Zeba Siddiqui And Sumeet Chatterjee

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India eyes oil-for-drugs deal with Venezuela to recoup pharma cash

India eyes oil-for-drugs deal with Venezuela to recoup pharma cash

Rediff.com   18 May 2016

Like pharmaceutical companies globally - which used to enjoy a preferential exchange rate in Venezuela - Indian producers have been left badly stung by the collapse of the bolivar currency

Unable to sell cattle, farmers have a beef with Modi's BJP

Unable to sell cattle, farmers have a beef with Modi's BJP

Rediff.com   29 Mar 2016

Farmer suicides have nearly doubled in the drought-hit Marathwada region of Maharashtra.

India defends right to issue drug 'compulsory licences'

India defends right to issue drug 'compulsory licences'

Rediff.com   23 Mar 2016

The USTR has placed India on its "priority watch" list for two years in a row, saying the country's patent laws unfairly favour local drug makers.

FDA warns India's Emcure Pharma, cites repeated data fudging at plant

FDA warns India's Emcure Pharma, cites repeated data fudging at plant

Rediff.com   17 Mar 2016

It is one of 42 drug-making factories in India that the FDA has banned in recent years

Heineken eyes control of Mallya's United Breweries

Heineken eyes control of Mallya's United Breweries

Rediff.com   17 Mar 2016

Heineken could call a shareholder meeting to vote on his ouster from a company his father built into a family empire

HC grants Pfizer temporary relief on cough syrup ban

HC grants Pfizer temporary relief on cough syrup ban

Rediff.com   15 Mar 2016

The next hearing on Pfizer's plea is slated for March 21

Abbott's antibiotic in India on the list of banned drugs

Abbott's antibiotic in India on the list of banned drugs

Rediff.com   14 Mar 2016

A notice issued by the Indian Health Ministry at the weekend said that a government-appointed committee of experts had found that the banned combinations were "likely to involve risk to human beings, whereas safer alternatives to the said drug are available."

Pharma crusader takes India's drug regulators to court

Pharma crusader takes India's drug regulators to court

Rediff.com   7 Mar 2016

Dinesh Thakur is famous for exposing Ranbaxy safety problems

Mallya resigns as USL chief; to be paid Rs 515 crore

Mallya resigns as USL chief; to be paid Rs 515 crore

Rediff.com   25 Feb 2016

Mallya will now be the Founder Emeritus of USL

Sahara uses small savers to keep hill resort afloat

Sahara uses small savers to keep hill resort afloat

Rediff.com   1 Feb 2016

Sahara has ploughed at least Rs 1,500 crore from two of its credit cooperatives into the Aamby Valley resort project

Tata Steel to axe 1,050 UK jobs in global steel crisis fallout

Tata Steel to axe 1,050 UK jobs in global steel crisis fallout

Rediff.com   18 Jan 2016

European Union steel prices hit their lowest since 2004

India likely to trim divestment targets to 'realistic' levels

India likely to trim divestment targets to 'realistic' levels

Rediff.com   14 Jan 2016

Government is expected to rely more on divestment proceeds to keep the fiscal deficit in check

Factbox: Money laundering probe into Sahara

Factbox: Money laundering probe into Sahara

Rediff.com   23 Dec 2015

Suspicions have swirled for years that many of Sahara's millions of investors are fictitious names

Savers in dark over Sahara's latest shadow banking schemes

Savers in dark over Sahara's latest shadow banking schemes

Rediff.com   23 Dec 2015

Sahara and its founder Subrata Roy have been under scrutiny for years over its financial products, including for possible money laundering.

Compliance worries hit shares in India's top two drugmakers

Compliance worries hit shares in India's top two drugmakers

Rediff.com   9 Nov 2015

Credit Suisse analysts cut their rating on Sun Pharma stock to 'neutral' from 'outperform

US warns Novartis on manufacturing violations at 2 India plants

US warns Novartis on manufacturing violations at 2 India plants

Rediff.com   28 Oct 2015

US firm Mylan NV received a stern warning from the FDA in August for faulty manufacturing practices at three of its India drugmaking plants.

IndiGo flies high in India's cut-throat airline market

IndiGo flies high in India's cut-throat airline market

Rediff.com   26 Oct 2015

IndiGo was set up in 2006 by businessman Rahul Bhatia and Rakesh Gangwal, a former CEO for US Airways Group.

Starbucks rival to launch India's biggest IPO in 3 years next week

Starbucks rival to launch India's biggest IPO in 3 years next week

Rediff.com   7 Oct 2015

Coffee Day Enterprises Ltd is backed by KKR & Co.

India's IPR regime: Another setback for a multinational drugmaker

India's IPR regime: Another setback for a multinational drugmaker

Rediff.com   7 Sep 2015

India rejects patent on Pfizer's arthritis drug

Cipla to acquire two US-based pharma cos for $550 million

Cipla to acquire two US-based pharma cos for $550 million

Rediff.com   4 Sep 2015

Cipla has agreed to buy two generics businesses in the United States in an all-cash deal worth $550 million.