Domestic oil companies have been invited by countries like Yemen, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia to pick up stake in existing refineries and also set up greenfield units.
The Mashelkar panel's recommendation to consider all modifications and variants of new chemical entities (NCEs) as patentable has invited criticism from sections of Indian pharmaceutical industry and public interest organisations
The domestic pharmaceutical industry and non-government organisations are up in arms against the first ever Indo-US tie-up on intellectual property rights
Under the banner of the CII, domestic drug majors have approached Cabinet Secretary BK Chaturvedi for being allowed to present their views on the new pharmaceutical policy, scheduled to be discussed by the Union Cabinet on Thursday.
The corporate healthcare segment may replicate the success of the Indian IT sector, say experts.
Panacea Biotec is planning to launch its organ transplantation drugs to Latin American and South East Asian markets.
Dabur Pharma, a leading player in the domestic oncology segment, is busy finalising its marketing strategies for EU, the US and Australia.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, through its consortium partner in the Sakhalin-1 field in Russia Exxon Mobil, is in talks with Royal Dutch Shell for liquefying the gas from the fields before it is exported to China.
The new pharma policy proposed by Chemicals Minister Ram Vilas Paswan is likely to call for a central mechanism to oversee research and development projects in the country.
Low-to-negative margins on sale of petroleum products have forced some companies to scrap their retail expansion plan, while others have chosen to go slow.
It aims at slashing the average market prices from 10 to 30 per cent for low-end brands and from 30 to 60 per cent for high-end ones.
Apart from Roche's hepatitis medicine Pegasys, which received a patent in March 2005, there have been no major announcements on grant of product patents.
Pharma Link, a joint venture of leading pharmaceutical support service provider Interpharma Asia-Pacific
After the euphoria over the recent oil and gas discoveries made by upstream behemoth Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
Eli Lily, Sanofi Aventis, Bristol Myers approach chemicals ministry.
Pharma companies' hope to have several of their house hold remedy brands like Crocin made available through grocery shops across the country may not materialise.
All India Organisation of Chemists and Druggists, the apex body of over 500,000 chemists that manage the bulk of the Rs 50,000 crore
While the India-Myanmar gas pipeline continues to hang fire, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation may push for a gas-based power project in Myanmar to bring power to the power-starved north-eastern states
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Industries may tie up to build a common gas processing unit as the two firms have discovered huge reserves in the Krishna-Godavari basin
The domestic pharmaceuticals industry has proven its mettle once again with Glenmark Pharmaceuticals announcing the receipt of euro 25 million from German drug major Merck
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