March 2010

 Technology Vision Group (TVG) has announced a collaboration with India-based MMActiv, ABLE and the Vision Group on Biotechnology to produce BioPartnering India (BPI) at Bangalore India Bio, India's largest biotechnology event, which is scheduled on June 2-4, 2010. These combined events offer delegates the opportunities for partnering in India.

BundelKhand University, Jhansi

Jaypee Institute, Noida, UP; Waknaghat, HP; Guna, MP

March 16, 2010 (Atlanta, Georgia) — Genotyping warfarin  patients resulted in a 30% reduction in all-cause hospitalizations and hospitalizations for bleeds/thromboemboli, a new study suggests.

The primary duty of the regulatory bodies across the world is to prevent harm from unsafe drugs. In the United States, the law ensures that there shall be a written stability testing programme to assess the stability characteristics of drug products. Stability is the critical quality attribute of a drug product. Further it ensures the capacity of a drug substance, said Kim Huynh-Ba, Technical director of Pharmalytik, Newark in USA.

Janssen-Cilag announced that Priligy (dapoxetine) is now approved and available for use in New Zealand for the treatment of premature ejaculation (PE) in men 18-64 years of age.

PE is a common men's medical condition, but it is rarely talked about. However, it is widespread and could affect the quality of life of an estimated 250,000 New Zealand men and their partners .

Two H1N1 drugs - oseltamivir and zanamavir, the controversial sub-fertility drug letrozole, popular non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug nimesulide, decongestant drug phenylpropanolamine (PPA), antibiotic drug gatifloxacine, chronic constipation drug tegaserod, type-2 diabetes drug pioglitazone and rosiglitazone have been selected for the first phase of national pharmacovigilance programme which will begin in select 40 medical colleges across the country from April this year.

GVK Biosciences, a contract research organization, has commissioned its new clinical pharmacology unit (CPU) in Ahmedabad. The facility adds 110 beds to the company's existing capacity of 144 beds and will conduct a range of tests on healthy volunteers.