Pharmaceuticals
Clinton initiates cheap malaria drugs programme
19 July 2008
Biotechnology companies Genzyme and PTC Therapeutics ink $100 million deal
19 July 2008
No1 generic drugs maker Teva acquires rival Barr Pharma for $7.46 billion
18 July 2008
MNC rival trying to scuttle Daiichi deal: Ranbaxy
18 July 2008
Pakistan government blocks proposal to import Indian drugs
17 July 2008
FDA under probe as Ranbaxy says Daiichi deal is sealed
17 July 2008
Sun Pharma extends Taro tender offer
16 July 2008
Mark Mobius objects to Sun's acquisition of Taro
16 July 2008
Ranbaxy denies allegation of substandard drug sale; gets nod for stake sale
15 July 2008
Amgen to pay J&J's Ortho Biotech $200 million to settle suit
15 July 2008
Reports of coming under US FDA scanner hammer Ranbaxy stock
14 July 2008
India's first patent facilitation centre opens at Hyderabad
12 July 2008
Taro advises shareholders against Sun's open offer
11 July 2008
Novartis announces strategic partnership with Lonza to boost biologics pipeline
11 July 2008
Dr. Reddy's in global Ibuprofen marketing pact with Albemarle
09 July 2008
American drugmaker Eli Lilly buys biotech company SGX Pharma for $64 million
09 July 2008
Ahmedabad-based Veeda Oncology acquires International Oncology Network Clinical Research
08 July 2008
Fresenius to acquire APP Pharmaceuticals in $3.7-billion deal
07 July 2008
Ashok Kumar takes over as Secretary in the Department of Pharmaceuticals
07 July 2008
Panacea Biotec takes 75 per cent in Umkal to enter healthcare sector
05 July 2008
Cadila Healthcare to demerge consumer products division into Carnation, merge Zydus Hospitals with itself
05 July 2008
UK's Shire acquires maker of Firazyr, Jerini AG
04 July 2008
US court ruling helps AstraZeneca stave off Teva, Sandoz from 4$-billion Seroquel
03 July 2008
Piramal Healthcare acquires PlasmaSelect's polygeline product Haemaccel
03 July 2008
Glenmark acquires 7 pharmaceutical brands in Poland
02 July 2008
Exelixis and GlaxoSmithKline to conclude six-year discovery and development collaboration
28 June 2008
FDA bars use of Merck's cancer vaccine by women over 27
26 June 2008
Sun goes ahead with Taro acquisition; files suit in US court
26 June 2008
Tentative nod from USFDA for Ranbaxy's cancer drug valganciclovir
26 June 2008
US FDA delays approval on new drug by Eli Lilly and Daiichi Sankyo
25 June 2008
Zentiva turns down PPF subsidiary Anthiarose as Sanofi makes rival bid
23 June 2008
Johnson & Johnson Nordic AB acquires Åmic
23 June 2008
Taro sues Sun Pharma again; alleges plan to block sale of Irish arm
20 June 2008
Glenmark gets USFDA approval for anti-hypertensive, Trandolapril
20 June 2008
Top two shareholders, including Sanofi-Aventis, launch competing bids for Czech drugmaker Zentiva
19 June 2008
Pfizer and Ranbaxy settle global Lipitor patent litigation
18 June 2008
Cadila realigns consumer products division
18 June 2008
Boehringer Ingelheim to acquire Actimis Pharmaceuticals
18 June 2008
Daiichi to make open offer for Ranbaxy on August 8
16 June 2008
Bayer to make medicines from tobacco
16 June 2008
Sanofi commits 60 million doses of H5N1 vaccine for WHO global H5N1 vaccine stockpile
16 June 2008
Report on Pfizer move buoys Ranbaxy stock to a 3-year high
13 June 2008
Biotechnology giant Invitrogen plans to acquire peer Applied Biosystems for $6.7 billion
12 June 2008
Behind the Ranbaxy sale
12 June 2008
Glaxo to cut 350 R&D jobs in drug research revamp
11 June 2008
This is the start of a much larger game
11 June 2008
Natco Pharma grants global marketing for its generic Copaxone to Mylan
10 June 2008
Taro selling Irish assets to thwart merger: Sun Pharma
06 June 2008
Biocon launches India's first pre-filled syringes
04 June 2008
