Three Made in India drugs recalled in US- FDA supriya kashyap kashyap8 Dec 2016 12:20 PM ISTNew Delhi : Three different drugs made in India, including by Cadila Pharma and Alkem Laboratories, are being recalled in the US for not meeting the...
Pfizer fined record 106 million dollars for unfair prices of epilepsy drug supriya kashyap kashyap8 Dec 2016 12:05 PM ISTBritain's competition regulator imposed a record 84.2 million pound ($106 million) fine on the pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer, and a 5.2 million...
Pfizer's Herceptin biosimilar succeeds in key breast cancer study supriya kashyap kashyap8 Dec 2016 9:18 AM ISTPfizer Inc said its experimental biosimilar of Roche Holding AG's blockbuster breast cancer treatment Herceptin was found comparable with the branded...
Strides Shasun R&D unit gets USFDA inspection closure report supriya kashyap kashyap8 Dec 2016 9:16 AM ISTNew Delhi : Drug firm Strides Shasun has received Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) from the US health regulator on closure of inspection of its...
Lupin gets USFDA nod for Diclofenac capsules generic version supriya kashyap kashyap8 Dec 2016 9:15 AM ISTPharma major Lupin said it has received tentative approval for its generic version of Diclofenac capsules, used in pain management of osteoarthritis,...
AstraZeneca pill slashes lung cancer progression in study supriya kashyap kashyap8 Dec 2016 9:14 AM ISTAstraZeneca's pill Tagrisso cut the risk of lung cancer progressing by 70 percent compared to standard chemotherapy in a major clinical trial, lifting...
79 demand notices issued to drug cos for overcharging: Govt supriya kashyap kashyap8 Dec 2016 9:10 AM ISTNew Delhi : National drug price regulator NPPA has issued 79 demand notices to pharmaceutical companies for overcharging for non-scheduled...
Delhi HC pulls up Government on fixing MRP of coronary stents supriya kashyap kashyap7 Dec 2016 3:09 PM ISTNew Delhi : The Delhi High Court asked the Centre as to why the maximum retail price (MRP) of coronary stents, used to treat narrowed or weakened...
Anti-aging pill maker Elysium Health raises $20 million supriya kashyap kashyap7 Dec 2016 12:22 PM ISTDietary supplement maker Elysium Health Inc said it raised $20 million in funding from a group of investors led by venture capital firm General...
Bhattacharjee named as generics group head by Teva supriya kashyap kashyap7 Dec 2016 12:19 PM ISTTeva Pharmaceutical Industries, the world's biggest generic drugmaker, has appointed Dipankar Bhattacharjee as chief executive for its global generic...
Alembic Pharma gets USFDA nod for anti-migraine drug supriya kashyap kashyap7 Dec 2016 12:18 PM ISTNew Delhi : Alembic Pharmaceuticals has received approval from the US health regulator for Zolmitriptan Orally Disintegrating tablets, used for the...
Pfizer blood cancer drug tops standard therapy for untreated patients supriya kashyap kashyap7 Dec 2016 12:17 PM ISTPfizer Inc said its cancer drug, Bosulif, was found superior to Novartis AG's Gleevec in a late-stage study on untreated patients with a form of blood...
