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Friday, October 3, 2025
TopicPharma sector

Topic: Pharma sector

Big Pharma has failed. It’s been 35 years since a new class of antibiotics entered the market

Antibiotics are among the most important medicines known to humankind, but we are running out of it.

Indians pay 70% less than the global median to buy medicines, study finds

A study compared the prices of drug compounds across the world and found that only Thailand, Kenya, Malaysia and Indonesia are cheaper than India.

Hundreds of colleges came up amid India’s pharma boom. Here’s why govt wants no more

India has barred new pharma colleges until 2021-22 to check poor-quality institutes looking to tap the industry’s growing popularity.

Major Indian drugmakers receive FDA warning over quality issues, tainted supplies

Cadila Healthcare, Glenmark Pharma and Lupin Ltd. are the latest medicine makers to be reprimanded by the US health care watchdog.

In a first, India’s Dr Reddy’s Labs to supply a generic drug to China’s public hospitals

Amid concerns about rising trade deficit between India and China, Dr Reddy’s has won a tender to supply Olanzapine, a drug used to treat mental ailments.

Indian pharma is not sub-par, it is ensuring the world doesn’t face a healthcare crisis

Katherine Eban's book 'Bottle of Lies', about the 2004 Ranbaxy scandal, paints whole of Indian pharma as being unreliable, which is dangerous & biased.

Swarms of bugs, missing data plague firms now making heart drug in India

Inspection reports by US federal agency FDA stated that workers destroyed records indicating that drugs were failing key quality measures.

India’s copycat drugs could do serious harm to patient health, says US pharma lobby

American pharma lobby slams India for not turning into reality the positive signs shown by the government about providing better market access.

Global analysts are ratcheting up their profit forecasts for Indian equities

Fundamentals of corporate India are improving & projections for next year’s earnings at S&P BSE Sensex Index companies has jumped to a record high.

On Camera

6 reasons Trump’s Gaza plan won’t work—even if Hamas accepts it

On paper, the 21-point plan looks balanced—Palestinian governance, international oversight, reconstruction pledges. But in reality, it is a non-negotiable diktat.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Finnish giant ICEYE to build signature radar microsatellites in India, offers full control to govt

Company builds microsatellites that are smaller, faster, cheaper to produce. ICEYE will develop & launch micro-satellites, hand them over to India, which will have full control & sovereignty.

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.