Novartis buys US drug firm Protez for around $400 million
04 June 2008
Mylan Inc. acquires Merck KGaA's central eastern European generics businesses
02 June 2008
CuraGen presents encouraging results from ongoing Phase I / II study of CR011-vcMMAE in metastatic melanoma
02 June 2008
Emami buys 27.5 per cent in Zandu; to make open offer
31 May 2008
Bristol-Myers Squibb to buy anti-cancer drug maker Kosan Biosciences for $190 million
30 May 2008
Glenmark gets nod for marketing two drugs in US
30 May 2008
Zydus Cadila acquires Spanish drug firm Laboratories Combix
30 May 2008
Sun Pharma warns of legal action against Taro for stalling merger
29 May 2008
Israel's Taro to terminate merger with Sun Pharmaceutical
28 May 2008
Pharma firms threaten to stop production
28 May 2008
Alnylam in $1 billion RNAi drug research deal with Japan's Takeda
28 May 2008
Ranbaxy gets partial relief in `atorvastatin' case in Australia
28 May 2008
GVK BIO enters into drug discovery pact with Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
26 May 2008
Novo Nordisk seeks approval of new Type 2 diabetes drug in US, Europe
24 May 2008
Suven Life gets product patents in South Africa, China
20 May 2008
Zydus Cadila to market four products in the US after USFDA approval
16 May 2008
GlaxoSmithKline, Daiichi in hypertension drug deal in India
14 May 2008
Intercell to acquire Iomai Corporation for $189 million
13 May 2008
Ranbaxy to develop new drugs for Merck & Co
10 May 2008
Johnson & Johnson patent lawsuit agains Boston Scientific's NIR stent dismissed in Canada
09 May 2008
Jubilant Organosys acquires Speciality Molecules for about Rs20 crore
08 May 2008
Enzon Pharma to spin off biotechnology business
08 May 2008
Novo Nordisk researchers nominated for Europe’s top innovation prize for new version of insulin
06 May 2008
GSK Pharma signs licensing agreement with Astellas of Japan
05 May 2008
Indian vultures face extinction due to diclofenac poisoning
05 May 2008
Divested from Esperion Therapeutics completes $22.75-million series A financing
03 May 2008
Bristol-Myers Squibb sells ConvaTec to PE firms for $4.1 billion
03 May 2008
Merck extends enrollment deadline for US Vioxx product liability lawsuit claimants
03 May 2008
Teams unravel heparin death mystery
02 May 2008
Dr Reddy's acquires BASF's contract manufacturing business in US
30 April 2008
Novartis Research announces breakthrough in restoring light sensitivity in damaged retinas
29 April 2008
US FDA turns down Merck's ER niacin / laropiprant
29 April 2008
Ranbaxy gets a boost as US patent office rejects Pfizer's Liptor plea
28 April 2008
Brazil declares anti-AIDS drug to be of public interest; India's pharma industry may benefit
28 April 2008
Pfizer forms diabetes, obesity research consortium with universities
26 April 2008
Government brings 1,421 drugs under Price Control Order
25 April 2008
GlaxoSmithKline acquires Sirtris Pharmaceuticals
24 April 2008
Delhi HC upholds ruling in Cipla-Roche cancer drug row
23 April 2008
Ranbaxy forces Orchid into an alliance
22 April 2008
Dabur Pharma to sell majority stake to Singapore-based Fresenius Kabi Pte Ltd
19 April 2008
Nicholas Piramal buys two Khandelwal Laboratories brands for Rs116 crore
16 April 2008
Ranbaxy settles litigation with AstraZeneca; to sell Nexium in US
15 April 2008
Why Ranbaxy fancies Orchid
14 April 2008
Ranbaxy group closer to 15 per cent stake in Orchid
14 April 2008
Ranbaxy's Solrex picks up 1 per cent more in Orchid Chemicals
11 April 2008
Japan's Takeda to acquire Millennium Pharma for $8.8 billion
10 April 2008
Glenmark's Swiss arm completes Phase I trials for monoclonal antibody GBR 500
10 April 2008
Orchid Chemicals announces Japanese subsidiary
10 April 2008
Orchid Chemicals stock surges as Ranbaxy group hikes stake
