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
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
Heartbeat grows 350% year-over-year

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

May 31, 2013 | Friday | News
Opto launches its first Sirolimus Drug Eluting Stent

Bangalore: Opto Eurocor Healthcare, a subsidiary of Opto Circuits, launched its first Sirolimus Drug Eluting Stent (DES)...

September 21, 2012 | Friday | News
Swedish firm SCA expands in India, invests $22.9 mn

Singapore: Sweden-based SCA plans to invest about $22.9 million (SEK 150 million) in local production of hygiene product...

September 13, 2013 | Friday | News
Gene expression for personalized medicine: Report

Singapore: Gene expression profiling can bring significant improvements to disease profiling and diagnoses based on gene...

June 10, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
Novartis launches joint pain gel Voveran

Singapore: Novartis launched a topical diclofenac gel, which has been formulated with Australia-based Phosphagenics' pro...

January 21, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Why Mylan sued US FDA over Diovan generic?

Multinational pharmaceutical company Mylan sued the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval to sell a generic...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | News
Ranbaxy now recalls 64,000 bottles of generic heart drug

Singapore: Ranbaxy Laboratories, which is already reeling under several regulatory rebukes owing to quality apprehension...

March 11, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Xcyton offers diagnostic solution for monsoons

Bangalore: With the advent of monsoons, India is plagued by diseases such as Leptospirosis, dengue, malaria. The difficu...

June 11, 2012 | Monday | News
Zydus, Pieris to develop anticalin-based protein drug

Singapore: India-based Zydus Cadila and Pieris, a next generation therapeutic protein R&D company, have entered int...

October 18, 2013 | Friday | News
Compulsory licensing: The debate continues

When Indian patent office granted compulsory license to Hyderabad-based Natco Pharma to market a generic version of a pa...

October 26, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Roche appoints Mr Lance Little as CMD for India, South Asia

Mumbai: Roche Diagnostics has appointed Mr Lance Little as the chairman and managing director of Roche Diagnostics India...

August 8, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Dr Reddy's launches bioequivalent of Prevacid

Hyderabad: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has launched over-the-counter (OTC) Lansoprazole delayed-release capsules in the US ...

May 21, 2012 | Monday | News
MS Swaminathan: Govt didn't pay heed to my suggestions

My association with biotechnology started in 1950 when I was at the University of Cambridge, where Dr Watson and Dr Cric...

May 7, 2013 | Tuesday | Opinion
APAC Epilepsy Therapeutics market to touch $1.5 bn by 2019

Singapore: The epilepsy therapeutics market value in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, Australia, China, India and Japan, ...

February 28, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
Aurobindo to spin-off injectable business into a subsidiary

Mumbai: Aurobindo Pharma has reported consolidated net profit of $3.04 million (Rs 18.60 crore) during the first quarter...

August 13, 2013 | Tuesday | Company results
Swine Flu takes its toll on India

Singapore: A massive H1N1 outbreak has taken its toll in India, killing at least 75 people and afflicting another 70 acc...

January 29, 2015 | Thursday | News
Sun Pharma buys Takeda subsidiary

Singapore: Takeda Pharmaceutical Company announced that Takeda's wholly-owned subsidiary, Takeda Pharmaceuticals US (TP...

December 18, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Ranbaxy awards deserving researchers

Singapore: Ranbaxy Science Foundation (RSF), a non-profit organisation set-up by Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited, on March ...

March 25, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Anuradha Rajput: Enjoy challenges to overcome them

I received my MSc in Biochemistry in 1986, and my PhD in Biochemistry in 1992 both from the University of Mysore in Indi...

March 6, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
Aurobindo diabetes generic gets US FDA nod

Singapore: Aurobindo Pharma has received US FDA approval for Repaglinide tablets, the generic equivalent of Novo Nordisk...

February 4, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Hope floats for neglected tropical diseases

The first-of-its-kind clinical trial to test the efficacy of a novel visceral leishmaniasis vaccine has started in India...

June 22, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Global spotlight turns on Asia's vaccine companies

News reports about the reported death of nearly two dozen children due to Hepatitis B vaccination in China in December h...

January 9, 2014 | Thursday | Opinion
Patents worth $60 billion set to expire by 2019

The year 2012 has brought a world of opportunities for Indian biotech companies, with big-wig biotech firms in the West ...

