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Teva buy Ivax; upsets Cipla, Biocon supply pact
The recent acquisition of Ivax by Teva as put a question mark over the future of the product supply ....
Ranbaxy reduces staff in US
Due to declining sales in the US, Ranbaxy Laboratories has reduced its staff in the country and cut ....
Wockhardt drug gets USFDA nod
Wockhardt has received approval from the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for marketing cefurox....
Centre bans Bextra
The Indian government has issued a notification banning Bextra (Valdecoxip) one of Pfizers best se....
Clariant reports sound development
Clariant (India) Ltd, a leading manufacturer of dyes & specialty chemical products for textile, leat....
Uhde collects exports award
Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO), the apex body of all associations involved in the ....
Deepak Fertilizers reports highest-ever PBT
Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemical Corporation Ltd has registered its highest ever profit before t....
Reliance to elevate Jamnagar refinery capacity
Reliance Industries is planning to upgrade the capacity of its Jamnagar refinery from 27 million ton....
Agilent Technologies presents expansion plans
Agilent Technologies Inc, USA, has announced plans to introduce its DNA micro array-based genomics s....
ONGC grants contract to Emerson
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has awarded US$ 14 million contract to Emerson Process Manage....
Philips Carbon unit honored
Philips Carbon Black Ltd, Kochi unit, has been awarded the third prize among the large-scale industr....
Silicone International acquired ISO certification
In order to confirm the quality procedures adapted, Silicone International Products of Khalapur, Rai....
Rain Calcining to invest in calciner project in Kuwait
Rain Calcining Ltd (RCL) has decided to invest in a new Greenfield calciner project in Kuwait. The c....
GNFC annual net jumps 92%
The fertilisers and chemicals major, Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers Co Ltd (GNFC), has posted th....
Praj Industries registers robust growth
Praj Industries, world leaders in ethanol and brewery technology, has registered a robust growth in ....
DCM Shriram to expand chlor alkali capacity
The Rs 2,000-crore DCM Shriram Consolidated Ltd (DSCL) has approved a proposal to expand its chlor-a....
Ranbaxy buys Spanish firms generics line
Ranbaxy Laboratories has bought a generic product portfolio containing eighteen products of Spanish ....
Indian Oil bids for Turkish refinery
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has bid to acquire Turkeys giant petroleum refinery, Tupras, which has ....
Ind-Swift plans three projects
As part of a major capacity expansion plan, the New Delhi- based Ind-Swift Ltd is setting up three s....
ONGC eyes Petronas 20% in Iran LNG
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) may take up the 20% stake of Malaysias Petronas in a US$ 2 bi....
Pure Petrochem to set up unit in Chennai
The Thiruvananthapuram-based Pure Petrochem India Pvt Ltd, makers of the Action brand of speciality ....
Mitsubishi to set up Iffcos carbon dioxide units
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI), in collaboration with Mitsubishi Corporation, has signed a co....
TotalFinaElf to double market share by 2010
TotalFinaElf India Ltd, a wholly owned unit of Frances Total SA, is planning to double its market sh....
Thermax plans to fuse some subsidiaries
Thermax Ltd has embarked upon a consolidation plan to merge some of its domestic subsidiaries with i....
RPG Life Sciences closes Pune unit
RPG Life Sciences Ltd has close operations at its Pimpri facility in Pune. The steep decline in the ....
RPG Life Sciences seals Pune unit
RPG Life Sciences Ltd has close operations at its Pimpri facility in Pune. The steep decline in the ....
Gail signs Rs 300-crore pipeline pact
Gail India will lay the Rs 300-cn pipeline for supplying gas to the industrial units of the Pithampu....
SNC-Lavalin attains R J Associates
The Canadian engineering major SNC Lavalin Inc has acquired the Mumbai-based RJ Associates, a privat....
US PDA sanctions Aurobindo drug
Aurobindo has received tentative approval from the USF- DA for its 300-mg zidovudine tablet, accordi....
Ranbaxy US listing
The board of directors of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd has approved listing the cos shares in the United....
Ranbaxy sets $1.5bn war chest
Indias top Pharma Company, Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, is in a progress stage of discussion to attain ....
Ranbaxy shells out £ 4.5 m to settle UK fraud case
Almost a dozen senior executives of 6 UK-based drug companies, including generic UK, part of Merck a....
Ranbaxy Drug Approved
Ranbaxy has approved approval from the US FDA for benazepril hydrochloride and hydrochlorothiazide t....
Iffco procures OCFL unit
OCFL unit(Oswal Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltds ) and DAP ( Di-ammonium phosphate) has been procured by....
JV to be a part of Matrix and Aspen for AIDS drugs
To cater to the large demands for AIDS medicines matrix and aspen have finalised terms for 2 joint v....
DR Reddy Laboratories Ltd to set up new company
DRL has set up a new company to develop drugs in which units of ICICI bank and Citigroup Inc. will i....
Pidilite procures venture in Dubai Firm
A wholly owned subsidiary called Pidilite Midle East Ltd has procured a 49% stake in Dubai- based ....
US firm ventured by Jubilant
64% equity secured in the U.S based generic pharmaceuticals company Trinity Laboratories and its who....
UK firms sold to Dishman
Certain divisions of the Manchester - based C6 has been acquired by the Ahemdabad based Dishman Phar....
Kerala government to accept TCCs debt recast plan
Kerala state government is likely to confirm the debt restructuring proposal of the state-owned Tra....
Kakinada Refinery to be implemented by MRPL
Petroleum ministry wants Mangalore Refineries and Petrochemicals to set up the proposed Rs 500 crore....
Chemical Detection Units to be set up by JMAR
JMAR Technologies Inc has acquired purchase orders for three reversal electron attachment detection ....
Solvay sets out to start a bid to obtain chemicals company
Solvay organics announced the launch of a bid to acquire 51% of Girindus AG ,a publicly listed speci....
Kinesis Ltd appointed as distributor
Omnifit and Bio-ChemValve appoints Kinesis Ltd as the UK and Irish distributor . The two companies O....
Degussas feed additives business concluded
Mechanical construction of the new DL-Methionine plant of Degussas AGs feed additives business has b....
Nano valve produced by UCLA Chemists
The first nano valve is created by UCLA Chemists that can be opened and closed at will to trap and r....
Olefins and Surfactants to be disposed
Sasol plans to divest its O&S business. Sale would exclude the businesss polyethylene co-monomers ac....
Radico establishes 85-cr grain-based distillery
Radico Khaitan is setting up a Rs 85 crore grain based distillery in Upin in what is perhaps the fir....
ARM International spreads into SARD
The Association of Rotational Molders (ARM) International India Division and the Association approve....
Net sales for Asian paints augmented by 24%
Asian Paints announced its result for the quarter ended june 2005. On consolidation of the companys ....
5mn Euro orders contract bagged by Larox
Larox has bagged orders worth over 5 million euros from chemical companies in Asia, Africa and the U....
Flexible Two Component Epoxy Resin Gains Full USP Class VI Certification
Master Bonds newly developed flexible two component epoxy resin system EP21LV (3/5) has obtained ful....
