From diapers to drugs: How India's global corporate hubs are putting AI to workHeads of several Global Capability Centres (GCCs) told Reuters they are deploying AI across a host of functions - from marketing and conten...
29 May, 2026, 08.19 AM IST
The weight is over. This injectable fits the billIndia's diabetes and weight-loss drug market is set for a major shift. Novo Nordisk's popular drug semaglutide is now off patent. Over 40 c...
20 Mar, 2026, 08.09 AM IST
Pills, TikTok and weight-loss apps: the consumer-driven future of GLP-1sReuters spoke to three-dozen people inside the industry including retailers, drugmakers, telehealth providers and investors to show how the...
29 Dec, 2025, 05.06 PM IST
Morepen to hire 1,000 medical representatives to strengthen formulations bizMorepen Laboratories plans to significantly expand its medical representative team, adding over 1,000 members in the next three years, with...
11 Apr, 2025, 12.45 PM IST
Novo Nordisk India execs urge early Wegovy launch as weight-loss rival loomsNovo Nordisk's team in India is urging the company to launch its popular weight-loss drug, Wegovy, next year to stay ahead of rival Eli Lil...
03 Dec, 2024, 11.43 AM IST
Pharmaceutical companies step up hiring of sales representatives to expand market shareIndustry executives and headhunters told ET that salesforce is needed as they launch more products targeting chronic therapeutic segments s...
22 Dec, 2022, 11.33 PM IST
Merck ends development of two potential COVID-19 vaccinesThe drugmaker said Monday that it will focus instead on studying two possible treatments for the virus that also have yet to be approved by...
25 Jan, 2021, 10.35 PM IST
Don't fall for Q2 shine blindly to chase Sun Pharma. Here's whyThe better than expected profitable growth led to the stock closing up over 3%. However, the growth in India and US businesses — each accou...
04 Nov, 2020, 09.53 PM IST
Health Ministry dragged to court over curbs on TB drugsThe drugs –– Bedaquiline by US drugmaker J&J and Delamanid by Japanese drugmaker Otsuka Pharma –– are the only treatment option for patient...
02 Jan, 2017, 01.24 AM IST
Pharmaceutical sector hiring set for double-digit growthSrivastava of Boehringer Ingelheim India added that there is strong demand for medicine and other health products in India.
20 Dec, 2016, 12.17 AM IST
GlaxoSmithKline Plc executive caught off-guard by China graft chargesPolice charged Mark Reilly with multiple offences after a 10-month probe found the firm made billions of yuan from schemes to bribe doctors.
15 May, 2014, 05.37 PM IST
Chinese police charge British former GSK China head with briberyMark Reilly and two Chinese executives, Zhang Guowei and Zhao Hongyan, were also suspected of bribing officials in the industry.
14 May, 2014, 03.48 PM IST
Drug companies, distributors slugfest over marginsDrugmakers from GlaxoSmithKline to Lupin are grappling with distributors, whose demand for maintaining commissions threatens to erode profi...
07 Nov, 2013, 04.10 AM IST
Pharma companies using 'health managers' to help patients and earn revenuesThe companies give patients more than just the daily dose, helping them with counselling, diagnostic tests, freebies, diet or exercise advi...
10 Jun, 2011, 10.56 AM IST
- Pfizer faces US probe, to pay $2.3 bn
Pfizer will pay $2.3 bn to settle a US investigation into illegal marketing of medicines, the largest agreement in such a case, and a subsi...
03 Sep, 2009, 02.21 AM IST
- Pfizer's profit falls on costs to end diabetic treatment sales
Pfizer, the world’s largest drugmaker, said third-quarter profit fell 77% on costs for ending sales of the diabetes treatment Exubera and c...
19 Oct, 2007, 12.56 AM IST
- Plavix copies hit Sanofi-Aventis, net drops 12%
Sanofi-aventis reported a 12% drop in third-quarter profit on Tuesday, citing the loss of top-selling blood thinner Plavix to generic compe...
01 Nov, 2006, 12.37 AM IST