Elder inks pact with Aussie firm
Mid-sized pharma firm Elder Pharmaceuticals has tied up with Australian pharma firm Global Energy Medicines (GEM) to market the latter
Pharma
Wockhardt in talks to raise USD 100 mn
Mumbai-based drugmaker Wockhardt is in discussions with ICICI Venture, ChrysCapital and other private equity firms to divest a 15% stake. The country
Quest Diagnostics’ Laboratory in India Accredited by Leading Laboratory Accrediting Organizations
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated, the world’s leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Quest Diagnostics India Pvt. Ltd. has received certificates of accreditation from the College of American Pathologists (CAP), a leading international laboratory accrediting organization, and the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL), the sole government-authorized laboratory accreditation body in India, for its diagnostic and clinical trials laboratory in Gurgaon, India.
Medicare launches prescription drug awareness campaign
A national campaign to raise awareness about Medicare’s federal prescription drug coverage has been launched by “Medicare Today.”
Protest over govt-funded pharma research incentive Bill
The government
Centre plans drug stores in all districts in India
The government has decided to set up a retail network of drug stores across the country in public-private partnership that would sell 350 essential medicines at half the rate of its branded substitute.
Free medicines guide for iPhone
US company Epocrates has produced a free downloadable medicines guide for the iPhone. In the first month of availability, the Epocrates Rx drug and formulary software was downloaded by more than 125,000 users, including 25,000 US doctors.
Centre weighs special drug stores for poor
The government plans to launch special drug stores that will sell generic medicines as part of its efforts to provide affordable medicines to poorer sections of the society. The idea to provide cheaper but good-quality medicines to less privileged is in line with the UPA
Avesthagen, ICMR join to promote biomedical research in India
Avesthagen Limited, India
Clinical trial insurance comes to the aid of pharma cos
Clinical trial insurance products are now available in India and are being provided by lots of general insurers, including Bajaj Allianz, ICICI Lombard, Tata AIG, Oriental Insurance and New India Assurance, among others.
TAKE Solutions
TAKE Solutions announced recently that its worldwide business in regulatory document management and electronic submissions software arena is making quick inroads in the Indian market.
Centre carves out new pharma dept
Considering the growth of the Indian pharma industry, the government has finally issued a notification for setting up a separate department of pharmaceuticals. The notification was issued on July 1.
