Pharmaceuticals
NPPA asks Cipla to pay for overcharging on drugs
10 Jul 2009
J&J to invest $1.5 billion in Elan’s Alzheimer’s drugs
03 Jul 2009
J&J plans to acquire Ireland's Elan Corporation plc's Alzheimer's immunotherapy programme assets, for $1.5 billion
J&J awarded $1.67 billion in patent suit against Abbott Laboratories
30 Jun 2009
A US Federal jury has granted Johnson & Johnson the largest patent-infringement damages in US history
Cash-strapped Wockhardt sells veterinary arm to France’s Vetoquinol
29 Jun 2009
After planning to divest its hospital chain, Wockhardt sells its veterinary business to Vétoquinol, while some overseas units are also said to be on the block
Sun Pharma puts up brave face after FDA crackdown
27 Jun 2009
Sun Pharmaceuticals today said it would revise the guidance on its performance after the action taken against its US-based subsidiary Caraco Pharmaceutical by the USFDA
Pfizer sweetens bid for India arm to Rs830 per share
25 Jun 2009
Pfizer has raised its offer price to buy a 33.77-per cent stake in India-based Pfizer Ltd. from public shareholders
GSK signs drug pact with Chroma Therapeutics
24 Jun 2009
China pushes fake "Indian" drugs in Africa
10 Jun 2009
Nigeria’s food and drug watchdog, the National Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has seized Chinese-made fake generic anti-malarial drugs with the label ‘Made in India’.
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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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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