Popular antacid Mucaine Gel, manufactured by Pfizer's subsidiary Wyeth Laboratories, was also found laced with the heavy metals as well as cadmium.
'India is a pharma dada. We can manufacture enough for our people and for the world.'
Eli Lilly and Company, the US-based multinational pharmaceutical major, has sued Sun Pharmaceuticals in the US, alleging the company infringed its patent on Gemzar, a blockbuster cancer drug.
Half of the nation's 100 richest saw gains rising a collective 14% to $517.5 billion, says Forbes. Forbes released 2020's top 100 richest Indians on Thursday, which included newcomers, Sanjeev Bikhchandani, co-founder of Info Edge (India), who owns popular job and property websites; siblings Nithin and Nikhil Kamath, co-founders of discount stock brokerage Zerodha Broking, and three specialty chemicals producers - Vinod Saraf, founder of Vinati Organics, Arun Bharat Ram, the patriarch of SRF, and brothers Chandrakant and Rajendra Gogri of Aarti Industries. Other newcomers included Delhi-based brothers Ramesh Kumar and Mukand Lal Dua of Relaxo Footwears, which owns affordable footwear brands; dairyman, R G Chandramogan of Hatsun Agro; Premchand Godha, who chairs IPCA Laboratories, manufacturing formulations, bulk drugs and drug intermediates; G Rajendran, founder of jewellery chain, GRT Jewellers.
Sentiment also remained buoyant as a good monsoon season lifted hopes of a revival in farm output.
'Pfizer India has submitted an application on December 4 to the DCGI seeking emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in India'
Top officers across various ministries participate in the meeting that started at 8 pm on Saturday. The meeting is currently underway. The country is currently witnessing a second and more severe wave of the pandemic.
The EUA allows for Remdesivir to be distributed in the US and administered intravenously by health care providers, as appropriate, to treat suspected or laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 in adults and children hospitalised with severe condition.
Refusing to divulge identity of the companies, sources indicated that three of them are based in Delhi and the remaining are in Maharashtra.
The trial is being conducted in three phases by segregating children into categories according to their age. The first trial was started in the age group of 12 to 18 years followed by the age group of 6 to 12. Trials for children between the ages of and 2-6 years are currently undergoing trials.
The drug regulator recently asked some domestic companies to cut prices of insulin while MNCs, which are major players, are allowed to set their own price for the drug.
Biological E Limited plans to complete production at a rate of 75 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax per month, anticipating over 100 million doses per month from February 2022 which will enable the Hyderabad-based company to deliver 300 Million doses as promised to the Centre, BE said on Tuesday.
The proposed merger would likely harm future competition
Sikkim's new chief minister will have to achieve growth without compromising nature.
This helps consumers check the authenticity of drugs simply by sending SMSes.
Sun Pharmaceutical, which is growing its dermatology and ophthalmic specialty business in the US will spend $460 million on R&D.
The big companies too are responsible for the sub-standard drugs in the market.
Recently, Ranbaxy and Wockhardt too were hauled up.
Starting your day with breakfast cereals or granola bars is something diabetic patients should totally avoid.
The Indian Medical Association and the Mumbai Association of Medical Consultant have written a letter to Narendra Modi expressing disappointment over his statement during the Bharat ki Baat Sabke saath event in London.
While the domestic industry needs to increase its R&D spending quite dramatically, price controls will only cripple the sector.
Is yet to decide about the partnership or acquisition route
India has received 1,312 applications for patent of pharmaceutical products, becoming only the second country after the US to get a large number such requests.
During the meeting, scheduled to be held through video conference at 6 pm on Tuesday, the Department of Biotechnology will make a presentation and also coordinate with all the participants, sources added.
An end to Sun Pharma founder Dilip Shanghvi's woes are not in sight.
Sun Pharma open to large acquisitions post Ranbaxy.
Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd has entered into an exclusive agreement with Alpharma Inc for marketing its select non-antibiotic generic formulations in the US and Europe.
In May, price growth for drugs was in negative territory at (-)1 per cent
Ties between India and the United States have been strained in recent years because of trade policies and patent disputes.
Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc, the wholly owned subsidiary of Lupin, has entered into an alliance with Cornerstone BioPharma Inc.
Ankleshwar plant is the third such facility to face action
Ranbaxy whistleblower Dinesh Thakur tells Aziz Haniffa that a formal Congress hearing on spurious drugs from India is being sought.
From rising prescriptions to the pharma sales force back on the field with full vigour and companies finally finding their feet with the digital marketing strategies - Indian drug makers have shown that medicine sales is certainly a sunshine sector.
India on Tuesday temporarily licensed the export of paracetamol and anti-malarial drug Hydroxychloroquine in appropriate quantities to some countries, which have been particularly badly affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
Ranbaxy Laboratories on Thursday announced that Teva Pharmaceuticals, under a mutual agreement with the Indian pharma major, has commercially launched its Quinapril HCL tablets in the US.
In another development, leading Japanese drug maker Takeda Pharmaceutical sued Ahmedabad-based Torrent Pharma in the US for infringing seven patents covering its flagship diabetes drug, Actos. Oracea (doxycycline) is the only US Food and Drug Administration approved oral drug to treat rosacea -- a skin disorder in the face with inflammation, skin redness and spider veins.
Food (ahara) and lifestyle (vihara) have a major impact on the health of your heart.
