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India fully exempts import tax for drugs treating rare diseases

India has granted a complete customs duty exemption for the personal use of medicines to treat rare diseases, including Merc & Co’s Keytruda.

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Aurobindo Pharma signs licensing pact with UN body to fight HIV

Aurobindo Pharma, an Indian maker of generic pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients, announced it signed a voluntary sub-licensing with a UN body for.

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Indian billionaires to buy Lotus Surgicals for INR 3.8 billion

Indian billionaire Azim Premji's private equity and venture capitalist arm, Premji Invest, and Tube Investments, together will acquire Lotus Surgicals for INR 3.8.

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FDA clears Emergent’s nasal spray for opioid overuse to sell at pharmacies

US-based Emergent BioSolutions announced that FDA had approved its nasal spray Narcan as an over-the-counter emergency treatment for opioid overuse.

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India inks pact with Huwel Lifesciences to make rapid real-time PCR reagents

ndia’s Technology Development Board has signed a pact with Huwel Lifesciences for the validation and commercialisation of rapid real-time PCR reagents for storage.

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India caps trade margins on 42 anti-cancer medicines

India has put a cap on the trade margin of 42 selected non-scheduled anti-cancer medicines, including ribociclib, which is used to treat breast.

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Novartis AG stops breast cancer trial as it achieves early success

Novartis AG, the world's fourth-largest pharmaceutical company by revenue, announced its Kisqali drug reduced breast cancer recurrence when diagnosed at an early stage.

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Yemen, Lebanon allege India’s Celon Labs’ drug ‘substandard’

The WHO has issued a medical product alert on a contaminated cancer and autoimmune disease treatment drug made by Hyderabad, India-based Celon Laboratories,.

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BioNTech in one million euro push for research on drugs

BioNTech, a Germany-based biotechnology company, is expected to spend between 2.4 million euros and 2.6 million euros on research this year compared with.

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Finnish researchers say new COVID-19 nasal spray hold future promise

A nasal spray developed by Finnish researchers can prevent COVID-19 disease caused by all known variants and stop the transmission of the virus, according to.

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