Indoco Remedies to Acquire Piramal Enterprises Clinical Research Business

Indoco Remedies Limited “ a firm that makes both finished drugs and drug ingredients for export across 35 countries – […]

Pfizer reduces its staff base in India

Pharma giant Pfizer is alleged cutting down its work force in India by insisting they retire voluntarily. The company has […]

Gujarat Attracts Global Healthcare Brands

Gujarat perhaps going to be the next hub of Indian healthcare enterprise. After Vicks and Colgate Palmolive, US-based Abbott Laboratories […]

Strides Acrolab Gets FDA Approval for Generic Cancer Drug

Indian drug firm Strides Arcolab has received USFDA approval for the generic Fluorouracil Injection which will be used to treat […]

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Bilcare to use nanotech to counter drug counterfeiting

A pharma packaging company Bilcare Research of Pune has launched a product to help check the menace of counterfeit drugs. The product has a label with a unique bar code made out of nanotechnology and fingerprinting.

Private Equity investments in pharma touch $400 m

Private Equity (PE) investments in the domestic healthcare and pharma industry have touched around $400 million during the first nine months of the year. This trend is set to accelerate as companies go for overseas acquisitions, hive off their R&D units, and Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCB) lose their sheen.

Sanofi-Aventis may make India clinical research base

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