Health Secretary Srivastava chairs meeting with states/UTs on quality and rational use of cough syrups

States exhorted to ensure rational use of cough syrups, particularly among children, as most coughs are self-limiting and do not require pharmacological treatment

AGC Pharma Chemicals opens new €100 million manufacturing plant in Spain

It represents a 30% increase in the company’s production capacity and introduces a segment dedicated to highly potent active ingredients

India invites applications under PRIP scheme to drive pharma-medtech innovation

Early stage projects of up to Rs. 9 crore eligible for up to Rs. 5 crore assistance and later stage projects of up to Rs. 285 crore eligible for up to Rs. 100 crore assistance

BMS’s anti-MTBR-Tau granted fast track designation by FDA for Alzheimer’s disease

Anti-microtubule binding region-tau antibody being investigated as a potential disease-modifying therapy to slow or delay progression of disease

AstraZeneca Pharma India receives sale, distribution approval from CDSCO for Trastuzumab Deruxtecan 100mg/5mL vial lyophilized powder

Trastuzumab Deruxtecan 100mg/5mL vial lyophilized powder for concentrate for solution for infusion is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive (IHC3+) solid tumors

Lupin launches Liraglutide injection in US

Liraglutide Injection, 18 mg/3 mL (6 mg/mL) Single-Patient-Use Prefilled Pen is bioequivalent to Victoza Injection, 18 mg/3 mL (6 mg/mL) of Novo Nordisk

FDA issues CRL for Sentynl’s copper histidinate for treatment of Menkes disease

IPA welcomes Dr. Sharvil Patel as President and Glenn Saldanha as Vice President

A. P. Rameswara Rao appointed National President of BDMAI

A Post Graduate in Science faculty and has a wide experience spanning over 35 years in the field of manufacturing Bulk Drugs and Active Pharmaceutical Intermediaries

FDA grants De Novo classification to first needle-free, glucose sensor Biolinq Shine