Pharma exports fall to five-year low in March amid West Asia crisisIndia's pharma exports saw a sharp 23.17% fall in March. The West Asia war disrupted shipping routes and air transit hubs. This led to incr...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.58 AM IST
Quote of the day by Howard Florey: ‘Great ideas often come from unexpected places; never underestimate…’Howard Florey, alongside his Oxford team, transformed Alexander Fleming's 1928 discovery into a life-saving drug. Their crucial work in iso...
18 Dec, 2025, 06.56 AM IST
The penicillin war: India's journey from self-sufficiency to dependence on ChinaAfter India lost its dominance in making penicillin, a drought of three decades is coming to an end. The drug – which forms the base for a ...
06 May, 2024, 08.48 PM IST
All it takes: 1% god's graceLook at how Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. Upon returning from a vacation, Fleming checked on colonies of staphylococcus bacteria...
04 Nov, 2023, 12.55 AM IST
From anaesthesia to penicillin: Drugs that changed the world, for better or worseIt's a good reminder that today's wonder drug may be tomorrow's problem drug.
19 Aug, 2022, 06.13 PM IST
Shortage of important form of penicillin affecting 39 countries, including India: AMFIn Brazil, the shortage of penicillin coincided with a syphilis outbreak that, as a result, could not be brought under control. Between 201...
01 Jun, 2018, 10.17 PM IST
- Penicillin allergy may increase risk of infections
New York, Oct 9 (IANS) Surgical patients with recorded penicillin allergy may be at 50 per cent higher risk of developing infections, new r...
09 Oct, 2017, 05.37 PM IST
Need no monopoly in healthcare in India: YK Hamied, Chairman, CiplaThe pharma industry is not like cement or sugar where you go on making it year in year out and there is no change. Here the older drugs die...
21 Feb, 2017, 02.41 PM IST
Guru Madhavan's Applied Minds: Engineering solutions that make a big differenceGuru Madhavan's book, Applied Minds, is full of such stories of engineers who worked against odds to come up with solutions that made a big...
19 Sep, 2015, 04.04 AM IST
- Dr Reddy's launches Amoxicillin tablets, capsules in US market
Dr Reddy's today announced the launch of antibiotic Amoxicillin tablets, capsules and oral suspension.
20 Sep, 2012, 03.18 PM IST
- Orchid Chemicals's facility sale more of a desperate attempt to improve the balance sheet
Orchid Chemicals sale of its penicillin and penem API facility to US-based Hospira is more of a desperate attempt to cut down debt rather t...
07 Sep, 2012, 05.30 PM IST
- Aurobindo Pharma forms JV with Russian Ojsc Diod for generic products
Aurobindo Pharma on Wednesday said it has formed an equal joint venture with Russian healthcare equipment company Ojsc Diod.
07 Sep, 2011, 06.55 PM IST
- Dr Reddy's acquires GSK's US penicillin facility
Dr Reddy's Laboratories has acquired GlaxoSmithKline's US penicillin manufacturing facility and the rights to the Augmentin and Amoxil bran...
30 Mar, 2011, 02.16 PM IST
- Dr Reddy’s buys GSK’s oral penicillin facility in US
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, one of the country’s biggest drug firms, has bought GlaxoSmithKline’s oral penicillin facility and products in the...
24 Nov, 2010, 01.34 AM IST
- Strides Acrolab receives US FDA approval
The Rs 1000 crore generic pharma company has received US FDA inspection approval status for its steriles injectable complex at Bangalore.
18 Mar, 2009, 04.15 PM IST
- Arch Pharma plans to raise Rs 100 crore private equity
Arch Pharmalabs, a Rs 246-crore Mumbai-based active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturer, is close to raising Rs 100 crore through ...
29 Jul, 2006, 12.02 AM IST
- Arch Pharmalabs to raise Rs 100 cr via pvt placement
Arch Pharmalabs, a Rs 246-crore Mumbai-based active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) maker, is close to raising Rs 100 crore through private...
28 Jul, 2006, 12.15 AM IST