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AstraZeneca Picky

Emerging markets are forecast to contribute around 70% of pharma growth in the next five years

13 March 2010

Power Play

Pfizer’s acquisition of Ratiopharm will make it influential in generics

11 March 2010

Fortis To Buy $685-Mn Stake In Singapore Parkway

Fortis has agreed to buy the stake from buyout firm TPG Capital

11 March 2010

Astra Dives Into Branded Generics

Emerging markets are forecast to contribute around 70% of pharma growth

6 March 2010

Ranbaxy’s Next Setback

Ranbaxy has failed to secure FDA approval to launch a generic version of a blockbuster urinary drug Flomax

5 March 2010

Top Indian Philanthropists Are Women

Last year, the Forbes list included telecom czar Sunil Mittal, NRI businessman Anil Agarwal and HCL Tech Chairman Shiv Nadar

4 March 2010

Strides Arcolab Buys Brazil Facility From Aspen

The facility makes Penems and Penicillins and is forecast to deliver $40 mn on an annualised basis

27 February 2010

Brand Loyalty

New rules are unlikely to stop doctors from promoting drug brands

26 February 2010

The Power Of Portability

Will Indian doctors warm to GE’s new pocket-size ultrasound machine?

25 February 2010

Ranbaxy Back In Black In Q4, Eyes Growth In 2010

Ranbaxy had incurred losses in three consecutive quarters to March

19 February 2010

Settling For The Right Dose

Indian firms have a good success rate in fighting patent holders in the US

13 February 2010

Half-Baked Doctors

While the government is expected to approve the Medical Council of India’s (MCI) proposal to introduce a four-year Bachelor of Rural Medicine and Surgery (BRMS) course

10 February 2010

Pharma Cos Hope R&D Sops Will Boost Investment

IDMA is pressing for the excise duty on drugs to be held at 4 per cent

6 February 2010

Counting On India’s Potential

Pfizer is investing in a new R&D facility in India after a long gap

1 February 2010

Pfizer Expects To Be No.1 In Japan Generic Drug

Pfizer is considering teaming up with one or more Japanese generic drug makers

30 January 2010

Death Of A Dream

In spite of 16 years of arduous research, no new drug has made it out of Indian labs. Here’s why


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India

Food Inflation Eases
WPI to cross into double digits by March before retreating over the next few months
>> Rising Inflation

Banking

Montek On RBI Policy
The plan panel honcho dismissed concerns of a prolonged double-digit inflation
>> No Plans For Takeover: SBI

Case Studies

In Time Of Debt
Never spend your money before you have it — Thomas Jefferson
>> Analysis: A. V. K. Mohan

BW Opinion

A Disastrous Retreat
BSNL has been unlucky in its expansion plans; its bad luck is that it is owned by the government and must buy everything on tender
>> Sprouts Of Wisdom

Lifestyle

Lap Of Luxury
A pick of the best luxury resorts in India that offer unique and exceptional stays
>> Bagfuls Of Work
 
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