Sun gets RBI nod for transfer of Ranbaxy overseas investments.
India's economy will see the fastest dollar nominal growth in the world in 2015, Credit Suisse says.
Netmed plans to procure from drug manufacturers and sell to pharmacies it has tie-ups with, and to spread its network to all tier-II and tier-III cities.
The proposed merger would likely harm future competition
Ranbaxy's troubled plants in India could see a turnaround as Sun Pharma has experience in doing so.
The Supreme Court has asked the Andhra Pradesh High Court to take a decision within two days on a plea challenging merger of Sun Pharmaceutical with Ranbaxy.
Once a difficult market to crack, in recent years, China has relatively opened up its drug market, enacting reforms and speeding up approval time.
The investment has lost almost 40 percent of its value in six years.
They seek to profit from big-selling drugs going off-patent this year in the lucrative market.
Around 75 per cent, or 372 stocks, that are part of the BSE500 are trading at least 10 per cent below their all-time high levels, despite the index hitting a record high 20,515 points on the BSE in intra-day trade on Wednesday, surpassing its previous high of 20,390 touched in March 12. The index, which accounts for 93 per cent of BSE listed companies' market capitalisation, has gained 8 per cent from its recent low of 18,983, touched on April 19. In comparison, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex gained 6 per cent over the same period, but is still nearly 4.5 per cent away from its all-time high of 52,517 that it hit on February 16.
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India's 100 richest saw a 3 per cent rise in the wealth totaling $259 billion, says Forbes.
Daiichi won't remain a major shareholder in Sun Pharma.
Many say trend could lead to concerns on manufacturing quality in Indian facilities.
The report of the January 25 meeting was placed before the high court last week.
Sun Pharma promoter Shanghvi's brother-in-law Sudhir Valia to pick 26%
Acquisition to boost its generics business in developed markets.
Ranbaxy, its partners and Actavis have signed a non-exclusive agreement.
Drug major Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has acquired US-based Pharmalucence Inc for an undisclosed amount.
Companies say they follow global standards in India as well
DUSA is a dermatology company focused on developing and marketing its Levulan photodynamic therapy platform.
These two are now among India's most valuable business houses, ahead of older and more diversified groups, such as the Bajaj, OP Jindal, Anil Ambani, UB, Godrej and Hinduja.
Companies such as Dr Reddy's Laboratories, Sun Pharmaceutical, Lupin and Ranbaxy striving to capitalise on opportunities created by pro-generic health care reforms in the US market are facing pricing pressure as the health care supply chain is undergoing consolidation.
Sun Pharma's managing director Dilip Shanghvi, says we continue to look for opportunities to expand our business in all the key geographies and markets we are focused on.
Sun Pharma expects synergy benefits by next fiscal.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd named Kamlesh H Shah company secretary. He replaces R K Baheti, who was also senior vice president (finance).
Eight others, including Bajaj Auto Managing Director Rajiv Bajaj and Tractor & Farm Equipment Chairman Mallika Srinivasan, received awards across categories at an award ceremony attended by over 350 people in New Delhi on Monday.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries said it has received approval from US health regulator to market generic Clarinex tablets and Tiazac capsules, used in treating nasal allergies and hypertension, respectively, in the American market.
Israel-based Taro pharmaceutical industries became Sun Pharma's subsidiary on September 20, 2010.
"Through this partnership, the reach of Sitagliptin and Sitagliptin plus Metformin will be enhanced amongst doctors and patients in India, helping them efficaciously manage the disease," Sun Pharma Chief Executive Officer Kalyanasundaram said in a joint statement issued by the two firms.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd Chairman Dilip Shanghvi said he expects Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd to become profitable in the short term.
Merck arm sues Sun over cancer drugSchering Corporation, part of multinational pharma company Merck & Co, and London-based Cancer Research Technology Ltd have sued Sun Pharmaceutical for allegedly infringing patent rights on the world's largest selling brain cancer drug, Temodar.
The United States Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to it for manufacturing practice violations at its Cranbury facility in New Jersey.
Regulators tighten net on safety grounds.
Drug maker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries on Thursday said it has received the US health regulator's nod for marketing a generic version of the Keppra injection, used for treating epilepsy, in the American market.
Sun Pharmaceuticals on Wednesday said it has acquired a controlling stake in Israeli pharma major Taro Pharmaceuticals.
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and its subsidiary, Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, have reached a settlement agreement with drugmaker Forest Laboratories and licensing partner H Lundbeck AS, over a pending patent infringement dispute over Forest's blockbuster antidepressant, Lexapro.
US-based Abbott Laboratories has sued Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and Ranbaxy Laboratories in courts there for challenging the patents of its cholesterol-lowering drugs, Niaspan and TriCor, respectively, in separate infringement suits.
The year also witnessed Mumbai-based Sun Pharmaceutical continue the tussle for taking over Israeli drug firm Taro, while MNCs struck alliances with Indian companies to capitalise on generics expertise in New Delhi.
The US Food and Drug Administration has seized drug products manufactured by Caraco Pharmaceutical, at the company's Michigan facilities in Detroit, Farmington Hills, and Wixom, the US FDA said on Thursday. The FDA seeks to immediately stop Caraco from further distributing drugs until there is assurance that the firm complies with good manufacturing requirements, it added.