Novel "CYCLOSPORINE CAPSULE FORMULATION" to be launched
...re big and makes it uncomfortable to swallow. The pharmaceutical company SangStat expects to launch significantly smaller cyclosporine capsule in Europe. The new cyclosporine capsule is significantly smaller than any cyclosporine capsule currently on the market. "The replacement of our current capsule filing wi...Glivec - New Hope For CMC Patients
... to be one. But there's good news. Multinational pharmaceutical giant Novartis - has announced that a new drug called 'Glivec ' can be used as a 'first line therapy' is the treatment of CMC. This was announced by researchers at a meeting of American Society of Hematology in San Francisco, on Saturday Evening. T...Vaccine for Alzheimer’s diseas
...other major indicator of Alzheimer’s diseases. The pharmaceutical company Elan, based in Dublin, Ireland, is poised to begin human clinical trails of a potential treatment based on the vaccine. Nearly one in ten people over the age of 65 suffers the dementia by Alzheimer’s disease, and the risk rises fourfold for...Now AIDS treatment comes dirt-cheap
The war of the pharmaceutical giants has just begun. After waging wars over many drug formulations the pharma majors are now locking horns over AIDS treatment. The ball was set in motion by the dramatic announcement of Indian firm Cipla that a three-drug combination for AIDS trea...Cancer drugs in development nearly doubled since 1995
...w survey of pharmaceuticalcompanies.Currently, 170 pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms various CancerInstitutes are investigating 402 compounds for the treatment of variouscancers, up from 215 in 1995. Many of the drugs are alternatives to standardradiation and chemotherapy. For lung cancer, the leading cause of...India to benefit from pharma companies' move
The decision by 39 pharmaceutical companies to drop a historic case in South Africa ...import of generic medicines free from patents. The pharmaceutical companies, which include some of the biggest in the world, had challenged the order on the ground th...Nearly all asthma deaths preventable
...ghing. The Asian study sponsored by international pharmaceutical manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline, involved over 3,200 asthma patients and parents of asthma sufferers in 13 cities across China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam. It was conducted between September and December 2...Cipla holds talks with mining giant to supply AIDS drugs for South African workers
Indian pharmaceutical giant Cipla is holding talks with London based min... system. This has forced the government to talk to pharmaceutical companies that can supply cheap drugs to combat the dreaded virus. As a part of this process the g...The World Bank funds private Hospital in India
...al will be run by Wockhardt, India's fifth largest pharmaceutical company, which will own 51% of the equity. Local health campaigners in India are outraged that the bank is funding a private hospital rather than basic primary healthcare services for poorer patients. The save Public health Care Campaign, a coalitio...Kick Smoking with Nicotine Drink
...nted this nicotine drink and are now looking for a pharmaceutical company to help conduct larger clinical trials. You can put this stuff in your coffee, your peach Snapple ice tea or soda, whatever you like to drink, Eric C. Westman, an assistant professor at the Duke University Medical Center who has headed the s...South Africa Wins landmark case against pharmaceutical giants
...th Africa has scored a landmark legal victory over pharmaceutical giants wanting to stop South Africa from importing...th HIV-AIDS. In April this year 39 of the biggest pharmaceutical firms were dealt a blow by a South African court when an attempt by the firms to strike down a law p...Pharmaceutical giant offers AIDS related antifungal drug free to 50 countries
...ship seems to be the latest mantra of Pfizer. The pharmaceutical giant has announced that it will supply free antif...African Government winning a landmark case against pharmaceutical companies. In an announcement on Wednesday Pfizer said AIDS related antifungal drug Diflucan will b...Pharmaceutical giant offers AIDS related antifungal drug free to 50 countries
...ship seems to be the latest mantra of Pfizer. The pharmaceutical giant has announced that it will supply free antif...African Government winning a landmark case against pharmaceutical companies. In an announcement on Wednesday Pfizer said AIDS related antifungal drug Diflucan will b...Pharma cos must forge Strategic alliances
Indian pharmaceutical majors should go in for strategic alliances among themselves to capture export markets increasingly by leveraging cost advantages and precluding cut-throat competition which would be detrimental to the industry. This was stated by the Commerce Secre...India's anti-AIDS drug market engaged in price war
The Indian pharmaceutical companies hope to strike a pot of gold by making c...mbai-based Cipla, witnessed the entry of four more pharmaceutical companies including Ranbaxy laboratories, GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, Aurobindo Pharmaceuticals...RANBAXY - enters anti-AIDS segment
...ently, Ranbaxy laboratories, the country's largest pharmaceutical company, is planning to enter the anti-AIDS drugs ...drug segment also witnessed the entry of many more pharmaceutical companies including GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, Aurobindo Pharmaceuticals and Zydus Cadilla. R...New FDA Approved Drug To Treat Migraine
...ic artery disease. This drug is introduced by the pharmaceutical company, Pharmacia. Results of controlled clinical trials demonstrated that Axert was highly effective and well tolerated. Axert is now an exciting new migraine therapy from Pharmacia, proven effective in the acute treatment of migraine....Doctor samples come under the ambit of advertisement
...eclared that distribution of physician's sample by pharmaceutical companies to the medical profession is in nature o...re on physicians samples distributed to doctors by pharmaceutical companies is outside the scope of sub section (3A) of section 37 of the Act. Hence the supreme court...Two of the leading pharmaceutical industries, Ranbaxy Laboratories and Cipla announced an alliance to co-market Ranbaxy’s once-a-day formulation of Ciprofloxacin. The formulation had recently received Drug Controller General of India’s (DCGIs) approval for marketing in India. Ciprolo...