Solvay Pharmaceuticals acquired 4.91% equity
Solvay Pharmaceuticals on Monday attained 4.91% equity in its Indian subsidiary . Solvay currently h....
Sterling Biotech acquires Torrent Unit for Rs 55 crore
A leading manufacturer of pharmaceutical gelatine has purchased the manufacturing facility of Torr....
CTR Electronic Testing Laboratory Accreditated by NABLI
The electronics division of CTR Manufacturing Industries Ltd having ISO 9001:2000 status, setup in t....
Reliance Energy approaches GAIL
REL has proposed GAIL India for transporting gas for its 4000 MW power plant coming up at Dadri in U....
Nano technology laboratory established in India
Nano technology laboratory has been set up for advanced scientific Research ,Banglore at Jawaharlal ....
Government plans to establish new food and drug labs
40 more food and drug testing laboratories is planned to be set up by government and also improve th....
New method to eradicate polio virus
The Ministry of Health is strategising to eliminate polio virus from the country by using tailor mad....
Drug cocktails protect against cancer caused due to Infections
Drug Cocktails taken by patients to control AIDS virus may help protect them against Some cancers ca....
Researchers develop new pill to stop smoking
Researchers are bracing to develop a drug that would make smoking as curable and beneficial as erect....
Researchers report panoramic dental X-rays to be a pre-requisite
Reserachers from the University at Buffalo reported that routine dental panoramic dental X-rays ,wh....
New drug combination to act as a reliever for hypertension
According to AFP reports, heart attack risk and cardio-vascular complications can be reduced by 25....
Chem /Pharma Expo 2005 envisions a premiere opening
The event was held between 20 and 22 october 2005 at Bombay Exhibition Centre.More than 250 domestic....
Nanotechnology to achieve spark in India
A state of -the-art technology laboratory has been set up at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advance....
UKs Avecia Pharma procured for £10m by NPIL
Nicholas Piramal India which is Rs, 1,230-crore domestic pharma major has made its second overseas a....
Cadila recieves approval to market Ribavirin capsules
Zydus Cadila has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to market Ribavirin caps....
ONGC and CIL sign MoU for active association in UGC
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Coal India Ltd (CIL) on Thursday signed a Memorandum of....
ONGC Videsh has bagged an offshore exploration
Oil and Natural Gas Corporations overseas investment arm, ONGC Videsh, has based an offshore explora....
Oil prices edged lower to $ 59 as weather hits demand
Oil prices slipped lower on Tuesday after two sessions of deep losses as mild weather dampened deman....
Akorn Inc signs an deal with Cipla for developing and supplying anti-effective ..
US- based Akorn Inc has signed a letter of intent with Mumbai -based domestic pharma major Cipla, to....
Ranbaxy and Wockhardt eye at Germanys firm, betapharm
After Indian pharmaceutical companies who failed to acquire US-based pharmaceutical companies Ivax a....
Radico Khaitan to acquire brands in the domestic and overseas market
Liquor major Radico Khaitan is building a war chest to acquire brands in the domestic and overseas m....
R&D facility to be set up by pharmaceutical giant Glaxo
British Pharmaceutical giant Glaxo-Smithkline said that it will build a new, $68-milllion research n....
Total SA profit rises to 32%
Total SA,Europes biggest oil refiner, said third-quarter profit jumped 32% because of record oil a....
Oil drifted towards $57 a barrel
Oil inches up to $57 a barrel on Tuesday as unseasonably warm US weather encouraged refiners to ....
Oil prices fall below $57 to a four-month low in US
Oil prices dipped below $57 to a four-month low on Wednesday as dealers bet on another rise in US oi....
Tarrif rates for imported edible oils with crude soyabean oil slashed to $3 a to..
Tarrif rate for imported edible oil with crude soyabean oil have been slashed to $3 a tonne while th....
Gail India and Indian Oil have set up a joint venture
Gail India and Indian Oil Corporation have set up a joint venture , Green Gas Ltd for supplying LPG ....
Air Products to implement a security charge for HPPC
Air Products recently announced that it would implement a security charge for high-purity process ....
Globally freight surcharge on all polyvinyl alcohol orders will be increased by ..
Celanese Chemicals will temporarily increase its freight surcharge on all polyvinyl alcohol orders....
Mecon Ltd. develops a new process technology for nickel-chromium production
Mecon Ltd has developed a new process technology for the production of nickel-chromium bearing all....
IICT produces synthetic aviation lubrication oil
An Indian consortium has indigenously developed synthetic aviaiton lubrication oil, which can pote....
Gail India and ONGC are eyeing Sri Lankan offshore blocks
According to sources in Union Petroleum and Natural Gas ministry ,Gail is lobbying with Srilankan ....
ONGC aims to boost overseas energy reserves
Oil and Natural Gas Corp is bidding for a stake in a Nigerian offshore field with an estimated val....
Opec refrains from the idea of production cuts
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries(Opec) will not consider cutting production at next....
Oil and Steel ministeries to decide on experts for would be directors
With SEBIs deadline for the appointment of independent directors on the boards of listed companies f....
Global Energy major BP Plc collaborates with HPCL
Global energy major BP recently joined hands with state-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) to....
Gail, Andhra unite to form a gas grid
Gail (India) Ltd is planning to extend its support to the Andhra Pradesh Government for setting up a....
Wartsila -Mitsuibishis undergo alliance for two-stroke engine
Wartsila Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd (MHI) have signed an agreement for an allia....
IOC to raise $250m from the international market for its capex requirements
Indian Oil (IOC) is set to fund part of its capex requirements by raising $250m from the internation....
BPCL plans to invest Rs 130cr in natural gas distribution
BHARAT Petroleum Corp (BPCL) plans to invest about Rs 130 crore in natural gas distribution and mark....
ONGC to sign a deal with KNOC for foreign petroleum assets
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will sign a preliminary agreement with Korea National Oil Cor....
HPCL to plunge Rs 200 crore as a fresh equity investment
Oil marketing major Hindustan Petroleums (HPCL) upstream JV, Prize Petroleum ,is looking for fresh ....
RMG ties up with Indias Autometers for Metering Equipment
RMG Group of Germany,which specialises in design and fabrication of natural gas pressure reduction....
KBK enters into agreement with Cemcorp
KBK Chem- Engineering Pvt Ltd, has signed up a two-way technology agreement with Chemcorp limited, w....
Kanoria Chemicals & Industries plan to expand the chlor alkali manufacturing cap..
Kanoria Chemicals and Industries Ltd (KCIL) has announced its plan to increase the chlor alkali manu....
Oil India Videsh to be created for the acquisition of equity oil abroad
Group of ministers (GoM) has endorsed the formation of Oil India Videsh (OIVL) for the acquisition o....
Mitsubishi Fuso unites with Daimler Chrysler to revamp Japan ops
Troubled Japanese truckmaker Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus ,85% owned by Daimler Chrysler ,will rest....
Panama Petrochem Limited aims to increase its production capacities
Panama Petrochem Limited, (PPL) is planning to expand its production capacities to meet the increasi....
