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D Yellow Elephant launches operation in India to serve pharma industry

The new firm aims to create meaningful and measurable interactive web marketing for the world's largest health & pharma brands and corporates

Strides Arcolab launches generic hepatitis C drug Virso

This follows a licensing agreement signed by Strides with Gilead Sciences in September 2014 to introduce hepatitis C drug, sofosbuvir, in 91 developing countries

Lupin, Rotary join hands for anti-TB campaign in Mumbai

The joint initiative would focus on detection, creating awareness, control and the eventual eradication of TB in Mumbai

Cipla's JV firm Stempeutics receives approval for stem cell drug in EU

The new treatment offers hope to patients suffering from Thromboangiitis Obliterans (Buerger's disease) affecting an estimated 2 out of every 10,000 people in Europe

Government plans to set up 10 pharma clusters

These clusters, which will provide common facilities to manufacturers, will help the industry hive off up to 25% of the cost, making them globally competitive, says Ananth Kumar

Government launches equity fund for biotechnology

The fund, be operated by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), is aimed at accelerating the growth of entrepreneurs in the field of biotechnology

Solve financing woes to boost pharma exports to Africa: Ashok Agarwala

African countries offer huge export market for Indian bulk drug exporters. However, to give a fillip, solution needs to be found for solving export financing problems

Tips to achieve best practice across the capital project lifecycle

With right IT tools, project managers can manage uncertainty and risk involved in an engineering & construction project, and also keep in check capital costs

Camson Bio to provide 'zero residue' technology to pineapple growers in Kerala

The company has signed an MoU with Vazhakkulam Pineapple Growers and Processors Pvt Ltd (VPGP) in Kerala for using its advance 'zero residue'technology for pineapple farming

Singapore's Swiber wins $333 mn contract for EPC project in India

The company has bagged the contract for engineering, procurement, installation and construction (EPIC) services in India for an oil & gas project

Nuberg Engineering bags $35 mn EPC contract for chemical facility in Saudi Arabia

The facility, being set up by ADDAR Chemicals, will manufacture sulfolane and other specialty chemical products for downstream and petrochemical/oil and energy industry

Gujarat State Fertilizers launches industrial products for construction industry

Gujcon-CRF/PRF are secondary fibre reinforcements for concrete and plaster respectively

Gujarat Alkalies to use IICT technology to produce hydrazine hydrate

The company plans to set up a plant, which will have a capacity to produce 8000 TPA of 80% hydrazine hydrate based on IICT technology that uses hydrogen peroxide route

Evonik plans Euro 4 bn investment in R&D

The company plans to significantly expand its innovation pipeline to keep up a steady flow of new products and solutions

India can eradicate vitamin A deficiency with Golden Rice

Golden Rice can provide a right solution to vitamin A deficiency problem, which kills more children than malaria, AIDS or tuberculosis, according to Dr Patrick Moore, cofounder of Greenpeace

AkzoNobel to invest Euro 20 mnin organic peroxide operations in US and Europe

The company is one of the leading global producers of organic peroxides and has manufacturing plants in Los Reyes (Mexico); Ningbo (China); Mahad (India); etc

Tata's Jaguar Land Rover to invest Pound 600 mn in UK

The company to upgrade Castle Bromwich plant to support the introduction of the all-new Jaguar XF, and invests in the Pound 150 mn in a new National Automotive Innovation Centre

"Internet of Things can have massive impact on manufacturing"

In this interview, Arun Kundu of Verizon Enterprise, explains the importance of Internet of Things, which enables physical objects to communicate with each other, for the manufacturing companies

Taking steps to boost infrastructure growth

Finance minister, in its budget, has proposed many different initiatives which, if implemented, should provide impetus to infrastructure development. However, these are executed remains to be seen

Praj forms strategic alliance with US-based Gevo for biofuel technology

As per the deal, Praj to license Gevo's isobutanol technology for sugar-based ethanol plants