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Issue dated - 13th March 2003

Latest News (Updated - 19th March 2003)

> Merck board recommends raise in dividend for FY-02
> Ranbaxy granted FDA approval to market amoxicillin and clavulanate potassium for oral suspension USP
> IDMA, OPPI assure AIOCD of sympathetic consideration on losses due to VAT
> Ind Swift to seek consent for Scheme of Amalgamation
> Serum aims to grab 20% BPH pie with Pyginal

Chiron seeks Indian partners to develop HIV vaccine for subtype C
Chiron Vaccines, which discontinued development work on gp120 - a vaccine that was subsequently developed by VaxGen and was recently found to be ineffective in human trials to tackle the HIV virus - in 1994, has now readied second-generation vaccines for HIV subtypes B, C and E.
Shreya wants to buy RPG LifeSciences
Pfizer's Becosules to hit Rs 100 crore sales by March end

India agrees to provide data exclusivity
Shreya, SciGen set up plant for recombinant products
House panel gives new twist to IPA proposal on drug access

INSIDE PHARMA

HAPPENNINGS

CORPORATE

EDITORIAL

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BUDGET SPECIAL - 03	FROM THE EDITOR.....
Pharma industry wants a cure after bitter budget Budget lacks clarity on royalty tax: Analyst ‘Quite a positive budget!’ ‘Healthcare industry has been provided the right impetus’ Unique in many ways Reactions	At a Tangent EDIT ARTICLE Nimesulide revisited Perception building has been an important component of the marketing warfare involving nimesulide, maintain CJK Simon and Sunil S Chiplunkar
HAPPENINGS	CORPORATE
Fine print shows budget is shortsighted, rues industry Announcements CII to hold clinical research conference NIPER celebrates foundation day	Serum to launch herbal therapy for BPH Hepatitis B vaccine segment annually degrowing at 46 per cent At A Glance
MARKET PLACE	GLOBAL PHARMA
The Power of Pool Nothing is impossible for a winning team provided every member is a winner himself, write Inderjit Baboota & Sanjula Baboota	Bangladesh: A market waiting in the wings A very short sojourn at Dhaka to attend the Asia-Pharma Expo 2003 coupled with limited interaction with Bangladesh industry representatives revealed many facets of this industry despite people there being guarded and not prone to opening up easily.
PRODUCTS	IN THE NEWS
This week's product reviews - - Manometer \|\| Design \|\| Air Atomizing Spray Nozzle \|\| Siltabs \|\| Agitated Pressure Nutsche Filter Dryer \|\| Rotocone Vacuum Filter Dryer System (RCVFD) \|\|	Lack of focus leaves DBT plan for bioinformatics research high & dry THE Department of Biotechnology (DBT) which is said to be keen on undertaking novel developmental work in bioinformatics research is said to be stuck due to lack of focussed and result oriented proposals.

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