Dow Chemical Company agrees to sell remaining 50% stake in UOP
Dow Chemical Company announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary,Union Carbide Corporation(UCC), has ....
Norcross Corporation introduces new PLC based viscosity control system
Norcross Corporation of Newton ,USA ,has launched a new ,PLC-based viscosity control system that con....
MGC and MCC establish an enterprise to produce polyols
Mitsubishi Gas Chemicals (MCG) and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) have reached a basic agreem....
Tronox Inc to be segregated from Kerr-McGee through an initial public stock offe..
Kerr-Mc Gee Corp has announced that its wholly owned chemical subsidiary, Tronox Inc ,would be separ....
15% growth witnessed in DEPCLs chem biz
Deepak Fertlisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd (DEPCL) has announced that it has announced tha....
Oil prices fixed above $57 a barrel with Opec ruling out output cuts
Oil prices steadied above $57 a barrel on Tuesday after producer group Opec bent over backwards to a....
Rising US stocks retracted oil prices
Oil prices receded on Thursday following a jump in US heating fuel stocks that has eased worries of....
ONGC wins the auction of Nigerian offshore oilfield
Oil and Natural Gas Corp has won the auction of a Nigerian offshore oilfield with an offer of $1 bil....
Cadila Pharmaceuticals plans a bio-medical R&D centre
Pharma major Cadila Pharmaceuticals is setting up a bio-medical R&D centre in Colombo to produce lif....
Daimler Chrysler aims at selling heavy engine unit
Diamler Chrysler is on the point of selling its heavy diesel engine unit MTU Friedichshafen to Swedi....
EIL and PLL unitedly bid for LNG projects
Public sector petroleum consultants Engineers India Ltd (EIL) and Petronet LNG have agreed to jointl....
IOC bears Rs 9,900 crore loss for selling petroleum products
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has incurred a RS 9,900 crore loss for selling petroleum products below....
ONGC undertakes floating facility to replace BHN
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has hired a floating facility for production,storage and offl....
JB Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals recorded in Forbes List
JB Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd has been included in the Forbes Asia Magazine 2005 as the "Best....
IOC decides to give away one-third of its stake to ONGC
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is planning to fund its overseas acquisitions by off-loading one-third ....
ONGC to begin its operation on helieum plant with 200cr investment
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is set to commence work on its first helieum extraction plant....
Joint Research team has developed catalyst for new energy source
A new energy source, cheaper than petroleum and creating only low levels of pollutants,awaits mass p....
Iridium complex developed for use in OLED
An iridium complex has been developed as a red-light emitting material for use in organic light emi....
Engineering Expo 2005 to be held in Ahemdabad from 15-19 december, 2005
The Engineering Expo 2005 which is the largest trade fair on Industrial Products and Technology is b....
GAIL plans to acquire licence for NLD
As part of its plans to enter the Rs 800 billion telecom market, Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) i....
Chrys Cap to secure stake in Intas Pharmaceuticals
Private equity major Chrys Capital is close to acquiring a 12.4% stake in Intas Pharmaceuticals from....
Petronet solicits for fresh bids to build a LNG ship
PETRONET,Indias largest LNG importer ,has asked for dresh bids from shiping companies for building a....
Elscint conscripted as Sole Distributor for ROBO-POTSYSTEM for India
Elscint Automation, the ISO 9001:2000 certified leading Vibratory Bowl Feeder manufacturer (having....
Wheat and soya oil lose drive in futures market
Wheat and soya oil lost some momentum in futures market on Wednesday on reports of good sowing for n....
ONGCs Nigeria bid comes to a dead-end
In a major loss of face to state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) ,the Cabinet Committee on the E....
Shashun Chemicals to acquire a pharma company in Europe
Chennai-based Shashun Chemicals and Drugs is learnt to be in advanced negotiations to acquire a phar....
RMG collaborates with Autometers
Specialists in design and fabrication of natural gas pressure reduction and metering stations as wel....
Belt Technologies procures Clark Manufacturing
The US-based Belt Technologies and its European subsidiary ,Belt Technologies Europe ,have announced....
Aditech Enterprises launches OPD-1080: Industrial Open frame TFT display Kit
ADITECH Enterprises has launched OPD-1080: Industrial Open frame TFT display Kit designed to be impl....
ONGC announced to pay an interim dividend of 250%
Public Sector oil major Oil and Natural Gas Corporation board of directors on Friday declared an int....
Oman oil stake in BORL to be on a lower rank
The stake of Oman Oil Company in Bharat Oman Refineries Ltd(BORL) will come down to 3 percent after ....
Elecon Engineering have been selected by Reliance Energy
Elecon Engineering of Gujarat and Tecpro of Chennai have been selected by Reliance Energy,the EPC co....
ONGC to commence work on its helieum extraction plant
Oil and Natural GAS corporation (ONGC) is set to begin work on its first helieum extraction plant at....
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals acquire Bouwer Bartlett a S.A company
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals wholly-owned Swiss subsidiary has acquired Bouwer Bartlett,a South African ....
OPEC to cut production from Q2
Oil cartel Opec is likely to decide in January to cut production form the second quarter of 06 as it....
Opec refrains to see Russia as a rival producer
OPEC does not see Russia as a rival producer and thinks strong global demand can absorb more barrels....
Oil prices rise due to as dealers anticipate a draw in the Usstock piles
Oil prices rose sharply on Wednesday as dealers anticipated a draw in US stockpiles over the past we....
Indian Oil to merchandise 2% in ONGC through block deal
Petro-retail major Indian Oil (IOC) has decided to dilute around 2% stake in ONGC through block deal....
Government curtails base prices of edible oils
The Centre on Monday reduced base import prices of palm and soyabean oils.But traders said the reduc....
Cabinet note prepared for a hike of Rs 50 in cooking gas,Rs 2 for keroscene
The petroleum ministry could turn out to be the part pooper if its propsal for a hike in cooking fue....
Petroleum ministry to legalise oil cos subsidy-sharing
ADHOC subsidy-sharing in the oil sector may get a legal stamp.The petroleum ministry is considering ....
Merck to trade off life science unit to arm
MERCK,the Indian subsidiary of German pharma major Merck KgaA,is all set to sell off its life scienc....
Mahanagar Gas decides to public plans due to scruples over regulatory issues
Mahanagar Gas (MGL),a JV between British Gas,Gail and BPCL,supplying gas to Mumbai ,has decided to p....
Opec to not cut production
Algerias energy and mines minister Chakib Khelil said that he believed Opec will not cut output when....
CNOCC acquires stake in Nigerian oilfield for $2bn
CNOCC is buying a stake in a Nigerian oil and gas field for about $2bn in what would be the Chinese ....
Cooking fuels would be available at subsidised rates
This should cheer you up.The FM may help you keep a check on your kitchen budjet by continuing with ....
Larsen and Toubro -consortium receive order from ONGC
1,864 has been awarded Rs 1,864 crore order by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation for the replacement o....
OIL to collaborate with foreign exploration company
Oil India (OIL) is planning to tie up with a foreign exploration company to bid for blocks in Assam ....
IOC and Saudi Aramco plan to set up storage oil terminal for selling crude oil
Indian Oil Corporation and Saudi Aramco is planning to build a merchant storage oil terminal to sell....
