India
India revokes Roche’s Valcyte patent
May 19, 2010Sales and Marketing India, Roche, patents
Indian authorities have revoked a patent granted in 2007 for Roche’s brand Valcyte, saying it had been wrongly granted.The decision was welcomed …
AZ signs tuberculosis drug discovery deal
May 6, 2010Research and Development AstraZeneca, India, TB, tuberculosis
AstraZeneca and the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development are to collaborate on the discovery and development of drugs to treat tuberculosis.The two …
Indian pharma market ‘impossible to ignore’
April 13, 2010Sales and Marketing India, em
A new report by consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers says that India will become one of the top ten sales markets by …
Emerging Markets: finding your way in a Brave New World
March 1, 2010Sales and Marketing Brazil, China, India, Russia, em, emerging markets, sales, sales force effectiveness
Ask almost any pharmaceutical marketer where the future growth lies for the industry, and the answer will be almost certainly …
Carbogen Amcis opens large-scale high-potency API plant
February 8, 2010Manufacturing and Production Carbogen Amcis, Dishman, India
Carbogen Amcis, the Swiss subsidiary of Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals of India, has opened a new high-potency active pharmaceutical ingredient …
Eisai looks to India for API production
January 8, 2010Manufacturing and Production, Research and Development Eisai, India
Japanese drugmaker Eisai has started operations at a manufacturing and research facility in Visakhapatnam, southern India, which will be the …
Hospira buys Orchid generic injectables business for $400m
December 18, 2009Manufacturing and Production Hospira, India, Orchid, injectables
Indian active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturer Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals has signed a $400 million deal to sell the assets of …
Merck makes Indian bioscience acquisition
October 14, 2009Research and Development Asia, India, Merck
Merck KGaA has bought an Indian company specialising in research products in a deal it says will make it one …
GlaxoSmithKline eyes Indian deal
September 23, 2009Sales and Marketing GSK, India
GlaxoSmithKline is said to be looking to buy an Indian firm, according to reports in one of the country's largest …
Expanding clinical trials in India: answering the need for training
September 8, 2009Research and Development India, clinical trials
India is widely seen as the most exciting country in the clinical research world. Its potential to deliver large numbers …
Indian government accepts pro-patent report
September 1, 2009Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Asia, India, patents
The government of India has accepted the findings of a report into its patent laws, which recommends maintaining a higher …
Perrigo plans ‘massive transformation’ of API production
August 26, 2009Manufacturing and Production India, Perrigo
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Perrigo has taken a majority stake in Vedants Drugs and Fine Chemicals in a move that will shift …
GMP violations at Indian CMO hit UK generics makers
July 8, 2009Manufacturing and Production Asia, India
Eight manufacturers of generic medicines in the UK have been forced to withdraw batches of product from the market because …
Lilly forges risk-sharing R&D alliance with India’s Zydus
April 6, 2009Research and Development Asia, India, lilly
Eli Lilly has forged a research collaboration with India's Zydus Cadila that sees the two companies combine their efforts in …
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