CDSCO online portal for registration of import licence of medical devices and diagnostics Geeta Sharma Sharma15 March 2016 5:13 PM ISTNew Delhi:The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) is now into the second lap of Sugam (online portal, www.cdscoonline.gov.in) ...
Drug Industry to resist ban on 329 fixed dose combinations Geeta Sharma Sharma15 March 2016 11:30 AM ISTMumbai:The drug industry has decided to join hands to resist the ban imposed by the health ministry on 329 fixed dose combinations. Pharma companies...
Suven Life gets patent for neuro-degenerative drug savita thakur thakur15 March 2016 10:48 AM ISTNew Delhi: Suven Life Sciences has been granted a patent each by China, Eurasia and Hong Kong for a drug used in the treatment of neuro-degenerative...
Discontinuation of Corex cough syrup sale slumps Pfizer share savita thakur thakur15 March 2016 10:44 AM ISTMumbai: Shares of pharmaceutical firm Pfizer slumped 9 per cent as the company has discontinued the manufacture and sale of popular cough syrup Corex...
MedGenome Presents Onco Pept data on cancer immunotherapy platform savita thakur thakur15 March 2016 10:38 AM ISTCalifornia: MedGenome presented data on its proprietary cancer immunotherapy platform, OncoPept that predicts and prioritizes T-cell neo-epitopes in...
Antibiotic combination marketed by Abbott in India on list of banned drugs savita thakur thakur15 March 2016 10:33 AM ISTMumbai: A powerful antibiotic combination that is marketed in India by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Abbott Laboratories is among 344 drug combinations...
Pfizer stands challenged for patent on PCV 13 in India for affordable versions Geeta Sharma Sharma14 March 2016 3:57 PM IST New Delhi/ New York – Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has filed a ‘patent opposition’ in India to prevent US pharmaceutical company Pfizer from...
Vaccine adviser approached for a new Meningitis B child vaccine by GSK savita thakur thakur14 March 2016 3:36 PM ISTGLAXOSMITHKLINE (GSK), a pharmaceutical company that will provide a new meningitis B vaccine for all infants, met Leo Varadkar’s special adviser...
Rural healthcare needs to be strengthened: Arun Jaitley Geeta Sharma Sharma14 March 2016 2:07 PM IST New Delhi :Inaugurating the 49th Foundation Day of Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, AIIMS, the Finance Minister, Mr. Arun...
Glenmark gets final FDA nod for migraine headache relief drug savita thakur thakur14 March 2016 2:00 PM ISTNew Delhi: Glenmark Pharma has received final nod from the USFDA to manufacture and market therapeutical equivalent of Endo Pharmaceutical's Frova...
US FDA approves Xalkori to treat advanced non small cell lung cancer Geeta Sharma Sharma14 March 2016 1:55 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Xalkori (crizotinib) to treat people with advanced (metastatic) non-small cell lung cancer...
Pharmaceutical sector reported a growth of 12 percent in Feb: Report savita thakur thakur14 March 2016 11:26 AM ISTMumbai: The domestic pharmaceutical market grew at 12 percent y-o-y in February, broadly in line with the average of 12.9 percent since April 2015,...