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Dr Reddy's Laboratories on Wednesday said it has received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for Zytorvi (toripalimab), through which it aims to expand access to first-line immunotherapy for patients with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) in India. The drug has been approved in combination with cisplatin and paclitaxel for the first-line treatment of adult patients with unresectable advanced, recurrent, or metastatic ESCC, the pharma company said in a release. This marks Zytorvi's second approved indication in the country, expanding beyond nasopharyngeal carcinoma. ESCC accounts for approximately 80 per cent of all esophageal cancer cases in India, the company said. Zytorvi contains toripalimab, a monoclonal antibody that binds to PD-1 and blocks its interaction with PD-L1 and PD-L2, thereby supporting T-cell activity against cancer cells. The approval is supported by results from the Phase 3 JUPITER-06 trial. In the study, toripalimab in .
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
Dr Reddy's Laboratories on Saturday said it has launched its generic version of Semaglutide injection used in treatment of type 2 diabetes in Canada. The company is among the first firms to introduce a generic Semaglutide injection in the Canadian market, following the Notice of Compliance (NOC) received from Health Canada on April 28, 2026, Dr Reddy's said in a statement. Canada is the first G7 country to grant market authorisation for Semaglutide injection, it added. "The milestone highlights our readiness to serve the Canadian patients, supported by our deep expertise in complex drug and peptide development," Dr Reddy's CEO Erez Israeli said. He further said:"With a well-established presence and strong market access capabilities in Canada, we remain committed to bringing advanced, high-quality, and affordable GLP-1 therapies closer to patients." The Canada launch builds on the momentum of the company's recent launch in India under the brand name Obeda, Israeli said. "As GLP-1