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What
ails IPC?
Ever since its inception, Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission
(IPC) has always been like a square peg being forced into
a round hole. Lack of funds, infrastructure and bureaucratic
hassles continue to pose challenges at IPC, Sushmi Dey discovers
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Glenmark
establishes presence in Romania
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals announced the establis-hment of its
company in Romania, called Glenmark Pharmaceuticals s.r.l.
Wockhardt's
robust annual results
Wockhardt announced its results for the year ended 31st December
2007.
Avesthagen
launches plant-based BioActives
Avesthagen recently announced the launch of seven new botanical
BioActives under the Avesta brand, aimed to promote wellness
through prevention of specific degenerative conditions like
diabetes, bone loss and cardiovascular diseases.
Quest
Diagnostics collaborates with Birla Sun Life Insurance
Quest Diagnostics India, the wholly owned subsidiary of Quest
Diagnostics Incorporated and Birla Sun Life Insurance has
entered into a long-term agreement, to provide health assessment
services.
GlaxoSmithKline
rising high for fourth quarter
GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals posted improved results for
the quarter ended 31st December 2007.
Glenmark's
molecule enters phase I
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals announced that its candidate for
rheumatoid arthritis (RA), inflammation and multiple sclerosis-GRC
4039, has entered phase I trials.
NPIL
partners with DBT
An agreement was signed on February 22, 2008 between NPIL
Research and Development (NRDL) and Department of Biotechnology
(DBT), in the presence of Kapil Sibal, Honourable Minister
of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences to initiate an
industry - university/ national institute partnership programme
in drug discovery.
Pfizer
launches Champix
Pfizer announced the launch of Champix, a unique non-nicotine
smoking cessation prescription drug.
'The
true success is yet to come'
Pune based toxicity testing company Intox has already proved
its credibility by becoming just the fourth Indian CRO with
international Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) certification.
Sachin Jagdale provides more details
Events
Brief
IHPBA
2008 focuses on latest trends and R&D
The inaugural function of the eighth Congress of International
Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA) was held at Renaissance
hotel from 27th February to 2nd March 2008.
Growing
technological needs in pharma
Eighth international symposium on ‘Advances in technology
and business potential of new drug delivery systems’
concluded successfully in Gujarat. Sachin Jagdale reports
Nutra's
vision and dream
After three consecutive years of successful nutraceutical
events, the fourth Nutraceutical Summit 2008 held at World
Trade Center, Mumbai, brought policy makers and regulatory
authorities face to face with the nutraceutical industry.
Ophthalmology
trends at EYE INFO 2008
All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) organises annual
conferences in different parts of the country to improve the
practice of ophthalmic sciences with a focus to encourage
scientific and trade activities. EYEINFO 2008, the annual
conference of AIOS, was held from January 31 to February 3.
SIRO
gets IT solutions from Sun and Oracle
SIRO Clinpharm (SIRO), has decided to implement a new IT framework
comprising Oracle's Life Sciences Applications (OLSA) and
its other applications running on Sun Microsystems' hardware
platform.
Satyam
sets-up Life Sciences CoE
Global information technology giant Satyam Computer Services
recently announced setting up of its Life Sciences Centre
of Excellence (CoE).
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