08 April 2008
Ranbaxy receives Japanese authorisation for product development outside Japan
08 April 2008
Dr Reddy's acquires Jet Generici Srl; to establish generics range in Italy
03 April 2008
Ranbaxy introduces world's first biogeneric injectible drug for osteoporosis
03 April 2008
Teva to acquire Bentley Pharmaceuticals
01 April 2008
Dr Reddy's to buy two Dowpharma Small Molecules units in the UK
01 April 2008
Indian Pharma Industry should make 40 per cent of the world's generic drugs: APJ Abdul Kalam
31 March 2008
Aurobindo acquires Italian generic pharma firm TAD
24 March 2008
Wockhardt says derivative losses not to affect Q1 performance
24 March 2008
Cipla to continue selling its version of Roche's lung cancer treatment drug
20 March 2008
Japan's biggest drug maker to expand in the US
20 March 2008
Sun Pharma gets US FDA approval to market generic Cerebyx
20 March 2008
Ranbaxy to introduce dental drug Inersan in India, Nepal
18 March 2008
USFDA approves Sun Pharmaceutical's generic cancer drug Ethyol in US markets
17 March 2008
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals launches Clobetasol from its niche dermatology pipeline
17 March 2008
SC refuses to stay Gujarat HC order on Ranbaxy's 'Volini' ad
12 March 2008
Suven Life signs another drug research pact with Eli Lilly
12 March 2008
Dr Reddy's Laboratories and 7TM Pharma sign drug research pact
10 March 2008
USFDA grants tentative approval to Sun Pharma's generic anti-cancer injection Gemzar
07 March 2008
Pfizer to acquire Serenex, extend oncology pipeline
05 March 2008
Drug Controller approves Venus Remedies' latest antibiotic drug
04 March 2008
Drugs to become cheaper: Ram Vilas Paswan
01 March 2008
Dabur launches injection for cancer treatment in US
29 February 2008
Baxter withdraws heparin blood thinners made from Chinese supplies
29 February 2008
Matrix Labs may divest Docpharma
28 February 2008
Shasun Chemicals technology licenses API technology to Merck
27 February 2008
New Novartis Research Institute first to focus on innovative vaccines for the developing world
23 February 2008
Nicholas Piramal Research in India's first public-private drug research project
22 February 2008
Sun Pharmaceutical buys Taro Pharma shares from Brandes
20 February 2008
Ranbaxy board approves de-merger of new drug discovery research unit in to Ranbaxy Life Science Research Ltd
19 February 2008
AstraZeneca forms clinical research venture with private equity firms
18 February 2008
Zydus Cadila launches new drug for cancer therapy
15 February 2008
Nicholas Piramal R&D arm in $110-million new drug deal with Eli Lilly
15 February 2008
Patent expiries destabilise global pharmaceutical majors, says Datamonitor research
14 February 2008
Wockhardt's Azithromycin to battle Pfizer's Zithromax in the US market
13 February 2008
Bayer HealthCare affiliate MEDRAD to acquire devises maker Possis Medical
12 February 2008
Strides Arcolab acquires 17.7-per cent stake in Genepharm Australasia
08 February 2008
Alpharma divests API business to 3i for $395 million
07 February 2008
Nicholas Piramal launches hypertension product
07 February 2008
USFDA grants tentative approval to Ranbaxy's esomeprazole magnesium DR capsules in the US
07 February 2008
Glenmark receives milestone payment from Forest Labs for phase II study on Oglemilat
06 February 2008
US FDA approves Ranbaxy's generic version of GlaxoSmithKline's Ceftin for US sales
06 February 2008
DiaGenic announces preliminary results from Indian breast cancer study
05 February 2008
Amgen and Takeda announce exclusive collaboration in Japan on up to 13 Amgen clinical candidates
04 February 2008
US FDA grants tentative approval to Teva's generic Flomax capsules
01 February 2008
