Roche buys US Foundation Medicine for 2.4 billion dollar Ruby Khatun Khatun22 Jun 2018 9:45 AM ISTGeneva: Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said it had reached an agreement to purchase the remaining shares of US lab Foundation Medicine, of which it...
Unjustified medication shortened 456 lives in a UK hospital, report says Ruby Khatun Khatun22 Jun 2018 9:30 AM ISTGOSPORT, England: More than 450 patients died prematurely in a British hospital after they were given powerful painkillers with no medical...
Spurious Drugs Issue: DCGI Invites Top Pharma Brands on 25th June Ruby Khatun Khatun21 Jun 2018 5:17 PM ISTNew Delhi: Through a recent notification, the Drug Controller General of India has invited manufacturers for a meeting on the introduction of trace...
Cipla gets USFDA nod for generic HIV drug Ruby Khatun Khatun21 Jun 2018 3:23 PM ISTNew Delhi: Drug major Cipla said it has received approval from the US health regulator to market Efavirenz tablets, used to treat HIV-1 infections in...
Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for erectile dysfunction drug Ruby Khatun Khatun21 Jun 2018 10:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Drug firm Zydus Cadila said it has received approval from the US health regulator to market Tadalafil tablets, used to erectile...
Unichem enters settlement pact with Eli Lilly, ICOS Corp for erectile dysfunction drug Ruby Khatun Khatun21 Jun 2018 10:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: Unichem Laboratories said it has entered into a settlement pact with pharma major Eli Lilly & Company and ICOS Corporation for...
USFDA approves first product from Glenmark's US plant Ruby Khatun Khatun21 Jun 2018 10:00 AM ISTNew Delhi: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals said the US health regulator has approved the first product from its Monroe, North Carolina based manufacturing...
Latecomer Sanofi looks to catch next wave of cancer therapies Ruby Khatun Khatun21 Jun 2018 9:45 AM ISTPARIS: Sanofi missed the boat on immune system-boosting cancer drugs. Now it’s trying to catch up.The French drugmaker has hired John Reed, the former...
Roche SMA drug shines in study as costly new therapies advance Ruby Khatun Khatun21 Jun 2018 9:30 AM ISTZURICH: A drug being co-developed by Roche to treat spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) helped improve development scores in babies with the genetic...
Marketing of unapproved drugs: Amendment in Act aimed to hold Pharma Giants Responsible Ruby Khatun Khatun20 Jun 2018 4:25 PM ISTNew Delhi: Pharmaceutical companies, including the big ones are now under the radar of the central government which is planning to crack down on all...
Dr Reddy's launches generic epilepsy drug in US Ruby Khatun Khatun20 Jun 2018 10:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Dr Reddy's Laboratories said it has launched Levetiracetram in Sodium Chloride injection, an anti-epileptic drug, in the US market.The...
Strides Shasun gets USFDA nod for generic anti-fungal drug Ruby Khatun Khatun20 Jun 2018 10:15 AM ISTNew Delhi: Drug firm Strides Shasun said it has received approval from the US health regulator to market Ketoconazole tablets, used to treat fungal...