MTaI bats for tax breaks for Research and Development centres Ruby Khatun Khatun10 Jan 2018 12:54 PM ISTMUMBAI: Medical Technology Association of India (MTaI) urged the government to provide a tax holiday to medical device Research and Development...
Sahajanand Medical Technologies raises Rs 230 crores in funding round Ruby Khatun Khatun10 Jan 2018 12:38 PM ISTMumbai: Sahajanand Medical Technologies (SMT) announced that it has successfully raised equity to the tune of Rs. 230 crore in a funding round led by...
Anti-tobacco advocates hail SC order on pictorial warning Ruby Khatun Khatun10 Jan 2018 11:00 AM ISTGuwahati: Anti-tobacco advocates of Assam welcomed the Supreme Court's stay order on retaining the 85 percent pictorial warning on packets of tobacco...
State health ministers pledge to set up robust national food testing system Ruby Khatun Khatun10 Jan 2018 10:45 AM ISTHealth ministers of all states today pledged to set up a robust national food testing system by ensuring an adequate number of laboratories and focus...
Sanofi and Regeneron boost investment in cancer drug cemiplimab Ruby Khatun Khatun10 Jan 2018 10:30 AM ISTPARIS: France’s Sanofi and U.S Regeneron said they would inject an additional $1 billion in the development of cemiplimab, an antibody that could, if...
Ablynx soars after rejects Novo Nordisk's 3.1 billion dollars biotech bid Ruby Khatun Khatun10 Jan 2018 10:00 AM ISTCOPENHAGEN/BRUSSELS: Denmark’s Novo Nordisk, the world’s biggest insulin maker, went public with a 2.6 billion euro ($3.1 billion) bid for Belgian...
Regeneron forms consortium to accelerate gene sequencing project Ruby Khatun Khatun10 Jan 2018 9:30 AM ISTRegeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc announced a collaboration with rival drugmakers that will speed its effort to collect genetic information on 500,000...
Owner of BLK Hospital, Radiant Life care looks to buy Max Healthcare stake Ruby Khatun Khatun9 Jan 2018 4:31 PM ISTMUMBAI: KKR-backed Radiant Life Care is in the preliminary discussions to acquire the 49.7 percent stake of Life Healthcare in Max Healthcare,...
Orchid Pharma gets EIR from USFDA for its Chennai facility Ruby Khatun Khatun9 Jan 2018 11:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Drug firm Orchid Pharma said it has received Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) from the US health regulator for its Chennai...
Himachal govt to make prescribing generic drugs compulsory Ruby Khatun Khatun9 Jan 2018 10:45 AM ISTDharamshala: The new BJP government in Himachal Pradesh plans to make it compulsory for doctors of all hospitals in the state to prescribe generic...
Supreme Court favours 85 percent pictorial warning on tobacco packs Ruby Khatun Khatun9 Jan 2018 10:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the Karnataka High Court's order that had quashed the rule for 85 percent pictorial warning on tobacco...
Sanofi to market new hemophilia drug in deal with Alnylam Ruby Khatun Khatun9 Jan 2018 10:15 AM ISTPARIS: French pharmaceutical group Sanofi said it has obtained the right to develop and sell a new hemophilia drug in a restructuring of its...