Lupin gets USFDA approval for diarrhoea drug NEW DELHI: Drug major Lupin has received approval from the US health regulator to sell a generic version of Vancocin capsules, used in treating diarrhoea, in the American market. The company has received final approval for its Vancomycin Hydrochloride Capsules in strengths of 125 mg and 250 mg from the US Food and ... Read More »

Ways to handle stress Lessens when shared, mounts up when curbed! Usually people hide the reasons of their stress from others. They do not want others to get perturbed because of them. They prefer that others do not get to know their personal affairs nor their shortcomings .They feel that if they are undergoing a rough patch, others might think ... Read More »

Ranbaxy forfeits 180 days exclusivity for generic Nexium NEW DELHI: RanbaxyBSE 1.49 % Laboratories has lost the opportunity to exclusively market in the United States for six months the first generic version of Anglo Swedish drug innovator Astra Zeneca’s heartburn drug Nexium, the Delhi-based company said in a filing to the stock exchange on Tuesday. The company, which is in ... Read More »

 Life is not a Race — Stay away from unhealthy Competition   I was cycling and noticed a person in front of me, about 1/4 of Km. I could tell he was cycling a little slower than me and I decided to try to cat…ch him. I had about a km to go on the road before turning off. So ... Read More »

Republic Day in India Many people throughout India celebrate the nation’s Republic Day, which is a gazetted holiday on January 26 each year. It is a day to remember when India’s constitution came into force on January 26, 1950, completing the country’s transition toward becoming an independent republic. Pictured above are Indian Army soldiers on parade during preparations for the ... Read More »

Indian-made vaccine approved to fight meningitis in Africa ACCRA: A vaccine against meningitis prepared by an Indian company has been approved by the World Health Organisation (WHO), paving the way for its use to eradicate the disease in sub-Saharan Africa. The MenAfriVac vaccine was developed by the Indian company, Serum Institute of India Limited (SIIL), under a project of the ... Read More »

Attitude changes everything Poison A long time ago, a girl named Li-Li got married and went to live with her husband and mother-in-law. In a very short time, Li-Li found that she couldn’t get along with her mother-in-law at all. Their personalities were very different, and Li-Li was angered by many of her mother-in-law’s habits. In addition, she criticized Li-Li ... Read More »

Delhi HC bars Cipla from selling copy of Novartis respiratory drug The Delhi High Court has barred generic drugmaker Ciplafrom making or selling a cheaper copy of Novartis AG’s respiratory drug Onbrez domestically, citing infringement of patents held by the Swiss company. Cipla, India’s fourth-largest generic drugmaker by revenue, had launched its copy of Onbrez in New Delhi in October ... Read More »

MedImmune enters licensing agreement with Omnis Pharmaceuticals for oncolytic viruses in immuno-oncology AstraZeneca today announced that MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm, has entered into a licensing agreement with Omnis Pharmaceuticals (Omnis), a privately-held biotechnology company focused on the development of oncolytic viruses. This agreement will allow MedImmune to combine key agents from its investigational immunotherapy portfolio with ... Read More »

Drug manufacturing industry cries foul over poor regulation HYDERABAD: India’s drug manufacturing industry is afflicted with poor regulation – a case of authorities not scaling up the supervisory process to match the pace of the sector’s growth. The botched up sterilisation surgeries in Chhattisgarh in November, which left 13 women dead, was a grim reminder about the need to increase ... Read More »