Novartis aims to nearly triple biosimilar drugs on market by 2020 savita thakur thakur20 Jun 2016 4:10 PM ISTSwitzerland's Novartis pledged to nearly triple its number of biosimilar drugs on the market by 2020, raising its bet that cheaper versions of...
GlaxoSmithKline says lung drug meets late-stage study goals savita thakur thakur20 Jun 2016 4:08 PM ISTDrugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc said its experimental combination therapy for a chronic lung problem met the main goal of a late-stage study, allowing...
FDA approves Vaxchora- vaccine to prevent cholera for travelers savita thakur thakur19 Jun 2016 3:43 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Vaxchora, a vaccine for the prevention of cholera caused by serogroup O1 in adults 18 through 64 years...
Roche skin cancer drugs too expensive says UK cost agency savita thakur thakur19 Jun 2016 3:43 PM ISTRoche's two-drug combination of Cotellic and Zelboraf for melanoma was rejected by Britain's healthcare cost agency NICE as "too expensive" on...
Factory snag hits GSK supply causing Danish anaesthetic shortage savita thakur thakur19 Jun 2016 3:42 PM ISTManufacturing problems at a factory in Italy have disrupted production of some GlaxoSmithKline medicines, leading to shortages of a commonly used...
FDA approves AspireAssist obesity device savita thakur thakur19 Jun 2016 3:42 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new obesity treatment device that uses a surgically placed tube to drain a portion of the stomach...
Mylan Completes Acquisition of Renaissance's Leading Topicals-Focused Specialty and Generics Business savita thakur thakur18 Jun 2016 2:18 PM ISTEngland : Mylan N.V. (NASDAQ, TASE: MYL) announced that it has successfully completed the acquisition of the non-sterile, topicals-focused specialty...
Cipla in pact with Russian firm for HIV, Hepatitis C drugs savita thakur thakur18 Jun 2016 11:35 AM ISTNew Delhi : Drug major Cipla has inked a pact with Russia's National Immunobiological Company to collaborate on HIV and Hepatitis C drugs, entailing...
Indian pharmaceutical exports to cross $20 billion by 2020: Study savita thakur thakur18 Jun 2016 11:30 AM ISTNew Delhi : Indian pharmaceutical exports are likely to cross $20 billion by 2020 from $14 billion in 2016, by registering a compounded annual growth...
UNICEF, IMA Kerala to focus on Maternal Child Health Geeta Sharma Sharma17 Jun 2016 5:28 PM ISTTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A three year programme in the area of Maternal, Child health promotion is being taken up by the Unicef and the Indian Medical...
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer resumes operations at Nabha plant savita thakur thakur16 Jun 2016 5:21 PM ISTNew Delhi: GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare said it has resumed operations at its manufacturing facility at Nabha in Punjab following a wage...
Zydus group inks pact with Eczacibasi to market biotech products savita thakur thakur16 Jun 2016 5:20 PM ISTNEW DELHI: Drug firm Zydus Cadila and Turkey based healthcare firm, Eczacibasi Ilac Pazarlama have signed a pact to market biotech products in the...