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At least a dozen global firms, including Roche, Pfizer and Astra Zeneca got a nod from the Drugs Controller General of India to conduct over 50 clinical trials on Indian volunteers this month, official data reveals. The global clinical research outsourcing market is projected to touch $23 billion by 2011, with consultancy firm KPMG estimating that India will corner 15 per cent of this in two years.
The Clinical Research sector is emerging as an attractive option for science graduates, doctors, management/ IT professionals, alike.
India plans to increase stockpiles of the anti-influenza drug Tamiflu or its generic version by 10-fold, from one million to 10 million currently, Bloomberg reported, citing Vineet Choudhary, joint secretary, Ministry of Health.
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Retirement is a dirty word for Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt, and he can't wait to launch his summer campaign on Saturday at the Hopman Cup in Perth after reviving his career in 2009 under former junior doubles partner Nathan Healey.
The company has got the approval for the generic version of Roche's anti-viral 'Valcyte', which has a total annual market of around $239 million. Ranbaxy believes that it has First-to-File status on Valganciclovir tablets, thereby, providing a potential of 180-days of marketing exclusivity which offers a significant opportunity in the future, the company said.
Hetero is the only Indian partner of multinational drug major Roche Scientific for the manufacture and supply of the latter's patented drug, Tamilflu in developing countries.
358 of 413 drug patent applications for the disease in India are from top multinationals. An analysis of pharma patent applications pending with the patent office by the group, which did not wish to be identified, has put the number of cancer drug patent applications at 413. Of these, 358 came from top multinationals like Novartis, Aventis, Bristol Myers Squibb, Pfizer, Boehringer, Roche and Abbot.
Besides Novartis, the other companies are Roche, J&J, Glaxo and Astrazeneca.
The drugs manufacturing industry is on a state of alert following two landmark developments over a cancer treatment medicine.
With 40 million diabetic patients and an equal number of people estimated to be diabetic prone, India is emerging as a major market for blood glucose monitoring solutions.
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Companies such as Cadila Healthcare, Lupin, and Natco, which sell generic versions of flu medication in the US market, are likely to benefit.
Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt will travel to Paris to begin preparations for the French Open, the Australian hoping a nagging hip injury will clear by the start of the tournament on May 25. Hewitt has not played in more than a month because of the injury and said he would give himself until the first day of the second Grand Slam of the year to decide whether he would compete.
Apart from Roche's hepatitis medicine Pegasys, which received a patent in March 2005, there have been no major announcements on grant of product patents.
Mars One's ambitious mission to send four people to colonise the red planet in 2024,has been pushed back by two years.
Lleyton Hewitt opened 2008 in convincing fashion on Tuesday as he cruised past Israeli Dudi Sela 6-2 6-2 in the first round of the Adelaide International.
Pharmaceutical major Wockhardt Ltd said on Monday it has received USFDA approval for marketing the antibiotic Ceftriaxone Sodium injection in the US.
Roger Federer snapped Rafael Nadal's record winning streak on clay in the Hamburg Masters final.
The world No 1 said he will play the French Open and Wimbledon without a coach after splitting with Tony Roche.
The government on Wednesday said Indian drug makers Ranbaxy and Cipla have approached it for assistance in manufacturing Tamiflu to fight bird flu
The ICMR is working on a war footing to develop the testing ecosystem -- especially for the screening blood tests. NIV, Pune, is in the process of validating antibody-based screening kits.
India rejects patent on Pfizer's arthritis drug
The Hyderabadi girl, who aims to be in the top-15, has 929.75 points as against 956.50 last week.
World number one Roger Federer says winning the season-ending Masters Cup is his 2005 priority.
A man who had lunch with Osama and offered to spy on him was ignored by intelligence agencies in 2000.
Ranbaxy Laboratories on Monday said it has received the US Food and Drug Administration's approval to manufacture and market Isotretinoin capsules, a generic version of Hoffman LaRoche's Accutane.
Former Pakistan pace ace Wasim Akram says to become a cricketer in Pakistan you have to be a politician first.
India's top drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories said on Tuesday its first-quarter net profit nearly tripled on booming exports of generic drugs to the United States.
US District Judge Beryl Howell in Minneapolis denied Ranbaxy's request, the court filing showed.
The rising Indian star went down fighting to Germany No 3 Jens Roch in the pre-quarter-finals of the tournament.
As the Indian Army reported its first case of the infection with a 34-year-old soldier testing positive in Leh, the Army said it has taken a series of precautionary measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus among the forces such as checking flu symptoms among soldiers on their return from leave and cancelling non-essential travel, conferences and recruitment drives.
Members of Ireland's women's soccer team threatened on Tuesday to boycott their next international match unless the country's football association tackles what they described as "humiliating" working conditions.
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