Drug Approvals

MSD Inaugurates New Technology Centre in Hyderabad to Drive Global Healthcare Innovation and Digital Capabilities

MSD (Merck & Co., Inc.), one of the world's leading global life sciences companies, has officially inaugurated its new state-of-the-art Technology Centre in Hyderabad, marking a significant milestone in...

Bharat Technology Announces BT-PHARMACON 2K26 with Focus on Indigenous Pharma Innovation

Bharat Technology is set to organise BT-PHARMACON 2K26, an ANRF-sponsored national conference on September 26–27, 2026, at the Eastern Zonal...

ChrysCapital to Acquire 20-25% Stake in Linux Laboratories for ₹600 Crore

Private equity firm ChrysCapital is all set to acquire a strategic stake in Linux Laboratories, a Chennai-based specialty pharmaceutical company focused on central nervous...

India Spotlights Massive Health Workforce Expansion at WHO RC79; SEARO Adopts Historic Dili Declaration

The Ministerial Roundtable addressing on"Human Resources for Health: Equity in Specialized Care" at the 79th Session of the WHO Regional...

Johnson & Johnson Presents New Clinical Data Across Bipolar Mania, Depression and Schizophrenia

Johnson & Johnson announced the presentation of comprehensive new clinical and real-world data across its industry-leading neuropsychiatry portfolio...

AstraZeneca Advances Oral GLP-1 Elecoglipron to Phase III Programme

AstraZeneca  announced positive results from the VISTA and SOLSTICE Phase IIb trials of elecoglipron, an investigational oral small molecule glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1 RA). The data,...

CDSCO Tightens Action Against Banned Antibiotics After Shrimp Export Rejections Jump 43%

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), under India's Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has issued a directive to all State and Union...

Solaris Pharma Launches Generic Briviact®️ to Improve Access to Epilepsy Treatment

Solaris Pharma has launched brivaracetam tablets — the generic equivalent of UCB's Briviact® — marking a notable pivot for a company long anchored in...

XOCOVA®️ Becomes First-Ever Oral Pill Approved to Prevent COVID-19 After Exposure

A historic milestone in pandemic preparedness arrived this week as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted approval to XOCOVA® (ensitrelvir) — the world’s...

AstraZeneca’s Ultomiris®️ Cuts Proteinuria by 43.4% in Phase – 3 Trial

Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease, announced positive results from a prespecified interim analysis of the global Phase III I CAN trial. The data demonstrate...

Lupin Gets U.S. FDA Approval for Ranluspec™ to Treat Retinal Disorders

Lupin Limited has secured U.S. FDA approval for Ranluspec™ (ranibizumab-hkdz), an interchangeable biosimilar to Genentech’s Lucentis® — a milestone that reshapes patient access to sight-saving biologics across...