Pharmaceuticals

Gernmany’s Fresenius Medical to buy Euromedic’s dialysis unit for $648.5 million

04 Jan 2011

India rejects HIV drug patent application by Abbott Laboratories

03 Jan 2011

Elder's Patalganga plant gets accreditation from Japan's health ministry.

03 Jan 2011

CVS Caremark to buy Universal American's Medicare drug business for $1.25 bn

03 Jan 2011

Pfizer Animal Health to acquire veterinary diagnostics firm Synbiotics Corp

30 Dec 2010

Strides Arcolab, Akorn to sell US JV products portfolio to Pfizer for $63.2 million

30 Dec 2010

Surya Pharma acquires US-based OTC analgesic brand ActivOn in $22 million deal

28 Dec 2010

Transgene to start large-scale trials of new AIDS drug

27 Dec 2010

Strides Arcolab seeks to hike stake in Pharmahealth

24 Dec 2010

LyondellBasell sells flavors and fragrances business to Pinova Holdings for $150 million

23 Dec 2010

Two killed in gas leak at Dr Reddy’s Laboratories in Hyderabad

22 Dec 2010

Supercomputing research opens doors for drug discovery

22 Dec 2010

Supercomputers could help speed up the drug discovery process by identifying suitable chemicals that can dock onto a designated target in the body, such as a protein

Novartis plans $500 million investment in Russia

21 Dec 2010

Ranbaxy arm in $134-million AIDS drug supply deal with South African government

20 Dec 2010

Sharon Bio-Medicine to set up new plant at Sangli in Maharashtra

16 Dec 2010

GlaxoSmithKline acquires rights to Parkinson’s drug from Impax

16 Dec 2010

Galderma Pharma launches $970-million bid for cosmetic treatment firm Q-Med

14 Dec 2010

Sanofi-Aventis extends Genzyme offer, terms unchanged

13 Dec 2010

Aventis to exit Chiron JV with Novartis, with Rs105-crore stake sale

13 Dec 2010

WikiLeaks: Pfizer derailed investigations over clandestine drug trials in Nigeria

11 Dec 2010

J&J's McNeil unit recalls over 13 million packets of Rolaids

10 Dec 2010

Strides acquires controlling stake in Inbiopro in Rs65-crore deal

09 Dec 2010

Cephalon signs world's biggest stem cell deal with Australia’s Mesoblast

09 Dec 2010

Johnson & Johnson launches $2.32-bn bid for Dutch biotech firm Crucell NV

08 Dec 2010

India to retain generics production right under India-EU trade pact

08 Dec 2010