Saudi Aramco and IOC to co-operate in R&D
Saudi Aramco and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) have signed a Memorandum of Collaboration to evaluate ....
India to take LNG to Iran
India is planning to take liquefied natural gas from Iran at Petronets LNGs (PLL) Dahej and kochi te....
ONGC and Cairn Energy to set up SPV
ONGC and Cairn Energy would set up a special purpose vehicle (SPV) -Rajasthan Refineries to implemen....
India and Japan plan to develop natural gas exploration
India and Japan are planning to work out a framework for jointly developing natural gas off the Anda....
British Gas, ONGC and Reliance form a joint venture to invest $500 m
The three-way joint venture by British Gas, ONGC and Reliance Industries that operates the Panna,Muk....
British gas eyes South India for expansion
British Gas is planning to enter South India .The company is studying the prospects of selling piped....
ONGC and HPCL compete to develop refinery in Rajasthan
National oil majors such as Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC),Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and ....
Oil majors set their feet firm on Indian auctions
Thirty companies,including global oil majors like Petronas of Malaysia ,Total of France and BG grou....
Kalpataru Power decides to lay oil and gas pipelines
Kalpataru Power Transmission (KPTL) is planning to diversity oil and gas pipelines.The company plans....
IOC to invest $1.5bn in Iran
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has lined up close to $1.5 billion as its share of the total investment....
India and Saudi Arabia collaborate for a new refinery project
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) will partner Saudi Arameo in executing the 20 million tonne p....
JK group and Adani group to have a second terminal at Dholera
With Gujarat Maritime Board approving a joint venture (JV) between the JK group and Adani group,Guja....
Anand oil company registered as a S.S.I unit
Ananda oil company has been registered as a S.S.I unit .The company is engaged in manufacturing of I....
Base import prices of crude palm and soybean oils retrenched by government
The Centre on Monday marginally reduced the tariffs on crude palm,soybean oils ,a move traders said ....
IOC to witness shortage of crude oil supplies
IOC may witness a shortage of 36,000 barrels of crude oil supplies per day in the near future.Britis....
Shell in discussions with GSPC to supply LNG
Global oil major Shell is in talks with Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation(GSPC) for supply of liq....
New Vernon procures 5% in Unichem Laboratories
US-Based New Vernon Private Equity has acquired 5% in midsized pharma firm Unichem Laboratories +for....
ONGC and Royal Dutch / Shell open doors for stake in the overseas projects
Oil ,sector behemoths ONGC and Royal Dutch/Shell signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) today, o....
OIL- IOC clinch a deal for offshore block in Nigeria
After being nudged out by Chinese oil companies in the oil exploration race in Nigeria, Indian oil c....
Pharma major Zydus Cadila invests in venture finance company
Domestic pharma major Zydus Cadila is investing in venture finance company GVFLs Rs 50-crore biotech....
Pharma companies groom family members to perform an active role in Business
MID-CAP pharma companies are now training Generation Next to play diversified role in business.Mumba....
Marico to procure HLLs Nihar
Marico has reached an agreement to acquire the brand Nihar from HLL.Nihar has a current annualised t....
New pricing policy to lower prices of petrol and diesel
Consumers who have been fearing a hike in their fuel bills can now breathe easy. The new pricing po....
Subsidy Hits Hard on ONGC
ONGC, Indias highest profit making company, may have touched new highs with its increased profit fig....
Aurobindo Pharma net increases 147%
Aurobindo Pharma has registered a 147% growth in net profit to Rs 26.2 crore on a total income of Rs....
BHEL to set-up 1,000 MW Power plant in Sudan
The government has cleared a proposal by BHEL for setting up a 1,000 MW gas-based power project in S....
NTPC to increase Rs 27,000
NHPC will raise Rs 27,000 crore form open market to part fund its Rs 60,000 crore capacity addition ....
RMG collaborates with Autometers
Specialists in design and fabrication of natural gas pressure reduction and metering stations as wel....
NPPA raised bulk drug prices
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority(NPPA) today increased the price of metronidazole benzoate....
CIBA SPECIALITY Chemicals to battle for finding a buyer for the unit
CIBA SPECIALITY Chemicals AG, after writing off half the value of its textile dye business this wee....
Plough back health duty: IPA
A section of the pharma industry has recommended the health duty, proposed in National Pharmaceutica....
Gail plans to undergo joint venture with IOC
State-owned gas transmission major Gail (India) has decided to form a joint venture with the country....
Gail plans business ventures in Orissa
GAIL (India) has announced plans of significant business ventures in Orissa totaling an investment o....
Hikal ltds net profit increased to 19.2%
Hikal Ltd has declared an impressive perfomance for the third quarter ended December 2005.The compan....
Airgas to invest $7.5 million in building liquid carbondioxide plant
Airgas has announced that it will invest $7.5 million of its Star, MS liquid carbon dioxide plant ,b....
Siemens introduces LC 150 pump controller
Seimens has introduced the LC 150 pump controller,the newest addition to the family of View-At-A-Gla....
Owens Corning secures composite solutions operation
Owens Corning has announced that it has reached an agreement with Asahi Glass Co, to acquire its com....
Cooking Fuels to be sold at market rates followed by hiking prices for oil-produ..
The government may soon allow sale of cooking fuels at market rates and hike cess rates for oil-prod....
Petro-product sales sales decline by 1.3% in April-Jan
Despite galloping GDP growth and the increase in vital economic parameters, petro-product demand in....
US generics entice pharma companies
Some good news may finally be round the corner for domestic pharma majors Ranbaxy and Dr Reddys Labo....
ONGC and EMGS merge for deep water drilling
ONGC has entered a tie-up with Electromagnetic Geoservices (EMGS) to improve its prospects of reco....
Reliance Petroleum hikes to $1.5-bn loan
In the largest foreign loan syndication deal from India, Reliance Petroleum (RPL), a wholly-owned su....
Essar hauls ONGC to court
The Essar group has filed a writ petition in the Calcutta High Court seeking a stay on ONGCs award o....
JB Chemicals to issue shares
JB Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd on Monday said that it will issue 39 lakh equity shares to New ....
IOC hopes to get oil bonds of around 6,500 for losses incurred on Petro-Products
IOC which was planning to tide over its financial crunch by selling its crossholdings in ONGC and GA....
Ranbaxy buys auto injector rights of Senetek
Ranbaxy Labs has said its US-based wholly-owned subsidiary, Ranbaxy Pharma (RPI) has purchased pa....
Mint Biofuels launches new Biodiesel project
Dr Vinay Natu, MLA Guhagar inaugurated the biodiesel project work for the 5,000 tpa in Ratrtagiri di....
Ranbaxy acquires stake of Romanian generic player, Terapia
Ranbaxy announced that it has through the acquisition of a Romanian generic player, Terapia, emerged....
Phenol in Asia
The dynarnics of the Asian phenol market is mainly based on two down stream segments - bisphenol A (....
BOC starts merchant plant in Hyderabad
On march 24, BOG India Ltd., the pioneer and market leader in the industrial and medical gases busi....
