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IPC Revs Up For Platinum Edition

Women empowerment added as a new theme this year.

US FDA Expands Approval Of Roche Hemophilia Drug

Roche is counting on new medicines like Hemlibra to replace falling revenue from its trio of blockbuster cancer medicines, Rituxan, Avastin and Herceptin.

Not All Cleanroom Garments Are Created Equal!

June Enterprises gives an outlook on the benefits of specialised garments which will help to reduce the impact of contamination from people in cleanroom and to minimise the risk of contamination events.

Through NETAP We Want To Bridge The Gap Between Education And Employment

TeamLease, one of India’s leading human resource service companies, is a part of NETAP, an apprenticeship programme in a Public Private Partnership endeavour initiated along with CII and NSDC under the National Employability Enhancement Mission of the Ministry of HRD (AICTE). Sumit Kumar, Vice President, NETAP, TeamLease Services, elaborates on the need to create talent to support Ayushman Bharat, role of apprentices in bringing more efficiencies to any organisation, and how apprenticeships has picked up in both pharma and healthcare, in an exclusive tete-a-tete with Lakshmipriya Nair

A Pill Is More Than Just A Pill

Is a pill, just a pill? Most definitely not. In the second 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

New Research Points To Universal Antibody Drug For HIV

Scientists in Hong Kong say they aim to bring the antibody into clinical trials within a timeframe of three to five years

'ACG Is Well Geared Up To Constantly Meet Challenges By Offering Newer Products'

ACG Films & Foils, recently became a complete packaging solution provider for oral solid dosage formulation with the launch of state-of-the-art lamination facility at Shirwal near Pune. In an interaction with Swati Rana, SR Shivshankar, CEO, ACG Films & Foils spoke about the facility, challenges faced by the sector and company’s future plans

Japan's Toyo Aluminium Inks Jvwith Svam Packaging

To offer innovative solutions in healthcare packaging and anti-counterfeit solutions

Siemens Is Banking On Automation And Digitalisation To Tap Into Indian Pharma Space

Indian pharma sector is key to the growth strategy of Siemens. The company has been investing heavily in the development of smart, customer-focussed local innovations using automation and digital technologies. Eckard Eberle, CEO, Business Unit Process Automation, Siemens explains their strategy to Raelene Kambli

Gangwal Chemicals Organises ACE Technical Seminar In Ahmedabad

The seminar was attended by pharmaceutical professionals from formulation development, R&D, purchase and top management

Dr Bhupinder Singh Bhoop Gets Best Researcher Award

Acclaimed for his scientific work, Professor Bhoop has earned to his credit over 360 original publications, 15 books, five patents and tech-transfers of two nanostructured drug delivery technologies to pharma industry

Honesty Is Still The Best Policy!

Amit Rajan, Managing Director, Prosfora Technologies, says that instilling a culture of compliance in a pharma set up is about nurturing, training and development of all the staffs concerned, on a continuous basis. It’s also about nurturing and inculcating an important cultural attribute, the need for being honest

Building A Culture Of Compliance

Lingering cGMP issues underline the importance of hiring right, rigorous training and continuous oversight to consistently comply with safety norms

Special Doors For Clean Rooms

GANDHI AUTOMATIONS offers a wide range of rapid roll high speed doors suitable for use in food processing, healthcare, leisure, pharmaceutical and research environments.

Increasing Number Of Biologics Losing Patents Presents India With Great Opportunity

Shakthi M Nagappan, Director (Life Science and Pharma), Government of Telangana, speaks on the BIO Asia International Conference, its highlights this year, the state’s initiatives to further growth in the life sciences industry and more, in an interview with Lakshmipriya Nair

IDTwins Life Science Industry Awards

The awards, entirely nominated and voted for by scientists, validate IDT’s continued efforts to support scientists at every stage of their research journey

Optima Pharma To Present Smart Solutions

OPTIMA PHARMA will advise visitors to Interphex in New York on its MultiUse machines, which process different types of containers in a highly flexible and fully automated way.

Logistics: Choosing The Right Loading Bay

MANY FACILITY supervisors look at their warehouses not from the outside, but from the inside. Let’s face it, you get to work, go inside the warehouse and spend the rest of the day inside taking care of business.

Syngene Appoints Dr Mahesh Bhalgat As COO

Dr Bhalgat is recognised for his contribution to the commercialisation of diagnostic kits, biopharmaceuticals and WHO pre-qualification of vaccines

Bolstering Data Integrity

Pharma companies to fine-tune their security policies and implement best practices to safeguard data integrity.

Doctors Are Highly Motivated to Know About Clinical Insights From the Pharma Industry

DocPlexus, an online community for doctors, is building a bridge between pharma companies and doctors to improve clinical outcomes. Phanish Chandra, CEO, Docplexus, shares more details about the platform, role of technology in the lifesciences industry, differentiators offered by his platform for both the pharma and healthcare sectors and more, in an interaction with Lakshmipriya Nair

The Act That Wasn't

Dr Bobby George critiques both the lawmakers and law breakers in his book, The Act That Wasn't and manages to deliver on his promise of being 'an insider's view on healthcare laws, loopholes and reforms.'

Biocon Foundation's eLAJ Project Wins Award

Biocon Foundation’s eLAJ programme was selected as it is an ‘initiative that had the biggest health outcome bang for the buck and effort expended and serves as an inspiration to other organisations whose CSR work is in the area of health

Epygen Biotech To Produce Recombinant Streptokinase (Rsk) For The Cardiovascular Segment

Debayan Ghosh – President and Founder, Epygen Biotech shares insights on the current opportunities and challenges in the biosimilar industry and speaks about Epygen Biotech's offerings for the industry, in an interaction with Swati Rana

New Bosch GKF 720 Capsule Filling Machine To Be Presented At Achema 2018

It promises highest safety containment for highly potent pharmaceuticals and meets OEB5 requirements

Gandhi Rolling Shutters - Quality Engineered

GANDHI AUTOMATIONS, India’s No. 1 Entrance Automation & Loading Bay Equipment Company, is the only manufacturer of rolling shutters certified to ISO 9001: 2015, ISO 14001: 2015, BS OHSAS 18001: 2007 quality management system.

Verseon Presents Anticancer Drug Candidates Targeting Multidrug Resistant Cancers

Verseon’s drug candidates target cancer cells by inhibiting the protein tubulin, which leads to cell cycle arrest

'Chondron Has Been Safely Tested And Administered To More Than 350 Patients Over Last Five Years'

Yash Sanghavi, MD & CEO and Satyen Sanghavi, CSO & ED, RMS Regrow elaborate on the potential of regenerative medicine and their offerings in this growing sphere, in an interaction with Usha Sharma.

Wockhardt Intends To Acquire Global Leadership In The Field Of Antibiotics

Dr Murtaza Khorakiwala, MD, Wockhardt, shares the challenges faced with regards to AMR and his vision to create a continual stream of novel antibacterial therapies in a conversation with Mansha Gagneja

Quality Excellence Through Skill Development

SM Mudda, Chairman, Regulatory Affairs Committee, IDMA and Director - Global Strategy (Technical), Micro Labs, emphasises the need to adopt a Quality Management Systems (QMS)-based approach to provide quality medicines