Govt must scale up production of active ingredients of drugs supriya kashyap kashyap27 Feb 2017 11:05 AM ISTNew Delhi : The Centre should scale up the production of active ingredients used in drugs to meet the country's need, a government institute has said...
India's pharma barons are reporting delays in digitizing labs supriya kashyap kashyap27 Feb 2017 11:03 AM ISTAri Altstedter : Heads of two of India’s largest drug makers said integration of electronic systems to prevent quality lapses in factories is going...
Pfizer subpoenaed in US over patient assistance plans supriya kashyap kashyap27 Feb 2017 11:03 AM ISTPfizer Inc said it received subpoenas from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts related to its support for organizations that...
Novartis wins CHMP nod for drug combo against some lung cancers supriya kashyap kashyap26 Feb 2017 10:43 AM ISTSwiss drugmaker Novartis's drugs Tafinlar and Mekinist edged closer to approval in Europe to be used together against a type of lung cancer after a...
Zydus Cadila to launch seasonal flu vaccine in India supriya kashyap kashyap26 Feb 2017 10:42 AM ISTNew Delhi : Zydus Cadila has received regulatory approvals to launch tetravalent inactivated influenza vaccine for seasonal flu in India.The company...
Sequoia Fund wins dismissal of lawsuit over huge Valeant stake supriya kashyap kashyap26 Feb 2017 10:42 AM ISTNew York : A New York state judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing the Sequoia Fund, known for its ties to Warren Buffett, of recklessly making a...
Cempra's bacterial skin infection drug clears study, shares surge supriya kashyap kashyap25 Feb 2017 6:30 PM ISTCempra Inc said that its experimental oral drug to treat acute bacterial skin infections cleared a late-stage study, bringing the antibiotic developer...
FDA allows marketing of test to identify organisms that cause bloodstream infections and provide antibiotic sensitivity results supriya kashyap kashyap25 Feb 2017 11:40 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed marketing of the PhenoTest BC Kit, performed on the Pheno System. This is the first test to identify...
AYUSH ministry invites global drug makers to set up plants in India supriya kashyap kashyap25 Feb 2017 10:36 AM ISTNew Delhi : AYUSH Minister Shripad Yesso Naik invited drug manufacturers from across the world to set up their plants in the country under the 'Make...
Zydus gets USFDA nod for phase II trials of liver drug supriya kashyap kashyap24 Feb 2017 11:32 AM ISTNew Delhi : Drug firm Zydus Cadila said the US health regulator has approved the group's plans to initiate phase II clinical trials of Saroglitazar...
China updates key drug list in boost for pharma supriya kashyap kashyap24 Feb 2017 11:26 AM ISTShanghai : China has updated a key list of medicines covered by basic medical insurance schemes, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security...
Health Ministry undertakes largest ever drug survey in the world for determining the quality of drugs savita thakur thakur24 Feb 2017 10:44 AM ISTThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India had entrusted the work relating to carrying out a Survey of the extent of Problems of...
