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Dupont Releases Clinical Study Results Demonstrating Benefits Of High-Potency And Multi-Strain Probiotic Formulations

Nutrients journal publishes new study suggesting higher doses of a DuPont multispecies probiotic formulation may permit more benefits for healthy adults

Gandhi Automations PCR Clean Room Doors Provide Optimum Solution

THE PHARMACEUTICAL and chemical industries require suppliers to meet challenging standards in areas of hygiene, sealing, operating reliability, fitting and providing efficient after sales service.

Biogen Scraps Two Alzheimer Drug Trials, Wipes $18 Billion From Market Value

The two halted trials were in the final stages of testing aducanumab in patients with mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s and mild Alzheimer’s disease dementia

B&R Unveils Futuristic Corporate Headquarters In Pune

The corporate headquarters of B&R Industrial Automation in Pune houses a demo room and a next generation customer experience centre, highlighting latest B&R hardware and technology

LTE Appoints India And South-East Asia Exports Manager

Kolkata-based Ashim Chakravarty, who has 20 years of professional experience in the life sciences industry, has been given the charge

Pharma CXO Summit 2019

Leaders and experts come together to transform India Pharma Inc into a more value-driven industry with the help of disruptive technologies

India's Pharma API Industry Discusses Green Chemistry Concepts

A TWO-DAY conference and EXPO on ‘Advancing Implementation of Green Chemistry and Engineering in the Indian Pharma Industry’ was recently organised by Green ChemisTree Foundation in collaboration with the ACS-Green Chemistry Institute’s Pharmaceutical Roundtable (GCIPR) in Hyderabad.

A Race To The Bottom On Price Must Not Mean Low Quality, High Volumes

Professor (Dr) Hilary Thomas, Partner and Chief Medical Officer - Healthcare and Life Sciences Advisory and Global Centre of Excellence, KPMG in the UK gives Viveka Roychowdhury a glimpse of some of the trends to watch out for in 2019

Building Human Capital - 2019

Sumit Kumar, Vice President, NETAP asserts that pharma sector cannot achieve the expected growth if it doesn’t invest in building talent

The Social Way to Success

India Pharma Inc needs to leverage the potential of social media to up its game in times to come.

Older Women Reduce Their Endometrial Cancer Risk With Weight Loss

Women who intentionally lost five per cent or more of their body weight had 29 per cent lower risk of developing endometrial cancer during the study.

Bayer, J&J In The Frame For Bigger Anti-clotting Market Opportunity

Their clot-prevention drug Xarelto could potentially be used on 30 million additional patients in its largest national markets once regulators give their go ahead for atherosclerosis indication.

'A Contemporary And Relevant Pharmacy Curriculum Is The Need'

Dr B Suresh, President, Pharmacy Council of India, speaks on various issues related to pharma education in India and elaborates on the initiative taken by Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) to bridge the gap between industry and academia, in an interview with Swati Rana.

The Story Of The Pill

Is a pill, just a pill? Most definitely not. In the first of a series of six articles, Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) launches the Know Your Pill initiative, to educate patients on the untold story of the medicine and the intrinsic value of quality that make a pill much more than just a pill.

Research Team Uncovers Mechanism Of Action For Pore-Forming Bacterial Toxins

The findings could help combat associated diseases and advance crop protection.

'In HP-TLC, Each And Every Parameter That Influences The Result Is Controlled'

Akshay Charegaonkar, Director, Anchrom Enterprises, talks about the benefits if HP-TLC in an interaction with Express Pharma

Waters New ACQUITY UPLC PLUS Series Sets New Performance Benchmarks

Next-generation UPLC platform designed to keep pace with evolving laboratory requirements for chromatographic performance

VICAM Introduces New Method For BPA Detection

BPATest enables food and agricultural laboratories to isolate and purify BPA for analysis in as little as ten minutes

Regulators flag possible birth defect link to GSK's HIV drug

GSK said it was notifying doctors of the issue and working with healthcare authorities to better understand the potential risk

Merck's cancer drug Keytruda notches another trial success

Keytruda is the only immunotherapy approved in the US to treat lung cancer patients who have not received prior treatment

Pharma Connect 2018 Held In New Delhi

The conference provided an excellent knowledge sharing and networking platform to a gathering of over 250 professionals from the logistics and pharma industry

Rooting Out Rubella: Making It Mission Possible

The government needs to quash fears about safety of the rubella vaccine and establish its efficacy to achieve its goal of eliminating the disease by 2020

‘We Intend to Train 35,000 - 40,000 Students and Professionals Over a Three-year Period'

Pollux Life Science Solutions has been mandated by Life Science Sector Skills Development Council (LSSSDC) established under the Ministry of Skill Development to upgrade skill-sets among emerging pharmacists. Hemant Deshpande, Managing Partner, Pollux Life Science Solutions, shares more details about the mandate, the gap between academia and the industry and his vision to bridge this gap, in a têtê-à-têtê with Lakshmipriya Nair.

All Bluster And No Lustre?

With little or no financial incentives in Union Budget 2017, the pharmaceutical industry remains deprived of a cure for its ailments.

Agilent Technologies Expands Dako's CE Marked PD-l1 IHC 22C3 PharmDx Companion Diagnostics

Patients with PD-L1-positive unresectable, advanced or recurrent NSCLC can now be identified for treatment with KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) using PD-L1 IHC 22C3 pharmDx.

Patients With Type 1 Diabetes May Need To Check Ketones More Often

Ketone monitoring is particularly important when patients with type I diabetes are sick.

Digitalisation of pharma industry

Mudit Vijayvergiya, Co-founder, Curofy, speaks on the advancements of technology and the revolution it is bringing about in the pharma industry

Linezolid directly affects the ability of the mitochondria to produce energy

Dr Salil Mehta, Volunteer and Consultant Ophthalmologist with MSF, recently published a paper on optic neuropathy in DR-TB patients in Mumbai. He discusses key takeaways of his research with Sachin Jagdale.

Safe and environmental-friendly dock shelters from Gandhi Automations

ENTRANCE AUTOMATION and loading bay equipment company, Gandhi Automations offers a complete range of Dock Shelters available for every requirement and environment.

Dr Cyrus Poonawalla conferred with ‘Doctor of Science Hon.'

University of Massachusetts recognises him for his commendable work in the field of vaccines