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Banned But Available
A number of drugs that are banned abroad are freely available
in the Indian market. Why? At what cost? Who decides to let
them be? Sapna Dogra takes a closer look.
‘Pharmacists
should be allowed to practice their profession’
Prof. B Suresh, President, Pharmacy Council of India has ambitious
plans for the pharmacists in the country. He wants to take
the pharmacy profession to new heights adopting global standards
through the proposed amendment to Pharmacy Act 1948. The principal
JSS College of Pharmacy, Ooty, Dr Suresh is Chairman, Pharmacy
Education division of Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Association,
a member of the All India Board of Pharmaceutical Education
and part of the Board of Faculty Development in Technical
Education of the All India Council for Technical Education,
New Delhi. Dr Suresh speaks to Sapna Dogra about the future
he would like to carve for the country's pharmacists.
Sterling
acquires Torrent's facility for Rs 55 crore
Sterling Biotech signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
to purchase the manufacturing facility of Torrent Gujarat
Biotech as an asset sale for Rs 55 crores in an all cash deal.
"Evergreening"
- An evergreen issue
Dr Gopakumar Nair takes us through the complexities of patent
rights and "evergreening" of expiring patents via
the case of Paroxetine—a landmark in the field of patent
law.
Digitised
database of 10,000 patents
CSIR Unit for Research and Development of Information Products
(URDIP) celebrated its sixth foundation day with the release
of the first-ever database of Enzyme Inhibitors which will
help pharmaceutical companies discover and design new drugs
using the gaps in current patents and research.
Licensing
for Tamiflu may begin
Indian generic firms might finally be able to manufacture
Tamiflu. In a statement, Roche AG, the Swiss pharmaceutical
giant that holds patent for the drug, said that it is ready
to issue emergency licenses of the drug to generic companies
across the world.
Stock
Watch
The Indian pharma industry is under pressure this year due
to the implementation of Value Added Tax (VAT). Most of the
companies witnessed a slowdown in sales due to de-stocking
on account of VAT in the first quarter. However, in spite
of lower sales, pharma companies posted better-than-expected
results in the first quarter.
Portable
Gas Detector for Chlorine:PTi
Subtronics (India) launched their latest portable gas monitor
for chlorine model PTi. It measures chlorine levels ranging
from 0-200 ppm and has an accuracy of 0.5 ppm.
Thin-film
Measuring Instrument
Maxtek USA offers thin-film monitors for thin-film application
studies. Model TM-350 and TM-400 thin-film deposition monitors
provide capabilities necessary for deposition process.
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