Toronto biotech raises 200 million dollar ahead of ADHD drug decision savita thakur thakur29 Jan 2017 10:39 AM ISTTORONTO: Highland Therapeutics Inc has raised $200 million from Morgan Stanley ahead of the U.S. drug regulator's decision for a new drug that manages...
Trump push for lower drug prices to benefit Indian pharma savita thakur thakur28 Jan 2017 12:27 PM ISTNEW DELHI: Indian pharmaceutical sector is likely to gain, rather than being impacted, as the new US President Donald Trump aims to reduce drug prices...
Novartis launches $5 billion share buyback, mulls Alcon spin-off supriya kashyap kashyap28 Jan 2017 12:26 PM ISTSwitzerland : Swiss drugmaker Novartis (NOVN.S) said it will buy back up to $5 billion worth of shares over the next 12 months and may spin off the...
FDA confirms elevated levels of belladonna in certain homeopathic teething products supriya kashyap kashyap28 Jan 2017 12:26 PM ISTThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that its laboratory analysis found inconsistent amounts of belladonna, a toxic substance, in certain...
Natco Pharma did not follow quality control measures: USFDA savita thakur thakur27 Jan 2017 11:14 AM ISTHyderabad: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has noted that city-based Natco Pharma did not follow quality control measures "fully" at its...
Cancer, hepatitis treatments set for boost as China overhauls drugs list savita thakur thakur27 Jan 2017 11:07 AM ISTSHANGHAI: China is set to add more than 300 new and traditional drugs to its list of medicines the state will help patients pay for, the first change...
NPPA fixes prices of 33 essential drugs savita thakur thakur27 Jan 2017 9:09 AM ISTNew Delhi: The government has capped prices of 11 essential drugs while those of 22 such medicines have been revised, including those used for...
Novartis chases rivals with next wave of cancer immunotherapy supriya kashyap kashyap27 Jan 2017 9:06 AM ISTNovartis lagging some other big drugmakers in the first wave of immunotherapy drugs that are revolutionizing cancer treatment, hopes to catch up by...
Biocon Wins MYR 300 Million Contract for Insulin from MoH, Malaysia supriya kashyap kashyap26 Jan 2017 11:13 AM ISTBengaluru : Biocon Ltd, Asia's premier bio pharmaceuticals company, announced that the Ministry of Health (MoH), Malaysia, has awarded a three-year...
Ajanta Pharma denies alert from USFDA, says supply is on supriya kashyap kashyap26 Jan 2017 11:13 AM ISTNew Delhi : Drug firm Ajanta Pharma said that there is no import alert by the USFDA on the company's manufacturing unit in Aurangabad and it...
Actelion drug setback unlikely to derail J&J talks: analysts supriya kashyap kashyap25 Jan 2017 11:33 AM ISTA blow to Actelion's (ATLN.S) Opsumit drug in a test is unlikely to have an impact on talks over a strategic deal with Johnson & Johnson...
Union Budget 2017: What Pharma Industry wants supriya kashyap kashyap25 Jan 2017 11:14 AM ISTNew Delhi : The pharmaceutical industry has asked the government to bring in more clarity in terms of tax structure and provide incentives on research...
