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Issue dated - 3rd April 2003

Latest News (Updated - 10th April 2003)

> VAT committee may consider lowering tax on drugs
> Siba Prasad Maitra joins J B Chemicals as senior marketing director

Transporters' strike may lead to acute medicine shortage in Maharashtra: stockists
The postponement of the implementation of value-added tax regime all over the country, coupled with the ongoing transporters' strike in Maharashtra, has proved to be a double whammy to the industry, according to a highly placed industry source here.

Mashelkar Panel calls for central licensing for drug manufacture
Chiral drugs to flood Indian market; Cipla leads the pack
Industry worried as VAT confusion results in lower offtake

INSIDE PHARMA

HAPPENINGS

CORPORATE

EDITORIAL

Pharma Awards 2003

- Salaam!
The third edition of Express Pharma Pulse Awards is waiting to be unveiled on the evening of April 11, 2003 at J W Marriott hotel in Mumbai.

CONVERSATION	FROM THE EDITOR.....
‘The new treatment will control diabetes without any side-effects’ Dr Jyoti Ghosh, a renowned clinical scientist, is the recipient of a top US honour for formulating a significant new method for the treatment of diabetes.	Central Control EDIT ARTICLE Nimesulide: A marketing tactic? THE article ‘Nimesulide revisited’ which appeared in March 8 edition of Express Pharma Pulse was a classic marketing tactic of ‘If you can’t convince them, confuse them”.
HAPPENINGS	CORPORATE
Meet on pharma sciences highlights recent advances in technology US cosmeceutical products demand to increase 8.5 per cent annually through ‘07 One-day token strike nearly total, says pharma trade Technological advances hold key to future developments: Dr C L Kaul COPS in pact with Bartech on placements programme Bombay College of Pharmacy cell holds seminar on drug delivery ANNOUNCEMENTS	Hindustan Lever to open 20 ayurvedic health centres Morepen to explore markets abroad with its formulation kitty Boots Piramal relaunches Aspro Alkem’s Phoenix Biopharma CRO receives DCGI approval Elder’s Shelcal hit by trade switch, considering encapsulation AT A GLANCE Medlar receives OECD certification for GLP RLL may get only 10 per cent of flecainide acetate market share
PRODUCTS	TECHNOLOGY TRENDZ
This week's product -- Spectrophotometer \|\| Gas filled thermometer \|\| Temperature measurement system \|\| Turbo mill \|\| BOD meter \|\| Digital vacuum gauge \|\| Glass tube/ acrylic body rotameter	Colorcon relocates production facility to Goa Sartorius shifts international service centre to Bangalore Improve quality with good water management systems: IDMA Hardware-neutral solutions will be continued: Sarla Tech
OPED	IN THE NEWS
VAT holds up inclusion of local taxes in MRP Exim policy welcomed by industry stalwarts	VAT implementation to be delayed Business Objects: Solutions for analysing reports

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