Pharmaceuticals
Scientists shed light on how serotonin works
06 Oct 2010
Cheek swab may detect lung cancer
06 Oct 2010
Sanofi-Aventis goes hostile with $18.5-bn Genzyme bid
04 Oct 2010
Refusing to hike its offer French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis today went hostile with its $18.5-billion takeover bid for the world's third-largest biotech firm, Genzyme Corporation
Regulators in EU, US "kill" Glaxo’s diabetes drug Avandia
24 Sep 2010
Doctors cannot prescribe Avandia to new patients unless they certify that they have exhausted all other remedies to control their blood sugar levels including Avandia's main competitor, Actos
Google sues rogue online pharmacies
23 Sep 2010
Sun acquires controlling stake in Taro, Shanghvi is chairman
22 Sep 2010
After two and a half years of legal battle, Sun's subsidiaries have increased their voting rights in Taro to 65.8 per cent
Suven Life Sciences wins US patents for NCEs
21 Sep 2010
Johnson & Johnson in talks to buy Crucell for $2.3 billion
17 Sep 2010
The acquisition of the Dutch vaccine maker would catapult Johnson & Johnson into the global vaccine market.
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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!
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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
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