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Cracking
the clinical research market
A beneficiary from the runaway success of the Indian BPO industry
is the CRO community. Why is clinical research on the rise,
and what is the future for the Indian CRO industry? Deepali
Gupta explores.
GlaxoSmithKline
to introduce Boostrix
GlaxoSmithKline has announced the launch of the vaccine Boostrix
in India. The vaccine comprises of acellular pertussis reduced,
diphtheria toxoid reduced and tetanus toxoid (dTpa).
Hetero
signs agreement with Roche for Tamiflu
Hetero Drugs was granted a sub-licence for the production
and marketing of oseltamivir (generic of Tamiflu) by Swiss
pharmaceutical Roche.
Strides
ties up with Clinton Foundation over HIV drugs
Strides Arcolab announced a milestone agreement with the Clinton
Foundation to provide a range of affordable anti-retroviral
drugs for the treatment of HIV/AIDS in countries that are
under the aegis of the foundation's HIV/AIDS initiative.
Strand
and ChemAxon enter into collaboration
Strand Life Sciences announced that it has integrated ChemAxon's
JChem suite of software with Admetis, its tool for modelling
and predicting drug-relevant properties of molecules in silico.
The integrated offering will be launched in the early part
of 2006.
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Harnessing
the miracle
Sonal Shukla gives an overview of what experts have to say
about stem cell therapy at the LifeCell symposium
On
the run
True to its tradition of playing an active role in our community,
Pfizer signed up for the corporate challenge of the Mumbai
Marathon 2006, an event in which companies participate as
a team to raise money for charity.
Total
solutions for pharmacos
While some companies supply polymers to their clients, companies
like Noveon go a step ahead by servicing their clients. This
was the sentiment expressed by the company's Business Manager
of Personal Care and Pharmaceuticals EMEAI, Stijn Verschurren
at a meeting arranged in Le Meridien on January 14 on the
occasion of his visit to India.
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