Prices of 50 essential drugs slashed by up to 44 percent supriya kashyap kashyap25 Dec 2016 11:07 AM ISTNew Delhi : Prices of over 50 essential drugs including those used for treatment of HIV infection, diabetes, anxiety disorders, bacterial infections,...
FDA approves Biogen drug for lead genetic cause of infant death supriya kashyap kashyap25 Dec 2016 11:05 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it has approved Biogen Inc's drug to treat spinal muscular atrophy, the leading genetic cause of death in...
Colombia cuts price of Novartis cancer drug by 44 percent supriya kashyap kashyap25 Dec 2016 11:05 AM ISTColombia's government has lowered the price of Novartis cancer drug imatinib by nearly half in a bid to cut healthcare costs after failed price...
USFDA subjects SPARC Xelpros nod to satisfactory resolution supriya kashyap kashyap25 Dec 2016 9:53 AM ISTNew Delhi : Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company (SPARC) said the US health regulator has not approved its new drug application for Xelpros, a...
Teva to pay 519 M dollars to settle bribery allegations supriya kashyap kashyap25 Dec 2016 9:49 AM ISTIsrael's Teva Pharmaceutical said on Thursday it had agreed to pay $519 million to settle charges it violated the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...
Roches emicizumab haemophilia drug succeeds in trial supriya kashyap kashyap24 Dec 2016 3:06 PM ISTRoche Holding AG's emicizumab drug for treating haemophilia A showed it worked in a phase III study, the Swiss drugmaker said.Roche is hoping to win a...
Sun Pharma to acquire oncology product from Novartis for $175 million supriya kashyap kashyap24 Dec 2016 9:42 AM ISTNew Delhi : Drug major Sun Pharmaceutical Industries said it it will acquire a branded oncology product, Odomzo, from Novartis for an upfront payment...
Med Achievers targets USD 100 million Business from Europe supriya kashyap kashyap24 Dec 2016 9:40 AM ISTNew Delhi : Med Achievers the first of its kind platform in healthcare innovation and global technology incubator in India has facilitated the entry...
Indian pharma eyes pride of place, regulation Achilles heel supriya kashyap kashyap24 Dec 2016 9:21 AM ISTNew Delhi : India is on track to cement its position next year as a source of safe, effective and quality medicines at affordable prices, but a...
Giovanni Caforio Named Chairman of Bristol-Myers Squibbs Board of Directors supriya kashyap kashyap23 Dec 2016 12:41 PM ISTNew York : Bristol-Myers Squibb Company announced that the company’s Board of Directors has appointed Giovanni Caforio, M.D. as chairman of the board,...
USFDA approves tissue expander breast reconstruction after mastectomy supriya kashyap kashyap23 Dec 2016 12:38 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed marketing of a new tissue expander system for soft tissue expansion in two-stage breast reconstruction...
GSK's two-drug HIV therapy shines in two big studies supriya kashyap kashyap23 Dec 2016 12:31 PM ISTLondon : GlaxoSmithKline's already fast-growing HIV drug business has received an important boost with the success of two major clinical studies...