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India defends right to issue drug 'compulsory licences'
Rediff.com23 Mar 2016

The USTR has placed India on its "priority watch" list for two years in a row, saying...

FDA warns India's Emcure Pharma, cites repeated data fudging at plant
Rediff.com17 Mar 2016

It is one of 42 drug-making factories in India that the FDA has banned in recent years

Pharma crusader takes India's drug regulators to court
Rediff.com7 Mar 2016

Dinesh Thakur is famous for exposing Ranbaxy safety problems

Compliance worries hit shares in India's top two drugmakers
Rediff.com9 Nov 2015

Credit Suisse analysts cut their rating on Sun Pharma stock to 'neutral' from 'outperform

US warns Novartis on manufacturing violations at 2 India plants
Rediff.com28 Oct 2015

US firm Mylan NV received a stern warning from the FDA in August for faulty...

India's IPR regime: Another setback for a multinational drugmaker
Rediff.com7 Sep 2015

India rejects patent on Pfizer's arthritis drug

Cipla to acquire two US-based pharma cos for $550 million
Rediff.com4 Sep 2015

Cipla has agreed to buy two generics businesses in the United States in an all-cash...

Diabetes medicines, antibiotics to now get cheaper in India
Rediff.com16 Jul 2015

Indian government has extended price caps to 39 more medicines ranging from commonly...

India scraps import duties on AIDS drugs to battle shortage
Rediff.com11 Jun 2015

Drugs under exemption make up roughly 95 per cent of the antiretrovirals used by...

How safe are the medicines you are taking? Study finds some can be life threatening
Rediff.com13 May 2015

Few drugs in the market are not approved by the authorities and can be life-threatening.

India may take WTO action against EU over drug clinical trials
Rediff.com15 Apr 2015

GVK Biosciences is the latest Indian firm to come under international scrutiny over...

Dr Reddy's to buy some UCB brands for $128 million
Rediff.com1 Apr 2015

Dr Reddy's will buy some established brands of Belgian drugmaker UCB.

Sun Pharma open to large acquisitions post Ranbaxy
Rediff.com25 Mar 2015

Sun Pharma open to large acquisitions post Ranbaxy.

Novartis sues Cipla over respiratory drug Onbrez
Rediff.com17 Dec 2014

Novartis said it is partnered with generic drugmaker Lupin Ltd to sell the drug in India

Prices of 52 more 'essential' drugs capped
Rediff.com12 Dec 2014

The new drugs to come under price control include commonly-used antibiotics and...

India accepts proposal to ban sale of single cigarettes
Rediff.com25 Nov 2014

Shares in ITC Ltd , India's largest cigarette maker, closed 5.2 per cent lower in a...

Approval delays to hurt Indian pharma cos' US sales
Rediff.com13 Nov 2014

Some Indian generic drugmakers are, however, uncertain about the pace of approvals in...

India battles HIV/AIDS drug shortage as some firms halt supply
Rediff.com4 Sep 2014

India had the third-largest number of people living with HIV in the world at the end of...

Modi govt plans to make medicines cheaper
Rediff.com24 Jun 2014

The health ministry has formed a committee to consider raising the number of drugs...