Sun Pharma launches generic version of Wyeth's Protonix
30 January 2008
Shasun Chemicals to set up new facilities in N. America
28 January 2008
US FDA approves Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Baddi semi-solids plant
28 January 2008
Matrix Laboratories hikes stake in China's Mchem to 97 per cent
25 January 2008
Novo Nordisk divests three metabolic-disorder treatment programmes to TransTech Pharma
25 January 2008
Anti-smoking vaccines set to help millions; to boost prescription market
25 January 2008
Zydus Cadila to collaborate with US-based Prolong Pharmaceuticals for drug discovery
24 January 2008
Roche to acquire Ventana for $89.50 per share
23 January 2008
Teva to acquire CoGenesys
23 January 2008
Nicholas Piramal buys Healthline's pharmaceuticals business
23 January 2008
Suven Life Sciences receives second US patent
23 January 2008
Ranbaxy announces settlement of possible Imitrex litigation with Glaxosmithkline
21 January 2008
Dr Reddy's announces settlement of Exelon (rivastigmine tartrate ) ANDA litigation with Novartis
21 January 2008
Wockhardt to demerge R&D business
18 January 2008
Pfizer-funded study reports reduction in heart attacks by adding Lipitor early to blood pressure treatment
18 January 2008
India asks Indonesia to remove non-tariff barriers on Indian pharma products
18 January 2008
WHO grants international non-proprietary name Melogliptin to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals's anti-diabetic drug
14 January 2008
Ranbaxy enters Chyawanprash market with suger-free `Chyawan Active'
11 January 2008
US wants to open FDA office in India
11 January 2008
Strides Arcolab discontinues manufacturing operations in New Jersey
09 January 2008
Genzyme and Isis announce strategic alliance including exclusive worldwide license of Mipomersen
08 January 2008
Marksans Pharma acquires UK’s Hale Group Ltd, owner of Bell, Sons & Co
07 January 2008
Panacea Biotec pre-qualified by WHO to supply children's immunisation drug
05 January 2008
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority seeks cost data from pharmaceutical industry
04 January 2008
Cephalon seeks second use for chemo drug
03 January 2008
Wockhardt enters billion-dollar anti-allergic Zyrtec market in the US
02 January 2008
Suven Life Sciences receives first product patent in the US
27 December 2007
Aurobindo Pharma gets US approval to sell generic Omnicef
19 December 2007
Nicholas Piramal in JV with Japan's Arkray to market blood glucose monitoring products
19 December 2007
Health minister to release Indian Pharmacopoeia 2007
17 December 2007
Novartis plans to cut 22,00 jobs worldwide
13 December 2007
Drug prices fixed under DPCO 1995 have to be compulsorily implemented: Government
11 December 2007
Nicholas Piramal's cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors granted US product patent
11 December 2007
Eli Lilly predicts higher 2008 profit; to launch new products by 2011
07 December 2007
Bristol-Myers Squibb will cut jobs, close plants, to save $1.5 billion
07 December 2007
US FDA panel rejects the use of Genentech’s Avastin for breast cancer
07 December 2007
Sun Pharma announces settlement of litigation over generic Exelon
06 December 2007
Matrix Labs gets US FDA nod for HIV drug
05 December 2007
Abbott Labs cuts 1,200 jobs as drug-coated heart stent market shrinks
05 December 2007
French drug giant Sanofi-Aventis opens R&D centre in Goa
05 December 2007
Pfizer to outsource 30 per cent of manufacturing to Asia, cut 10,000 jobs
04 December 2007
Bristol-Myers Squibb likely to cut 4,300 jobs
01 December 2007
Astellas acquiring cancer biotech firm Agensys
27 November 2007
Aurobindo Pharma receives five product approvals from USFDA including two Paragraph IV products
24 November 2007
