Pharmaceuticals

India's GSK Pharma signs deal with Astellas for exclusive rights ...Forbes, NY - 5 May 2008MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - India's GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. said it signed a licensing agreement with Japanese pharma Astellas Pharma Inc., ... [visit website]

MSD vies for top 5 slot in Indian pharma industryHowrah News Service, India - 5 hours ago... for the next three years in the country," MSD Pharma managing director Dr Naveen Rao said while launching Januvia, its new diabetes drug, in India. ... [visit website]

Sanofi-Aventis to shore up diabetes bizEconomic Times, India - 2 hours agoKOLKATA: Europe’s largest pharma company Sanofi-Aventis has decided to shore up its diabetes business in India. The company has started research to launch ... [visit website]

Dr Reddy's acquires BASF pharma contractBusiness Standard, India - 17 hours agoHyderabad-based Dr Reddy's Laboratories has acquired BASF's pharmaceutical contract manufacturing business and related facility at Shreveport in the US. ...BASF sells Shreveport site The EngineerDr Reddy's buys BASF's biz in US ... [visit website]

Aventis pharma launches insulin in pen-formHindu, India - 29 Apr 2008Mumbai (PTI): Aventis Pharma has launched insulin drug Lantus in a prefilled disposable pen called Solostar bringing the product to India within 16 months ...Aventis Pharma open to brand buys, JVs Reuters ... [visit website]

Telegraph.co.ukPharma 2008 to Pharma 2020: the Road AheadTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 16 hours agoThe 'big pharma' business model is under threat. Research-based big pharma is losing market share to biotech, generics and niche pharmaceutical companies. ...Parts suppliers urged to adapt to market ... [visit website]

Brazil declares anti-AIDS drug to be of public interest; India's ...domain-B, India - 28 Apr 2008Ironically, India's pharmaceutical industry may be one of the beneficiaries of this decision. It produces a generic version of Tenofovir and this treatment ... [visit website]

Indian pharma industry to forge ahead, says reportPharmaceutical Business Review - 13 hours agoThe report also predicts that China will continue to overshadow India's pharma growth because of its huge volume of sales and India's relative backwardness ... [visit website]

Novartis, Aventis to resolve issues in LondonBusiness Standard, India - 10 hours agoPTI / New Delhi April 23, 2008 Novartis Vaccines & Diagnostics Inc and Aventis Pharma today resolved to refer their differences and claims over marketing of ...Aventis quarterly net seen ... [visit website]

CNN-IBNEgypt may set up industrial zone for Indian pharma cosLivemint, India - 5 hours agoEgyptian minister for trade and industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid, who led a trade delegation to India last week, made the offer on the industrial zone. ...`Solrex is our ... [visit website]