Lupin arm in pact to distribute anti-depressant drug in Japan supriya kashyap kashyap28 Feb 2017 12:04 PM ISTNew Delhi : Drug major Lupin Ltd said its Japanese subsidiary Kyowa Pharmaceutical Industry Co Ltd has entered into an agreement with Astellas Pharma...
FDA clears test to help manage antibiotic treatment for lower respiratory tract infections and sepsis supriya kashyap kashyap27 Feb 2017 11:06 AM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the expanded use of the Vidas Brahms PCT Assay to help health care providers determine if antibiotic...
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...
Sun Pharma arm SPARC gets I-T demand notice for Rs 32.87 crore supriya kashyap kashyap26 Feb 2017 10:43 AM ISTNew Delhi : Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company (SPARC) said it has received a demand notice from income tax authorities for a sum of Rs 32.87...
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...
You cannot hang on to breast cancer drug: Delhi HC to Roche supriya kashyap kashyap25 Feb 2017 10:37 AM ISTNew Delhi : The Delhi High Court told Swiss pharma major Roche that it "cannot hang on to" breast cancer drug Trastuzumab, innovated by it, for the...
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...