Drug Naming Standard Enhanced
The RxNorm clinical drugs standard has been enhanced.
Pharma
Rotavirus decreases mortality rate
President and Managing Director, MSD Pharmaceuticals Limited K G Ananthakrishnan and leading paedetrician, Dr Manjira Mitra, announced the national launch of the unique health product in India.
A new plant set up by jubilant life sciences
Gujarat opens up a new plant set up by Jubilant Life Sciences (JLS) on Tuesday .
New licensing norms soon for Pharma Companies
The industry department is about to finalise the terms under which the government can order the manufacture of drugs without seeking the permission of the patent holder by the end of this month.
Pfizer In A Fix
Pfizer loses $10-billion-a-year revenue in November this year as its major cholesterol drug Lipitor patent expires.
AstraZeneca and Galderma link up for collaboration
Anglo-Swedish drug major AstraZeneca (LSE: AZN) and Switzerland
Ipca Gets Health Regulator’s nod
Ipca Laboratories
Don’t misuse drugs to beat exam stress
Cheap and easily available substances are used by the students to get hype and many of them are used for the first time during exam days to stay awake.
Cadila Aims to take 30 Percent share of Oncology drugs
Cadila will supply the oncology drug to joint venture partner Hospira.
Suspension of license pharma firm:DCGI
The DCGI now suspends the license of the Parenteral Surgical India Pvt Ltd. after using the contaminated IV fluids at Jodhpur hospitals.
Wuxi and Bristol-Myers Squibb collaborates
Bristol-Myers Squibb now collaborates with the much established WuXi PharmaTech.
New Vaccine for TB Developed
A team of Dutch scientists at the Statens Serum Institute in Copenhagen, an effective vaccine to fight tuberculosis (TB) before and after infection has developed.