Steel Ministry to put a halt on exports of high-grad iron ore
In order to cap the export of high-grade iron ore by state-owned National Mineral Development Corpor....
KMML gives Rs. 160-crore contract to Outokumpu Technology Ltd. (Finland) for set..
Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd. (KMML), Keralas profit-making public sector unit, has given Rs. 160-....
Godrej ready to expand its current soap, fatty acids capacity
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. (GCPl) has planned out a major expansion strategy for its soap busines....
Desalination plant entrusted to Lakshadweep
The Administration of Lakshadweep will handle Low Temperture Thermal Desalination Plant (LTTD) at K....
ICRISAT gets award for tech incubator
The Agri-Business Incubator (ABI at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tro....
Nicholas Piramal to buy Pfizers UK facility
The UK subsidiary of Nicholas Piramal India has struck a deal to buy the manufacturing facility of P....
Bharat Shell in lube tie-up
Bharat Shell made an agreement with Schwing Stetter India. As per the deal, Bharat Shell will devel....
Glenmark arm acquires 7 products in South Africa
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals South-African subsidiary, Bouwer-Bartlett, has acquired seven products from....
Ocimum Bio sets up German arm
Ocimum Biosolutions of Hyderabd has set up its German subsidiary Ocimum Germany GmbH. The company wi....
Nandan Bio upbeat on aphrodisiac products
Nandan Biomatrix, a Hyderabad-based nutraceuticals and biofuels company, has recently completed cli....
Sanjeev Gambhir receives 2006 Aebersold award
Mr.Sanjeev Gambhir, has received Society of Nuclear Medicines 2006 Paul C. Aebersold award for outst....
Nirmal group recd process patents
Jalgaon-based Nirmal Organo Bio-tech, a part of the Nirmal Group, has received "Production Process" ....
Arch Pharma to co-market Sibra ARVs
Arch Pharmalabs of Mumbai has signed a co-marketing agreement with the Hyderabad-based Sibra Pharmac....
Dr Reddys launches generic Proscar
Following Teva Pharmaceuticals being awarded 180-day marketing exclusivity for Finasteride, the gene....
GHCL set to buy soda ash unit in Romania for $24 m
GHCL plans to acquire a 2nd loss-making synthetic soda ash unit in Romania for around $24 million. T....
GE Healthcare plans radiopharmacy centres
Medical diagnostics major GE Healthcare plans to set up a radiopharmacy centre in Delhi by year-end ....
No compensation for private oil cos
The Petroleum Ministry has turned down the request of private oil companies for compensating them on....
As Zocor patent expires, Merck plays price-game
Price woes hover over Indian generic companies that plan to launch the generic version of cholestero....
Huntsman launched epoxy-based adhesives
The Us-based Huntsman group has launched a range of epoxy-based adhesives for the construction indus....
Axiom eyes Nepal, Bangladesh
Axiom Healthcare India, the distributors for Axiom Worldwides back-pain relieving DRX9000 machine in....
Pall Life Sciences sets up Centre of Excellence
US-based Pall Life Sciences is setting up a Centre of Excellence in Bangalore, which would also be t....
Global workshop on clinical trials
Transworld Institute of Professional Development and Training, a Hyderabad-based non-profit society ....
Dr Reddys launches generic Zocor
Dr Reddys Laboratories launched the authorised generic version of Merck & Companys cholesterol drug ....
NRL finalises report for expansion
Numaligarh Refineries (NRL), a BPCL subsidiary, has finalised the detailed feasibility report (DFR) ....
Praj Ind plans industrial biotech foray
Pune-based Praj Industries (PIL) is enhancing its R&D capabilities and chalking out a Rs 20-crore ex....
Aurobindo gets USFDA nod for Stavudine
Aurobindo Pharma has received tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) fo....
Dishman files DMF in Europe
Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals has filed Drug Master File (DMF) in Europe for two sophisticat....
Tata Industries picks up stake in Indigene Pharma
Tata Industries Ltd has picked up equity in Indigene Pharmaceuticals, a bio pharmaceutical company w....
Wyeth launches new 7-in-1 vaccine
Wyeth has launched its 7-in-1 pneumococcal conjugate vaccine. Priced at Rs 3,750 per doze, the vacci....
Gillette office in Mumbai
Gillette India as it synergises its operations with Procter and Gamble, which had acquired Gillette ....
Ranbaxy gets nod for Cefprozil
Ranbaxy Laboratories has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to manufacture a....
Chemfab Alkalies plans overseas tie-up
Chemfab Alkalies `health care division, which manufactures a range of products of daily consumption ....
Indoco acquires La NovaChem
Indoco Remedies has acquired La NovaChems bulk-drug manufacturing facility at Patalganga, Maharashtr....
Strides HIV drug passes WHO muster
WHO has approved Strides Arcolabs fifth HIV drug product. Three more have been submitted for pre-qua....
Amitabh Chandra as Maharashtra FDA
Mr Amitabh Chandra has taken charge as Commissioner of the FDA from 1 July 2006, following a recent ....
Chemical dyestuffs under EU scanner
Chemical dyes that lend hues of colours on the textile goods that are shipped out will now come unde....
Rubber journal board member
Dr K.R. Vijayakumar, Director (Training), Rubber Board, has been selected to the international publi....
FACT posts Rs 236 cr profit
The Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT), has registered a net profit of Rs 236 crore during ....
Stokvis Tapes acquires Prostick Adhesives Tapes
The Netherlands-based Stokvis Tapes has taken over the Pune-based Prostick Adhesive Tapes, for an un....
Ranbaxy set to acquire equity stake in Zenotech
Ranbaxy Laboratories (RLL) is all set to acquire a sizeable equity stake in Zenotech Laboratories (Z....
Blackstone invests $50 m in Emcure
Global private investment and advisory firm, The Blackstone Group, is set to invest $50 million in t....
JB Chem intensifies focus on 3 segments
JB Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals has intensified its focus on cardiology, orthopaedics and gastroent....
Panacea, Indonesian in agreement for measles vaccine
Panacea Biotec signed an agreement with PT Bio Pharma, a State-owned Indonesian enterprise, to manuf....
RubberMark signs MoU with Coir Board
The Coir Board has signed an MoU with the Kerala State Co-operative Rubber Marketing Federation Ltd ....
Aurobindo acquires US-based FDA compliant cGMP
Aurobindo Pharma has acquired a US-based FDA compliant cGMP facility in Dayton in the state of New J....
Aurobindo drug gets USFDA nod
Aurobindo Pharma has been granted tentative approval of the United States Food and Drug Administrati....
Orchids ANDA gets USFDA nod
The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has approved the Chennai-based Orchid Chemicals & Pharma....
Poly Medicure applies for new patents and USFDA
Poly Medicure, manufacturers of medical devices and disposables under the brand, POLYMED, has announ....
Oushadhi to set up new unit in Kannur district
The state-owned Pharmaceutical Corporation (Indian Medicines) Kerala Ltd (Oushadhi) is setting up a ....
Rehabilitation scheme for Maharashtra Polybutenes
Maharashtra Polybutenes, an erstwhile GP Goenka-controlled Duncan group company, is poised to change....
