Novo Nordisk diabetes drug fails to help heart failure -study Pooja9 Nov 2015 9:30 AM ISTOrlando :The Novo Nordisk diabetes drug Victoza failed to improve clinical stability or delay death in patients suffering from advanced heart failure,...
US agencies investigate Merck, Lilly drug pricing Meghna A Singhania8 Nov 2015 11:25 AM ISTU.S. drugmakers Merck & Co and Eli Lilly & Co are being investigated by federal prosecutors over their drug-pricing practices, the companies...
Piramal Enterprises Consumer Products division acquires the Baby Care Brand - Little's Pooja7 Nov 2015 12:46 PM ISTThe Consumer Products business of Piramal Enterprises’ has expanded its portfolio with the acquisition of the baby-care brand “Little’s”.With this...
Sanofi warns of ailing profits during two-year revamp Pooja7 Nov 2015 9:07 AM ISTParis: French pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi said that profits would stagnate for the next two years, prompting a heavy sell-off of its shares on the...
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,...
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...
Senate panel summons price-hiking CEO of Turing Pharma Pooja5 Nov 2015 11:42 AM ISTA Senate committee has now launched an investigation into exorbitant drug price hikes by Turing Pharmaceuticals and three other companies, on the...
Dr Reddy's to market Biocodex products in Romania Pooja5 Nov 2015 9:11 AM ISTDrug major Dr Reddy's Laboratories today said it has signed a pact with Biocodex to market the French-based firm's products in Romania.The company has...
