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Bristol-Myers' Opdivo found effective in kidney cancer

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

BristolMyers Squibb Co said a latestage trial of its drug Opdivo was stopped early after the immunotherapy was found to be effective in patients with the most common form of kidney cancer The US drugmaker said on Monday the study Checkmate was stopp...

Torrent Pharma completes Zyg Pharma acquisition

Monday, July 20, 2015

Drug firm Torrent Pharmaceuticals today said that it has completed acquisition of Encore Group firm Zyg Pharma Pvt Ltd The company on May said that it has signed a share purchase agreement to acquire per cent stake in Zyg Pharma a company engaged...

Valeant Pharmaceuticals agrees to acquire Egypt’s Amoun Pharmaceutical

Saturday, July 18, 2015

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which Valeant will acquire Mercury Cayman Holdings the holding company of Amoun Pharmaceutical for consideration of approximately US milli...

Albany Molecular Research Inc (AMRI) acquires Spanish drug development group, Gadea Pharmaceutical for $174 million

Friday, July 17, 2015

Albany Molecular Research Inc announced that it has acquired a private drug development company in Spain for million The Albany New York drug development company acquired Gadea Pharmaceutical Group which develops active pharmaceutical ingredients...

Canada-based Apotex Inc recalls about 92,000 bottles of hypertension drug in US

Friday, July 17, 2015

Canada based drug firm Apotex Inc is recalling bottles of Losartan potassium tablets in the US that were made by the companys Indian arm Apotex Research Pvt Ltd As per information on the US Food and Drug Administration USFDA website Apotex Inc is r...

Malin announces $80 million investment in UK-based Immunocore

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Malin Corporation plc an Irishbased global life sciences company today announces it has invested million in Immunocore Limited Immunocore a worldleading biotechnology company developing novel T cell receptor TCR based therapies with the potential to...

India expands medicine price control list to include 39 more drugs

Thursday, July 16, 2015

India has extended price caps to an additional drugs ranging from commonly used diabetes treatments to antibiotics in the governments latest effort to improve the affordability of medicines Wideranging price cuts over the past year have hit several...

AMCo acquires Australian company Boucher and Muir

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

The Britishbased international niche pharmaceutical business AMCo has acquired the Australian pharmaceutical company Boucher and Muir BNM BNM was set up in and has grown to become a highly successful company with sales in Australia New Zealand and...

U.S. FDA bans Emcure Pharma's India plant over manufacturing issues

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

The US Food and Drug Administration has banned drug imports from an India manufacturing unit of Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd over violations of standard manufacturing practices the latest in a series of Indian firms to face such action In an import al...

Greece bans export of 25 drugs after pharmacists' supply warnings

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Greece has decided to ban the export of types of drugs the Health Ministry said on Tuesday following warnings of possible shortages that risked leading to a humanitarian crisis A ministry spokeswoman quoted the Greek drugs regulator as saying there...