BenevolentAI appoints former Bayer R&D head Dr. Joerg Moeller as CEO

An accomplished R&D leader and champion of the application of AI to drug discovery

Aster DM Healthcare gets shareholders nod to separate the GCC business

The company also plans to boost its India presence by adding 1,500 beds in the next 2-3 years

Lupin receives tentative USFDA approval for Rivaroxaban Tablets USP

European Commission grants ODD to NS-229 for treatment of Eosinophilic Granulomatosis

The orphan drug designation by the EC is issued for drugs which are intended to treat diseases that affect fewer than five in 10,000 people in the European Union

Shilpa Medicare receives Europe approval for Amifampridine Tablets, 10 mg

This product has sales of about US$ 20 million in Europe

AbbVie launches Produodopa for treatment of parkinson's disease in EU

Produodopa is the first-and-only subcutaneous 24-hour infusion of levodopa-based therapy for the treatment of severe motor fluctuations

Lupin receives USFDA’s approval for Febuxostat Tablets

Febuxostat Tablets (RLD Uloric) had estimated annual sales of US$ 27 million in the U.S. (IQVIA MAT November 2023)

Glenmark Life Sciences inks CDMO supply deal with a Japanese pharma innovator

Glenmark Life Sciences will manufacture API in the therapeutic area of urinary anti-spasmodic, to supply to the global innovator

Zydus receives USFDA’s approvals for Pimavanserin Capsules, 34 mg and Pimavanserin Tablets,10 mg

Pimavanserin is an atypical antipsychotic indicated for the treatment of hallucinations and delusions associated with Parkinson disease psychosis

NATCO invests US$ 2 million in Cellogen Therapeutics

Both these innovations are aimed at reducing the risk of relapse post CAR T cell therapy