Nicholas Piramal in R&D collaboration with Merck & Co
19 November 2007
Pfizer to acquire Coley Pharmaceutical for $164 million
19 November 2007
US FDA approval Orchid's ANDA for Cefpodoxime Proxetil
17 November 2007
Dr Reddy's gets US FDA nod for marketing Ciprofloxacin
17 November 2007
Glenmark Pharma to spin off generics unit, list new unit next year
17 November 2007
Merck agrees to settle Vioxx claims for $4.85 billion
15 November 2007
GSK to launch cancer drug Tykerb in India
10 November 2007
Contract research firm Manipal AcuNova acquires Germany''s ECRON
05 November 2007
Pfizer to license Taisho Pharmaceutical''s schizophrenia drug candidate TS-032
01 November 2007
Biocon plans Rs 100 crore annual research spend
31 October 2007
Ranbaxy wins patent case against Pfizer cholestrol drug Liptor in Germany
30 October 2007
US state Utah seeks co-operation with India in life science research
30 October 2007
Glenmark signs up marketing deal with MyerZall Labs
27 October 2007
Sigma-Aldrich, Oxford BioMedica win key ruling in Open Biosystems patent infringement dispute
26 October 2007
Glenmark and MeyerZall Laboratories to offers topical dermatology products in South Africa
25 October 2007
Ranbaxy launches Osonase nasal spray in India
25 October 2007
Suven Life Sciences, University of Minnesota to develop drugs jointly to treat HIV
25 October 2007
US FDA approves Sun Pharmaceutical''s Novartis-equivalent generic Exelon capsules for US markets
24 October 2007
Wockhardt acquires US pharma firm Morton Grove Pharmaceuticals
24 October 2007
Dabur enters supply and distribution agreement with Combino Pharm
24 October 2007
Researchers see role for `septins'' in treatment of Alzheimer''s, Parkinson''s
20 October 2007
Himalaya Drug Company to expand retail presence
19 October 2007
Medical Retail chain Medicine Shoppe to expand network outside Mumbai
19 October 2007
Ranbaxy follows Sun Pharma in demerging R&D business
19 October 2007
USV in marketing tie-up with Germany''s Sebapharma
19 October 2007
Drug Controller-General approves Biocon - Abraxis BioScience breast cancer drug Abraxane
19 October 2007
Ranbaxy plans to spin off research arm as Q3 net profit zooms 48 per cent
18 October 2007
Panjab University and Panacea Biotec to develop new chemical entities
10 October 2007
Government plans central authority for drug licensing
08 October 2007
Avesthagen-Cipla JV acquires Siegfried Biologics in Germany
05 October 2007
Accenture and Bristol-Myers Squibb launch pharmaceutical industry''s first joint centre for pharmacovigilance
14 September 2007
Toray develops Hepatitis C vaccine
28 August 2007
Matrix to acquire residual holding in China''s Mchem group
25 August 2007
No data on of siphoning of funds by pharmaceutical companies: Minister
24 August 2007
Roche secures US court injunction for its Ventana bid
23 August 2007
Boston Scientific to explores divestment of surgical products unit
18 August 2007
Ranbaxy could gain as Pfizer loses initial bid for Lipitor patent extension
17 August 2007
Ajanta Pharma out licences formulation technology to Taiwan''s Orient Europharma
16 August 2007
Ipca-Ranbaxy alliance to market Metformin HCL tablets in US
14 August 2007
Lupin to invest Rs200 crore in new plant, capacity addition
10 August 2007
Unigene Laboratories acquires exclusive licence for therapies from University of London
10 August 2007
Biocon in pact with Abraxis to market breast cancer drug Abraxane in India
09 August 2007
Switzerland not to take Novartis case before WTO
08 August 2007
Patent tussle fallout: MNCs may turn cautious on India
07 August 2007
Bayer HealthCare and Nektar Therapeutics to develop innovative therapy for pneumonia
06 August 2007
Strides Arcolab completes acquisition of Diaspa''s fermentation facility in Italy
