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
Aussie's IDT to manufacture 23 generic drug

Singapore: US FDA has accepted the transfer of ownership of 23 generic drug products to Australia based IDT. Formalising...

April 14, 2015 | 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
Generics will lead to $7 bn loss for statins market

Singapore: GBI Research has highlighted that the introduction of generic statins has kick started a decline in the globa...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | 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
Mylan launches generic of Pfizer's antifungal drug

Singapore: US-based Mylan Pharmaceuticals has launched generic version of Pfizer's Vfend, Voriconazole for Oral Suspensi...

October 1, 2013 | Tuesday | 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
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
Teva patent request rejected by US Supreme Court

Singapore: The US Supreme Court declined a request from Teva Pharmaceutical for a stay of an appeals court ruling that w...

November 18, 2013 | Monday | News
Daiichi Sankyo seeks approval for TB drug in Japan

Singapore: Daiichi Sankyo's generic subsidiary, Daiichi Sankyo Espha has submitted a supplemental New Drug Application (...

October 6, 2014 | Monday | News
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
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
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
TWi appoints new CEO to boost US market

Singapore: Taiwan based TWi Pharmaceuticals has appointed Ms Tina Guilder as President and CEO and Ms Eva Ho as CFO to s...

March 9, 2015 | Monday | News
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
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
Celltrion files an FDA application for biosimilar

Singapore: With biosimilars promising an exponential growth, South Korea's Celltrion has filed an FDA application for Re...

August 14, 2014 | Thursday | 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
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
Cipla divests its stake from a Chinese firm

Singapore: Indian pharma major, Cipla recently announced that the company's wholly owned subsidiary Meditab holdings ent...

December 11, 2014 | Thursday | News
Lupin, LG to launch an anti-diabetes drug

Singapore: Indian drug major Lupin has inked a marketing pact with South Korea's LG Life Sciences to launch its anti-di...

August 12, 2014 | Tuesday | News
GSK to appoint RBS exec as new chairman

Singapore: British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline is in advanced talks to recruit Sir Philip Hampton, chairman of Royal Bank...

August 11, 2014 | Monday | News
Cipla's HIV drug gets tentative nod from FDA

Singapore: India based generic drug maker Cipla has recieved FDA tentative approval for a generic formulation of emtrici...

February 27, 2014 | Thursday | News
Dr. Reddy's Azacitidine for injection gets FDA nod

Singapore: The US FDA has granted approval for the launch of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories's cancer drug Azacitidine for inje...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Aurobindo aims for $2 bn revenues by FY15

Singapore: India-based Aurobindo Pharma eyes on globalization and innovation to achieve a turnover of $2 billion in the...

August 5, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Alvogen acquires Korea's Dream Pharma

Singapore: The birth of one of the largest generic pharmaceutical companies in South Korea just came about when Alvogen ...

August 8, 2014 | Friday | News
Aurobindo gets FDA nod for anti-depression generic

Singapore: India's Aurobindo Pharma received final approval from the US FDA to manufacture and market Escitalopram Oxala...

September 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
Canada quarantines APIs by India firm

Singapore: Canada has quarantined the health products made with active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) from India's Sr...

January 7, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Fosun Pharma listed in CCTV Financial 50 Index Sample Stock

Singapore: Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical has been listed in CCTV Financial 50 Index Sample Stock, an index created by Sh...

August 14, 2013 | Wednesday | Company results
First generic of diabetes drug Actos approved

Singapore: The US FDA has approved world's first generic version of Actos (pioglitazone hydrochloride) tablets. US-based...

August 20, 2012 | Monday | News
Ranbaxy redesigns strategy to meet regulations

The year 2011 was a year of capturing potential markets and achieving new milestones. Ranbaxy Laboratories became the fi...

June 12, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
Interpol seized $41 mn fake drugs to be sold online

Singapore: Interpol's sixth and the biggest annual worldwide crackdown, Pangea VI has ended in seizing of $41 million wo...

July 1, 2013 | Monday | News
India, China to produce generic of Gilead's TAF

Singapore: Gilead have allowed generic manufacturers in India and China to produce generic versions of its HBV and HIV d...

August 4, 2014 | Monday | News
Indian formulation industry to grow by 10-12%

Singapore: The Indian pharmaceutical industry is estimated to continue to experience strong growth in the near-term alth...

July 8, 2013 | Monday | News
Dr. Reddy's hires its HR global head from IBM

Singapore: India's pharmaceutical firm Dr. Reddy's has appointed Dr. Sripada Chandrasekhar as the president and global h...

August 13, 2013 | Tuesday | Influencers
Huahai gets China FDA nod to make HIV/AIDS generic

Singapore: China-based Zhejiang Huahai Pharma received approval from the China FDA to produce efavirenz. Huahai is the f...

