Diabetes therapy to cost 80% less savita22 Jan 2016 2:27 PM ISTA new drug based on the recently discovered molecule teneligliptin in the gliptin family is expected to bring down the cost of anti-diabetes therapy...
Drug industry to fight superbugs together with governments savita22 Jan 2016 11:33 AM ISTTRENTON, N.J : Dozens of makers of medicines and diagnostic tests have joined together in an unprecedented effort to tackle "superbugs" - infections...
Cipla gets CCI nod for investment by FIL Capital savita22 Jan 2016 11:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: Drug major Cipla said it has received approval from competition watchdog CCI over the proposed investment by Mauritius-based FIL Capital...
Glenmark Pharma gets USFDA nod for two generic drugs savita22 Jan 2016 11:25 AM ISTNew Delhi: Glenmark Pharma said it has received final approval from the USFDA to manufacture and market Potassium Chloride extended release capsules...
Zafgen soars on hope of reviving obesity drug tests savita22 Jan 2016 11:24 AM ISTZafgen Inc said positive data on its experimental obesity drug could convince the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to lift a clinical hold placed on...
Mankind Pharma to open manufacturing plant in US, invest Rs 300 crore savita22 Jan 2016 9:34 AM ISTNew Delhi: Mankind Pharma plans to invest around Rs 300 crore to set up a manufacturing plant in New Jersey, US as part of its strategy to become a...
Gujarat, Telangana halt sales of Roche's Avastin drug savita21 Jan 2016 10:56 AM ISTNew Delhi: Gujarat, Telangana have put sales of Swiss drugmaker Roche's blockbuster drug Avastin on hold, officials said, after it hampered the vision...
NPPA extends deadline for cos to register in pharma data bank savita21 Jan 2016 10:33 AM ISTDrug price regulator NPPA has extended the deadline for pharmaceutical firms to register themselves with pharma data bank by a month to February 15 as...
Johnson & Johnson to cut about 3,000 jobs in medical devices savita20 Jan 2016 9:09 AM ISTJohnson & Johnson said that it plans to cut about 3,000 jobs over the next two years as the health care conglomerate works to restructure its...
Government likely cap trading margin on drugs at 35% savita19 Jan 2016 11:05 AM ISTNew Delhi: Drug prices may come down sharply in the coming days as government is likely to cap the trading margin on medicines at 35 percent.Chemists...
Strides Shasun gets CCI nod to buy 7 brands of Johnson and Johnson savita19 Jan 2016 9:07 AM ISTNEW DELHI: Pharma company Strides Shasun  got competition watchdog CCI's approval to acquire seven brands from consumer healthcare firm Johnson and...
Nutraplus starts production of Lumefantrine at Tarapur plant savita19 Jan 2016 8:29 AM ISTNew Delhi: Pharma firm Nutraplus India has started commercial production of anti-malarial drug Lumefantrine at its new plant at Tarapur in...
