Grants to private companies          to curing neglected diseases

The Government of India                 may give non-repayable               grant-in-aid to the Pharmaceutical companies for developing drugs     for neglected tropical diseases              like Malaria, Tuberculosis...

Rational prescribing will save     billions of rupees

Pharmaceutical companies         spend billions of dollars annually       to ensure that physicians           prescribe the most expensive,    most promoted drug to the patients.

Finance Minister asks           Pharmaceutical Companies to         hold drug prices or lower them

Finance Minister urged the            drug manufacturers to put hold        on price of the drugs and have     advised the companies to expand   production so that economy of         scale can be reached to gain         can be made in terms of volume.

Pharma Industry to drive next        IT outsourcing wave

The Pharmaceutical industry               is expected to be a significant  contributor to the third wave           of outsourcing, with the US               market- worth over $4trn.     Pharmaceutical Research,           including Clinical Trials will        lead the Globalization of Healthcare processes.

Indian Pharmaceutical Industry       poised to take off

The Economic Times Bio-           Pharma Development Summit             in Mumbai, brought together the  top players of the sector and the          policy makers on a common          platform to look at the current            and future industry scenario.

Gene Therapy Drug Shows              Promise in MS Patients

Palo Alto, Calif.-based                   Bayhill Therapeutics reported           positive results from a phase....

Drug Regulators to Monitor                Side Effects

The Central Drugs Standard     Control Organization is now      planning to appoint a team of     ;    about 100 clinical....

Call for a Change

Ayurveda is one of the world's       oldest medical sciences.         However, even after five        thousand years .........

Making Drugs Safer

India has become a major hub          for clinical trials. However,          whether patients in India .....

India Developing Regulatory           Guidelines for Nanotechnology          Drugs

NIPER, the Indian National            Institute of Pharmaceutical           Education and Research, is        planning ....

Data Exclusivity: Access to        Medicine in Danger

Pharmaceuticals and                 agrochemicals are two key           sectors having direct implication      to the everyday life....

India: Ministries Say Yes To          Data Protection

Pursuant to the suggestions              made by the inter-ministerial               committee on data protection       headed by ......