Page 28 - Pharma

TCI opens cold chain warehouse in Gurgaon

With this, TCI forays into temperature controlled warehouses as part of an overall strategy to build a cold chain network of warehouses and refrigerated trucks

India and Belarus aim to achieve $1 billion trade by 2018

Two countries to focus on renewable energy, pharmaceuticals & biotech, automotives, hitech and food sectors

Merck to expand Carlsbad facility in US

With this expansion, German firm will be able to meet the growing demand for viral and gene therapy products

Biogen to spin off its hemophilia business

While the new company will build upon strength of current therapies for hemophilia A and B, and Biogen to focus on novel therapies for neurology

AMRI buys Italian API maker Euticals for $ 358 mn

The deal positions AMRI as one of the largest independent developers and suppliers of API to the pharmaceutical industry

ThingsMeet Solutions launches healthcare app Prescribez

The company has raised seed capital of $145K from Ankush Mehta an angel investor

Govt plans to set up central regulatory regime for AYUSH drugs

Amendments likely to be made in the Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 pertaining to regulation of alternative medicines such as ayurvedic, siddha, unani, homoeopathy, etc

All India Institute of Ayurveda to come up in New Delhi

The institute has been conceived as an apex institute of ayurveda with 200 bedded referral hospital and to impart education in the field of ayurveda at MD and PhD level

Arbitration court asks former Ranbaxy owners to pay Rs 3,500 cr to Daiichi Sankyo

The court in Singapore ordered Malvinder Singh and Shivinder Mohan Singh to pay the fine for concealing key facts during the sale of Ranbaxy to Daiichi Sankyo in 2008

ICGEB and Sun Pharma to co-develop botanical drug for dengue

Sun Pharma to fund development programme as well pay royalty to International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), following commercialisation of the drug

Sun Pharma's mobile app to track treatment compliance among asthma patients

The company has rolled-out India's first asthma monitoring mobile app, RespiTrack, to connect doctor & patient

Dabur plans Rs 250 cr manufacturing plant in Assam

The new plant, which will manufacture health and personal care products, is expected to start production by next year

Lanxess buys Chemours' clean and disinfect business for $ 230 mn

Through this, the first acquisition after Lanxess' successful completion of realignment program, the German firm aims to grow in the region of North America

Aurobindo Pharma receives US FDA for hypertension drug

The approved product - amlodipine and valsartan tablet - has an estimated market size of $ 123 million for the twelve months ending February 2016, according to IMS

Central Research Institute opens cGMP-compliant vaccine facility in HP

CRI also plans to create fully dedicated cGMP compliant laboratory for research on vaccine development and various other public health related issues

HCG Enterprises opens cancer centre in Visakhapatnam

Launched in association with Pinnacle Hospitals, the centre will have a capacity of up to 88 beds

How to solve the human resources challenge in rural healthcare sector?

Huge manpower gaps bedevil healthcare in rural India. Through some low-cost but effective initiatives, private sector can play a positive role in addressing this issue, says Dr Dharminder Nagar

Chemistry can address many of the water-based challenges: Dr Raman Ramachandran

In this interview, Dr Raman Ramachandran, Head South Asia, chairman & MD, BASF India Ltd, discusses issues surrounding water availability and probable solutions for this challenge

Glenmark receives tentative approval from US FDA for birth control pills

The company has received approval for norethindrone acetate and ethinyl estradiol tablets (1 mg/0.01 mg), ethinyl estradiol tablets (0.01 mg) and ferrous fumarate tablets

Eurofins Scientific to buy PerkinElmer's prenatal screening lab services business

The divestiture of the NTD business allows PerkinElmer to concentrate its efforts on developing innovative maternal fetal health technologies and solutions for the US