September 25, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory
US firms lobbying to protect patents in India: Report

Singapore: An Indian news report that appeared in Business Line quoted an unidentified DIPP official who claimed that to...

October 24, 2013 | Thursday | News
Merck aims to expand its China business

Singapore: Leading pharma giant Merck has reinforced its commitments towards China, in a bid to strengthen its position ...

August 5, 2014 | 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
Actavis sets up APAC headquarter in Singapore

Singapore: Global generics firm, Actavis, has opened its regional office in Singapore that will serve as the headquarter...

April 4, 2014 | Friday | News
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
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
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
Pfizer, Mylan settle litigation over Detrol LA generic

Singapore: Pfizer has settled its litigation against Mylan and Mylan Pharmaceuticals relating to Pfizer's patents coveri...

September 10, 2012 | Monday | News
Mundipharma, Horizon subsidiary sign arthritis deal

Singapore: Mundipharma has signed an exclusive agreement with the Swiss subsidiary of Horizon Pharma for the commerciali...

November 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
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
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
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
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
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
Perrigo rejects Mylan's acquisition bid

Singapore: Irish firm, Perrigo, has declined the acquisition offer from Mylan revalued at USD60 per share in cash and 2....

April 28, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Ranbaxy, Lundbeck face EU fury for blocking generics

Singapore: The European Commission (EC) is going to fine seven generic drug firms, including India-based Ranbaxy and Den...

June 4, 2013 | Tuesday | News
FDA flags GMP issues at Impax's Taiwan facility

Singapore: Regulatory hurdles continue to haunt Impax Laboratories and its experimental drug, Rytary, that treats idiopa...

July 31, 2014 | Thursday | News
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
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
Canadian generic maker enters Korea with JV

Singapore: Montreal-based generic drug developer and marketer Pharmascience is venturing into Korea by forming a joint v...

January 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Orexigen, Takeda file lawsuit against Actavis for patent infringement

Singapore: Orexigen Therapeutics and Takeda Pharmaceuticals have filed a lawsuit in US against Actavis for filing an abb...

June 8, 2015 | Monday | Regulatory
FDA warns Tianjin Zhongan for cGMP lapses

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has slapped a warning letter to China based Tianjin Zhongan Pharma...

June 26, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory
Beximco pharma receives TFDA approval

Singapore: Beximco pharmaceuticals, a Bangladeshi pharma giant announced that it had received Good Manufacturing Practic...

July 4, 2014 | Friday | News
Teva to acquire migraine drug firm at $825 mn

Singapore: With the strategy to strengthen its pain management portfolio, global biopharmaceutical company, Teva Pharmac...

June 4, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Mayne Pharma appoints a new vice president

Singapore: Australian drug maker Mayne Pharma announced Mr Blake Cullen as the new vice president of business developmen...

June 18, 2014 | Wednesday | News
GSK seeks FIPB nod to hike stake in India

Singapore: British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline has approached the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) to hike stake ...

January 6, 2014 | Monday | News
Pharma FDI cap, right move for India

India's pharma industry, mainly comprising generics has got a breather. The government in India has decided to cap brown...

July 31, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
GSK CEO: London HQ 'knew nothing' of the fraud

Singapore: Addressing the global media for the first time after allegations were leveled out against Britain's largest d...

July 25, 2013 | Thursday | News
FDA nod for Lupin's angina generic Ranolazine

Mumbai: Lupin Phamaceuticals has received final approval for its Ranolazine extended-release tablets, 500 mg and 1000 mg...

August 5, 2013 | Monday | News
Eli Lilly files $500 mn suit against Canada govt

Singapore: Eli Lilly has filed a $500 million international lawsuit against the Canadian government alleging that the co...

September 16, 2013 | Monday | News
DRL launches Alchemia thrombosis generic in India

Singapore: Alchemia's commercialization partner Dr Reddy's Laboratories has launched Alchemia's FDA approved generic an...

April 4, 2013 | Thursday | News
Abbott Laboratories unveils strategy for India

Singapore: Pharma major Abbott Laboratories has unveiled its strategy for the Indian market, claiming that it will push ...

July 17, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Pfizer to acquire Innopharma at $360 mn

Singapore: Global pharma firm, Pfizer, plans to acquire InnoPharma at approx $360 million to strengthen its generics, in...

July 18, 2014 | Friday | News
Mylan launches operations in India with 18 ARV products

Bangalore: Mylan Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Mylan, has commenced commercial operations in India, starting with the...

August 9, 2012 | Thursday | News
Mundipharma appoints John Lee as GM for SEA

Singapore: Asian pharmaceutical firm, Mundipharma, has promoted the general manager of Mundipharma Korea, Mr John Lee, t...

November 6, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
Dr Reddy's launches Eszopiclone tablets in US

Singapore: Dr Reddy's Laboratories has launched sedative drug, Eszopiclone tablets (C-IV) 1 mg, 2 mg and 3 mg, a therape...

