Government to amend PCA Act to facilitate animal experiments
If the government accepts the recommendations on animal experimentation norms, this will see allowing of variety of animal experimentation for welfare of society, relaxation in import of animals for experimentation, separating minor/major offenses putting an end to arbitrary decision making and ensuring of animal welfare while promoting research.

CDISC plans India Committee for standardising clinical data
The Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), in an effort to formalise its global representation, is planning to form an India-CDISC Co-ordinating Committee on the lines of Europe CDISC Co-ordinating Committee (ECCC) and Japan CDISC Co-ordinating Committee (JCCC) to develop and support global data standards that enable information system interoperability to improve medical research and related areas of healthcare.

Colour-Chem expands intermediates capacity
The Life Science Chemicals Division of Clariant has transferred the manufacture of building blocks primarily based on Friedel-Crafts reactions from Germany to its affiliate in India, Colour-Chem Limited.

Charak, Avin Pharma sign marketing tie-up
As part of its expansion strategy, Mumbai-based herbal major Charak Pharma Pvt Ltd has entered into a marketing and distribution tie-up with a leading Russian company Avin Pharma.

Patent Amendment gets through, evokes mixed reaction
Although many concerns of the domestic industry and the society at large have been addressed while passing the Patent Amendment Bill, patent experts point out that the country could have more effectively put in place safeguards utilising all available flexibility in the TRIPs agreement.