Drugs and Pharmaceuticals

Industry Highlights

 

 

Contents

 

 

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Feature                                                           1

-         Indian pharma industry at cross roads

News & Views

Indian

Industry News                                                 3

-         BDMA proposes to set up an environment management fund

-         Drug firms express displeasure over increase in price control span

-         Government to frame criteria for price negotiations with pharma MNCsPharma firms turn to rural areas

-         Pharma majors line up plans for retail business

-         Drug export to Africa falls substantially

-         Alembic buys Dabur’s non-oncology business

-         Sun pharma aims for acquisition in UK

-         Ranbaxy, Cipla eyes Merck’s generic business

-         Ranbaxy enters drug development deal with GSKCadila exports may double in 2 years

-         Pharma cos eye global cancer drugs market

-         Glenmark to enter Europe with Rs 100 Cr acquisition

-         Actavis buys Sanmar's API manufacturing unit

-         Glaxo delegation in India for brand, tech acquisitions

Maneesh Pharmaceuticals acquires Brazilian firm


Regulatory News  11

-         Bulk drugs price fixation

-         Ceiling price fixation

-         Draft pharma policy referred to group of ministers 

-         NPPA to check exorbitant drug price rise

-         OPPI demands excise duty cut on drugs

-         Cabinet approval for Central Drugs Authority

-         Ministry proposes tax refund on emergency aid by pharma firms

-         Drug companies to stop freebies to doctors

-         Pawar to head GoM on drug prices control

-         Pharma industry finds new pharma policy discouraging

Global News                                                 23

-         GE acquires Abbott’s diagnostics units for $8.13b

-         Novo Nordisk cuts jobs, stops non biotech research

-         Pfizer unveils big revamping plan

-         AstraZeneca projects production job cuts

-         Japanese firm Tanabe merges with Mitsubishi Chemicals<