Pharmaceuticals
China launches probe on GSK over price fixing
05 Jul 2013
SC throws out PIL against Ranbaxy over substandard drug issue
25 Jun 2013
Ranbaxy, the largest drug maker in India, is under attack, both because of its size and reach and the threat its generic drugs pose to the patent drugs lobby, especially in the West
European regulator fines Ranbaxy and 8 others for blocking generic drugs
19 Jun 2013
The European antitrust regulator today fined nine pharmaceutical companies including Ranbaxy a total of €146 million for blocking the supply of a cheaper anti-depressant drug to the market.
No patents on human DNA, unless synthetic: US Supreme Court
14 Jun 2013
With the US Supreme Court ruling yesterday that DNA was part of nature and no one could patent it, the curtain has fallen on one of the most hotly debated topics in recent times
Teva, Sun Pharma to pay Pfizer $2.15 bn to settle patent suit
12 Jun 2013
Teva, the world’s largest generic drug firm, will pay $1.6 billion of the settlement amount while Sun Pharmaceuticals will pay the remaining $550 million
Featured articles
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
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!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
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.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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
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