FDA rejects Merck's application to add heart safety data on diabetes drug labels supriya kashyap kashyap10 April 2017 9:35 AM ISTMerck said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declined an application to include information on the labels of its diabetes drugs Januvia and...
Cipla acquires South Africa-based firm for ZAR 26 mn supriya kashyap kashyap9 April 2017 11:07 AM ISTNew Delhi : Pharma major Cipla said its arm Medpro South Africa (Pty) Limited has signed an agreement to acquire 100 per cent stake in Anmarate (Pty)...
Alembic Pharma gets USFDA nod for generic antidepressant drug supriya kashyap kashyap9 April 2017 10:13 AM ISTNew Delhi : Alembic Pharmaceuticals has received approval from the US health regulator for generic Fluoxetine Hydrochloride tablets used for the...
Swiss giant Novartis likely bribed thousands in Greece supriya kashyap kashyap9 April 2017 10:06 AM ISTAthens : Greece’s justice minister said Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis had likely bribed “thousands” of doctors and civil servants to promote its...
Govt plans to review existing drug price control measures supriya kashyap kashyap9 April 2017 10:03 AM ISTNew Delhi : The government plans to review the existing drug price control measures to make medicines more affordable, while also undertaking...
IFFCO buys 26 percent stake in Gramin Health Care supriya kashyap kashyap8 April 2017 12:06 PM ISTNew Delhi : Cooperative fertiliser major IFFCO announced that it has picked a 26 per cent stake in start-up firm Gramin Health Care (GHC) for an...
DocsApp registers seven lakh downloads, establishes its position in healthcare sector supriya kashyap kashyap8 April 2017 10:38 AM ISTNew Delhi : Virtual healthcare platform DocsApp successfully revolutionised the healthcare sector with its unique offerings, and is now the most...
Jubilant Life gets USFDA nod for arthritis drug supriya kashyap kashyap8 April 2017 10:19 AM ISTNew Delhi : Drug firm Jubilant Life Sciences said it has received final approval from the US health regulator for Celecoxib capsules used for the...
Takeda's largest study brings dengue vaccine step closer supriya kashyap kashyap8 April 2017 10:19 AM ISTJapan's Takeda Pharmaceutical said it had completed enrolment for a 20,000-subject dengue vaccine trial, the largest clinical study in its history,...
Cipla's US arm inks licensing pact with MEDRx supriya kashyap kashyap8 April 2017 9:19 AM ISTNew Delhi : Drug firm Cipla said its US arm has signed a licensing pact with MEDRx Company to develop and market a Tizanidine1 patch that targets...
IPA punches holes into drug pricing policy implementation supriya kashyap kashyap7 April 2017 10:28 AM ISTNew Delhi : A body of major domestic pharma firms, IPA has hit out at the government over drug price control issue, wondering if the country followed...
Cardinal Health nears $6 billion deal for Medtronic unit: Sources supriya kashyap kashyap7 April 2017 10:25 AM ISTU.S. drug distributor Cardinal Health is nearing a deal to acquire medical device maker Medtronic's medical supplies business for close to $6 billion,...
