Biocon launches Rs 4,500-crore QIP; to issue 11.6% of equity base

Bengaluru-based biopharmaceutical firm Biocon on Monday launched a qualified institutions placement (QIP) to raise Rs 4,500 crore. As part of the offering, the firm will issue up to 139 million…

Zydus Healthcare appoints Swati Dalal MD

Zydus Lifesciences Ltd on Monday announced the appointment of Swati Dalal as an additional director and Managing Director of its wholly-owned arm Zydus Healthcare Ltd. The board of Zydus Healthcare…

Natco Pharma appoints Yarramshetty Krishna Rao as Senior Vice President – Operations at Mekaguda

Telangana:  Natco Pharma has appointed Yarramshetty Krishna Rao as Senior Vice President – Operations at Mekaguda of the Company. Yarramshetty Krishna Rao has overall 33 years of experience in the…

Natco API plant gets one observation from FDA

Hyderabad: Drugmaker, Natco Pharma, Mekaguda-based Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) plant has received one observation under the form 483 from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In a stock exchange…

Pharma department refuses to name 30 doctors in bribery tangle

Thirty doctors who accepted foreign travel and hospitality worth Rs 1.9 crore from pharma company AbbVie in Feb-March 2024 have faced no action from NMC because the department of pharmaceuticals…

Delhi Police busts fake cancer drugs racket

NEW DELHI:  After a series of raids by Delhi Police that busted a racket selling counterfeit cancer medicines, the Drugs Control Department has launched a city-wide crackdown to capture dealers…

Sun Pharma appoints Kirti Ganorkar as the Managing Director

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited has announced appointment of Kirti Ganorkar as the Managing Director to succeed Dilip Shanghvi, effective September 1, 2025, with the entire business and all functions reporting…

Pune Horror: Pharma sudent killed on way home by unlicensed driver

Pune:  In a tragic incident on Friday afternoon, a 20-year-old D. Pharma student died after being hit by a car driven by an unlicensed man in Pune’s Katraj area. The…

Bee might have bared Fangs like Death for Karishma Kapoor’s Ex Hubby

It is assumed bee bite could have triggered fatal heart attack in Sanjay Kapoor Delhi/London:  It is not a wild guess that bee sting might have caused fatal heart attack…

Sale of scheduled drugs through online portal, IndiaMART, curbed: T.N. police

The illegal sale of scheduled drugs through a leading online portal has been curbed after stringent action was taken, the Tamil Nadu police said. Last April, as part of the…