IFFCO venture phosphoric acid plant in Egypt
Indo Egyptian Fertiliser Company, has won major concessions for its proposed $325-million phosphoric....
IFFCOs switch to LNG for Phulpur unit
The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Ltd (IFFCO) has completed conversion of its naphtha based ....
Ranbaxy buys GSKs Spain unit
Ranbaxy Laboratories has acquired GlaxoSmithKline Plcs (GSK) Mundogen generic drug unit in Spain for....
Ammonium nitrate unit of Deepak Fertilisers in Orissa
Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation (DFPCL) would set up a greenfield integrated compl....
Coromandel Fert net profit up 25 pc
Coromandel Fertilisers (CFL), the Rs 1,875-crore farm inputs company belonging to the Chennai-based ....
Aspet plans to undertake a de-bottlenecking exercise
South Asian Petrochem (Aspet), the 100 per cent EOU of Kolkata-based Dhunseri Tea & Industries, plan....
Biocon gets nod for cancer drug, Biomab
Biocons first proprietary molecule Biomab EGFR has received the marketing approval from the Drug Con....
Bayer in tie-up to market Biocons insulin in China
Biocon has announced a licensing tie-up with Bayer HealthCare for the exclusive marketing and tradem....
Indianoil Petronas to set up LPG terminal at Chennai port
Indianoil Petronas (IPPL) plans to set up an LPG terminal at Chennai port. The Rs 300-crore project ....
RIL reported 32 pc raise in turnover
Reliance Industries (RIL) has reported a 10 per cent increase in net profit for the first quarter en....
Ranbaxy Q2 net rises 19.5 pc
Ranbaxy Laboratories net profits went up by 19.5 per cent touching Rs 121.1 crore for the second qua....
Hind Antibiotics revival scheme
The government has sanctioned Rs 44 crore for the revival of Pune-based Hindustan Antibiotics, which....
Cipla posted 53 per cent growth in net-profit
Cipla has posted 53 per cent growth in net-profit for first quarter ended June 30. The company has p....
Phillips Carbon Black plans base outside India
Phillips Carbon Black planning to have a base outside India, by way of a Greenfield project or an ac....
Indegene Lifesystems ties up with Johns Hopkins
Indegene Lifesystems has tied up with Johns Hopkins University for organising CME seminars in India ....
Kakinada refinery, SEZ of ONGC
ONGC plans to set up a port-based refinery and special economic zone. ONGC has signed a memorandum o....
Lupin posted a 17.4 pc growth in net profit for Q1
Lupin has posted a 17.4 per cent growth in net profit at Rs 50.65 crore for the first quarter ended ....
Wanbury on expansion drive
The Rs 110-crore drug company Wanbury Ltd, created out of the merger of Pearl Organics and Wander, p....
Chemplast proposes Rs 200 cr rights issue to fund the project
Chemplast Sanmar will raise up to Rs 200 crore through issue of rights shares to fund the 170,000-to....
Himalaya Drug gets ISO-14001 certification
The Himalaya Drug Company has received the ISO-14001:2004 certification for environment management. ....
Hikal to focus on contract-manufacturing
Hikal is "re-aligning" its strategy for the pharmaceutical segment. The company plans to focus more ....
Q1 of BOC India
During April-June 2006, BOC India reported gross sales at Rs 118.84 crore were higher by six per cen....
Nippon Paint to invest Rs 160 cr in India
Nippon Paint, a Japanese paint and coatings manufacturer, will invest about Rs 160 crore to set up t....
Unichem to bid for remaining 40 pc stake in UK-based Niche Generics
Unichem is set to bid for the remaining 40 per cent equity in its joint-venture subsidiary Niche Gen....
Microbial institute in tech transfer tie-up with US co
The Chandigarh based Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH) has entered into a technology licens....
Expansion plan of Kanoria Chem
Kanoria Chemicals & Industries (KCIL) plas to invest Rs 150 crore in the current financial year for ....
Purchase preference policy for pharma CPSEs products approved
On 27 July 2006, the Union Cabinet gave its approval to the purchase preference policy for products ....
Hikal enhance facilities, to tap outsourcing global life science market
Mumbai-based Hikal Limited, has commissioned a new Pilot Plant at Taloja, a new API manufacturing un....
Orchid to raise its stake from 74 pc to 100 pc in Bexel Pharmaceuticals
Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals plans to raise its stake in Bexel Pharmaceuticals from 74 per c....
Aurobindos combination drug gets USFDA approval
Aurobindo Pharma has received the tentative new drug application (NDA) approval for fixed drug combi....
Drug cos woes `generic market
By 2010, of $100-billion worth of medicines will go off patent Generic players, including several In....
Granules India recd USFDA nod
Granules India (GIL), and the US-based Amneal Pharmaceuticals LLC have received approval for the abb....
Trivitron plans medical equipment unit in JV with Neusoft of China
The Chennai-based Trivitron and Chinese medical equipment major Neusoft plans to jointly set up a ma....
Jayshree Chem to hike caustic chlorine production
Jayshree Chemicals (JCL) has decided to augment the annual caustic chlorine manufacturing capacity f....
Investment plan of E-Parisaara to recycle glass from computer monitors
Electronic waste recycling and de-phasing company E-Parisaara has identified a glass recycler at Kot....
IOC, CPCL plans 15 mt refinery, cracker unit in TN
Indian Oil Corporation and its subsidiary, Chennai Petroleum Corporation, plans to put up a 15 milli....
WHO accreditation for Panaceas vaccine
Panacea Biotec has received pre-qualification accreditation from the World Health Organisation (WHO)....
Glenmark gets DCGI approval for trial on humans
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has received regulatory approval from the Drug Controller General of India ....
Ranbaxy gains on US court ruling on Lipitor patent:
Ranbaxy Laboratories has announced that the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) hande....
Advinus drug discovery unit in Pune
On 3 August 2006, Advinus Therapeutics, the latest drug discovery facility, catering to the pharmace....
Manipal groups Stempeutics set for first stem cell trials
The Manipal groups newly spun-off entity, Stempeutics, is getting set to begin the countrys first fo....
Investment plans of Dishman
Dishman Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals, having acquired a Swiss company through its subsidiary in Eur....
Ranbaxy received USFDA nod
Ranbaxy Laboratories has received tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA....
Tax exemption on AIDS drugs sought
The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals has sought tax exemption from the Department of Custo....
IICT licenses five US patents
Hyderabad-based Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) has successfully licensed five US pat....
Aurobindo Pharma gets UK-MHRA nod for Mirtazapine
Aurobindo Pharma has received the marketing authorisation approval from the United Kingdom Medicines....
FACT plans to set up ammonia-urea complex in Egypt
Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT) and a Syrian Company, Adi Establishment, have signed a m....
Global Hospitals to launch wellness product stores
Global Consumer Services, promoted by Global Hospitals, will set up 200 wellness product stores acro....
Three-pronged strategy to step up fertiliser output by 30%
The government is evolving a three-pronged strategy to step up fertiliser output by 30% or six milli....
