Kalpana Pathak And P B Jayakumar In Mumbai

Stories by Kalpana Pathak And P B Jayakumar In Mumbai

US to curb delay in entry of generic drugs

US to curb delay in entry of generic drugs

Rediff.com   20 Jan 2010

Indian pharmaceutical companies, which are increasingly choosing to settle patent litigation with global drug majors in the US, would have to be more cautious now.

R-Infra to get Mumbai Metro-II on Jan 21

R-Infra to get Mumbai Metro-II on Jan 21

Rediff.com   20 Jan 2010

Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) will soon be the official owner of the second phase of the Mumbai Metro project. The state government and the company will sign a concession agreement for the Rs 11,000-crore (Rs 110 billion) project on Thursday, according to sources.

Dubai crisis hits Indian institutes

Dubai crisis hits Indian institutes

Rediff.com   18 Jan 2010

Indian engineering and management institutes, which have set up bases in Dubai, are facing a 13-60 per cent dip in admissions due to the economic crisis in the city, which is one of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

ISB placements kick off with Rs 40-lakh offer

ISB placements kick off with Rs 40-lakh offer

Rediff.com   18 Jan 2010

Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB) is off to a flying start this season. Citi Group has offered an analyst investment banker's position with so far the highest offer of Rs 40 lakh per annum, followed by a Rs 33-lakh offer by Parthenon Group, a consulting firm.

Wockhardt-Abbot deal gets high court go-ahead

Wockhardt-Abbot deal gets high court go-ahead

Rediff.com   18 Jan 2010

The court's stand is expected to help Wockhardt conclude the deal within a month's time.

Day Zero: B'lore, Calcutta break ranks with IIM-A

Day Zero: B'lore, Calcutta break ranks with IIM-A

Rediff.com   18 Jan 2010

The IIMs will begin final placements in March 2010.

Vencap success rate comparable to US: Study

Vencap success rate comparable to US: Study

Rediff.com   15 Jan 2010

The 'First Status Report on Technology Business Incubation' in India also stated that 20 to 30 per cent of incubated companies make it big.

Indian generics dominate global ranking

Indian generics dominate global ranking

Rediff.com   12 Jan 2010

The BCG analysis shows Lupin gave an annualised average TSR of 29.9 per cent, ahead of the 18.4 per cent of Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical, the world's largest generics maker. Teva is next on the list. Another Indian generic maker, Glenmark, occupies third position, with an 18 per cent TSR to its investors.

Water treatment, access becomes fast-growing biz

Water treatment, access becomes fast-growing biz

Rediff.com   11 Jan 2010

Orders are flowing for the water and wastewater treatment industry, as leading players in the domestic market such as VA Tech Wabag, Larsen and Toubro, Thermax and IVRCL Infra have bagged over Rs 2,500 crore (Rs 25 billion) worth of orders in the past two-to-three months.

Novartis gets patent for cancer drug

Novartis gets patent for cancer drug

Rediff.com   11 Jan 2010

Novartis markets Nilotinib globally as Tasigna, which is used as the second-line therapy for Gleevec-resistant patients in the case of chronic myelogenous leukemia.

Novartis to get leg-up in India with Alcon buy

Novartis to get leg-up in India with Alcon buy

Rediff.com   5 Jan 2010

However, analysts say it is not immediately clear if the merger would have any impact on Novartis India, the listed Indian subsidiary of the company.

Indian drug makers maintain pace of US mktg nod

Indian drug makers maintain pace of US mktg nod

Rediff.com   4 Jan 2010

This increase is despite the decreased growth of drug sales in the US - the world's largest market - which has seen a tightening of regulations and aggressive competition.

Yale, Harvard, MIT buy Sibal's plan

Yale, Harvard, MIT buy Sibal's plan

Rediff.com   4 Jan 2010

These universities are a part of the ministry's 'brain gain' policy to attract talent from all over the world. Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal had last August announced that 14 Innovation Universities will be set up in the country under the 11th Five-year Plan (2007-12).

Greener fuels to cost more

Greener fuels to cost more

Rediff.com   30 Dec 2009

People will have to pay 50p-Re 1 more per litre of petrol and diesel when 11 cities in India move to the Euro IV emission norm, and the rest of the country to Euro III, in April 2010.

Corporate India warms up to adoption of ITIs

Corporate India warms up to adoption of ITIs

Rediff.com   28 Dec 2009

Last year, over 200 companies adopted 300 ITIs in the country and the involvement is gaining pace.

How top Indian drug firms are pushing up sales

How top Indian drug firms are pushing up sales

Rediff.com   24 Dec 2009

Leading Indian drug majors, such as Ranbaxy Laboratories, Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Piramal Healthcare and Wockhardt, are in-licensing popular products from overseas drug makers to boost their domestic sales.

Soon, IIMs may scrap Day Zero for placement

Soon, IIMs may scrap Day Zero for placement

Rediff.com   23 Dec 2009

Day Zero was created when demand for IIM graduates had peaked and the institutes had to resort to creative mathematics to accommodate big recruiters without offending the existing ones. Falling job market has forced the B-schools to review the strategy, including placement fee revision.

CAT 2009 results may get delayed

CAT 2009 results may get delayed

Rediff.com   16 Dec 2009

Results of the Common Admission Test could get delayed with Indian Institutes of Management and Prometric, which conducted the online test, still to decide a new date for conducting the exam for students who could not give their exam due to technical glitches.

R-Infra gets Rs 1,000-cr deal from Gujarat govt

R-Infra gets Rs 1,000-cr deal from Gujarat govt

Rediff.com   11 Dec 2009

R-Infra quoted Rs 42-crore (Rs 420-million) premium over the bids of rival companies such as GVK Power and Infrastructure Limited, GMR Infrastructure, B Sennaih and C&C, JMC Srei and Sadhbhav, sources told Business Standard.

Indian professors clear outsourcing test

Indian professors clear outsourcing test

Rediff.com   11 Dec 2009

Pankaj Sarma (name changed), associate professor with an Indian business school, earns Rs 1 lakh every month for evaluating papers written by students in the US. This is apart from his salary of Rs 60,000 as per University Grants Commission scale.