Orchid gets three final bids at par with liquidation value
MUMBAI: Ingen Capital, Fidelity Trading Corporation and Union Quimico Farmacéutica are in the final race to acquire distressed drug maker Orchid Pharma, people familiar with the matter said. The offers…
New genetic find offers hope for asthma sufferers
New Delhi: A new study has offered fresh hope for asthma sufferers by identifying a genetic variant that could improve the safety and effectiveness of corticosteroids, drugs that are used…
Wockhardt, two others under lens for selling drugs without approval
New Delhi: Major drug makers, including Wockhardt Ltd, are under the scanner of the pharma regulator for allegedly launching combination drugs to treat diabetes and fungal infection without mandatory prior…
CDSCO to create forum to discuss “various issues” pertaining to drug regulations
India’s apex drug regulator has decided to constitute a forum for its chief to meet pharma associations regularly as part of efforts to improve ease of doing business for the…
KSPC initiative to aware people not to buy medicines from unqualified persons at drugstores
Karnataka State Pharmacy Council (KSPC) now approaching Print & TV advt campaign to highlight the dangers of selling drugs by unqualified persons at drug stores. Public awareness is necessary and…
‘Pharma Bro’, who drove up anti-HIV drug costs by defrauding investors, gets imprison
The “Pharma Bro” was convicted last year to defraud financial specialists by demonstrating counterfeit record explanations of two failing hedge funds that he ran. The main drug prices that were…
Insomnia, can be generic as reports showed is linked to specific DNA mutations
Thinking that it’s hard to sleep? Accuse your qualities, say specialists, who recognized particular generic components that may trigger the advancement of sleep issues. The discoveries built up that a…
Cancer: Use of Antibiotics & New Therapies
According to WHO, “Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally, and was responsible for 8.8 million deaths in 2015. Globally, nearly 1 in 6 deaths is due to…
“Modicare” – World’s Biggest Healthcare Program
The biggest take away from Union Budget 2018 presented by Finance Minister ArunJaitley is unveiling of mega National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) dubbed as Modicare. This is being claimed to…
Are ‘functional food’ are really functional? Know what expert has to say…
Functional Foods Different experts define functional food differently however, as per their generally accepted definition, the food that is capable of reducing the risk of chronic disease and hence providing…
