Pharmaceuticals
Strides Shasun completes acquisition of controlling stake in Australia’s Generic Partners
17 Aug 2016
Lonza to buy InterHealth Nutraceuticals
16 Aug 2016
Piramal Enterprises to acquire Ash Stevens
16 Aug 2016
Campaigners want Scottish government to introduce HIV prevention drug ahead of its licensing
08 Aug 2016
Allergan to sell US distribution unit Anda to Teva for $500 mn
04 Aug 2016
The sale comes just a day after Teva completed its $40.5-billion acquisition of Allergan’s generic unit, following US regulatory approval a week ago
PE firm Advent in talks to buy inVentiv for nearly $4 bn
01 Aug 2016
Advent has so far prevailed over rival buyout firm CVC Capital Partners in bidding for inVentiv, one of the largest pharmaceutical contract research organisations in the US
Olympus sued as faulty scope causes 35 US deaths
26 Jul 2016
Thirty-five people died in the United States after contracting infections from contaminated medical scopes made by Japan’s Olympus Corp in the years after a company official told American executives not to issue widespread warnings to US hospitals
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
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In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
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The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
