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Clinical trial insurance products are now available in India and are being provided by lots of general insurers, including Bajaj Allianz, ICICI Lombard, Tata AIG, Oriental Insurance and New India Assurance, among others.
[This article was published in the August 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Increasingly clinical trials are coming under the regulatory lense because of lack of necessary accounting of the patient and drug effects information. The following article takes a look at the new trends in electronic data capture that help track the data better.
Arkray Piramal Medical Pvt Ltd, a Joint Venture between Arkray Inc, Japan and Nicholas Piramal India Ltd a leading pharmaceutical company in India, recently released Glucocard 01, a unique and patented combination of a Ruthenium Based Mediator and Thin film carbon coated electrodes which makes the strips free from temperature and humidity interference thus ensuring accurate and precise results.
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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A latest Ernst & Young survey of Chief financial officers (CFOs) in the Indian pharmaceutical sector underscores important changes in the role of the CFO and the finance function in driving the success of pharmaceutical companies. Respondents of the India CFO survey envisaged a change in their responsibilities, with an increased focus on serving as business partners and managing growth.
New guidelines, issued by the Department of Health, call for more partnerships between the NHS and drug companies, stressing they should be “of mutual benefit with the principal beneficiary being the patient”.
The Government of India and the World Bank Group have joined forces to fight fraud and corruption and systemic deficiencies in India
[This article was published in the January 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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Ranbaxy Laboratories may dilute up to 60% stake in its new research company, which will be formed by hiving off its R&D unit into a separate entity in 2008.
The LORENZ Life Sciences Group announced recently that Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, located in Chennai, India has chosen docuBridge as its eCTD Publishing and Management solution.
[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
News Review
Pharmaceuticals major Ranbaxy Laboratories plans to make China its major sourcing hub for active pharmaceutical ingredient (API).
