Oklahoma Medicaid tests new tactic to curb U.S. drug costs

By Deena Beasley LOS ANGELES: A new front in the battle over the cost of expensive medicines in the United States is opening up in Oklahoma, the first state where…

Brain health tablets launched with mind blowing claims

New Delhi/ Gugaon: Half a dozen tablets exclusively for brain have been launched by a Gurgaon based Pharma  Astroglia. Among the mind blowing claims, one that might raise eyebrows, is…

Let Modicine (ultra cheap quality Generics) reach every block of India

Gurgaon/ New Delhi: Ultra cheap high quality generic medicines are all set to herald ‘Achhe Din’, the much flaunted core mandate of incumbent union government, at least for patients all…

GSK seeks bids for $4bn India sale by mid-Sept

UK pharmaceutical giant GSK has requested bids by mid-September for its $4.3-billion Indian consumer-health unit, which owns the popular malted milk brand Horlicks, people with knowledge of the matter said.…

Today non-pharma companies are also filing for drug approvals : Kunwar B Kishore Arora

Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Kunwar B Kishore Arora, Global CEO and COO, APCER Life Sciences, New Delhi. to know more about the trends and developments in pharmacovigilance industry.…

FDA declines to approve Allergan’s Esmya

Allergan Plc said on Tuesday U.S. health regulators had declined to approve Esmya, its treatment for abnormal uterine bleeding in women with uterine fibroids, requesting more information and citing safety…

Torrent Pharma recalls 14 lots of blood pressure drug from US

New Delhi: Drug firm Torrent Pharmaceuticals is recalling 14 lots of tablets used for treatment of high blood pressure and heart failure from the US market due to presence of…

Price of J&J’s TB drug to drop by more than half

In what will come as good news for tuberculosis (TB) patients, life-saving drug bedaquiline by US pharma company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is now being offered at $400 per patient…

Jubilant Life Sciences plans Rs 550-cr capex in FY19

MUMBAI: Pharma company Jubilant Life Sciences has earmarked Rs 550 crore for capital expenditure (capex) in the current financial year, a top company official said. It is also planning to…

Illegal internet drugs pharmacy busted in Delhi, 4 held

New Delhi: An illegal internet pharmacy, allegedly shipping drugs to overseas locations like the US and Canada, based in Delhi has been busted by the NCB with the apprehension of…