Physical inactivity may put 500 million people at risk of diseases: WHO
HQ Team October 19, 2022: In another eight years, about 500 million people globally will develop a spate of non-communicable diseases due to
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Hetero buys J&J’s manufacturing site in India
HQ Team October 18, 2022: Hetero, an Indian pharmaceutical company, announced the acquisition of a brownfield manufacturing plant of Johnson & Johnson Private
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USFDA inspects Alembic’s pharma facility in Gujarat
HT Team October 18, 2022: The USFDA has inspected India’s Alembic Pharmaceuticals’ Oncology Injectable Formulation Facility at Panelav, Gujarat, according to a BSE
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Gavi, Moderna sign pact for Covid-19 vaccines
HQ Team October 18, 2022: Gavi, a public-private partnership Vaccine Alliance, has signed a new pact with Moderna to supply Covid-19 vaccines to low-income countries.
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Prefer older people for liver transplant: Study
HT team October 17, 2022: If you are undergoing a liver transplant, will you choose a donor younger than you or older? The
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Biocon signs out-licencing pact with Yoshindo
HQ Team October 17, 2022: Biocon Biologics, a subsidiary of India’s Biocon, has inked an out-licencing pact with Japan’s Yoshindo Inc for selling
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Covid-19 battle lacked global cooperation, coordination: WHO
The global response to combat the Covid-19 crisis lacked cooperation and coordination: WHO
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Marksans Pharma to acquire Israel’s Tevapharm’s site in Goa
HQ team October 12, 2022: Marksans Pharma, a listed company, is set to acquire a manufacturing site of Tevapharm, an Indian subsidiary of
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Cipla joins WEF’s ‘Lighthouse network’ to digitally transform operations
Cipla, an Indian pharmaceutical company, has joined the World Economic Forum’s Lighthouse network to adopt advanced fourth-industrial revolution technologies to transform operations digitally.
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Half of global poor need urgent debt relief: UNDP
HT team October 11, 2022: More than half of the world’s poorest people, living in 54 developing economies, need urgent debt relief due