Cognizant extends partnership with biopharma firm Gilead, estimated deal size at $800 millionGilead has partnered with Cognizant for more than three years now to adopt technologies designed to run business operations, new product la...
24 Jul, 2023, 06.48 PM IST
How a drug major profited by slow-walking a promising HIV therapyToday, a generation of expensive Gilead drugs containing the new iteration of tenofovir account for half of the market for HIV treatment an...
23 Jul, 2023, 05.07 PM IST
Metabolic changes in plasma, immune cells associated with COVID-19 severity: StudyThe researchers collected 374 blood samples -- two draws per patient during the first week after being diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection ...
07 Sep, 2021, 08.45 AM IST
Local firms got voluntary license for more drugs during pandemicA voluntary licence (VL) is an authorisation given by the patent holder to a generic company to produce a patented drug while a compulsory ...
02 Jul, 2021, 07.46 AM IST
Oxford Covid-19 vaccine tech maker Vaccitech targets $613 mn valuation in US IPOThe company, which has development programs for conditions including hepatitis B, prostate cancer and non-small cell lung cancer, has raise...
26 Apr, 2021, 08.54 PM IST
Pfizer is on track to be first to find out if its Covid vaccine worksA wide range of symptoms and severity makes the evaluation of Covid-19 vaccines tricky. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said that...
23 Sep, 2020, 11.21 AM IST
Health groups ask India to rescind Gilead's patents for COVID-19 drug remdesivirDrug patents in India are an important issue as many countries depend on generic drugmakers to make and sell cheaper versions of critical d...
14 May, 2020, 03.27 PM IST
Strike when it’s hot! 58% stocks from this sector defy crisis to double pricesThis outperformance came after an underperformance of four years.
27 Apr, 2020, 03.53 PM IST
Novartis's $475,000 cancer breakthrough heralds new era of curesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a radical new one-time treatment from the Swiss drugmaker, weeks earlier than e...
01 Sep, 2017, 12.39 AM IST
Biologics enter top selling drugs’ listBiologics, also called biopharmaceuticals, have revolutionised treatment in chronic and serious illnesse and nudged traditional drugs out o...
28 Dec, 2016, 11.55 AM IST
Glenmark rises armed with research after five year hiatusIt may be too early to forecast how Glenmark’s drugs will fare, for the next few years, the generics business will continue to be key.
15 Oct, 2016, 07.38 AM IST
US pipeline, MS drug key to Natco's futureIn 2012, the company secured India's first compulsory licence to launch the generic version of Nexavar, Bayer's drug for treating liver and...
17 Mar, 2015, 01.49 PM IST
Government may negotiate price of patented drugs before market entryThe government may negotiate prices of patented medicines with their manufacturers before allowing pharmaceutical companies to launch them ...
23 Jan, 2015, 12.29 PM IST
We will deliver biotech at a Dollar a day. Wait and see: Yusuf Khwaja Hamied, Chairman of CiplaEvery country’s patent laws are need-based to that country. That’s what I am trying to fight, and nobody is listening, Hamied said.
19 Nov, 2014, 04.26 AM IST
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority cuts prices of diabetes & heart-disease drugsThe biggest debate on price cuts is happening in the US with patients, insurers and the government joining in.
23 Jul, 2014, 03.00 AM IST
Drug price cut of vital medicines a global phenomenonDrug companies say that they are not objecting to the control of healthcare costs, but it is the high-handed approach that is harming the i...
22 Jul, 2014, 05.40 PM IST
Novartis patent verdict not a problem, other issues pose risks to Indian pharma innovationThe recent Supreme Court judgement against Novartis has reopened old debates on drug patents, affordable healthcare and India as a destinat...
16 Apr, 2013, 11.31 AM IST