PlasmaGen Biosciences raises Rs 225 crore in equity fundingThe Bengaluru-based startup will use the proceeds to boost growth of plasma products. It is also expected to use the corpus to expand its p...
14 Dec, 2023, 07.53 PM IST
Pfizer Covid vaccine provides partial protection against Omicron: StudyThe Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine provides less immunity against Omicron than from other coronavirus variants, according to a lab study that sugg...
08 Dec, 2021, 01.05 PM IST
Trump administration funds Carolina plasma company based out of the owner's condoPlasma Technologies LLC, has received seed money to test a possible COVID-19-fighting blood plasma technology. But as much as $65 million m...
01 Nov, 2020, 07.19 PM IST
Scientists are now testing if survivor plasma can prevent Covid-19Thousands of coronavirus patients in hospitals around the world have been treated with so-called convalescent plasma.
12 Jun, 2020, 06.17 PM IST
What are antibody therapies and who is developing them for COVID-19?More recently, scientists have developed treatments called monoclonal antibodies -- antibodies that can be isolated and manufactured in lar...
09 Jun, 2020, 12.56 PM IST
Scientists discover differences in the blood samples of severe, mild COVID-19 patientsIn the current study, published in the journal Cell Systems, the researchers assessed the blood component called plasma in COVID-19 patient...
06 Jun, 2020, 02.40 PM IST
Proteins in COVID-19 patients' blood could predict severity of illness, study findsIn research published in the journal Cell Systems on Tuesday, scientists at Britain's Francis Crick Institute and Germany's Charite Univers...
02 Jun, 2020, 05.27 PM IST
Novel test can detect antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in human bloodAccording to the research published in the journal Nature Medicine, the new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, tested in 16 patients, can b...
12 May, 2020, 06.16 PM IST
Less invasive, low-cost blood test can predict Alzheimer's disease earlyThe blood test detects the abnormal accumulation of a form of protein.
04 Mar, 2020, 06.04 PM IST
Daddy's diet matters: Poor eating habits can harm childrenLack of protein in a father's diet affects sperm quality which in turn impacts the long-term health of offsprings.
30 Aug, 2018, 06.35 PM IST
Blood banks in each district in 2-3 years: Harsh VardhanUnion Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today said that the government will work to ensure that each district soon has a blood bank.
14 Jun, 2014, 06.34 PM IST
- Spain's Grifols plans to buy Talecris for $3.4 bn
Spanish health care company Grifols plans to expand in the U.S. with the $3.4 billion purchase of plasma company Talecris Biotherapeutics.
08 Jun, 2010, 07.19 AM IST
- Reliance Life Sciences bets big on biosimilars
Reliance Life Sciences (RLS), a company promoted by Reliance Industries’ chairman, Mukesh Ambani, is looking at biopharmaceuticals as a hug...
21 Dec, 2009, 02.00 AM IST
- Zenotech plans plasma facility, to hive off biz
Hyderabad-Based Zenotech Laboratories, a biotech-based speciality injectables company, is looking at setting up a plasma fractionation faci...
16 May, 2007, 01.57 AM IST
- Reliance Life to enter pharma business
: Mukesh Ambani-promoted biotech venture Reliance Life Sciences now plans to foray into pharma business for generics and contract manufactu...
17 Dec, 2006, 11.00 AM IST
- Reliance Life kicks off contract manufacturing
Mukesh Ambani’s dream project, Reliance Life Sciences (RLS) has started contract manufacturing and contract research of biopharmaceuticals ...
19 Sep, 2006, 01.02 AM IST
- GVFL invests Rs 2 cr in Celestial Bio
Venture capital firm GVFL Ltd on Wednesday said it has picked up stake worth Rs 2 crore in Ahemdabad-based Celestial Biologicals Ltd throug...
13 Sep, 2006, 06.50 PM IST