Diagnostic kit from DR&DE to detect typhoid, malaria antigens
The Defence Research and Development Establishment (DR&DE) at Gwalior has developed rapid diagnostic....
Suven to present pre-clinical data at Georgia World Congress Centre of Atlanta
Suven Life Sciences would be presenting the pre-clinical data of its promising lead compounds, 5-HT6....
Serum Institute to take 14 pc stake in Lipoxen PLC
Serum Institute of India (SIIL), manufacturers of measles and DTP vaccines in the global market, has....
Nippon Paint plans plans to set up two mfg units by 2008
Nippon Paint of Japan, which launched its India operations from Chennai last month, would go pan-Ind....
Pharma park at Nanguneri
The State Government of Tamil Nadu proposes to set up a 250-acre industrial park for the pharmaceuti....
Merck launch launched Erbitux, drug for colorectal cancer
The drug-maker Merck has launched Erbitux, targeted-therapy drug for colorectal cancer. Merck will b....
Ranbaxy launches Soliten brand
Ranbaxy Laboratories has launched its Soliten brand (Solifenacin) in the Indian market for the manag....
Coromandel Fert pact with Tunisian co
Groupe Chimique Tunisien of Tunisia, Gujarat State Fertiliser Corporation and Coromandel Fertilisers....
Aditya Biria group to invest Rs.200 cr to set up an R&D hub
The Aditya Biria group plans to integrate all its R&D facilities for specialty chemicals-based busin....
Expansion plan of Tata Chemicals
Tata Chemicals plans a Rs 400-crore capacity expansion programme over the next two to three years to....
Gulshan Sugars to invest Rs.30 cr for capacity expansion
Delhi-based Gulshan Sugars and Chemicals (GSCL) plans to invest Rs.30 crore to ramp up its calcium c....
Degussa to provide PO technology to the SKCs plant
Degussa is taking several steps to commercialise its hydrogen peroxide-based route to propylene oxid....
Honeywell launches pyrolyser module
Honeywell Analytics has launched a new pyrolyser module for the MDA Scientific Midas gas detector fo....
Emerson launch process gas analysers
Emerson Process Management has launched the Rosemount Analytical X-Stream series of process gas anal....
Avesthagen bags Red Herring 100 Asia award
Biotechnology company Avestha Gengraine Technologies has been chosen for a Red Herring 100 Asia awar....
Zak Trade Fairs & Exhibitions enters exclusive partnership with Messe Dusseldorf..
A new era in tradeshow cooperation began at Chennai with the signing of MOU between Zak Trade Fairs ....
DUPRO has launched Pumps and Pumping Packages
Keeping abreast of technological development, Dupoly Marketing (P) Ltd. offers advanced solutions to....
Glenmark gets US nod for nausea drug
Glenmark Pharmaceutical Ltd. has received tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administratio....
German remedies launched Novolizer, an inhaler for asthma
Novolizer is a breath activated, multidose, refillable DPI (dry powder inhaler), used for asthma and....
Deep Industries to invest Rs. 700 crore in CBM
Deep Industries Ltd., an oil and gas services company, has declared plans of investing Rs. 700 crore....
Nicholas Piramal Ties Up With A French Company
Nicholas Piramal has signed a memorandum of understanding with a French pharma company to manufactur....
Glenmark Drug Licensed by Merck
Merck KGaA , a German Company has licensed a diabetes drug from Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, an Indian ....
Jubiliant Organosys Net Profit Increased
Jubiliant Organosys, an integrated pharmaceutical, custom research and manufacturing services compan....
Elder Health Care Ties Up With Australian Pharmaceutical Company
Elder Health Care Ltd (EHCL) Product is planning to make India the manufacturing hub for Rye Pharmac....
Swiss Gastro Drug to be Marketed by Ranbaxy
Ranbaxy Laboratories has earned the exclusive rights to market Sanvar, the new chemical entity (NCE)....
Tie up between KMML - ISRO for titanium sponge
Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd (KMML), leading manufacturers of rutile grade titanium dioxide in the....
Shantha Bio acquired by Merieux
The French vaccine major, Merieux Alliance, based in Lyon, has acquired majority stake in the Hydera....
Indegene acquires MedCases
A provider of medical education and medical marketing services, Indegene Lifesystems, has fully acqu....
New Units Planned by ExxonMobil
ExxonMobil Chemical plans to build a new facility at its Baton Rouge, Louisiana, complex to produce ....
Bayer opens Polyurethane Unit
Bayer Material Science is setting up a polyurethane manufacturing unit and systems house at Greater ....
Nicholas Piramal collaborates with BioSyntech Inc
Nicholas Piramal India Ltd has entered into a scientific collaboration agreement with BioSyntech Inc....
Cancer drug launched by Natco Pharma
Natco Pharma Ltd (NPL) has launched Pemnat, an injectible drug used in the treatment of non-small ce....
Dr Reddys and Auckland varsity team up
Researchers at the University of Auckland have teamed up with Dr Reddys Laboratories, Hyderabad to u....
Proceedings Of The Seminar Of Medical Entomology Reports Revealing Results
The Proceedings of the 1st International Seminar of Medical Entomology at Bhopal- 2003 brought many....
Jankharia Imaging acquired by Wellspring
Wellspring, the chain of pathology laboratories and diagnostic centres promoted by Nicholas Piramal ....
Biocon forms a joint venture with Neopharma of UAE
Biocon Ltd has announced a 50:50 joint venture with Neopharma, the Abu Dhabi-based outfit of NRI hea....
Dabur buys Thai companys oncology sales business
Dabur Pharma Ltd has bought the entire oncology sales and distribution business of its Thailand-base....
Intas Biopharma entered into a joint venture with US company
The Ahmedabad-based Intas Biopharmaceuticals Ltd, a group company of Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd, has ....
5 renal therapy drugs unveiled by Biocon
Biocon on Thursday released five renal therapy drugs which are priced 35 per cent - 40 per cent less....
Elder Pharma joins hands with Spanish company
Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd has entered into an alliance with Spains Laboratorios Farmaceuticos Rovi S....
GVK Bio and INC Research forms joint venture
GVK Biosciences (GVK BIO) has entered into a 50:50 joint venture with INC Research (INC) to form INC....
Asthma inhalation capsules launched by Ranbaxy
Ranbaxy Laboratories has launched Osovair, its branded asthma inhalation capsules in the country. Th....
Torrent Pharmaceuticals launches laxative drug
The Ahmedabad-based Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd has launched a bulk laxative in tablet form, the com....
Bulgarian company acquired by Elder Pharma for Rs 28 cr
Elder Pharmaceutical Ltd has acquired 51 per cent stake in Biomeda Group of Bulgaria in an all-cash ....
Cancer Drug launched by Natco
Natco Pharma Ltd has launched Lenalid, a generic version of Lenalidomide, for treatment of cancer. L....
Advinus, DNDi tie up for kala azar drug
Advinus Therapeutics (P) Ltd tied up with Geneva-based Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi....
Health service in Kerala gets more funds
The Centre has sanctioned Rs 20.94 crore for upgrading the Kerala State Institute of Virology and In....
