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Nicholas buys ICI’s drug business for Rs 70 c

...tral nervous system and critical care segment. The niche or speciality bulk drugs that are exported by the business have no competition from India and limited international competition.” ICI’s pharma business has about 357 employees, including a field force of 200. ...

India - Favored Orthopedics Surgery Destination

...inding patients are coming from USA and Canada for niche high cost orthopedics surgeries like hip replacement or advanced knee replacement. // The fact that surgeries by many Indian doctors have given good results and they have wide experience helps to win over the confidence of overseas patients. The In...

Wockhardt Group Plans Hospital In Delhi By End-2007

...nces for relocation. "We are focusing only on the niche area life saving medicine procedures and offer high-end surgeries mainly in coronary, neuroscience and orthopaedics," he said. Though it seeks to attract overseas patients, Bali said the hospital group would reach out to the community within the cou...

Try a consortia of cholesterol-lowering foods for best results

...anning and preparation, and because these types of niche products are less available. It's just easier, for example, to buy a beef burger instead of one made from soy, although the range of options is improving. We considered it ideal if the participants were able to follow the diet three quarters of the t...

Needed, more space for women's sexual identity on marquees

...ees a happy ending for both. Both mainstream and niche filmmakers in India have been utterly judgmental towards older women. Even in recent films like "Dil Chahta Hai", "Ek Chhotisi Love Story", "Leela" and "Freaky Chakra", the women were stereotyped as singletons, with dysfunctional lives and crotchety ...

Singapore, India To Do Joint Research On Oral And Throat Cancers

...quoted as saying. "We are looking at carving out a niche in cancer research." The institutions plan to embark on a joint trial to test a new drug for oral cancers. --Edited IANS...

Western Region Tops in Indian Biotech Growth

...ech sector will build new business models based on niche markets and steer away from blockbuster models. Our role will be key to affordable drug development and bio-partnering will proliferate between US/European and Indian firms. "Venture capital will influence an India-China strategy for investor compa...

Suitable Culturing Medium, essential for Stem Cell Development

...g. Previous studies have shown that factors in the niche are important for stem cell proliferation. Less st...atrix affect the fate of these cells. It seems the niche doesn't just support these cells, it tells them what to become. It educates stem cells for a bright ...

Varied Applications of Adult Stem Cells to Treat Host of Disorders in Human

...o we decided to look in the hair follicle bulge, a niche for these cells." Xu and colleagues report their findings in the latest issue of the American Journal of Pathology. Hair follicles are well known to be a source for adult stem cells. Using human embryonic stem cell culture conditions, the researche...

Malarial Parasite Hides In Placenta

...ent set of receptors. This means that a new growth niche is made available to a subpopulation of the parasites. Earlier studies have suggested that each protein from the parasite attaches to only one specific protein, a receptor, in the placenta. Ms Rasti and her colleagues suspected, however, that the n...

FDA Gives the Nod to 'Risperdal' For Use in Autistic Children

...tistic children. Risperdal, an oral drug, holds a niche position as Johnson & Johnson's acclaimed product and has been in circulation since 1993, for treatment of schizophrenia. The approval by the FDA follows a detailed study undertaken in two phases, with 156 autistic patients aged 5 to 16. The study sp...

Organic Food Fever Catches Up In Delhi

...ng up promotional camps in parks and the target is niche - health conscious morning walkers," said an official of Meer Organic and Agro Products, spelling out another marketing strategy. Adding another twist in favour of organic food, Shiva said it was because of the lack of money for pesticides that farm...

Cashing in on IT for Healthcare

...e, it chose Helios & Matheson. "We are a focused niche player and our clients include health insurance giants, pharma majors, healthcare providers and the like," G.K. Muralikrishna, CEO, Helios & Matheson (H&M), told IANS here. "And our tasks and deadlines are often extremely challenging," he added. ...

Nutrient-rich Dairy Beverages an Emerging Market

...nutrients. Such products are being targeted at the niche market globally. There is a rapidly growing functional food market with products such as probiotic yoghurt drinks, cholesterol-lowering drinks, drinks with high fortification levels for children and sports drinks. However, not sufficient focus has ...

India is Uncorking Its Wine Market: Expert

...hat there was scope for good brands of wine in the niche market. The best way to come to India would be by entering into partnerships in trade and production. French, Italians, Australians and Germans were already making their presence felt in the country, Arora said. While India regularly participates...

Workers Compelled to Stay in Shape to Avoid Pay Cuts

...es. This is now fueling the rapid growth of the niche industry of wellness advisers who provide everything from corporate gyms to medical risk screenings at work and healthy grocery lists that can be downloaded on an iPod. Community Health Network, which began mandatory health screenings in 2005 for ...

Japan's All-star Speed Eater Suffers Professional Injury

... I destroyed my jaw." Kobayashi, who has become a niche celebrity in Japan and the United States, had already halted his competitive eating activities for several months due to mourning after his mother's death earlier this year. But he said he still wanted to go to the competition in New York. "I want ...

US Whizkids Create Eco-friendly Building Material from Mushroom

...ing fast. Numerous companies have carved out their niche selling "green" building supplies such as recycled fiber board and plant-based paints. The Environmental Home Center in Seattle sells an insulation made from denim scraps and another made from 100 percent recycled paper among their many green buildin...

First-borns Have Higher IQs Than Their Younger Siblings

...family. Because older children already occupy that niche in the family, younger children have to find other roles to play, Sulloway said. However, the work doesn't necessarily show that younger siblings suffer from their lower IQ. "There is considerable evidence that first-borns and later-borns are go...

New Understanding on Growth of Human Stem Cells

...ly influenced by cells in the local environment or niche , but the situation may be more complex. Human emb...c stem (ES) cells can actually produce distinctive niche cells, which then release stem-cell nourishing proteins to help keep their parents ticking over. S...

Insight Into Neural Stem Cells Has Implications For Designing Therapies

...ng re-specified. When they were taken out of their niche and transplanted into another region of the subventricular zone, they continued to produce the same subset of interneurons. Similarly, they retained their specialized production of distinct subtypes of neurons when removed from the animals' brains ...