India stopped producing the two input drugs about three decades ago and since then it has relied on China for their supplies. "As of now, w...

Indian pharma industry's heavy dependence on imports for active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), key starting materials (KSM) and basic ch...

The Indian government has approved a Rs 6,000 crore ($812 million) investment in the pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturing sector...

Given how crucial the pharmaceutical industry is to the country’s economy, its reliance on China for raw materials is particularly alarming...

A week after the Chinese state-owned Sichuan Airlines announced suspending its air cargo services to India for 15 days following the second...

The Pharmexcil director-general Ravi Uday Bhaskar wrote to Indian Ambassador in China Vikram Misri for an immediate intervention in the bac...

Five applications with a committed investment of Rs 3,761 crore have already been approved under Target Segment I, the official statement s...

Pharma exports likely to cross $19b; value of exports to US market dips.

The scheme intends to promote indigenous manufacture of complex generics, biosimilars and high value-add medicines, to boost domestic drug ...

Chinese manufacturers have increased the cost of key starting materials (KSMs), or intermediates, by up to 20%, escalating the input cost f...

While increased prices will put cost pressure on the domestic industry over the next few months, more importantly it has sparked speculatio...

The schemes—a production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme and industry park scheme each for bulk drugs and medical devices—seek to make India ...

Medical equipment such as infrared thermometers and pulse oximeters needed in the fight against Covid-19, among others, are stuck at the po...

The report, 'Indian API Industry- Reaching the Full Potential', by industry body CII and KPMG also recommended granting of infrastructure s...

The approved scheme will promote bulk drug parks for financing common infrastructure facilities in three bulk drug parks with a financial i...

"The key drug industry associations have assured the government that there is enough stock of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients APIs/ formu...

China accounted for 67.56 per cent of India''s total imports of bulk drugs and drug intermediates at USD 2,405.42 million in 2018-19.