Alembic Pharmaceuticals said a new chemical developed by one of its joint ventures has become the first new chemical entity designed by Indian scientists to win approval from the US Food & Drug Administration. Umbralisib, created by its 50% JV Rhizen Pharma, is an anti-cancer drug that works by inhibiting phosphoinositide 3 kinase (PI3K) delta […]
Mumbai-based diagnostic services provider Metropolis Healthcare today announced that it has agreed to buy Chennai-based Hitech Diagnostic Center for a cash consideration of Rs 511 cr. Hitech promoters will invest in Metropolis as part of the deal. Metropolis did not specify the price at which it would allot the 4.95 lakh shares that it will […]
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd said it has launched a new diabetes drug in India at a price that is around 65% cheaper than those of competing offerings. The new drug is a combination of a Sodium Glucose Co-Transporter Inhibitor (SGLT2i) and a Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4 inhibitor. “Glenmark’s Remo V and Remozen V are priced at Rs. […]
Bicon Ltd and Lupin Ltd, two India-based pharmaceutical manufacturers, launched two drugs in the US, separately. Bangalore-based Biocon launched an immunosuppressant, while Lupin launched a pain relief drug. Biocon’s drug is called Tacrolimus, and it is a calcineurin inhibitor. The company said the drug is used in organ transplant patients to reduce the body’s ability […]
Pharmaceuticals manufacturer Indoco Remedies has won a major contract to supply Allopurinol, used to bring down uric acid in the blood, from Germany. The two-year contract will generate around Rs 70 cr per year for the company. “This is Indoco’s first own label product in Europe,” said Managing Director Aditi Kare Panandikar. “Germany is totally […]
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Zydus Cadila said it received permission to initiate clinical trials for ZYIL1, an oral small molecule NLRP3 inhibitor, as an anti-inflammatory agent. The molecule is being explored for treating a variety of inflammation-related conditions, including Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), auto-immune diseases, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, metabolic disorders, gastro-intestinal diseases (inflammatory bowel disease), […]
Indian drugmaker Laurus Labs said it signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in a Bangalore-based, fast-growing biotech company, Richcore Lifesciences, for Rs 246.67 cr. Richcore has advanced R&D and manufacturing facilities to develop and manufacture biotech products critical for manufacturing biological drugs. Richcore also helps its global customers to develop and scale-up […]
Tech Mahindra, one of India’s to six IT service providers, said it has invested $3 million, around Rs 23 cr, in a fast-growing tele-medicine start-up based in Plano, Texas. The Indian company, which gets a 6% stake in exchange for the investment, has an option of raising its stake to 14% by January 2021 by […]
Mumbai-based pharmaceuticals manufacturer Vaishali Pharma said it has entered the US market by launching its orthopaedic belts and similar products. The company is among the smaller sized pharmaceutical manufacturers in India, with annual sales in the range of around Rs 40 cr. Established in 1989, it manufactures and supplies bulk drugs, pharmaceutical ingredients, formulations, surgical […]
Dr Lal PathLabs, one of India’s top diagnostic chains, today clarified that the leak of patient data reported in the media involved only 1 in 200 patient records held by the company and did not involve any “material information loss”. “There was a misconfiguration in one of our minor web application where temporary records were […]
Thyrocare, one of India’s leading diagnostic services providers, said its revenue has jumped substantially in the July-September quarter owing to strong demand for COVID-19 testing. A day after competitor Metropolis Healthcare reported a 25% year-on-year jump for the three months, Thyrocare reported a growth of 37% in its revenue. Sequentially, Metropolis’ September quarter revenue nearly […]
Metropolis Healthcare, one of India’s biggest diagnostic services providers, said it has seen a sharp up-tick in its revenue this year, benefiting from increased demand for COVID-19 testing. As of September 2020, said the company, its total revenue is 40% higher than the same month of 2019. Within this, the non-COVID services/revenue has achieved ‘normalcy’ […]
The Uttar Pradesh government has capped the maximum price chargeable by private laboratories for testing for COVID-19 at Rs 1,600 with effect from tomorrow, Sep 11. Earlier, the maximum rate was Rs 2,500. The 900-rupee reduction has been made keeping in mind the higher availability of testing COVID-19 testing kits in the country and with […]
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare today ruled out achieving herd immunity — developed as a result of a large portion of the population getting infected — as a workable strategy for India in its fight against COVID-19. Rajesh Bhushan, officer on special duty at the ministry, said the government cannot have a strategy based […]
Pharma major Lupin Limited (Lupin) said it has received tentative approval from US FDA for Empagliflozin and Linagliptin tablets used to control blood sugar levels. The approval is for selling combinations of 10 mg+5 mg and 25 mg+5 mg of the drugs. In these dosages, the tablets have annual sales of around 242 million in […]
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd said its trial of Favirpiravir showed a 28.6% faster recovery among those treated with the antiviral drug than on those who were on standard therapy. The 150-person trial showed “numerical improvements for the primary efficacy endpoint with 28.6% faster viral clearance in the overall population as measured by the median time until […]
Kerala has become the first state in India to confirm community transmission of COVID-19. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said community transmission has been confirmed in coastal areas of Thiruvananthapuram district, based on test results from today. “We have come to the conclusion that COVID is now in community transmission in areas like Poomthura and Pulluvila,” […]
Even as opposition Congress Party alleges a ‘ventilator scam’ by the Modi government, information provided the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) reveal that the first batch of 30,000 ventilators are being procured at Rs 5.05 lakh each, and suggests that more allocations may need to be made towards the purchase of ventilators. According […]
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, one of India’s biggest pharmaceuticals manufacturers, said it has signed a licensing agreement with Japan-based FUJIFILM to manufacture anti-viral drug favipiravir. Favipiravir is traditionally used to treat infuenza, and is also being tested in COVID-19 patients. Dr Reddy’s said the tie-up is part of the Japanese company’s efforts to ramp up the […]
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that 35,327 people have returned to the state from other countries — mainly the Persian Gulf — in the last month-and-a-half after losing their jobs. They accounted for 50% of the total 71,958 people who have come back to the state in the first 46 days since flights were […]
