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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw eyes crown of world’s top insulin supplier for BioconIndian drugmaker Biocon aims to be the world's top insulin supplier within five years, capitalising on growing demand as major pharmaceutic...
Falling crude, stronger rupee could boost earnings outlook for India: Deepak ShenoyIndian stocks are poised for a favorable period. Falling crude oil prices and a strengthening rupee offer support. Macroeconomic conditions...
The hidden cost of looking better: What health insurance covers, and what it leaves you to payRising demand for weight-loss drugs, cosmetic procedures and wellness treatments is creating a growing out-of-pocket healthcare expense cat...
Betting big on mid and smallcaps; largecaps most expensive on PEG basis, says Dinshaw IraniHelios Mutual Fund is shifting investments from large companies to mid and small companies. This move follows earnings growth trends where ...
If you have the patience, you can achieve innovation milestones, says Wockhardt chairman Habil KhorakiwalaWockhardt Hospitals is set to launch its antibiotic Zaynich in the US. Zahabiya Khorakiwala will lead US operations. The drug is expected t...
Toxic chemical DEG found above permissible limit in cough syrup: Government test reportA government lab in Bhopal found 46.28% diethylene glycol (DEG), an industrial chemical, in a cough syrup sample linked to child deaths. Th...
Kerala is now capital of drugs, life is in difficult condition: LoP VD SatheesanKerala's Leader of the Opposition, VD Satheesan, criticized the state's security and governance, describing Kerala as the capital of drugs ...
'Expired' IV fluid issue: Initial report of probe panel indicates 'human error'A preliminary expert report points to human error and interaction with other medications as the causes of a woman's death and three others ...
Over 200m doses of Covaxin set to expireMillions of doses of Covaxin are set to expire early next year and may have to be dumped amid poor demand for Covid-19 vaccination in the c...
Confusion continues over extension of Covaxin shelf life; private hospitals in Bengaluru in a fixIn November, Bharat Biotech had said Covaxin vials have proven stability beyond six months and could be used for up to 12 months from the t...
HC asks Centre, AAP government about scarcity of COVID-19 medicine Remdesivir in DelhiJustice Prathiba M Singh made the Health Ministry and the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) a party in the matter and asked their law...
China launches nationwide action after faulty rabies vaccineHealth institutions and disease control centres across China are providing consultation services for people who received rabies vaccines ma...
Tech could be the cure for unused medicines in BengaluruThe health department is trying to prevent the wastage of medicinal drugs in Bengaluru's government hospitals by embracing technology
- CBI conducts checks at Navy Hospital, Army Medical Stores in Mumbai
CBI today carried out surprise checks at Indian Naval Hospital (INHS) in Mumbai's Colaba and Armed Forces Medical Stores Depot in Kandivali...
Directorate of Health and Family Welfare Services denies shortage of medicines in hospitalsA release from the Directorate said that there were adequate stocks of drugs and vaccines in the hospitals and only quality drugs were give...
Pharma companies blame archaic law for lack of swine flu drugs"Since the drug comes under Schedule X, there are various licences required to stock the medicines, which dissuades chemists to stock them,...
Chinese families using expired drugs: ReportMost families in China are using pills that have crossed their expiry date and in some cases they have been outdated for over three years.
- Lupin identifies cancer drugs as focus area in Japan
Lupin has identified cancer drugs as the new focus area in the Japanese market where patents on products worth $ 2 billion are expected to ...
- Dr Reddy's applies to market fondaparinox sodium in Europe
Dr Reddy's Laboratories is set to take its limited-competition drug fondaparinux sodium to the European market.
- Expired drugs cost pharma cos Rs 500 cr every year
India’s pharmaceutical industry is losing around Rs 500 crore annually on account of destruction of expired drugs, hitting the bottom line ...