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TopicPharmaceutical companies

Topic: Pharmaceutical companies

Top pharma alliance refutes ‘ill-researched’ US study linking Indian generics to higher adverse events

Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance says the study relies on FDA Adverse Event Reporting System data, which captures link between drugs & adverse events, but does not prove causation.

Indian pharmas improved USFDA compliance, but cases of contamination grew 2014-2024—McKinsey report

The report, released at Global Pharmaceutical Quality Summit in Mumbai, draws comparison of incidences of ‘official action indicated' after USFDA inspections a decade apart.

How Indian pharma firms are creating a drug crisis in West Africa & the rural road ‘revolution’

Global media also looks at the contest between US & Russia to sell fighter jets to India.

Govt relents, relaxes GMP adoption deadline for small, medium pharmas after RSS-backed body weighs in

The proposed extension for drugmakers in adopting Schedule M of Drugs and Cosmetics Act and Rules comes mainly at the behest of RSS-backed Laghu Udyog Bharti, it is learnt.

24 mega-seller drugs set to lose patents in US, big opportunity for Indian drugmakers — govt report

Patent expiry would mean that drugmakers will be able to launch generic versions of the blockbuster drugs, which are typically priced up to 90 percent lower than their innovator drug.

Import alerts, warning letters, drug recalls — why ‘pharmacy to the world’ is facing US FDA heat

New Delhi: On 18 April, Mumbai-headquartered Marksans Pharma, a drugmaker that supplies generic drugs in over 50 countries around the world, received form 483,...

Indian pharma market can more than treble by 2030, says industry report, urges focus on quality

Report by Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India and Ernst & Young says growth could be propelled by expansion in the domestic market, spurred by India's economic growth.

2 cough syrups found ‘contaminated’, regulator launches probe into Gujarat drugmaker

CDSCO says two cough syrups manufactured by Ankleshwar-based Norris Pharma were found to contain Ethylene Glycol (EG) & Diethylene Glycol (DEG) beyond acceptable limits.

Patients’ groups oppose changes to patent rules, say could hinder access to affordable medicines

The groups say Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules could make it harder to challenge patent applications, impede process of obtaining compulsory licences & effect transparency in system.

After small firms, India’s drug regulator puts big companies supplying to US, EU under scanner

Exercise by Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation began as crackdown on small & medium drugmakers, but is being expanded to include major firms after complaints over quality control.

On Camera

I finally got to say goodbye to Zubeen Garg. ‘Roi Roi Binale’ left me in tears

I wasn't home when others could pay their respects to the singer or catch a last glimpse. The movie was my way of accessing him one final time.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.