Glenmark Generics Inc., USA, a subsidiary of Glenmark Generics Ltd, has been granted final approval by the United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for Norethindrone tablets 0.35mg, the drug maker’s generic version of Micronor tablets by Ortho McNeil Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology major Wockhardt gets US FDA nod for marketing 25 mg, 50mg, 100mg and 200mg extended-release tablets of Metoprolol succinate, a cardiac drug. Metoprolol Succinate, a generic name for the brand Toprol XL, was used for 24-hour control of hypertension, treatment of angina and in improving survival after heart attack.

Adapalene Gel is indicated for the topical treatment of acne vulgaris. Glenmark’s product is the AB rated generic equivalent of Galderma’s Differin gel which generated approximately $84 million in sales for the 12-month period ending March 2010, according to IMS Health.

Gennova Biopharmaceuticals, the pharma arm of Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited, commercially launched the indigenously developed PEGEX (Pegfilgrastim) in India. PEGEX (Pegfilgrastim) is expected to reduce the duration of Neutropenia and also the incidence of febrile Neutropenia in patients treated with cytotoxic chemotherapy for treatment of cancer. The price of PEGEX (Pegfilgrastim) is Rs 17,900 to the patient and it is much cheaper compared with other pegfilgrastim brands.
Speaking on the occasion of the launch of PEGEX (Pegfilgrastim), Arun Khanna, COO of Emcure Pharmaceuticals said, “Cytotoxic chemotherapy induced neutropenia is often identified in …

Pfizer (PFE) and Crown Bioscience, Inc. (Crown) announced today that they have entered into collaboration to research and develop novel therapeutics for Asian cancers. Specific treatments for Asian cancers represent an important unmet medical need as well as a significant market opportunity.

Wockhardt, Pharmaceutical and biotechnology major launches anti-hypertensive drug Nicardipine injections in USA. Wockhardt announced that company has received United States Food & Drug Administration (US FDA) final approval for marketing Nicardipine HCl 25mg/10 ml injection, which is used for short-term management of hypertension or increased blood pressure.

India head quartered global pharmaceutical company Strides Arcolab Limited (Strides) launched its anti-Swine Flu drug ‘Starflu’ and it’s available in Indian retail stores. Strides Arcolab’s Starflu is the generic version of H1N1 swine flu drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and its available in 75 mg capsules in a strip of 10’s, at a maximum retail price of Rs 460 per strip.

Glenmark Generics Limited received ANDA approval for Verapamil 240mg which is indicated for management of essential. Verapamil SR tablets are the generic equivalent of Isoptin SR tablets. Verapamil 240mg has strength of more than half the market share of the overall Verapamil SR product line. The total sale for the twelve month period ending June 2009 was USD 65 million, according to IMS Health.
Verapamil is used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure), angina (chest pain). This is used for some certain heart rhythm disorders. Verapamil’s mechanism in all cases is …

The Pediatric Cardiac team at the new Apollo Children’s Hospital successfully performed a complicated surgery to treat a condition called complete a-v canal defect in a 4–month old Nigerian baby.
 
Speaking at the press briefing alongside the patient, Dr. Neville Solomon, Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon & Dr. Muthukumaran, Pediatric Cardiologist said, “The Nigerian baby was ailing with a condition called complete a-v canal defect. This consists of two holes in the heart with mitral and tricuspid valves possibly leaky as well. The child also has Down’s syndrome, which makes the surgery even …

Metastatic Breast Cancer Patient Survey found that most (78 percent) women living with metastatic breast cancer (MBC) have never participated in a clinical trial. Of these women, more than half (56 percent) were never invited to consider a clinical trial and one-third (30 percent) had not been recommended a clinical trial by their healthcare provider.