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Quality: From Compliance To Culture

Rashida Najmi, Sr VP Piramal Enterprises, in this article aims to aims to create a general awareness on quality culture

'30 Per cent Of ANDAs Approved By The US FDA In The Year 2016 Are From India'

The Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexcil), is working on a zero-dependent manufacturing mechanism to reduce dependence on imports.The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, through Pharmexcil, has formed a committee to identify drugs imported in huge volumes from other countries, says Ravi Uday Bhaskar, Director General, Pharmexcil, in an interaction with BV Mahalakshmi, on the sidelines of FDD Conclave 2017 held in Hyderabad

Gearing Up For GST

As corporate India gets ready for D day, how is the pharmaceutical sector coping so far?

SPDS Hosts Disso India-Mumbai 2017

The convention witnessed the presence of professionals from Pharma R&D, QA, QC and academia to discuss developments related to dissolution science and its applications

Signet & Roquette Conduct Technical Seminar Across Four Cities

The seminar aimed to impart knowledge about Roquette’s excipients used for solubilisation, coating, oral films and other novel drug delivery systems

Researchers Identify Visual System Changes That May Signal Parkinson's Disease

Researchers used an MRI technique called diffusion weighted imaging to assess white matter changes and voxel-based morphometry to investigate concentration changes of brain’s gray and white matter

Merck Heart Drug Surprises With Positive Result

The company has yet to decide whether to seek approval

Healthcare Sabha 2017 Pays Homage To Public Health Champions

Celebrates commitment to safeguard India’s health with Express Public Health Awards, in collaboration with Glenmark, Public Health Foundation of India and KPMG. 

Era Of Electroceuticals Coming Soon?

Electroceuticals, hailed as the next frontier in medicine, is garnering considerable interest from medical researchers and entrepreneurs on the lookout for the next class of therapies.

Mild Electric Shocks on the Arm Might Help Ease Migraine Pain

The experimental gadget has been designed to stimulate nerves under the skin in the arm and block pain signals from reaching the brain.

Drug Diligence 2017 held in Coimbatore

Discussions were held about the importance of pharmacovigilance.

Dawn Of A Digital Marketing Era

The draft guideline of UCPMP restricts pharma companies from a lot of traditional marketing practices, however, it opens new doors of opportunity to leverage digital platform

Novartis Wins Key European Panel's Thumbs-up For Migraine Drug

The company has not said what it will charge in Europe, where prices differ from country to country

We Are Prepare To Face Challenges In Regulated Markets Of Europe And US

Manoj Mishra, AVP - Sales and Marketing, Uniworth Enterprise, speaks on the current scenario of pharma packaging market and shares the company’s plan to strengthen its footprint in the global market, in an interaction with Swati Rana

Long-Acting Therapies Could Transform HIV Treatment By Boosting Compliance

Adherence challenges or incarcerated patients might find this kind of antiretroviral regimen desirable

Sheffield Scientist Investigates How To Stop Breast Cancer Spreading To The Bone

Research identified molecule which plays a critical role in helping secondary breast tumours form in the bone.

Older Adults Might Be Able To Stave Off Arthritis Knee Pain With Fibre

Fibre can act as a pre-biotic meaning that it can help fuel the growth of beneficial microbes in the gut, which in turn also reduces inflammation

AstraZeneca's Lynparza Slows Advanced Breast Cancer Progression

Women in the study had metastatic breast cancer classified as hormone receptor-positive or triple negative and had undergone prior chemotherapy.

Pharma Industry Is Heavily Regulated And Hipaa Compliance Mandates That The Industry Encrypts Its Data

Rahul Kumar,Country Manager,WinMagic throws light on the importance of data security solutions and the need to adopt encryption by the pharma industry, in a tête-à-tête with Mansha Gagneja.

​‘We Need To Encourage More Manufacturers To Enter And Stay In The (Vaccines) Market'

Serum Institute of India is one of the eight key vaccine companies covered in the recently released first Access to Vaccines Index. In an exclusive interaction with Viveka Roychowdhury, Jayasree K Iyer, Executive Director, Access to Medicine Foundation, touches on the success of Pune-based company’s high volume-low revenue model and why local and international players should be willing to partner in global agendas like health security and child health.

Clearsynth Intends to Be the Catalyst in Accelerated Discovery

Clearsynth is one of the global leaders in synthesis and supply of isotope labelled research chemicals. Sakshi Sharma, Market Research Analyst, Clearsynth, reveals more about the company.

5th Edition Of iPHEX Concludes In Hyderabad

Pharmexcil organises technical seminars

Strategies For Making High Pharmaceutical Quality Affordable: Part II

Dr Ajaz S Hussain, Former Deputy Director Office of Pharmaceutical Science, US FDA, currently Founder of Insight,Advice & Solutions, US and President, National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education (NIPTE), US, gives an Indian-American and an ex-USFDA leader’s perspective on the current challenges related to cGMP non-compliance and quality of generic drug applications. He urges academia all over the world to work toward a reform of pharmaceutical science and technology education and develop a meaningful certification process for the 21st century

Building Pharma Quality: From The Top-Floor To The Shop-Floor

Vikas Bhadoria, Senior Partner and Vivek Arora,Associate Partner, McKinsey & Company, emphasise on the need to build a strong quality culture, which will lead to superior performance and can build a company’s reputation to world-class levels

Connecting Diabetes Care To The Internet Of Things

New connected health technologies can boost medication adherence with smartphone apps and gamification. Heino Lennartz, Vice President and General Manager Global Pharma, West Pharmaceutical Services reveals more in an interaction with Viveka Roychowdhury

Bosch Packaging Technology Displays Industry 4.0 Solutions At Internetpack 2017

BOSCH PACKAGING Technology recently displayed how industry 4.0 solutions provide higher efficiency in modern manufacturing at interpack 2017. For instance, efficient and correct format changes with all format parts reliably installed in the right position, are a prerequisite for low downtime. In the future, machine operators will receive valuable support thanks to the Format Part Management based on RFID technology. The format parts are identified through an RFID tag. Via the format part ID, operators receive relevant information about the format change. This not only reduces changeover times, it also prevents potential mistakes.

An Advancing Sphere

Rising levels of COPD, including asthma are driving a lot of innovations in inhalers with an aim to improve the overall effective management of these diseases

iPHEX 2018 Held In New Delhi

CDSCO announces one year extension of WHO-GMP certifications.

Never Too Early For QbD

Excipients make up more than 90 per cent of each pill or tablet we consume but have not been a major focus of regulators in the past. With a significant number of drug recalls traced to inconsistent quality of excipients and faulty product design, the Quality by Design approach must be implemented as early as possible in the drug development lifecycle. Recent regulations and initiatives have attempted to modernise this segment of the pharma industry.

Compliance Guide To 21 CFR Part 11

The execution of 21 CFR Part 11 might look costly as well as might require a lot of work, but this has definitely standardised the process for electronic records.An insight by Pooja Patil, Corporate Communications, B&R Industrial Automation.