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Purdue Researchers Create Device To Identify Risks For Breast Cancer

The device, known as risk-on-a-chip, is a small plastic case with several thin layers and an opening for a piece of paper where researchers can place a portion of tissue.

'Our Current Development Work Is Focussed To Oncology'

Taher Abbasi, CEO and Co-Founder, Cellworks, shares with Prathiba Raju, how precision medicine is gaining momentum in healthcare and how simulation technology is able to identify right treatment for a patient and identify right patient for a clinical trial

India Is Considered To Be One Of The Fastest Growing Regions For The Company

Amit Bansal, MD, Corning India talks about his company’s focus areas, growth strategies, its plans for the Indian market and more, in an exclusive interaction with Viveka Roychowdhury.

Pfizer, Astellas Prostate Cancer Drug Promising In Late-stage Trial

Pfizer is pinning its growth on approvals and success of 15 drugs, including Xtandi and breast cancer drug Ibrance, over the next five years

Redefining Elderly Care

Holistic and multi-disciplinary healthcare approaches are an urgent need to tackle complex challenges posed by an increasing elderly population and ensure effective social and economic development.

Resurrecting Brand  AP

Visakhapatnam and Nellore to play pivotal roles in rebuilding Andhra Pradesh's reputation as a leading pharma hub.

A Sustainable Future With Green Chemistry

Nitesh H Mehta, Co-Founder Director, Newreka Green-Synth Technologies and Krishna B Padia, Executive Director, Green ChemisTree Foundation, elaborate on the barriers to implementation and industrialisation of Green Chemistry and initiatives to overcome the same

YLB's Phase III Clinical Trial Of Etanercept Biosimilar Meets Positive Outcome

The study was a multinational randomised double-blind controlled trial of 52 weeks duration which included more than 500 patients with rheumatoid arthritis in 11 countries

Pfizer's Xtandi Delays Prostate Cancer Spread In Early Stage Disease

Data shows that it took 36.6 months for the disease to spread to other parts of the body in patients who received Xtandi plus ADT

Cancer Risk Elevated With Severe Gum Disease

Odds of developing colorectal cancer were increased particularly for non-smokers with severe gum disease, the researchers found

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

'Regulatory Compliance At The Shop Floor Is A Key Gap That Needs To Be Bridged'

Hemant Deshpande, Managing Partner, Pollux Life Science Solutions, in an interaction with Viveka Roychowdhury, elaborates on the skill gap between academia and industry and how Pollux's three level skilling programme, ‘Emerge – A success Elevator’ will help bridge this gap

'NSF's Education Courses, Like The APPQM, Change The Way People Think'

Medicines are only as good as the people making them, points out Martin Lush, Global Vice President, Pharma Biotech and Medical Devices, NSF Health Sciences. In an email interaction with Viveka Roychowdhury, he explains how the NSF-IDMA‘Advanced Program in Pharmaceutical Quality Management (APPQM) will provide companies with ‘rounded’ professionals who will help senior management sleep easier at night

Analytica Anacon India And India Lab Expo To Be Held In Hyderabad

250 plus exhibitors from 11 countries will take part in the event

Novartis Eye Drug Works With Fewer Injections Than Rival

Cutting the frequency of injections could also give RTH258 an edge over Lucentis, an eye drug that Roche sells in the US and Novartis sells elsewhere

Werum IT Solutions And On/Off Group Enter Service Partnership

Werum customers to benefit from scalable and supplementary services during implementation of their PAS-X MES for DACH region and Europe

Phenomenex Expands Lux Chiral LC/SFC Column Family

PHENOMENEX, A global leader in the research and manufacture of advanced technologies for the separation sciences, has expanded its Lux chiral LC/SFC column family with new immobilised Lux 5μm i-Amylose-1 and Lux 3μm i-Amylose-1 media.

Experts Urge Adoption Of Integrative Medicine

Expound on the need for clinical integration, basic science studies, and application of new technologies to make integrate ayurveda with allopathy 

We now see the opportunity to further develop our drug delivery business in India

Karen Flynn, Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, West Pharmaceutical Services, in an interaction with Sachin Jagdale, divulges the company's growth prospects for the Indian market

Getting Future Ready With Automation

Irrespective of a significant investment involved in it, the Indian pharma industry has no option but to embrace automation to achieve their global ambitions.

Panel Discussion: CEO Think Tank: Strategies For The Next Decade

The final part of the 1st day of the Pharma CXO Summit evening saw an interesting panel discussion titled, ‘CEO Think Tank: Strategies for the next decade’.

Panel Discussion: The Serialisation Journey In India

The last panel discussion at Pharma CXO Summit 2017 was on The Serialization Journey in India.

FDA Approves Roche Drugs For Rare Types Of Blood, Lung Cancers

The drug is already approved for patients who have been treated with Pfizer's lung cancer drug Xalkori

J&J's Stelara Shows Promise Against Lupus In Study

J&J said the results were strong enough to advance Stelara into larger Phase III testing

Embracing change: Crucial to success in a VUCA world

Jawed Zia, Country President, Novartis India, advises pharma leaders to constantly evaluate their skills and course correct to tackle the challenges in a VUCA world.