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The US Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick has insisted that
a prospective free trade agreement (FTA) between the US and Thailand will not
affect access to HIV/AIDS generics.
The Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) during its
National Executive Committee meeting at Hyderabad presented a growth agenda
for the State of Andhra Pradesh in the pharmaceuticals sector, in the presence
of Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief Minister of AP.
SynCo Bio Partners, a leading, contract manufacturing organization and Keele,
UK, Cobra Biomanufacturing, the international manufacturer of biopharmaceuticals,
announce they have formed an alliance to manufacture plasmid DNA for Phase III
trials and commercial supply.
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an order banning
the sale of all dietary supplements, food tablets/capsules and liquid lozenges
that do not have a licence under the Drug Act with effect from July 1.
Generex Biotechnology Corporation,
a leader in the area of buccal drug delivery, announced that Oral-lyn, its proprietary
oral insulin spray formulation, has been approved for commercial marketing and
sale by the Ecuadorian Ministry of Public Health for the treatment of both Type
1 and Type 2 diabetes.
Following the reinstatement of Israel to the Office of the US Trade Representative's
(USTR) intellectual property blacklist last week, the vice president of leading
Israeli generics maker Teva, Chaim Hurvitz, claims to have been surprised by
the decision.
Canadian free-market policy organisation the Fraser Institute has
issued a scathing report on the country's drug approval procedures, which it
claims are "implicated in the deaths of hundreds of Canadians annually."
Substantive proposals to revive France's ailing drug R&D sector
have emerged from a second meeting of the country's high-level Strategic Council
for the Healthcare Industry.