E-pharmacies divided over their legal status
India’s online pharmacy startups are a divided house. Two factions in the nascent e-pharmacy segment have taken diametrically opposite view on a public interest litigation that challenges the legality of…
E-pharmacies divided over their legal status
India’s online pharmacy startups are a divided house. Two factions in the nascent e-pharmacy segment have taken diametrically opposite view on a public interest litigation that challenges the legality of…
Pharma shares bullish; Cipla rises around 3%
NEW DELHI: Pharma shares were trading higher with the Nifty Pharma index up 0.75 per cent at 9287.5 on Friday. Shares of Cipla (up 2.62 per cent), Divi’s Laboratories (up…
HC poser on resale of expired meds
New Delhi: Delhi high court on Friday sought the Centre’s stand on a PIL that claimed rampant sale of expired drugs by chemists who erase the original manufacturing and expiry…
Eli Lilly considers sale of off-patent drug assets in China
Eli Lilly and Co is considering the sale of an off-patent drugs portfolio in China, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing sources. The assets, which include antibiotics and treatments for central…
Novartis’ blood disorder drug gets FDA approval for expanded use
Novartis AG said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the use of its low platelets drug to treat patients with a rare, genetic blood disorder. The drug,…
Drug developer Tesaro explores sale
Cancer drug developer Tesaro Inc is exploring a sale and is working with financial advisers after receiving takeover interest, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. Shares…
Arena Pharma soars on deal with United Therapeutics for hypertension drug
Shares of Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc jumped nearly 30 percent after the drug developer sold rights to develop and sell its hypertension treatment to United Therapeutics Corp, fetching it $800 million…
Post GST, pharma sector grew 6 percent till May-end: Mansukh Mandaviya
After the implementation of GST, the pharmaceutical sector grew 6 per cent to Rs 1,31,312 crore on a year-on-year basis till May 31, Minister of State for Chemicals and Fertilisers…
Dangerous Misuse Of Antibiotics, WHO warned
WHO ( World Health Organization) shared warning about the misuse of antibiotics as WHO mapped the consumption graph and it is dangerously high in many of the countries while a…
