Pharmaceuticals
Weight training improves cognitive function in seniors
05 Feb 2010
Weight-bearing exercises may help minimise cognitive decline and impaired mobility in seniors, according to a new study conducted by the Centre for Hip Health and Mobility at Vancouver Coastal Health and the University of British Columbia
Boston Scientific to pay J&J $1.73 billion in patent settlement
02 Feb 2010
Under the terms of the agreement, Boston Scientific will pay $1 billion immediately and the remainder on or before the first week of January 2011 to settle the patents dispute
AstraZeneca reports profit, cuts 8,000 jobs to cut costs
29 Jan 2010
Despite a $10.8 billion pre-tax profit, the Anglo-Swedish pharma major is cutting 8,000 more jobs over the next four years to cope with revenue decline due to post-patent expiry competition from generic producers
Medtronic to acquire Invatec for $350 million
25 Jan 2010
Bayer to abandon haemophilia drug trial
25 Jan 2010
Researchers create new 'smart' nanocapsule delivery system for use in protein therapy
21 Jan 2010
Nanocapsules are submicroscopic containers composed of an oily or aqueous core surrounded by a thin, permeable polymer membrane roughly several to tens of nanometers thick By Wileen Wong Kromhout
EC probes pharma patent settlements to stall generic launches
13 Jan 2010
In July, EC commissioner Neelie Kroes warned that she would investigate pharmaceutical companies that stall generic drugs entry after patent expiry
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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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