Page 5 - Pharma

Ameera Shah: Why is the healthcare space not disruptive enough?

Technology is not a challenge, but convincing doctors to change their ways of working is difficult

Amgen & Novartis expand collaboration for migraine drug Erenumab

It builds on their global neuroscience partnership in Alzheimer's disease & migraine formed in 2015

Merck sells biosimilars business to Fresenius to focus on innovative drugs

Merck to receive upfront payment of € 170 mn & milestone payments of up to € 500 mn on future sales

US FDA issues warning letter for Divi's Laboratories' Visakhapatnam unit

Last month, US drug regulator had issued an import alert on the products manufactured from this unit

Avantor Performance Materials acquires Puritan Products

Deal to enhance Avantor's portfolio of high-purity cGMP materials & solutions for biopharma industry

Sawai Pharmaceutical buys Upsher?Smith's generics business for $1.05 bn

The acquisition will mark a major expansion of Sawai's presence in the US market

BioInvent to use Merck's bioreactors to expand Swiss facility

Addition of single-use Mobius bioreactors to streamline BioInvent's drug development & production

Fujifilm expands biopharma facilities in US & UK with $ 130 mn investment

The company's new process development facilities to support growing market of biopharmaceuticals

Narayana Hrudayalaya acquires NewRise Healthcare from Panacea Biotec

Buying a near-complete hospital with around 230 beds to help NH to strengthens its Northern cluster

Health Ministry finalises action plan to combat antimicrobial resistance

Responsible use of antibiotics is key for the containment of antimicrobial resistance in India

Rise in health awareness to take nutraceuticals market to $ 8.5 bn by 2022

Dietary supplements accounted for 65% of Indian nutraceuticals market, says a Assocham-RNCOS study

Strand Life Sciences' liquid biopsy test to help early detection of cancer

It has worked closely with Mazumdar Shaw Center for Translational Research to develop Strand LB test

Ashland acquires ingredients maker Pharmachem Laboratories for $ 660 mn

Deal to strengthen Ashland's position in fast-growing nutraceuticals market

Unichem receives US FDA nod for pain killer piroxicam capsule

It will commercialise the product from its Goa plant & source API from its API plant in Roha

Regenerative Medical Services receives DCGI nod for cell therapy product

Chondron ACI is indicated for use of articular cartilage defects of knee, ankle & shoulder joints

Glenmark receives US FDA nod for cholesterol-lowering drug fenofibrate

The approved product - fenofibrate capsule - is a generic version of AbbVie's Tricor capsule

Fresenius Kabi in talks with Akorn for takeover

Akorn has five manufacturing facilities - three in US and one each in Switzerland & India

Bain Capital & Cinven buy German generic drug maker Strada for € 4.1 bn

Stada offers a portfolio of high-quality, low-cost generic products including selected biosimilars

Winning strategies for companies to succeed in ever-changing pharma market

Pharma leaders need to take swift steps to get ahead of emerging changes, says Utkarsh Palnitkar

Hospitals are among best workplaces for women: Dr Dharminder Nagar

Due to high representation of women, hospitals today are one of the most gender equitable workplaces