'We need to prove to the world that quality vaccines and R&D are possible in India.'
Pharma majors are collaborating with foreign companies to develop newer drugs.
The trio used the same principles of evolution -- genetic change and selection -- to develop proteins used in a range of fields.
'If he has not achieved 'Congress mukt Bharat' even now, the question of his creating a 'DMK mukt Tamil Nadu' does not arise,' points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
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The Drugs Controller General of India is considering the recommendations of its advisory body to revoke the suspension of the sale of analgin-based medicines in the country.
Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar was given the finance and planning portfolio on Friday, nearly two weeks after he broke away from the original party and took oath as Maharashtra's deputy chief minister.
India yet to make formal bid for hosting World Athletics Championships in 2027
iNCOVACC is the world's first intranasal vaccine for COVID-19 to receive approval for the primary two-dose schedule, and as a heterologous booster dose.
commercial airlines and air navigation service providers have to carry out random drug tests on at least 10 per cent of their flight crew and air traffic controllers every year.
Pharma major Wockhardt said on Thursday that it had achieved a breakthrough in the development of Glargine, a new generation advanced insulin
It has been approved by the European Medicines Agency for conditional marketing authorisation.
Cymbiotics, a US-based bio-pharmaceutical manufacturer, has entered into a joint in-licensing agreement with Elder Pharmaceuticals to manufacture and market three of its drugs for pain management, diabetes and dermatology in the Indian market.
The productivity of the Budget session was abysmal. The Lok Sabha functioned for 33% of its scheduled time (46 hours); the Rajya Sabha 24% (32 hours).
The deadly new strain of bird flu that has killed 36 people in China has developed resistance to antiviral drugs in some patients, scientists say.
The DCGI's approval came following recommendation by the Subject Expert Committee of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation.
Ranbaxy Laboratories on Thursday said it will co-operate fully with any regulator from anywhere in the world wanting to investigate its manufacturing practices.
If it gets the USFDA nod, the sales would help to pull the company out of the red.
Interestingly, the European Patent Office is yet to grant a patent for Maraviroc, citing insufficient data, sources said. These were the main reasons cited by the Indian Patent Office for rejecting the patent for the cancer drug Gleevec, which snowballed into a global patent battle between the Swiss drug major Novartis and the Indian government.
PLSL's lead molecule under development for cancer treatment has completed two Phase-I studies.
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has entered into an agreement with Shasun for joint development, filing and marketing of 12 generic drugs for the US market.
A day after getting a show-cause notice from the Indian regulator, senior executives from Ranbaxy Laboratories approached the drug controller's office on Tuesday afternoon, it was learnt.
An Indian Biotech Company that is testing a novel anti-cancer drug on patients in Bangalore says it is not alarmed by the London trial where the use of a similar class of drug led to disastrous results.
A random check had found that tests failed to prove the medicines were same as the patented drugs.\n
WHRL was founded in 1990 by Nobel laureate Sir John Vane to fund the research works at William Harvey Research Institute, one of the leading centres in the world for pharmacological research.
Plenty happens over the show -- riots, nefarious schemes, betrayal and multiple murders -- which should have made for a riveting watch but everything evokes déjà vu and worse, sighs Deepa Gahlot.
FDA allows Teva to launch Nexium generic; Cipla, which supplies formulation, to gain
Garcetti suggested that the two countries are working on certain agreements to bolster defence cooperation and they are likely to be firmed up when Modi visits the US or President Joe Biden comes to India in September for the G20 summit.
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The drug regulatory agencies of India and Canada are planning to collaborate on improving the quality of drugs traded between the two countries, besides helping the industry in both the countries to tap the opportunities in the field of generic medicines and drug development.
India is one of the largest manufacturers of pharmaceutical products in the world with the annual production valued at over Rs 2 lakh crore.
The PIL , filed by advocate M L Sharma, sought action against Ranbaxy for allegedly supplying substandard and adulterated drugs
Pharma major Pfizer on Tuesday launched Viagra, a drug developed for erectile dysfunction, in the Indian market. \n
The GoM has proposed to cap prices of these medicines at the weighted average price of drugs with a minimum of one per cent market share, officials aware of the development said.
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