USAID extends $9 million loan guarantee to Healthspring savita thakur thakur4 March 2016 11:39 AM ISTMumbai: To help bridge the gap in medical services, the US today extended a guarantee to loans of $9 million (Rs 60 crore) to be given to...
Olympus to Pay at Least 646 Million dollars for giving kickbacks to doctors savita thakur thakur3 March 2016 2:37 PM ISTOlympus Corp., the nation's largest distributor of endoscopes and related equipment, will pay $646 million to resolve separate criminal and civil...
McKesson acquires Canadian pharmacy operator Rexall savita thakur thakur3 March 2016 2:35 PM ISTSan Francisco: Prescription drug distributor McKesson Corp. is buying Canadian pharmacy operator Rexall Health from Katz Group for $2.2 billion,...
Women Entrepreneurs Bring Medical Aid At Your Doorstep savita thakur thakur3 March 2016 7:54 AM ISTNew Delhi: With healthcare a fast growing sector, women entrepreneurs are increasingly coming up with different services in the e-commerce...
Philips bags clearance for Care Orchestrator ,for management of sleep and respiratory care portfolio savita thakur thakur2 March 2016 5:02 PM ISTAMSTERDAM: Philips Respironics, a business of Royal Philips , announced it received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Cipla tranfers consumer healthcare biz to subsidiary savita thakur thakur2 March 2016 4:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: Drug major Cipla has transferred its consumer healthcare business to its arm Cipla Health Ltd."The company's consumer healthcare business...
NM-INBRE and NCGR to host symposium on Advances in Genome Technology savita thakur thakur2 March 2016 2:45 PM ISTSANTA FE, N.M.: The New Mexico IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (NM-INBRE) and the National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR)...
FDA approves new indication for Novartis drug Afinitor® for neuroendocrine tumours savita thakur thakur1 March 2016 6:05 PM ISTBASEL, Switzerland: Novartis today announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Afinitor® (everolimus) tablets for the...
AstraZeneca sells drug for $70 mln as divestment drive continues savita thakur thakur1 March 2016 5:55 PM ISTLondon: AstraZeneca has sold rights to a non-core drug to a unit of Kyowa Hakko Kirin for an upfront payment of $70 million, a day after getting $500...
FDA providing $2 million in new grants for natural history studies in rare diseases savita thakur thakur1 March 2016 5:48 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the availability of $2 million in research grants to fund natural history studies in rare diseases....
Zydus Cadila gets USFDA nod for anti-diabetics tablets savita thakur thakur1 March 2016 5:47 PM ISTNew Delhi: Drug firm Zydus Cadila has received final nod from the US health regulator to sell anti-diabetics Glyburide and Metformin Hcl tablets in...
AstraZeneca cancer drug fails in mesothelioma test savita thakur thakur1 March 2016 5:47 PM ISTLondon: A closely watched AstraZeneca drug did not extend lives of patients with the rare cancer mesothelioma when given on its own, but the drugmaker...