April 16, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Bioscience firms queue up for Japan market

Japan, which has the lowest infant mortality rate and highest adult life expectancy in the world, is fast turning into a...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
FDA clears 152 antiretroviral drugs for HIV/AIDS program

Singapore: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved or tentatively approved a total of 152 antiretroviral ...

July 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Wockhardt gets FDA nod for generic treatment of enlarged prostate

Mumbai: Pharmaceutical and biotechnology major Wockhardt has received final approval from the US Food & Drug Adminis...

August 15, 2012 | Wednesday | News
RPG issued warning letter by US FDA

Singapore: In what has come as another shocker for the Indian Pharmaceutical industry, the US FDA slammed RPG Life Scien...

June 24, 2013 | Monday | Regulatory
Dr. Reddy's rides on biosimilar product line

India-headquartered Dr Reddy's Laboratories is making a strong name in biosimilars business in India and in the world....

June 15, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Sun Pharma to acquire Ranbaxy

Singapore: India based generics firm Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has announced to acquire Ranbaxy Laboratories through...

April 7, 2014 | Monday | News
Dr. Reddy's launches generic of Boniva

Bangalore: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has launched Ibandronate sodium tablets (150 mg), a bioequivalent generic version of...

July 2, 2012 | Monday | News
Lupin acquires Mexican firm Laboratorios Grin

Singapore: Foraying into South American pharmaceutical market, India based Lupin Pharmaceutical has acquired Mexico firm...

March 31, 2014 | Monday | News
Asia pharma industry to touch $386 bn:Report

Singapore: As Asia emerges as a major engine of global economic growth, the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries ...

December 5, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Pharmaniaga report 51% jump in net profit

Singapore: Pharmaniaga Berhad, the largest integrated local healthcare company in Malaysia, reported a jump of 51 percen...

August 9, 2012 | Thursday | Company results
Glenmark generics business grows by 34%

Singapore: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has consolidated $254.45 million for the third quarter ending December 31, 2012, mar...

January 30, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Generics challenge pharma drug pricing regime

Healthcare systems, globally, are grappling with different facets of the same problem: How to provide affordable healthc...

July 4, 2012 | Wednesday | Opinion
India: PSUs need to be revived to boost generics

Singapore: Raising concerns related to the fate of people who cannot afford expensive branded medicines, India's parliam...

August 20, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Debate over compulsory licensing of Bayer's Nexavar

Thecase of Indian pharma company's request for a compulsory license to make a generic version of Bayer's patented drug t...

April 30, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
British drug major GSK awaits Chinese probe details

Singapore: Even six days after Chinese police detailed some senior executives working at the Chinese office of the bigge...

July 5, 2013 | Friday | News
Glenmark-MSD patent suit put on hold by Indian HC

Singapore: In what looked like a patent suit that could stir further controversy about patenting in the life sciences in...

August 2, 2013 | Friday | News
Aged society fuels growth of generics

A rapidly aging population has burdened the healthcare system both in terms of funding and facilities and is of great co...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
GSK China VP confesses in bribery scandal

Singapore: A day after Chinese police made the names of those involved in one of the country's biggest scandal involving...

July 18, 2013 | Thursday | News
India revokes Roche's cancer drug Herceptin patent

New Delhi: In what is being criticized as yet another miserable experience created by India's intellectual property and ...

August 5, 2013 | Monday | News
DCGI asks Wockhardt, Ranbaxy to explain lapses

Singapore: The Indian Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has written a letter to the drug maker Wockhardt to explai...

September 2, 2013 | Monday | Regulatory
Dr. Reddy's launches generic psychiatric drug

Singapore: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has launched drug for psychiatric conditions, Divalproex Sodium extended release tab...

August 23, 2013 | Friday | News
Strides gets tentative FDA nod for HIV generic

Singapore: FDA has granted tentative approval to India-based Strides Arcolab's HIV drug emtricitabine and tenofovir diso...

August 2, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
GSK hit by more bribery allegations in China

Singapore: Days after a probe was initiated by the Chinese police into alleged 'economic crimes' committed by senior off...

July 8, 2013 | Monday | News
Ranbaxy launches generic of Pioglitazone in US

Bangalore: Ranbaxy Pharmaceuticals, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranbaxy Laboratories, has launched authorized generic ...

August 20, 2012 | Monday | News
Abbott rejigs strategy, realigns India business

Singapore: After acquiring the formulations business of India's Piramal Healthcare in 2010, US drug major Abbott Laborat...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | News
Chinese medicine firm Tianyin gets GMP certificate

Singapore: China-based Tianyin Pharmaceutical (TPI) received GMP certification for its pre-extraction plant and formula...

September 16, 2013 | Monday | News

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