Dr Reddys and Argenta Discovery Ltd developed a respiratory drug
Dr Reddys Laboratories and Argenta Discovery Ltd, UK have announced milestone developments, includin....
BAAP gets US recognition
BAAP Diagnostics Ltd. based in Ahmedabad, has been awarded an accreditation by the College of Americ....
Sanofi-Aventis set to open R&D centre in India
French pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis has opened its largest Asian and first Indian pharmaceuti....
DSM and Arch Pharmalabs signed Manufacturing Agreement
DSM, a multi-specialty company based in Netherlands, has recently signed the memorandum of understan....
Wockhardt consolidates global operations
Wockhardt Ltd is in the process of consolidating its global pharmaceutical operations. With three ac....
New Ayurvedic Medicine launched by Dabur
There is a new ayurvedic medicine for breathlessness, recently launched by the leading Indian FMCG c....
Pharma vigilance to decide on controversial drugs
The Pharmacovigilance Advisory Committee is to meet on December 17, over nine months since it met la....
New DAP contract signed by PhosChem with India
The largest exporter of concentrated phosphate from North America, the Phosphate Chemicals Export A....
The Indian Pharmacopoeia, 2007 from Indian government
The Government of India has issued the Indian Pharmacopoeia, 2007 that is aimed at controlling the ....
NPIL and Japanese Arkray Inc joint hands
The major Indian pharmaceutical company, Nicholas Piramal India Ltd (NPIL) has announced that it ha....
New variant of Strepsils launched by Reckitt Benckiser
The Strepsils throat lozenges have been re-launched by the producers Reckitt Benckiser India on Thur....
US authority gives nod for Ranbaxys cetirizine hydrochloride
The giant pharmaceuticals company of India, the Ranbaxy Laboratories has announced that it has recen....
Pfizer board approved sellingof 4 brands to J&J
The sources from the Pfizer Ltd have stated that the companys board of directors has approved its pl....
Maneesh acquired smyle brand of Kopran
The Mumbai-based Maneesh Pharmaceuticals has recently announced that it has bought the Smyle brand o....
AMDs second R&D center opened in Hyderabad
The major supplier of the integrated circuits and processing solutions for computing in India, the A....
Alpharma and SMS Pharmaceuticals on verge of forming JV
The largest active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing company of the world, the Alpharma ....
Ranbaxy entered the Chyawanprash Segment of Indian Market
The major pharmaceuticals company of India, Ranbaxy Laboratories has recently entered into the Chyaw....
New Quality-Control Lab Set up by Sahara City
The real-estate company named Sahara Infrastructure and Housing Ltd (SIHL), has recently set up its ....
New Cheap X-ray System launched by GE Healthcare
The healthcare business of the General Electric Company named the GE Healthcare, has recently introd....
New Drug Supanac launched by Dr Reddys
One of the leading pharmaceuticals companies of India, the Dr. Reddys Laboratories has recently laun....
IRDA Approved Apollo-DKVs Health Launches
The second largest standalone health insurance company in India, the Apollo DKV has recently got th....
US FDA Approved Marketing Of Aurobindo Pharmas Cefdinir Capsules
Aurobindo Pharma, one of the major pharmaceuticals companies of India, has announced that the US Fo....
ICGEB And EVC Joined Hands To Develop Vaccines
The New Delhi-based International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and the ....
Dispute Between Dr Reddys and Novartis Settled Down
The two leading pharmaceuticals companies of India, Dr Reddys Laboratories Ltd and Novartis Pharma ....
PTO Granted Product Patent To Suven Life Sciences
The Suven Life Sciences has been granted a product patent by the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO....
Government Handed Over Notice To Cipla
The government of India has recently handed over a demand notice of around Rs 27.30 crore inclusive ....
Manufacturing License of 4 Drug Companies Suspended by Government
The Health Ministry of the central government of India, has recently suspended the manufacturing lic....
Two New Vaccines Launched By GSK Pharma
One of the leading pharmaceuticals companies of India, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd (GSK) has....
Glenmark Receives a Whooping $15 Million From Forest Labs
Forest Labs has forwarded a payment of $15 million to Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd. this amount will....
Ranbaxy Gets a Clean Chit For Ceftin
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd is the first company in the Indian market to receive a no objection certifi....
Expansion Plans For Yushiro Chemical Industry
Yushiro Chemical Industry is a Japan based company, which has, plans for expanding its business in I....
Newark Drugs, US, Is Now Owned By Natco Pharma
After acquiring SaveMart Drugs and Nick Drugs Natco Pharma Ltd. has obtained Newark Drugs, located i....
Vaccine for Cervical Cancer in India
Vaccine for cervical cancer will reach Indian markets soon in case the efforts of WHO pay off. These....
Panacea Biotech Opens Its Fifth R&D Centre
Panacea Biotech has come up with its fifth research and development centre at Navi Mumbai. This R&D ....
New Cancer Drug Launched By Zydus Cadila
A new drug named the Nudoxa for chemotherapeutic treatment of various cancers has recently been laun....
Ranbaxy Diverging Drug Discovery Unit
One of the leading pharmaceuticals companies in India, the Ranbaxy Laboratories has recently announc....
FICCI Seeks duty-free import of packaging Machinery
Government should allow import of Packaging machinery at zero duty besides abolishing exciseDuty to ....
New Pain killer injection launched
City Based troikaa Pharmaceuticals Limited unveiled a new version of its DYNAPAR AQ 1ml,whichcauses ....
Gujarat Can emerge as global Pharmaceuticals hub: KPMG
Gujarat is poised to capture emerging opportunities to become a global pharmaceuticals hub,internati....
Dr.Virender Mahajan Awarded
Dr.Virender Mahajan, Medical Director Maharishi Charak Ayurvedic Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Jamm....
Elantas Beck lab Inaugurated in Pune
A laboratory set up jointly by Underwriters Laboratories (UL) India and Elantas Beck India Ltd(EBIL)....
HC Inhibits Dabur On Selling Glucose D
The Calcutta High Court has recently directed the Dabur India Ltd to not to use the Glucose D mark i....
Growth For GSK Pharma from Vaccines And Priority Products
Being considered among the leading pharmaceuticals companies in India, the GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceu....
British Biologicals Launched Cholesterol Drug
The British Biologicals, a Bangalore-based pharmaceuticals company has recently launched a nutrition....
Pfizer launched new smoking cessation drug named Champix
The major pharmaceuticals company, Pfizer Ltd. has recently announced the launching of a new drug na....
New Research Centre Inaugurated By Sandvik In Pune
The Sandvik Materials Technology has recently opened a new research center named the Sandviks Resear....
New Cancer Injection Launched By Dabur In US
A new cancer drug has been launched in the market of United States by the Dabur Pharma Ltd and the c....
Another Petition Filed By Natco On Roches Tarceva
Natco Pharma, a Hyderabad-based company has recently submitted an application for a compulsory licen....
Deal Signed Between Apollo, Cadila And StemCyte
A new deal has been signed between the Chennai-based Apollo Hospitals and the Ahmedabad-based Cadila....
DCGI Approved Venus Remedies Plea For Drug Launch
The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has recently given the