Novartis, Gilead costly cancer therapies Yescarta, Kymriah losing patients to experimental treatments Medical Dialogues Bureau3 Aug 2019 9:15 AM ISTBoth Gilead's Yescarta and Novartis's Kymriah - which are part of a class of therapies known in the medical field as "CAR-T" - were approved in 2017....
GSK Consumer Healthcare net profit rises by 24 percent to Rs 248 crore in Q1 Farhat Nasim2 Aug 2019 9:15 AM ISTThe company had posted a net profit of Rs 200.44 crore for the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare said...
Cadila Healthcare Ankleshwar facility successfully completes USFDA inspection Medical Dialogues Bureau1 Aug 2019 9:25 AM IST"The United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) inspected the company's active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing facility located at...
Pfizer, Mylan in talks to merge off-patent drugs business Medical Dialogues Bureau29 July 2019 9:30 AM ISTMylan shareholders would receive a little more than 40 per cent of the newly formed entity, with Pfizer shareholders receiving the remainder, the...
Pfizer gets USFDA nod for biosimilar to Rituximab Medical Dialogues Bureau25 July 2019 8:59 AM ISTRuxience is a mAb biosimilar to Rituxan which works by targeting a protein called CD20, which is present on the surface of B cells. Ruxience is...
Sanofi strikes deal for US rights to Roche Tamiflu Medical Dialogues Bureau24 July 2019 9:15 AM ISTUnder the terms of the agreement, Sanofi will be responsible for leading FDA negotiations for the OTC switch and subsequent exclusive marketing,...
Patients with NASH have been enrolled in 3 phase III trials of Saroglitazar, says Zydus Cadila Medical Dialogues Bureau18 July 2019 9:17 AM IST"Patients with NASH have been enrolled in these trials across clinical sites in India and Mexico," Cadila Healthcare, the listed entity of the group,...
Biocon Chief Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, husband donate over Rs 51 crore to University of Glasgow Medical Dialogues Bureau13 July 2019 12:55 PM ISTA further donation of USD 2.5 million will go towards creating a new Professorial Chair to be named the Mazumdar-Shaw Chair of Precision Oncology....
Trump administration scraps key plan to reduce US drug prices Medical Dialogues Bureau12 July 2019 9:00 AM ISTThe decision represents a new setback to U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to deliver on a pledge to lower drug prices for consumers before the...
Scaling down customs duty of medical devices in Union budget to increase healthcare affordability, says MTal Medical Dialogues Bureau10 July 2019 9:15 AM ISTThe increase in the turnover limit to INR 400 Crore under the 25 per cent tax slab is in line with the government's commitment in the Union budget...
Centre ask States not to partner with Philip Morris-led anti-smoking group Medical Dialogues Bureau2 July 2019 9:15 AM ISTIndia's federal health ministry has sent a letter, dated June 24, to chief secretaries of all states, saying they should not partner with FSFW and...
Sandoz, Kit Check collaborate to track, automate restocking of products in hospitals Farhat Nasim30 Jun 2019 9:12 AM ISTBy collaborating with Kit Check, Sandoz will be able to better understand how its medicines are used in hospitals, optimize the supply chain by...
