AstraZeneca buys ZS Pharma for $2.7 billion, pips Actelion Pooja7 Nov 2015 9:00 AM ISTLondon: Britain's AstraZeneca has said that it had agreed to buy U.S biotech company ZS Pharma for $2.7 billion, pipping Swiss firm Actelion to...
National pharmaceutical institutes sign agreement with drug firms Pooja7 Nov 2015 8:54 AM ISTSeven National Institutes for Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPERs) are reported to have signed academia-industry linkage- in total 17...
Prices of 98 drugs not fixed due to non availability of information Meghna A Singhania6 Nov 2015 2:11 PM ISTNew Delhi: The central government has not been able to fix the price of 98 drugs used for treating various diseases such as tuberculosis, cardiac...
Dr Reddy's gets FDA warning letter for three drug plants Meghna A Singhania6 Nov 2015 12:51 PM ISTMumbai: Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd, India's second-largest drugmaker by sales, received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
Mylan Group gets cabinet nod on $750 mn investment in India Pooja6 Nov 2015 9:45 AM ISTDutch drug maker Mylan Group B.V. Netherlands has got an approval from the government to invest $ 750 million or 4944 crore in its Indian subsidiary,...
Innovations in haematology focus at the 54th annual conference in Bangalore Pooja6 Nov 2015 9:35 AM ISTInternational experts, including specialists and doctors will gather at the 56th annual conference of Indian Society of Haematology & Blood...
Researchers develop model to predict side-effects of drugs Pooja6 Nov 2015 9:25 AM ISTIf the researchers at University of California, San Diego have their way; soon it will be possible to predict the side-effects of a drug as well as...
Health apps not so common among US citizens, says a survey Pooja6 Nov 2015 9:22 AM ISTWhile health apps are definitely a fad, or a trend among the young US citizens; yet it has failed to catch the fancy of many people. According to a...
GlaxoSmithKline wins US approval for drug to treat severe asthma Pooja6 Nov 2015 9:17 AM ISTThe Food and Drug Administration has approved an injectable drug from GlaxoSmithKline PLC to treat severe asthma attacks.The agency cleared Nucala for...
China launches pilot scheme to ease drug approvals Pooja6 Nov 2015 9:15 AM ISTChina has launched a three-year pilot scheme to loosen approvals for new drugs, the country's food and drug regulator said, as Beijing looks to help...
Fortis Healthcare Q2 profit at Rs 34 crore Pooja5 Nov 2015 2:02 PM ISTFortis Healthcare reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 33.98 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2015.The company had posted a net...
Anand Diagnostic Lab introduces new drive for blood collection service Pooja5 Nov 2015 1:58 PM ISTAnand Diagnostic Lab, has introduced a unique way for blood collection service in order to reduce time and effort for giving blood samples for...
