Pharma Companies

Pharma major Venus Remedies Limited on Saturday said it has received marketing authorisation from the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) for speciality oncology therapy -- Plerixafor. Plerixafor is a hematopoietic stem cell mobiliser used in combination with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) to mobilise stem cells into peripheral blood for collection and autologous transplantation. It is standard-of-care in haemato-oncology, particularly for patients with multiple myeloma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma undergoing transplant, the company said in a statement. This is the first marketing authorisation the company secured for Plerixafor anywhere in the world, it added. Saransh Chaudhary, President, Global Critical Care, Venus Remedies Limited, and Venus Medicine Research Centre CEO, said, "This is our first Plerixafor approval anywhere in the world, and Saudi Arabia is the right market to launch it in". "Plerixafor sits squarely in the kind of therapy class we are building our

Alembic Pharmaceuticals reported a 29 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) rise in consolidated net profit to ₹202 crore as compared to ₹157 crore in the year-ago period

Total revenue from operations fell 2.8 per cent to ₹6,541 crore, below the average expectations of ₹6,749 crore, hurt by a sales decline in its key North America market

Cipla's March 2026 quarter revenue is expected to decline marginally to ₹6,665 crore as compared to ₹6,730 crore in the year-ago period

Dr Reddy's net profit is expected to come at ₹1,035 crore, marking a moderate 34 per cent Y-o-Y decrease, on average, as against ₹1,587 crore in the Q4FY25

The Indian drugmaker is considering seeking consent from Organon bondholders to swap their holdings into Sun Pharma debt

Sun Pharma's $11.75 billion Organon deal could boost its global scale and biosimilars reach, but investors are closely watching debt levels, execution risks and long-term returns

Combined entity to have revenue of $12.4 billion; enters biosimilars big league

April 26 (Reuters) - India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries ​will uy Organon & ​Co in an all-cash ‌deal, valuing the U.S. drugmaker at about $11.75 billion including ebt, the companies said on Sunday.

Draft NFI 2026 bars use for children under two, discourages it below five, and mandates stricter testing of ingredients after contamination-linked deaths raised global alarm

Indian pharma market's growth was led more by price increases that an uptick in consumption

Regulators have been asked to track adverse events as India tightens oversight on popular obesity drugs amid rising demand and concerns over misuse and misleading promotions

Sai Parenteral's IPO comprises a fresh issue of ₹285 crore and an offer for sale (OFS) of 3.2 million equity shares

Hyderabad-based Dr Reddy's has applied to trademark the Obeda brand and logo, a government filing showed

Piramal Pharma has said the US health regulator has issued Form 483 with four observations after inspecting its Telangana-based manufacturing plant. The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) conducted an inspection of the company's Digwal (Telangana ) based plant from February 9, 2026, to February 13, 2026. At the conclusion of the inspection, the USFDA issued a Form-483, with four observations, Piramal Pharma said in a regulatory filing on Friday. These observations are related to enhancement in procedures and not related to data integrity and indicated to be classified as a VAI (voluntary action indicated), it added. The company is preparing a detailed response to the observations, which will be submitted to the USFDA within the stipulated timelines, the drug maker stated. Piramal Pharma remains committed to maintaining the highest standards of compliance and will work closely with the agency to comprehensively address all the observations, it added. As per the USFDA, Form 48

After a three-year strategic pause, diagnostics firm is unlocking its balance-sheet capacity look for growth-boosting acquisitions

French drugmaker to commit €15 million annually to SPC development and exports for cardiometabolic and venous diseases

The US market stayed a weak spot for Indian pharma companies in Q3FY26 amid sustained pricing pressure in generics, heightened competition and product-specific challenges

The company attributed the weaker performance largely to continued inventory destocking in one of its large on-patent commercial products, affecting its CDMO business

Pharma companies will no longer ne required to seek a test licence and may proceed with pharmaceutical development upon submitting an online intimation to CDSCO, except in certain cases, as part of broad simplication notified by the Union Health Ministry. Union Health Ministry has notified key amendments to the New Drugs and Clinical Trials (NDCT) Rules, 2019, aimed at simplifying regulatory processes, reducing approval timelines, and enabling faster conduct of clinical research and pharmaceutical development in the country. The amendment is line with the directions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reduce regulatory burden and promote Ease of Doing Business, the ministry sais Under the existing regulatory framework, pharmaceutical companies are required to obtain a test licence from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) for the manufacture of small quantities of drugs intended for examination, research, or analysis purposes. Through the notified amendments, thi