News: India

July 2008
Title (click to view)	Source	Date
10% cap on drug price hike likely to go	The Economic Times	3 July 2008
Avesthagen arm gets nod for product evaluation	Business Standard	3 July 2008
Biocon to shop for overseas companies	Business Standard	3 July 2008
Biotech regulator needs engineering	The Economic Times	3 July 2008
Price hike cap on drug cos likely to be eased	The Economic Times	3 July 2008
New oral drug for cancer	Deccan Herald	3 July 2008
Two's a crowd	Financial Express	1 July 2008
Accidental fungal growth results in new cancer drug	The Times of India	1 July 2008
Pfizer second-quarter net profit at Rs 38 cr	The Financial Express	1 July 2008
June 2008
Title (click to view)	Source	Date
Riding on consolidation	Financial Chronicle	30 June 2008
Experts against founding of national biotech authority as glitches increase	The Financial Express	30 June 2008
Turmeric hope for diabetics	The Financial Express	30 June 2008
Medopharm plans to focus on speciality drugs	The Economic Times	28 June 2008
New regulatory body for recombinant pharma products	The Hindu Business Line	28 June 2008
Govt plans to take measures to prevent pharma supply woes	The Economic Times	28 June 2008
Cabinet approves grant for drug R&D	The Hindu Business Line	27 June 2008
Biocon set to tap immunity suppressing drugs market	Business Standard	27 June 2008
Pharma cos move GoM on price hike	The Economic Times	26 June 2008
Total review of experience with Bt cotton sought	The Financial Express	24 June 2008
Cancer drug Glivec could save stroke patients	Mint	23 June 2008
Skill shortage threatens clinical research sector	The Economic Times	21 June 2008
Corporate Notes	The Financial Express	21 June 2008
Pharma firms bank on brand extension to boost growth	Business Standard	19 June 2008
Suven Life begins clinical trials of molecule	Business Standard	19 June 2008
The sweet pill of success	Financial Chronicle	19 June 2008
Now, drug outsourcing faces backlash in US	The Economic Times	19 June 2008
Biotech industry wants changes in bill	Deccan Chronicle	18 June 2008
Biocon plans unit to make tablets	The Times of India	18 June 2008
Wonder pill for major ailments	The Times of India	18 June 2008
Old stem cells can be made to regain youth	The Times of India	17 June 2008
Domestic cos shy away from keeping patents 'in force'	The Hindu Business Line	17 June 2008
Pfizer interest, if any, may be nixed by antitrust conserns	Mint	17 June 2008
Pricey affair: Drugs dearer on costly mix imports	The Economic Times	17 June 2008
Oral medicines may replace insulin shots	Financial Express	17 June 2008
Andhra pharma company sets up unit in Punjab	Politics and Business	17 June 2008
Magic shots	Financial Express	16 June 2008
Scheme soon to encourage IT and BT companies to go to backward districts	The Hindu	16 June 2008
India beats China as R&D hub for drugs	The Economic Times	16 June 2008
Signs on science	Financial Express	16 June 2008
Paraplegic stands up for stem cell therapy	Indian Express	16 June 2008
Civic Crusader	Business Today	15 June 2008
'PPPs in social sector are the way to go for CSR'	The Financial Express	15 June 2008
Folic acid found to safeguard diabetic heart	The Economic Times	15 June 2008
Govt to seek room for drug firms in Japan	The Economic Times	14 June 2008
Meet on biotech rescheduled	The Hindu	13 June 2008
Coming soon, pills that can think	The Times Of India	13 June 2008
A multi-purpose drug under trial	The Times Of India	13 June 2008
Smart pills to cut need for frequent doses	The Times of India	12 June 2008
Wonder medicine plant claims to cure cancer	Statsman	12 June 2008
Quotes	Deccan Chronicle	12 June 2008
Impact on pharma sector	Deccan Chronicle	12 June 2008
India best suited for clinical trials	The new Indian Express	12 June 2008
GM concerns in agriculture	The Hindu	11 June 2008
NRI's film raises hope for stem cell research	The Times of India	11 June 2008
Award for Shanta Biotech chief	The Hindu Business Line	11 June 2008
State to revitalise IT, BT policy	Business Standard	11 June 2008
When IT gaints clash with the pharma industry	Business Standard	11 June 2008
Rebranding no aid in drug price hike	The Economic Times	11 June 2008
'Medicines should be subsidised too'	The Hindu Business Line	11 June 2008
Scientists explain epilepsy enigma	The Hindu Business Line	10 June 2008
Pharma firms rejig portfolios to cash in on lifestyle segment boom	The Times of India	10 June 2008
Gene therapy drugs for cancer in 6-7 years	DNA	10 June 2008
Target acquired	The Financial Express	09 June 2008
Gene that causes enlarged hearts	The Financial Express	09 June 2008
Vitamins can fix slight genetic flaws	Pioneer	09 June 2008
Curing diabetes, from pricks to pills	The New Indian Express	09 June 2008
Parkinson's cure may lie in the nose	The Hindu Business Line	09 June 2008
Biocon eyeing top slot in nephrology space	The Hindu Business Line	05 June 2008
India to test vaccine against anthrax	The Times of India	04 June 2008
Area under Bt cotton to touch two lakh hectares in State	The Hindu	02 June 2008
Draft WHO pact on drugs cheered by India	Mint	02 June 2008
India Inc. Wakes up to nanotechnology	Business Today	01 June 2008
Nandan Bio launches Bio-Rhythm	The Financial Express	01 June 2008