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The Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) has expressed discontentment on alleged closure of pharmaceutical industry in the city in the wake of deaths in PIC Lahore due to drug reaction. In a...

Federal regulators said Tuesday that they've approved new suppliers for two crucial cancer drugs, easing critical shortages - at least for the time being - that have patients worried about missing life-saving treatments. The Food and...

The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation has awarded three new grants to improve prevention, diagnosis and care of hepatitis B and hepatitis C in China and India as part of its Delivering Hope™: Awareness, Prevention and Care umbrella program which is...

Bayer HealthCare, a subgroup of Bayer AG, has signed an agreement to acquire the animal health business from Texas based KMG Chemicals Inc. for executing its strategy to strengthen animal health portfolio. With a wide variety...

The US Food and Drug Administration has accepted for filing the Santarus Inc.'s New Drug Application for Uceris tablets 9 mg. Pursuant to Prescription Drug User Fee Act guidelines, Santarus expects the FDA will complete its review or otherwise...

Merck Serono, a unit of German pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck, has signed a licensing agreement with US-based biotechnology firm Threshold Pharmaceuticals for the development and commercialisation of TH-302. TH-302 is Threshold's small molecule hypoxia-targeted drug, designed...

A newly proposed cost-cutting rule implemented into the US Medicaid programme could save the country up to $17.7bn over five years, say US health officials. The proposed rule on prescription drugs purchased through the state...