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Dr Reddy's Foundation -- a family-owned trust and one of the key beneficiaries of the CSR funds of pharma major Dr Reddy's Laboratories -- is scaling up operations at its Hyderabad soil testing facility with the lab targeting between 75,000 and 1,00,000 samples ahead of the next Rabi season -- more than double what it processed in its first full year of operations. The move comes amid growing concern over depleting soil health and implementation gaps in the Centre's Soil Health Card scheme rolled out nationally in 2015. "Though the government's soil testing ecosystem exists, the scale of the problem is huge. So we decided to address this issue in our own way," said Suman Saraswathibatla, Director (Rural Livelihoods and Climate Action) at the foundation. This soil testing facility is central to the Foundation's broader soil health and regenerative agriculture programme, under which assessing soil condition is treated as the starting point for any intervention. The push for an in-hou
Indian pharma majors Sun Pharma, Dr Reddy's and Glenmark on Saturday announced the launch of their generic versions of semaglutide injection used for diabetes and weight management following the molecule behind products like Ozempic and Wegovy going off patent in India. The prices of the generic versions of semaglutide injection are considerably lower than the prices of the innovator, Novo Nordisk. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries launched its semaglutide injection under the brand names Noveltreat and Sematrinity in India, in all strengths. Noveltreat is indicated for chronic weight management in adults as an adjunct to a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity and is available in five dose strengths -- 0.25 mg/0.5 ml, 0.5 mg/0.5 ml, 1 mg/0.5 ml, 1.7 mg/0.75 ml, and 2.4 mg/0.75 ml, Sun Pharma said in a statement. Sematrinity is indicated for treatment of adults with insufficiently controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus as an adjunct to diet and exercise and is available in t
Dr Reddy's Laboratories has forayed into hormone replacement therapy segment by acquiring trademarks of specialty brands, Progynova and Cyclo-Progynova and related assets, for India from UK-headquartered Mercury Pharma Group for USD 32.15 million, according to a company statement. Progynova (estradiol valerate) is an oral hormone replacement therapy indicated for the treatment of estrogen deficiency symptoms and for the prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Cyclo-Progynova (estradiol valerate and norgestrel) is a combined hormone replacement therapy indicated for the treatment of estrogen deficiency symptoms, providing both estrogen and progestogen components. As per IQVIA MAT December 2025, the brand recorded sales of Rs 100 crore. The acquisition strengthens Dr Reddy's gynaecology portfolio and marks a strategic entry into the hormone replacement therapy segment, the drug firm stated. "The acquisition will serve as the spearhead of our expansion into the HRT segment, ...