Pharmaceuticals
Dr Reddy's Laboratories to acquire Dutch specialty pharmaceutical firm OctoPlus for €27.4 mn
22 Oct 2012
SC asks centre, states to explain “illegal” human drug trials
08 Oct 2012
The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by a NGO against patients being subjected to clinical trials in without their knowledge
SC rejects govt’s new drug pricing proposals
03 Oct 2012
The Supreme Court today asked the centre not alter the existing pricing system for essential drugs, and also to inform it within a week when it would notify a new list of essential medicines under the drug price control mechanism
NGO to challenge drug price control over lacunae
29 Sep 2012
The All India Drug Action Network, the non-government organisation that forced the government to regulate the prices, is reportedly set to challenge the pricing mechanism in the Supreme court
Government to cap prices of essential drugs
28 Sep 2012
Medtronic to acquire orthopaedic device maker China Kanghui for $816 mn
28 Sep 2012
Medtronic Inc, the world's largest independent medical products maker, is buying orthopaedic device maker China Kanghui Holdings in a bid to enter the Chinese medical device market
Biocon among top 20 employers in sector: survey
25 Sep 2012
Mitsui’s stake buy in Arch Pharma gets CCI nod
22 Sep 2012
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