Biocon Appoints Siddharth Mittal As Its CEO And Joint MD

He takes over from Dr Arun Chandavarkar who retired as Chief Executive Officer & Joint Managing Director of Biocon on November 30, 2019

The Indian Pharmaceutical Industry: Pride And Growth Lever Of India

Sudarshan Jain, Secretary General, IPA and Archana Jatkar,Associate Secretary General, IPA reminisce on five significant steps which changed the course of India’s pharma industry and outline five steps that the industry needs to take for sustained growth over the next 25 years

Augmenting India's Medical Arsenal: Genomicswill Facilitate Developing New-age Medicines

Pranav Anam, Founder, The Gene Box explains how pharmacogenomics can create far reaching impact in the pharma industry such as addressing medicine wastage and establishing health equity

IMCD Opens Three New Centres In India, China, Southeast Asia

The move adds to the company’s further expansion of global network in the Asia Pacific region

'Patient-centric Marketing Will Become A Fundamental Pillar In The Future Of Pharma Marketing'

Sumita Mohapatro Pani, Senior General Manager, Lupin speaks to Viveka Roychowdhury on the rewriting of the pharma sales and marketing playbook in the past two decades and highlights what makes pharma brand positioning so unique

Pregnant Women May Not Have Safety Risks With Common Travel Vaccines

Researchers examined data from trials of common travel vaccines and found high-quality evidence that two - the flu vaccine and the Tdap vaccine (against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) - are safe for pregnant women and their babies

“We expect to analyse patient safety data more quickly and detect trends”

With the introduction of SafeTrack tool, Bayer Zydus Pharma takes a step further in enhancing patient security. The tool allows patients, consumers, family, friends, caregivers and healthcare professionals to report side effects quickly. The company believes that good information is crucial for effective treatment. Manoj Saxena, Managing Director, Bayer Zydus Pharma discusses more about the web-based tool, SafeTrack, with Usha Sharma

‘Lupin has gained significant momentum towards development of biosimilar products with primary focus on regulated markets'

Lupin Biotech, with a new-age R&D facility in Pune, is developing and commercializing biosimilars globally. The successful development of Etanercept biosimilar is a case in point. Dr Cyrus Karkaria, President-Biotechnology, Lupin divulges more details about the company’s projects in this arena, its focus areas, future plans of expansion and more, in an exclusive interview with Lakshmipirya Nair

PURIFY'19 Conclave Shaping up to be a Landmark Event for Purification Chromatography

This will be for the first time in India, where a conference, dedicated on chromatography purification will help stretch possibilities - be it discovery, development or scaleups

Pinpoint secures new investment to develop ImpactAir Range

Cherwell Laboratories and Development Bank of Wales (DBW) have both invested in Pinpoint and taken a minority share in the company's business

Himalaya creates awareness about cleft in West Bengal

The company has the launched the 'Ek Mutho Hanshi' cleft awareness campaign under its flagship initiative 'Muskaan', in partnership with Smile Train India

FDA approves first treatment for inherited rare disease

The approval of the drug, Givlaari was based on the results of a clinical trial of 94 patients with acute hepatic porphyria

Ensure SecurityAnd Safety In Your Commercial Space With Roller Doors

THE BUILDING that houses your business is a significant investment and a barrier to unwanted entry.

EMPOWERING INDIAN PHARMA THROUGH IIoT

India Pharma Inc needs to arm itself with a forward-looking attitude, strategic roadmap, significant investments, and meaningful collaborations to leverage the tremendous promise and potential of IIoT

Decoding the fundamental mechanisms of human salivary lubrication

A multi-scale study opens the door to advancing dry mouth therapies and saliva substitutes – potentially bringing relief to people who suffer from dry mouth, which can affect swallowing, speech, nutritional intake and quality of life

The Various Facets Of Drug Dissolution

Drug dissolution, a key attribute for determining the bioavailability of a drug, first became official in the United States Pharmacopeia in 1975 for just 12 dosage forms. But now, there are thousands of products which have the dissolution requirement. Further, efficacy is important for any dosage form, and dissolution provides the quality performance phenomena for these. Considered one of the crucial aspects during the drug development process, dissolution comes with a number of challenges, the biggest being simulating in-vivo conditions in toto in an in-vitro dissolution test. Experts suggest we will never be able to simulate it 100 per cent. However, technologies like 3-D printing and automisation, among others, have helped the stalwarts in the industry to cope up to some extent with artificial intelligence (AI) also creating a space for itself. While a lot has been done so far, yet there is scope for more!

