View: India isn’t ready for another Covid waveEpidemiological models that predicted the second wave suggest that another, shallower wave might hit India as soon as this month. And the c...
10 Aug, 2021, 10.31 AM IST
India's Covid vaccine policy flip-flops, explainedPrime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday the federal government would offer free COVID-19 shots to all adults, having faced criticism fr...
08 Jun, 2021, 09.33 AM IST
Moderna, Pfizer can’t supply to India due to pre-orders: Government“We have been speaking to Pfizer and Moderna in terms of regulatory pathways and on procurement level," said Lav Agrawal, joint secretary a...
25 May, 2021, 09.22 AM IST
One in four people experience mild side effects from Covishield COVID-19 vaccine: Lancet studyThe researchers from King's College London in the UK also found that most systemic side effects -- meaning side effects excluding where the...
28 Apr, 2021, 03.34 PM IST
Some Europeans get choosy about which vaccines they wantAs AstraZeneca shots are rolling out to European Union nations this month, joining the Pfizer and Moderna doses already available, some peo...
13 Feb, 2021, 01.32 PM IST
Pfizer, BioNTech to scale-up vaccine production amid reports on shortage in deliveriesAccording to the statement, the companies plan to be back to the original schedule of deliveries to the European Union beginning the week o...
16 Jan, 2021, 11.05 PM IST
EU's marathon COVID vaccination drive off to uneven startThe vaccination drive kicked off at the weekend, with health workers and residents of care homes across the bloc among the first to get the...
28 Dec, 2020, 09.22 PM IST
Drug ban: Inform states about relief to pharma companies, HC tells CentreThe Delhi High Court has asked the Centre to inform state governments about the interim relief provided to pharmaceutical companies petitio...
04 Apr, 2016, 09.41 PM IST
British drug maker AstraZeneca may launch innovative drugs in IndiaBritish drug maker AstraZeneca is betting big on Asia including emerging markets such as India where it plans to introduce innovative produ...
14 Jan, 2016, 05.28 AM IST
India not worried about US downgrading IPR regimeThe government is not worried by the US Trade Representative’s decision of an ‘out of cycle’ review of India’s intellectual property (IP) r...
01 May, 2014, 10.26 AM IST
Pfizer isolated in campaign against Indian patent regime, say Indian pharma allianceThe label is the lowest classification any country can find itself in on a US made rating scale for intellectual property protection.
30 Apr, 2014, 10.44 AM IST
Pfizer complains about India’s intellectual property regime againIn a letter, US pharma giant Pfizer has urged the Indian government to “shift from using destructive IP policy as an access strategy”.
24 Apr, 2014, 02.20 AM IST
Only 3% of patents filed by MNC pharma firms under dispute: StudyPatent experts say few drugmakers are challenging frivolous drug patents and the Indian patent office is actually liberal in granting paten...
16 Apr, 2013, 10.21 AM IST
BDR Pharma seeks licence to sell version of Bristol-Myers Squibb cancer drugA BDR Pharma executive said that the firm has applied to sell a generic version of BMS's patented anti-cancer drug Dasatanib at a much lowe...
19 Mar, 2013, 05.58 AM IST
- NPPA rejects increased price of imported medicies; Eli Lilly moves court
Drug price regulator has prevented several global drugmakers from increasing the prices of their imported medicines after they refused to s...
06 Apr, 2011, 04.38 AM IST
- WikiLeaks' Assange moved to isolation in British jail
The 39-year-old Australian has been transferred from the main section of Wandsworth prison to an isolation unit, said Jennifer Robinson, on...
11 Dec, 2010, 07.56 AM IST
- Dell, Ford Motor CEOs among 12 ‘overpaid’ chiefs
Dell, Eli Lilly and Ford Motor are among the 12 worst offenders of so-called “pay for failure” for their chief executives, a study released...
09 May, 2007, 12.31 AM IST