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Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on Wednesday, added EpiPen, a lower-dose version called EpiPen Jr, and Mylan's own generic versions ...

• FDA
• Mylan
• EpiPen

Data from trials in BRAF V600E mutation-positive, metastatic melanoma or lung cancer and results in other BRAF V600E mutation-positive r...

• FDA
• Tafinlar-Mekinist
• combination
• ATC

Directa Plus’ graphene-based products can be used in a variety of ways to alter or enhance the properties of conventional Denim fabrics, and to produce ‘smart’ clothing for different purposes and environments.

The unit, to be operational by 2020, will manufacture oral solid dosage forms, oral liquids and topical preparations, and will have a pe...

• UAE
• Pharma

According to a company press release, Abzorb’s unique combination of talc & starch ensures superior sweat absorption, and clotrimazole, ...

About $17-bn exports form a major part of the Indian pharmaceutical industry’s turnover of about $33-bn. The country has built a global brand as ‘Pharmacy of the world’ with about 930 recognised pharmacy colleges, 1400 WHO GMP approved manufacturing units

• Pharmaceutical
• iPHEX

For the full year ended March 31, the company saw its net profit decline 39 per cent to Rs. 372-crore, from Rs. 612-crore in FY17. Revenues grew just 6 per cent to Rs. 4,336-crore in FY18, against an 18 per cent growth to Rs. 4,079-crore in the previous.

All types of cancer treatments, including chemotherapy drugs, alkaloid-based drugs, and imported traditional Chinese medicines used for ...

• Import
• Tariffs
• Drug
• Cancer

Data is expected in June from the Phase IIb trial of BPS-804 for osteogenesis imperfecta, and if that data is positive, might add fuel t...

• Biopharma
• Skepticism

As a result, the Critical Care business line has evolved into Acute Care Diagnostics, providing comprehensive solutions for emergency ca...

• Werfen
• Sales
• Life

Chikungunya virus is an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus), closely related to other viruses in Africa, South America and Australia that ...

• PaxVax
• Vaccine

A diagnosis of HLH can be established if a patient has at least five of the following eight signs or symptoms: Fever and rash

• FDA
• immune
• system

Röchling Group has invested 35 million euros ($42.6 million) to expand and scale up medical production capacity at its site in Neuhaus am Rennweg, Germany.

• Expansions
• Investments

Hyderabad-based Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories said it has received establishment inspection report (EIR) from the US health regulator for its Cuernavaca facility in Mexico. The company had earlier said in a regulatory filing that audit of its active...

• Dr.
• Reddy’s
• USFDA

Alembic Pharma said it has received approval from the USFDA for its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Acyclovir ointment USP, 5 per cent. The ointment is used for the treatment of genital herpes. The approved ointment is therapeutically...

• Alembic
• Pharma

Mr. Rakesh Kumar Vats, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has been given the additional charge of Chairman of drug price regulator NPPA, an official statement said.

• India
• Pharma

Hyderabad-based Natco Pharma Ltd. has been awarded a favourable judgment in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruling on patent-related to Teva’s Copaxone (treat multiple sclerosis). The court of appeals had reversed a district court’s...

• Pharma
• US
• India

Novartis India has appointed Mr. Milan Paleja as its new President. He will succeed Mr. Jawed Zia, who left the drug maker in March for rival Abbott India. Mr. Paleja, previously President and head of pharmaceuticals for Novartis Indonesia, will also...

• India
• Pharma

Vaccine maker Bharat Biotech has unveiled its new corporate logo and vision for the future. With its new logo and tag line ‘Lead Innovation’, the Hyderabad-based company is underlining its focus for developing new made-in-India molecules to prevent...

• Logo
• Vaccines

Biopharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca has revealed plans to invest $90-mn (around Rs. 590-crore) in India over the next five years. The announcement followed the signing of a bilateral innovation partnership for a sustainable future between Sweden and India.

• AstraZeneca
• Biopharmaceutical