B&R Acts As A Trusted Automation Partner For Leading Machine Builders

Jhankar Dutta, Managing Director – B&R Industrial Automation talks about how B&R is gearing up for CPHL 2019 and the various progressions the company has made in terms of innovation and digital upgradations

‘We Want To Increase Our Global Footprints'

Dr Kiran Badgujar, Co-founder & Director, Mack Pharmatech and Manoj Choudhari,Cofounder & Director, Mack Pharmatech, in an interaction with Express Pharma talk about the on the company’s growth strategy, the challenges and the roadmap ahead

‘We have very aggressive plans for the Indian market'

Sandeep Kulkarni, Co-Owner & Director, ImageProVision Technology, in an interaction with Express Pharma, talks about ImageProVision Technology’s growth prospects in the Indian and global markets

Takeda pharma publishes dengue vaccine study results

The study, which covered trial of Takeda’s dengue vaccine, demonstrated its overall efficiency of 80.2 per cent against virologically confirmed dengue

LANXNESS India Adds To Employability Through Its Vocational Skill Centre

LANXESS B-ABLE Skill Centre helps train 129 candidates with vocational training and job assistance in Thane in 2019

Dividella's Approach To Small-batch Production

Lot Size One is a concept from Pharma 4.0 theory – that in that age of connected data, an individual customer order need no longer be satisfied from stock in the supply chain but might actually trigger a production machine to produce that specific item.

Dividella Embraces Sustainability With Flexible Design And 100 Per Cent Monomaterial Capabilities

Toploading and secondary packaging specialist Dividella says the current sense of ‘environmental emergency’ is vindicating its traditional focus on sustainability objectives via adaptable modular platforms and non-plastic monomaterials.

B&R to present integrated automation solutions for pharma machinery and plants at P-MEC 2019

B&R will present its integrated automation solutions for pharmaceutical machinery and plants at P-MEC 2019 in Hall 10, Stall 10 B29 at India Expo Centre; Greater Noida.

Next-Gen Workforce For A Digital Era

The need for the right people in the right place has emerged as one of the principal drivers of success in the digital era, making it exigent for pharma companies to redraw their strategies for talent acquisition and retention

Current Nutraceuticals Regulatory Landscape— India And Key Export Markets

An excerpt from 'Indian Nutraceuticals Industry - Building Global Momentum amid Regulatory Challenges', a report released by ASSOCHAM and Sathguru Management Consultants encompassing various national and global regulatory provisions dealing with the Nutraceuticals Landscape

Interview: ‘R&D Continues To Be The Key Driver For Sustained Growth'

More than three decades old, research-oriented API manufacturing pharmaceutical company Morepen Laboratories has established its presence not only in the generic but also in the OTC and FMCG segments. The company continuously strives to grow both in domestic as well as in the international markets. Kushal Suri, Head International Business Development, Morepen Laboratories Ltd talks in details about the company's plans with Usha Sharma

For Most Healthy People, Benefits Of Statins 'May Be Marginal At Best'

For low risk groups, they may be an example of low value care, say experts

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software Is A Natural Choice For Businesses

Pharma companies are now facing an informed customer and a vigilant regulator like never before. In such times, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software can help the manufacturers manage their businesses in an easier manner, informs Jan Biezepol, Managing Director-South Asia – QAD

Preparing Pharma For The Future: How Learning Management Systems Are Bridging The Skill Gap

Kamal Dutta, MD India for Skillsoft writes about the perks of investing in up-skilling and retraining programmes for employees by pharma companies