06 August 2007
Chennai court rejects Novartis patent challenge
06 August 2007
KKR Boots' debt may devolve on underwriters
04 August 2007
Dr Reddy's and Rheoscience commence Phase III diabetes drug trials
02 August 2007
Genstar makes another grab for PRA
31 July 2007
Merck buys cardiac biotech start-up NovaCardia
31 July 2007
Indonesia bans cosmetics, medicine and food from China
30 July 2007
Biocon enters into JV with Neopharma of UAE
30 July 2007
Ranbaxy to sell authorised generics product Isoptin SR in US
30 July 2007
Genstar to acquire contract drug manufacturer PRA for second time
28 July 2007
SNC-Lavalin acquires pharma engineering firm Pipecon
27 July 2007
Merck to acquire NovaCardia for $350 million
27 July 2007
Aventis group firm acquires diabetes drug technology from Themis
26 July 2007
Ranbaxy, GSK to settle valacyclovir patent case in US
26 July 2007
Elder Pharma to acquire 20 per cent stake in UK's Neutra Health
26 July 2007
GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceuticals divests fine
26 July 2007
Neutra Health acquisition to facilitate entry into regulated markets: Elder Pharma
26 July 2007
Significant opportunities for Ranbaxy from GlaxoSmithKline deal: Malvinder Singh
26 July 2007
Teleflex avquires medical products maker Arrow for $2 billion
25 July 2007
Nicholas Piramal''s new drug IND-P276 approved by US FDA
25 July 2007
Swedish pharma firm Meda to acquire Medpointe
23 July 2007
China asks tainted food and drug firms to shut down
23 July 2007
Purdue Pharma fined $634 million for OxyContin deaths; executives punished
22 July 2007
Court revives shareholder lawsuits over Vioxx against Merck
20 July 2007
Glenmark acquires rights to two therapeutic antibodies from Chromos
19 July 2007
Lupin gets DCGI nod for phase II and III clinical trials of herbal psoriasis drug
19 July 2007
Abraxis BioScience to license biosynthetic cancer drug from Biocon
19 July 2007
Orchid Chem to launch three new products in the US
18 July 2007
World Bank blacklist two Indian pharma companies for ''collusive'' practices
17 July 2007
Rebuffed by Ventana, Roche may increase its $3-billion bid
13 July 2007
Dishman Pharma to acquire Solvay's Dutch fine chemicals unit
09 July 2007
Novartis AG receives first worldwide approval in US for Alzheimer''s patch
09 July 2007
Roche goes to court over Ventana''s poison-pill defence
05 July 2007
Roche makes hostile offer for Ventana
27 June 2007
Roche buys Toyama''s arthritis drug for $370 million
26 June 2007
Ranbaxy to benefit from 180-day US market exclusivity for its pravastatin
25 June 2007
Zydus Cadila acquires Brazilian company Nikkho
25 June 2007
US panel blocks Sanofi''s weight-loss drug
16 June 2007
China slaps anti-dumping duty on antibiotic from India
16 June 2007
Dr Reddy's commences operations in Nigeria
16 June 2007
Aurobindo Pharma rules out stake sale
13 June 2007
Rising disease may take India to top 10 pharma markets by 2020
13 June 2007
Strides Arcolab acquires Grandix for Rs100 cr
12 June 2007
Nicholas Piramal in tie-up for cancer, diabetes research
11 June 2007
Nigeria sues Pfizer for illegal drug trials, claims $7 billion in damages
05 June 2007
Strides Arcolab to buy Italian Diaspa''s drug unit
29 May 2007
Ranbaxy buys 13 dermatology brands from Bristol-Myers
28 May 2007
Alembic enters into licensing pact with Belgian co
24 May 2007
Indian pharma to grow big in few years
24 May 2007
NPPA strikes drug firms for raising MRP
24 May 2007
Lupin receives tentative US FDA approval for anti-psychotic drug Ziprasidone
21 May 2007
Sun Pharmaceutical to acquire Taro Pharma for $454 million
21 May 2007
Dr Reddy's is setting up two SEZs
19 May 2007
Glenmark receives US FDA approval for cardiac and NSAIDs generics
16 May 2007