Novartis drug tops standard therapy in untreated lung cancer patients supriya kashyap kashyap17 Dec 2016 12:14 PM ISTNovartis AG said its cancer drug, Zykadia, was twice as effective as standard chemotherapy in slowing the progression of a rare form of lung cancer in...
Novartis says buys Ziarco Group to expand skin care portfolio savita thakur thakur16 Dec 2016 5:38 PM ISTNovartis is buying privately held drugmaker Ziarco Group for an undisclosed sum to gain access to its investigational eczema medicine, the Swiss...
Aurobindo shares hit 9-month low on US price fixing lawsuit savita thakur thakur16 Dec 2016 5:37 PM ISTDrug maker Aurobindo Pharma Ltd's shares hit their lowest in more than nine months, after it was named in a lawsuit alleging it colluded with other...
Swiss pharma company pays 5.5 bn dollars for US capsule maker savita thakur thakur16 Dec 2016 12:08 PM ISTZurich: Swiss pharmaceuticals and life sciences group Lonza said, it had bought US capsule maker Capsugel for $5.5 billion as it focuses more on...
Cipla subsidiary forms joint venture with Iran's Ahran Tejarat savita thakur thakur16 Dec 2016 12:08 PM ISTNew Delhi: Drug major Cipla said its subsidiary in the Netherlands will pump in up to euro 16.8 million (nearly Rs 120 crore) to form a joint venture...
FDA approves Eucrisa for eczema savita thakur thakur15 Dec 2016 11:44 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Eucrisa (crisaborole) ointment to treat mild to moderate eczema (atopic dermatitis) in patients two...
Monsanto shareholders approve merger with Bayer savita thakur thakur15 Dec 2016 11:32 AM ISTNew Delhi: Shareholders of US biotechnology major Monsanto have approved its close to USD 66 billion merger deal with German pharma and chemical firm...
Lupin gets USFDA nod to market generic skin ointment savita thakur thakur15 Dec 2016 11:32 AM ISTNew Delhi: Pharma firm Lupin has received approval from the US health regulator to market its Desoximetasone ointment, used for providing relief from...
Major Fire breaks out in Biocon subsidiary Syngene lab savita thakur thakur14 Dec 2016 3:11 PM ISTBengaluru: A fire broke out in the unit of Syngene, a subsidiary of BT major Biocon in the city.According to Fire brigade sources, no injuries were...
Wockhardt Daman plant GMP compliant: UK MHRA savita thakur thakur14 Dec 2016 12:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Drug firm Wockhardt said the UK health regulator has confirmed that its Daman-based manufacturing facility complies with good manufacturing...
Shilpa Medicare gets FDA nod for generic cancer treatment tablets savita thakur thakur14 Dec 2016 12:28 PM ISTNew Delhi: Shilpa Medicare has received approval from the US health regulator for generic Capecitabine tablets used for treatment of various types of...
GSK insider Waterhouse to head drugmaker HIV unit ViiV supriya kashyap kashyap14 Dec 2016 12:27 PM ISTGlaxoSmithKline said that Dominique Limet would step down at the end of March 2017 as head of the drugmaker's majority-owned HIV business ViiV...
