Eli Lilly to invest over $1 billion in India to expand manufacturing capacityEli Lilly will invest over $1 billion in India to boost manufacturing and supply through local drugmakers, increasing the availability of k...
06 Oct, 2025, 12.44 PM IST
Biocon drops plan to launch weight-loss drugs in China, executive saysBiocon has scrapped its plans to introduce generic versions of Novo Nordisk's Ozempic and Wegovy in China, citing intense local competition...
27 Jun, 2025, 10.36 AM IST
Top Indian drugmakers bank on bilateral talks for relief from planned US tariffsIndian pharmaceutical companies are expected to maintain their strong presence in the U.S. generic drug market despite possible high tariff...
21 Feb, 2025, 06.11 PM IST
India, the 'pharmacy of the world' banks on bilateral talks for relief from planned US tariffsIndian drugmakers are seeking bilateral discussions with the U.S. to avoid President Donald Trump’s proposed 25% tariff on pharmaceutical i...
20 Feb, 2025, 02.19 PM IST
Indian drugmakers likely to be hit as Trump plans pharmaceutical import tariffsU.S. President Donald Trump plans to impose 25% or higher tariffs on semiconductors and pharmaceutical imports, increasing over a year. Thi...
19 Feb, 2025, 04.06 PM IST
Pfizer to maintain drug supply to Russia, stops new clinical trialsThe Russian invasion has left drugmakers scrambling to find ways for patients enrolled in clinical trials in Ukraine to receive their medic...
14 Mar, 2022, 07.42 PM IST
Gilead donates remdesivir vials to govt to make up for delays on part of its partnersUS drugmaker Gilead Sciences on Tuesday donated 450,000 vials of the Covid-19 drug remdesivir to India, even as the delayed supplies from i...
28 Apr, 2021, 08.36 AM IST
China's COVID-19 vaccine makers apply to join COVAX schemeThe COVAX scheme - led by the World Health Organization and GAVI vaccine alliance - is due to start rolling out vaccines to poor and middle...
20 Jan, 2021, 04.19 PM IST
India to boost drug ingredient output to pare China relianceIndia plans to ramp up production of pharmaceutical ingredients to become an alternative supplier to China.
14 Apr, 2020, 06.17 AM IST
India’s drug regulator asleep on the job?India must move in the direction of the US where drugmakers comply with stringent norms on quality and crackdown on unethical marketing pra...
18 Sep, 2013, 04.49 AM IST
Cipla looking to expand contraceptive pills business; in talks with International Planned ParenthoodThe country's second-largest pharmaceuticals company, Cipla, is in talks with an international health group to expand its contraceptive pil...
18 Sep, 2012, 06.12 AM IST
Curb prices of costly imported medicines before issuing compulsory licencesIt would safeguard India's ability to export drugs made under compulsory licences issued by a third country.
14 Mar, 2012, 08.30 AM IST
- Govt plans to make public details of patented drugs
A generic drugmaker can seek 'compulsory licensing', a provision that allows generic company to legally make and sell cheaper version of th...
14 Apr, 2011, 05.24 AM IST
- Govt looks to source cancer drugs at a discount from cos
The government is in talks with drugmakers for sourcing medicines to treat cancer at a discount to be sold at its low-cost pharmacy chain J...
04 Sep, 2010, 02.33 AM IST
- Pharma FDI checks to shield local companies
A discussion paper put up for consultation by DIPP suggests that the drugs industry may be taken off the list of sectors where FDI is allow...
25 Aug, 2010, 03.43 AM IST
- Govt to monitor drug exports using new tech
The government plans to track each medicine exported out of the country using new technologies to prevent drugs from being duplicated.
08 Jul, 2010, 02.36 AM IST
- Drug regulator bans raw material import from 10 Chinese firms
The country’s drug regulator has banned import of raw material from 10 Chinese drug companies for supplying products without having the man...
15 Jun, 2010, 02.51 AM IST