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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

Avicel SMCC: A Synergistic Solution To Poor Tablet Compaction

Dr Vinita Pandit and Dr Heeshma Shah,Technical Services Department, Signet Chemical Corporation, Mumbai, introduce silicified range of Microcrystalline cellulose which aims to overcome the poor compressibility and flow properties in pharmaceutical formulations

Glatt Does Not Just Sell Machines, We Provide Unique Solutions To Customers' Requirements

Mirko Nowak, Corporate Marketing, Glatt represents part of the third generation of the family-owned business started by his grandfather Werner Glatt in 1954. On a recent visit to India for PMEC 2018, Nowak, Thomas Hofmaier, Head of Business Unit Process Technology Pharma, Glatt and Anuvrat Singal, Executive Director, Glatt India Engineering spoke to Viveka Roychowdhury on their launches at PMEC 2018 and the trends they foresee for 2019 and beyond

Remarkable Women Camaraderie 2018 Held

Eminence Business Media supported the cause of ‘Women Empowerment’ by organising a non-profitable event Remarkable Women Camaraderie 2018 in Mumbai

Gandhi Automations Sees

THE GLOBAL pharmaceutical industry will continuously grow in developing biologic drugs.

Endotoxins: A Danger To Pharmaceutical And Medical Device Manufacturing Industries

Berkshire (USA) gives an insight on clean-room wipers which are instrumental in solving the problem of Endotoxin

'A Foray Into The Us And European Markets Is Our Goal Now'

Mack Pharmatech is a Nashik-based leading manufacturer of pharma and laboratory equipment for the past 20 years. Dr Kiran Badgujar, Director, Mack Pharmatech, shares insights on the company’s growth strategy, challenges and the road map ahead with Express Pharma. Excerpts of the interview

'Technology Exchange Will Help Us Serve Our Home Market'

Sunil Saraf, Director, Remi Elektrotechnik talks about the company's future growth prospects in an interaction with Express Pharma

DuPont Hosts 'Health By Design' Symposium In Mumbai, Hyderabad

Industry experts gave insights on what they expect from excipient manufacturers

In The Near Future We Plan To Expand By Signing With More Players In The Pharma Sector

Most pharma products come with a limited shelf-life as they are environment sensitive. Shadowfax, crowdsources delivery platform, is using technology to provide a solution for this challenge with 45 minutes hyper local deliveries, same day heavy shipment deliveries and express logistics pan-India. Abhishek Bansal, Co-Founder & CEO, Shadowfax share more details about his company with Usha Sharma

OPTIMA ImmuFill Makes Debut Appearance At Compamed

The institute was established with a clear objective to serve the society of the region through scientific inventions and excelled in both basic and applied research areas of chemistry and chemical technologies

The Revival Of Pharma MSMES

Effective implementation of the recently launched MSME Support and Outreach Programme could prove to be the catalyst for the sector's progress

The Key Focus For Boehringer Ingelheim India Is Diabetes, Stroke, Oncology And Respiratory

Dr Michel Pairet, Member of the Board of Managing Directors, Innovation Unit, Boehringer Ingelheim, discloses about the company’s strategic plans for both, global and the Indian markets, in an exclusive interaction with Sanjiv Das.

Planning Ahead: How To Move Smoothly And Quickly Into Asian Markets?

Biopharmaceutical companies looking to manufacture in the Middle East or India may find they can’t simply transfer the plant they’ve been using successfully in Europe, for logistic as well as regulatory reasons.An expert in integrated process technology and engineering, Glatt Engineering & Consultancy Division of Glatt Group, outlines the potential pitfalls and solutions.

Pycnogenol, Women's Best Kept Secret

Dr Frank Schoenlau, Director of Scientific Communication, Horphag Research, talks about natural botanical remedy Pycnogenol, which can be taken everyday as a dietary supplement by women.

For Emerging Technologies In Pharma, Choosing The Right Solution Is Always A Challenge

As pharma companies in India strive to tap opportunities in large emerging markets, lean manufacturing techniques will play a major role in enhancing profitability and compliance. Sajiv Nath, MD, Yokogawa India tells Viveka Roychowdhury that automation is the first step towards achieving improvement in compliance, which is why they are seeing increased traction from the pharma sector since last couple of years.

Aptamers In Cancer Therapeutics

Dr Harleen Kaur, Senior Scientist, AstraZeneca USA, through her research paper, talks about collaborative approaches which can make huge difference in treating cancer.

india is an important market for manufacture and export of pharma products

manager special cargo product service delivery, emirates, in an interaction with sanjiv das, talks about the recently launched emirates skypharma and its services for indian as well as the global pharma industry.

a milestone in the making

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

‘On The Right Track For The Future'

What are the developments that set the trend for pharmaceutical filling and packaging machines? Gerhard Breu, Chairman, Optima Pharma Division, provides answers and explains what strategies he plans to use to face the current market requirements. An additional focus in the machine industry is digitalisation and its effects on the processes. Optima is becoming a major provider of solutions and technologies for turnkey projects

The Era Of Individualisation Has Only Just Begun

For todays generation of digital natives, the ability to personalise the products they buy is increasingly expected as a given. To keep pace, the makers of these products need highly flexible manufacturing systems that are at the same time efficient and profitable. This introduces a whole new set of demands on plant infrastructure. An insight by Carmen Klingler-Deiseroth, a freelance journalist

Healing Beyond Boundaries, Against All Odds

In Part Two of our Independence Day coverage, we identify trade and non-trade barriers faced by India Pharma Inc as it seeks to serve patients beyond boundaries by delivering cost-effective quality medicines.

Direct To Consumer Advertising Of Medicines And Medical Devices — A Call For Action!

Dr Milind Antani, Anay Shukla and Darren Punnen from Nishith Desai Associates, give an insight on the scope of laws that regulate direct to patient advertising in India.

Pre-shipment Inspection, Testing And Certification Of Pharmaceutical Goods

Quntrol provides complete transparency and ensure integrity through their advanced proprietary digital software platform. Riddhi Javeri, Director, Quntrol Laboratories, gives an insight.

Through The Teachers Lens

As Teachers’ Day nears, four renowned and reputed educationists share their insights and vision to make pharma education future ready, with Lakshmipriya Nair

Good Medicines Come In Quality Packages

In the third 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 throw light on the technological intervention in supply chain management that will ensure good medicines are delivered through superior and technologically -driven supply chain management

Pfizer, Astellas Revise Two Cancer Drug Trial Protocols To Speed Up Results

Both trials are testing Xtandi in men with hormone-sensitive prostate cancer