VIVAN Life Sciences Blog

AbCheck and Pierre Fabre Enter Into Strategic Research Partnership  AbCheck s.r.o, a wholly owned subsidiary of Affimed N.V., Heidelberg, Germany, and Pierre Fabre Pharmaceuticals have expanded their ongoing collaboration into a strategic research partnership in the field of human antibody discovery and optimization. Under the expanded agreement, AbCheck will use its proprietary human antibody discovery and optimization platform technologies, AbSieve ... Read More »

It’s all about acceptance and attitude What is fear? Unacceptance of uncertainty. If we accept that uncertainty. It becomes  …….Adventure! What is envy? Unacceptance of good in others If we accept that good . It becomes ……..inspiration! What is Anger? Unacceptance of things which are beyond our control. If we accept….. It becomes …..Tolerance! What is hatred? Unacceptance of person ... Read More »

SPARC licenses Xelpros to Sun Pharma for US market Sun Pharma Advanced Research Company (SPARC) has licensed out Xelpros, a preservative-free eye drop, to a subsidiary of Sun Pharma for the US market. In addition to up-front payment of USD 3 million, SPARCBSE 2.83 % will receive certain other milestone payments, both totaling to USD 16 million from Sun Pharma, ... Read More »

Cipla’s Stempeutics gets process patent for Stempeucel from Japan Drug major Cipla today said its JV firm Stempeutics Research has received process patent from the Japan Patent Office for novel stem cell drug Stempeucel aimed at treatment of critical limb ischemia (CLI). Stempeutics chief operating officer B N Manohar said: “The new patent strengthens our position in Japan, which have ... Read More »

Life is all about Planned Incremental Growth Sharing this beautiful piece about keeping an existence system. How a Password Changed my Life – A true story from the Reader’s Digest I was having a great morning until I sat down in front of my office computer “your password has expired” a server message flashed on my screen, with instructions for ... Read More »

Battling deadly air pollution on World Environment Day Air pollution is the world’s biggest environmental problem and New Delhi has the highest levels of all cities around the globe, according to the World Health Organization, with 3.2 years of life lost for the average Indian because of it. India has the four most polluted cities in the world, WHO said in a report, findings ... Read More »

Enter Sun Pharma for long term, says Sandeep Shenoy Sandeep Shenoy of Pioneer Investcorp told CNBC-TV18, ” Sun Pharmaceutical Industries  is a well-run company where the business models are not impeded, I don’t think the glitches make much of a problem on their business model. Any leader of a sector where there is a small stumble and you get a ... Read More »

The Goose with the Golden Eggs Once when a Lion was asleep, a little Once upon a time, a man and his wife had the good fortune to have a goose which laid a golden egg every day. Lucky though they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough. They imagined that if the bird ... Read More »

Lupin submits fresh studies for two products suspended by EMA Drug firm LupinBSE 0.01 % has submitted fresh studies to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for two products, which are among 700 generic drugs suspended by the health regulator due to flawed clinical trial data provided by GVK Bio. “The company has successfully conducted the new bio equivalence (BE) studies ... Read More »

Natco Pharma rallies on strong Q4FY15 results MUMBAI: Shares of midcap Natco Pharma surged over 4 per cent in early trade on the back of strong results for quarter ended March 2015. The company’s net profit surged 126.66 per cent in Jan-March quarter to Rs 54.4 crore as compared to a net profit of Rs 24 crore in the corresponding ... Read More »