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.”
Pharma
Protest over govt-funded pharma research incentive Bill
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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.
Piramal Healthcare to invest in China
Pirmal Healthcare has said it will invest in manufacturing facilities in China and is looking for acquisitions.
Himalaya Drug gets ready for rural play
Himalaya Drug Company is set for a bigger push into rural markets with the launch of a new strategic business unit (SBU) for expanding into smaller towns and hinterland districts.
Govt to provide INR 100 cr to pharma industry
With a view to promote research and development in the pharmaceutical sector, the government plans to provide soft loans of INR 100 crore to the industry in the current fiscal.
GoM to finalise pharma policy soon
Sixteen months after it was set up, an inter-ministerial group is set to finalise a new pharma policy for the country.
