Govt taking steps to set up funds to promote pharma sector The government is taking a number of initiatives to help pharma firms upgrade technology and promote drug discovery and innovation in the country, Parliament was informed on Friday. The Department of Pharmaceuticals is formulating a Pharmaceutical Technology Upgradation Assistance Scheme to support the pharma industry (medium enterprises only) “to ... Read More »

Simple steps to save water Central Government Water Committee Analysis   BATHING…… By Shower consumes 100 litres. By Bucket 18 litres.. Saving 82 litres.   FLUSHING after toilet By Flush is 20 litres By bucket is 6 litres Saving is 14 litres.   WASHING CLOTHES In a running tap – 116 litres In a bucket .. 36 litres Saving is ... Read More »

Indian pharmaceutical market growing at over Rs 2 lakh crore India’s pharmaceutical industry, with a market size of over Rs 2 lakh crore, ranks third in volume and 13th in value across the globe, it was announced on Sunday. “The pharmaceutical industry ranks 3rd in volume and 13th in value across the globe and has a market size of Rs ... Read More »

Sun Pharma joins hands with ICMR for malaria eradication prog  In a first of its kind of public private partnership (PPP), pharmaceutical giant Sun Pharma   has collaborated with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to eradicate malaria by 2030. Under this programme, ICMR and Sun Pharma will establish ‘Malaria Free India’ to support the National Framework for Elimination of ... Read More »

Preserving fruits of different varieties This is the season of fruits like mango, jamun, jack fruit Etc. My request to all of us is kindly don’t throw the seeds ( of good varieties), wash them and keep it in a plastic pouch in ur car. Whenever you go out and find baren land while  travelling, on a highway throw these ... Read More »

Researchers open the way to new treatments for chronic pain and cancer In a recent paper published in Nature Communications, a group of Case Western University School of Medicine researchers presented their discovery of the full-length structure of a protein named Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid subtype 2 (TRPV2). Taken in addition to their study of its molecular mechanism last year, ... Read More »

Sun Pharma gets USFDA nod for eye inflammation drug  Drug major Sun Pharmaceutical Industries   has received approval from the US health regulator for its non-steroid drug BromSite used to treat inflammation and prevent pain in patients undergoing cataract surgery. One of the company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries “has received approval from USFDA for its New Drug Application (NDA) related to BromSite ... Read More »

YOU can Make Difference for a better world   A very humble request to all. Please follow these Ten simple steps to make INDIA a better place, so the world. Don’t throw garbage on the roads/streets. Don’t spit on roads and walls. Don’t write on walls and currency notes. Don’t abuse and insult others. Save water and electricity.  Plant a ... Read More »

Indorama Ventures acquires BP’s Alabama petrochem complex BANGKOK, THAILAND: Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) has acquired the PX, PTA (1,020,000 tonne) and NDC (naphthalene dicarboxylate) assets of BP Amoco Chemical Company (BP) at Decatur, Alabama. The acquisition of the Decatur Paraxylene, PTA and NDC assets coincide with USITC affirmative vote to apply anti subsidy & anti-dumping duties PET resin ... Read More »

Bristol-Myers wins positive CHMP opinion for Opdivo in combination with Yervoy to treat advanced melanoma The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended the approval of Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Opdivo in combination with Yervoy for the treatment of advanced (unresectable or metastatic) melanoma in adults. The CHMP also added an informative statement to the broad indication that relative ... Read More »