March 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Mysterious litchi syndrome, kills 8 in India

Singapore: A new virus spreading from the litchi fruit has killed at least eight children and left several others seriou...

June 9, 2014 | Monday | News
The India challenge for clinical research

Once upon a time, not so long ago, India's clinical research industry was one of the most highly sought after destinat...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
GSK, Biological E to develop 6-in-1 vaccine

Bangalore: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Biological E have signed an agreement to form a 50:50 joint venture (JV) for early ...

February 1, 2013 | Friday | News
A cheaper, quicker swine flu test kit

Since the pandemic after the 2009 outbreak, swine flu has been a major concern worldwide. The most devastating outbreak ...

June 5, 2012 | Tuesday | News
GSK CEO: MNCs should consider India's policies closely

Singapore: British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline's CEO, Sir (Dr) Andrew Witty, who paid a brief visit to the Indian sub-con...

November 18, 2013 | Monday | News
India DBT secretary: We can reach $100 bn by 2025

The Government of India boasts of seven major scientific departments, covering various domains of science ranging from b...

January 28, 2013 | Monday | Influencers
CRO survey: India, China dominate market

...

November 24, 2012 | Saturday | Analysis
EU to have substantial presence at Bangalore India BIO 2014

Bangalore: One of the highlights of this year's Bangalore India BIO (BIB 2014) is going to be the presence of a large de...

January 31, 2014 | Friday | News
Merck inaugurates its new biomass plant in India

Singapore: German drug giant Merck has, today, commissioned a climate-neutral co-generation plant at its production site...

November 27, 2014 | Thursday | News
An all-growth year for Sun pharma

Singapore:  Sun Pharmaceuticals, IndiaManaging director: Mr Dilip S ShanghaviRevenue: $2678.6 mnBusiness: Manufacturin...

July 1, 2015 | Wednesday | Analysis
Cipla nurtures global vision for affordable drugs

The king of generics, Cipla, has been aggressive in expanding product portfolio and reaching out to international market...

June 13, 2012 | Wednesday | Analysis
Nearly 100 Indians die of swine flu in 3 days

Singapore: A deadly swine flu outbreak is sweeping through India killing another 100 people in three days, raising the d...

February 17, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Breast cancer drug market to touch $13.1 bn by 2020'

Singapore: Increased use of targeted therapies, along with a greater uptake of branded drugs and rising incidence popula...

July 24, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Gilead allows sublicense of HIV drug to generic firms

Singapore: HIV drug developer, Gilead Sciences has partnered with Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) to expand access to Gilead...

July 25, 2014 | Friday | News
India's Union Budget 2014 Highlights

Budget Highlights 2014...

July 11, 2014 | Friday | News
Australia has a strong budget to fund research'

Singapore: During their recent visit to India, Australian lifesciences and healthcare mission delegates highlighted that...

October 6, 2014 | Monday | News
Funding agencies play synergistic role in science'

International funding agencies play a pivotal role in promoting scientific research in developing nations and also help ...

February 21, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
OSDD starts Youtube competition for TB

New Delhi: In an innovative approach to spread awareness about the need for researching new drugs for TB, OSDD, India's ...

November 2, 2012 | Friday | News
Cadila's new compound to rejuvenate obsolete antibiotics

Mumbai: Ahmedabad-based Cadila Pharmaceuticals and UK based antibiotics discovery company, Helperby Therapeutics, inked ...

November 18, 2013 | Monday | News
Vaccine developers to make vaccines accessible to developing countries

Singapore: Vaccine manufacturers from around the world have pledged to come forward to support the immunization of 300 m...

January 27, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Novartis: Compulsory licenses will not expand access to drugs

In a patent suit that has grabbed eyeballs across national and international media, the Glivec case has become more than...

October 26, 2012 | Friday | Influencers
Bayer plea for stay on compulsory license dismissed

Bangalore: The Intellectual Property Appellate Board in Chennai, India, has rejected pharma major Bayer's petition seeki...

September 17, 2012 | Monday | News
Panacea expands its footprint in the US

Panacea Biotec, an Indian firm whose three cardinal business principles have been to focus on innovation, brand building...

