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Shopping
for success
Indian pharma companies are looking for partners to make their
presence felt on the global shores.Nandini Patwardhan presents
a snapshot of strategic alliances that have made headlines
in the pharma industry.
Upfront
'These
are the best times to be a young scientist in India'
Professor V S Chauhan, Director, International Centre for
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) feels that the
Indian biotech industry has phenomenal potential and these
are good times for the industry. Chauhan is the man behind
the much talked malaria vaccine and has set up the malaria
group in ICGEB. He is associated with several Indian and overseas
world-renowned institutes like the American Society of Microbiology
and the New York Academy of Sciences. Chauhan speaks to Sapna
Dogra about the Indian biotech scene and ICGEB's activities.
Dekkers
talks on Thermo's plans
Marijn E Dekkers is the President and Chief Executive Officer
of Thermo Electron Corporation, a world leader in analytical
instruments. On his first visit to the country as the CEO,
Dekkers shares his expansion plans for Thermo India with Shardul
Nautiyal.
GSK
joins hands with Oxford over cancer research
The University of Oxford and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced
a new collaboration in cancer research to be conducted through
leading clinical centres in India.
MSD
ties up with Baxter for a new drug delivery system
Pharmaceutical major Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD), in collaboration
with Baxter India, has announced an innovative drug delivery
solution to its world-wide blockbuster Imimpenem/Cilastatin
antibiotic vials.
Waters'
solutions to aid scientific data management
Dr Rohit Khanna, the Vice-President, Marketing of Waters Corporation
was in Bangalore recently, to brief up about their new products—Scientific
Data Management Software (SDMS) and the e-lab notebooks (ELN).
Stock
Watch
The pharma sector witnessed a lot of activity and some of
the major pharma companies were in the limelight, this fortnight.
All
the pharma intelligentsia here
CII events for the Indian pharmaceutical industry - the Pharma
Summit and Pharma Expo 2005 - with the theme, 'India Inc -
New Collaborative Growth Models' received an overwhelming
response from the industry with over 250 delegates participating
in the proceedings.
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