first approval

Burrill & Company (B&C), a global financial services firm focused on the life sciences industry, is increasingly...

June 8, 2012 | Friday | Influencers
Biocon chief gets 'Mazumdar Drive' in Aussie University

Singapore: Ms Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairperson, Biocon has been honoured by Federation University Australia (FedUni) by ...

March 9, 2015 | Monday | Influencers
German firm buys $200 mn stake in Indian generic company

Singapore: Gland Pharma, a leading Indian pure-play generic injectable pharmaceutical products company, has signed an ag...

November 28, 2013 | Thursday | News
UST Global, Blackberry launch a telemedicine app

Singapore: UST global, in collaboration with Blackberry, has launched an advance telemedicine application that offers ru...

October 1, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Venus inks pact with Mylan

Singapore: Venus Remedies has announced that it has entered into distribution-cum-licensing agreement with Mylan for mar...

September 12, 2014 | Friday | News
FDA to review Pfizer's meningococcal disease drug

Singapore: Global pharmaceutical firm, Pfizer, has recieved US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nod for review of Biol...

August 15, 2014 | Friday | Regulatory
Developing countries need to build HIV research pool: NIH

Singapore: National Institutes of Health (NIH) recommends that scientists and physicians in low and middle income countr...

August 15, 2014 | Friday | News
EU, too, bans Ranbaxy's injectable antibiotic

Singapore: Mounting more problems for the Indian drug maker Ranbaxy, the Europe Union has also issued a ban on Ranbaxy's...

December 5, 2014 | Friday | News
Nichi-In to halt Dendriatic cell cancer vaccine

Singapore: India's Chennai-based Nichi-In Center for Regenerative Medicine has been asked by the DCGI to stop selling th...

September 12, 2014 | Friday | Regulatory
Mr Nitin Sawant, Trivitron: Healthcare will propel towards preventive medicine in 2013

Until recently, diagnostics tests were being used more for diagnosis and management of disease as healthcare was more fo...

December 26, 2012 | Wednesday | Opinion
International Society of Cell Therapy appoints Dr Anish Majumdar as VP-Elect for Asia

Singapore: Dr Anish S Majumdar, chief scientific officer and Executive VP at India based Stempeutics Research, is electe...

March 20, 2015 | Friday | Influencers
Cells that undergo nuclear transfer can live forever, says Nobel winner

Sir John Gurdon, the 2012 Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine, says that all cells in the body are made up of a...

March 12, 2014 | Wednesday | Influencers
India's pharma export growth slowest in 15 years

Singapore: The Indian pharmaceutical industry exports have registered slowest growth in at least 15 years, a news report...

April 25, 2014 | Friday | News
Indian-origin doctor gets Order of Australia medal

Singapore: Professor Ajay Rane, Townsville hospital's director of urogynecology and James Cook University professor, who...

February 7, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
US FDA nod for Zydus Cadila's Acyclovir

Singapore: The highest regulatory body has approved Zydus Cadila's anti-viral drug, Acyclovir. The company can now go ah...

August 31, 2014 | Sunday | Regulatory
India medical devices market to touch $11 bn by 2023

Bangalore: The Indian medical devices market is expected to be worth $11 billion by 2023. According to a report by visio...

December 3, 2012 | Monday | News
Biocon: A nesting ground for biotech spinoffs

It has added one more feather to its cap by being the nesting ground to churn out new start-ups. It is an informal incub...

May 16, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
FAPA: Indian pharma to fatten in biosimilars era

Singapore: The Federation of Asian Pharmaceuticals Association (FAPA) said that the upcoming patent cliff will be advant...

August 14, 2014 | Thursday | News
Johnson and Johnson to sell its medical device unit

Singapore: Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), world's largest maker of healthcare products, is planning the sale of its medica...

September 4, 2014 | Thursday | News
Sanofi partners with Emcure Pharma

Singapore: Commenting on the partnership, Dr Shailesh Ayyangar, MD & VP, South Asia Sanofi India, and Sanofi-Synthel...

August 7, 2014 | Thursday | News
Masimo Corp brings hi-tech products to India

Singapore: On January 7, 2014, California-based Masimo Corp, manufacturer of non-invasive patient monitoring technologie...

January 10, 2014 | Friday | News
AIIMS, Osaka University of Japan sign MoU

New Delhi: All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Osaka U...

October 15, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Wockhardt's third Indian plant faces export ban

Singapore: Britain's drug regulator, the UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has revoked the quality ...

October 23, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Dishman might sell China plant to clear debts

Singapore: India's Ahmedabad based contract research and manufacturing services (CRAMS) company Dishman Pharmaceuticals ...

January 13, 2014 | Monday | News
What's the stem cell regulatory scenario like in APAC?

The pioneering work of Nobel Laureates Sir John Gurdon and Dr Shinya Yamanaka on reprogramming adult stem cells has open...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Experts want typhoid vaccination to be a priority

Singapore: Coalition against Typhoid (CaT), an initiative of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, brought together global health...

June 14, 2012 | Thursday | News
India sets up a Ministry to regulate traditional medicine

Singapore: In a bid to promote alternative medicine and natural therapies, the Indian government under the leadership of...

November 19, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Fortis sells Dental Corporation for $284 mn

Singapore: Fortis Healthcare is selling its 64 percent stake in Dental Corporation (DC), Australia, to healthcare compan...

December 18, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Cipla appoints Subhanu Saxena as CEO

Mumbai: Indian generic pharmaceuticals company Cipla appointed Mr Subhanu Saxena as its chief executive officer. Mr Saxe...

November 23, 2012 | Friday | News
Rat poison linked to Chhattisgarh sterilisation deaths

Singapore: Recently a government-run family planning campaign in the state of Chhattisgarh in India ended tragically for...

November 19, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Apollo Hospitals MD on Medtronic board

Bangalore: Medtronic, a global medical technology company with its headquarters in the US, has named Ms Preetha Reddy, m...

September 27, 2012 | Thursday | News
Dr Harish Iyer, Shantha Biotech: Euro-zone debt, US fiscal cliff will impact the industry in 2013

Globally, 2013 is a critical year that will indicate the impact of Euro-zone debt and the so-called US 'fiscal cliff'. B...

December 26, 2012 | Wednesday | Opinion
Granules India acquires Auctus Pharma for $20 mn

Singapore: Hyderabad-based mid-sized pharmaceutical firm Granules India has acquired Auctus Pharma in an all-cash deal w...

November 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Doctor-developed Iridotomy lens for Glaucoma

Singapore: Volk Optical has launched a new specialty lens for iridotomy procedures. Developed in conjunction with Eytan ...

January 16, 2014 | Thursday | News
US firm to develop inhaled insulin products for Asia‎

Singapore: Dance Biopharm, US based privately-held biotechnology company focused on the development of inhaled insulin p...

October 16, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Venus Remedies launches Trois in India

New Delhi: Chandigarh-based Venus Remedies, a research-based pharmaceutical company, has launched Trois in the India mar...

August 28, 2012 | Tuesday | News

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