April 8, 2013 | Monday | News
Indian medtech veteran is ERBA operations VP

Singapore: ERBA Diagnostics has appointed Mr Mohan Gopalkrishnan as vice president of operations. He will be based in ...

February 8, 2013 | Friday | News
Pakistan protests against India's MFN status

New Delhi: Pharmaceutical industry associations in Pakistan have protested against the granting of most-favoured nation ...

April 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Public Stem Cell banking: an Initiative to save lives

Singapore: In a bid to save millions of children by preserving their stem cells, Life cells, India's largest umblical co...

July 28, 2014 | Monday | News
Padma Bhushan Dr MK Bhan to get Genome Valley Excellence Award today

New Delhi: Dr Maharaj Kishan Bhan, former secretary of India's nodal biotechnology agency (DBT), is going to receive the...

January 28, 2013 | Monday | Influencers
India, UN ink a pact for Ebola relief

Singapore: India has recently inked an accord with the UN, thus affirming its contributions to the international fight a...

December 11, 2014 | Thursday | News
Down's syndrome: India tops the chart

Singapore: Around 85 to 90 percent of such cases can be detected if pregnant mothers opt for genetic screening. To addr...

March 7, 2014 | Friday | News
Philips launches new ultrasound solutions

Bangalore: Philips Innovation Campus (PIC) in Bangalore, India, has launched of ClearVue, a family of ultrasound solutio...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | News
Asia bioscience grows 11 percent, crosses $150 bn

During the year 2012, the bioscience industry in the Asia Pacific region clocked $154.40 billion in revenues, recording ...

June 21, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
Report: Novartis, Panacea end 8-year-old vaccine JV

Mumbai: An article in the Economic Times has revealed that Novartis' subsidiary Chiron has terminated its eight-year-lon...

August 30, 2013 | Friday | News
Digital way of learning

Singapore: India based Bodhi Health Education has taken up the challenge of educating less literate health workers about...

November 13, 2014 | Thursday | Influencers
Glioblastoma therapeutics market to double in APAC by 2020

Singapore: Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) therapeutics market in Asia-Pacific (APAC) is estimated to grow double from USD...

September 19, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
Lupin gets FDA nod to make generic insomnia drug

Singapore: The US FDA provided its final approval to Indian drug maker Lupin to manufacture and market a generic version...

September 20, 2013 | Friday | News
Asia's Fastest 50 bio-firms shine

The annual list of Asia's fastest growing pharma companies, compiled painstakingly by the BioSpectrum Asia team, is out....

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion
India, Japan to find a remedy for sickle cell anemia

Singapore: During his recent visit to Japan, the Indian Prime Minister Mr Narendra Modi discussed cooperation with Kyoto...

September 2, 2014 | Tuesday | News
CPC expands its portfolio in India

Singapore: Colder, according to a press release, has announced the launch of its MPC and MPX quick disconnect product li...

September 14, 2014 | Sunday | News
Merck Serono pumps in €80 million to erect China plant

Singapore: The plant represents an investment of €80 million, and will be Merck's largest manufacturing facility o...

September 4, 2014 | Thursday | News
At reproductive age, men have more stem cells

Bangalore: Men have relatively more bone marrow stem cells than women of the same reproductive age, says a study done on...

May 15, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Biosimilars to take over biologic market by 2019'

Singapore: The increasing prevalence of biosimilars will have a noticeably negative impact on the biologics market beyon...

June 11, 2014 | Wednesday | Analysis
Indian scientists vehemently support GM technology

New Delhi: A recent event held by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to discuss about the cultivation of...

November 13, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Burrill helps Strand enter healthcare diagnostics

Bangalore: India-based Strand Life Sciences completed a Series B round of financing from San Francisco-based Burrill and...

February 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Aurobindo Pharma files ANDA for HIV generic drug

Singapore: India's Aurobindo Pharma has submitted an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for dolutegravir 50mg, for ...

May 27, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Telangana, China Medical City ink a MoU

Singapore: Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TSIIC) and China Medical City (CMC) on Tuesday inked a...

February 4, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Abbott to develop disease map for 'Life of Pi' village

Bangalore: The Government of Puducherry, a Union Territory of India where a major part of the Oscar winning Life of Pi m...

March 28, 2013 | Thursday | News

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