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Waiting
to exhale
With increasing awareness and 'prevention is better than doctors'
phenomenon gaining ground, vaccines market is witnessing a
lot of activity. But vaccines are not an easy market to tap.
Nandini Patwardhan analyses the challenges that this market
puts forth
Upfront
V
Prakash next Director General of CSIR
Dr V Prakash, Director, Central Food Technological Research
Institute (CFTRI), Mysore, will assume the charge as the Director
General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR) and Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial
Research (DSIR), from January 1, 2007, when Dr R A Mashelkar
will relinquish his office
Vedic
Lifesciences signs agreement with Santerra
Santerra Pharmaceuticals and Vedic Lifesciences formed an
alliance to serve the North American market better.
ClinInvent
partners with Afferenz
Afferenz, a strategic business unit of Megasoft, which addresses
the data and information management needs of lifesciences
companies, announced a strategic partnership with ClinInvent
Research.
Glenmark
strikes a deal with LVT
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals USA (GPI), the wholly owned subsidiary
of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals India signed another supply and
marketing agreement with Lehigh Valley Technologies (LVT)
for the manufacturing and marketing of seven products for
the US market.
Glenmark
manufactures first batch of crofelemer
Glenmark announced the successful production of crofelemer
API for use in a pivotal Phase III trial by Napo Pharmaceuticals
in the US for chronic diarrhoea in persons living with HIV/AIDS.
Alkem
launches Jeevanprash
Alkem Laboratories has launched Jeevanprash, a low-calorie,
sugar-free, ayurvedic health supplement.
BioSyntech
signs agreement with Nicholas Piramal
BioSyntech is pleased to announce the signing of a scientific
collaboration between the company and their biopharmaceutical
partner Nicholas Piramal.
USV
acquires rights for unique patented products
Having introduced a unique calcium supplement, Triple-A Cal,
from Fujix Corporation (Japan) two years ago and with its
exceptional success in India (with product sales of 16 crore),
USV has now acquired the worldwide distribution rights (excluding
USA and Japan) for Triple A Cal and other unique patented
products of Fujix Corporation.
Iceland
delegation visits Lotus Labs
The honourable speaker of the Icelandic Parliament, Solveig
Petursdottir, along with four distinguished members of the
Icelandic Parliament, Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir, Steingrimur
J Sigfusson, Sigridur Anna Thordardottir and Jon Kristjansson
visited Lotus Labs in Bangalore, which is the Indian subsidiary
of Actavis group, Iceland.
Scientifically
validated medicinal plant extracts
Riding on the growing interest in biotechnology, ayurveda
and organic medicines, Hyderabad-based nutraceuticals company
Nandan Biomatrix has launched its standardised medicinal plant
extracts to cater to the national and global pharmaceutical,
nutraceutical and the food and healthcare industries.
India
on the nutra track
The third nutraceutical summit held in Mumbai from the 15th
to 17th November will be remembered down in the history of
all those present at the colossal occasion. It was a congregation
of the veterans from the industry, international delegates
and eminent speakers from the respective genres.
Joining
hands
It is a well-acknowledged fact that the Indian pharma and
chemical industry are witnessing rapid growth. However, it
won't be long before these sectors might reach a saturation
point unless they are given timely boosts.
The
magic of three
The pharma industry and student community came together for
the 58th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC) 2006, held in
Mumbai in conjunction with Pharmaceutical Expo 2006-Machinery
and Technology Exhibition. CPhI 2006 too, made its India debut
at the same time
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