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…
Two die, one critical after a gas leak at Pharma City
Anakapalli: In a tragic accident that took place at Jawaharlal Nehru Pharmacy, Parawada in Anakapalli, two died and one is said to be in critical condition following a gas leak…
DCA raids medical shop in Hyderabad, illegal medicines worth Rs 25K seized
Officials found New Al-Shifa Medical and General Stores located at Zamistanpur in Musheerabad was running without a proper drug licence. Hyderabad: A medical shop in Hyderabad was raided by officials…
Pharma firm Captab Biotech banned in Punjab for 3 years following adverse drug reactions
Chandigarh, The Punjab government has banned pharma company Captab Biotech for three years for manufacturing and supplying non-standard IV fluid or normal saline bottles to the Punjab Health System Corporation…
FUJIFILM resolves to detect Breast Cancer early with Apollo Hospitals
Telugu Actor Ram Charan’s Wife & Apollo Patriarch’s Scion acts as Ambassador Hyderabad: FUJIFILM India, a leader in healthcare technology, has launched its latest CSR campaign, ‘Find It Early, Fight…
Dabur reaches out to distributors as quick commerce disrupts general trade
New Delhi: Dabur India has reached out to the All India Consumer Products Distributors Federation (AICPDF), representing over 450,000 FMCG distributors and 13 million kirana stores, to reaffirm its commitment…
Kerala Launches MedWatch App to Verify Medicine Authenticity
The Kerala State Drugs Control Department is developing a new mobile application called “MedWatch” that will enable citizens to verify the authenticity and quality of medicines purchased from pharmacies. The…
Pilani Public School begins in Vizag
Institution of Pilani’s repute within AMTZ is looked at as a milestone Visakhapatnam: In a landmark step toward bridging world-class education and healthcare innovation, Pilani Public School (PPS) inaugurated at…
Raids in Cuttack med shops over illegal sale of abortion kits
Cuttack: A day after conducting raids in Bhubaneswar, Odisha Drugs Control Department on Tuesday launched a crackdown over illegal sale of abortion kits in Cuttack and found two shops violating…
Doctors trialling ‘poo pills’ to flush out dangerous superbugs
UK doctors are attempting to clear dangerous superbug infections using “poo pills” containing freeze-dried faeces. The stool samples come from healthy donors and are packed with good bacteria. Early data…
The idea of Modern Medtech Park in Delhi germinates
Delhi’s Industry Minister sounded amenable, signals west Delhi as site New Delhi: Modern Medical Device Manufacturing Cluster in Delhi may become a reality in foreseeable future. The Surgical Manufacturers &…
