July 2016

Read more about Lonza Acquires Triangle Research Labs

Lonza announced that it recently acquired Triangle Research Labs (TRL) from PBM Capital Group. TRL is a fast-growing hepatocyte provider with products supporting in vitro evaluation of metabolism, drug-drug interactions, drug transporter activity, toxicity of drug candidates and other applications. Triangle Research Labs has facilities based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (USA).

Read more about Novartis PKC412 pivotal Phase II study result published in NEJM

Novartis announced that The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) published data for PKC412 (midostaurin) demonstrating an overall response rate, defined as a major or partial response, of 60% (95% confidence interval [CI], 49-70%; P<0.001) in patients with advanced systemic mastocytosis (SM). The median duration of response for all responders in the primary efficacy population was 24.1 months (95% CI, 10.8-not estimated [NE].

Read more about Torrent Pharma acquires Glochem Industries Limited

Ahmedabad-based Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd entered a binding agreement to acquire a manufacturing unit of Hyderabad-based Glochem Industries Ltd. The Visakhapatnam unit, approved by the US Federal Drug Administration (FDA) and European regulatory authorities, is a multi-product facility which can manufacture advance intermediates and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). With the latest acquisition, Torrent Pharma, which currently has five formulation manufacturing units, will have three API units for the regulated markets. The acquisition will help the firm in vertically integrating its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) filings in the future, it said in a statement.

1 July 2016

Application for the post of Pharmacists (05 Posts) under Central Government Health Scheme

Application for the post of Pharmacists (Unani) under CGHS, Delhi, are to be sent to ADO, NG, CGHS(HQ) Office of the Additional Director (HQ), Cehtral Government Health Scheme, R.K.Puram, Sector - 12, New Delhi - 110011.

Post : Pharmacist

1 July 2016

Job as Nutrition Executive at Mead Johnson Nutrition

Mead Johnson Nutrition is a global leader in infant and children's nutrition. We are best known for our infant formulae like Enfamil® and Enfapro®, and children's nutritional products like Enfagrow®, Enfakid®, EnfaSchool®, and Sustagen® in Asia, and Choco Milk® and Cal-C-Tose® in Mexico and Latin America. Our company was founded more than 100 years ago, in the year 1905, by Edward Mead Johnson. Sr. E. Mead launched his business after leaving Johnson & Johnson, which he co-founded with his brothers. MJN has been committed from its very beginning to earning the trust of parents and health care professionals by offering scientific evidence of the benefits of our products. That commitment, driven by the pride and passion of our workforce of approximately 5,600 people, is evident today throughout the world. We manufacture and market more than 70 products in over 60 countries in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific, and we operate major manufacturing facilities in every region where we conduct business. Our global headquarters are in Chicago and Asia-Pac headquarters are in Bangkok. For the year 2009, our sales turnover was US$ 2.9 Billion, and we are listed on the New York stock exchange.

Post : Nutrition Executive - 03809

1 July 2016

Walk in interview at Torrent Pharmaceuticals | Job in QC, QA, Engineering

Torrent Pharma, the flagship company of Torrent Group, is ranked amongst the top pharma companies of India. It is a dominant player in the therapeutic areas of cardiovascular (CV) and central nervous system (CNS) and has achieved significant presence in gastro-intestinal, diabetology, anti-infective and pain management segments.

Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd, 100% Export oriented unit at Dahej Bharuch - Gujarat.

1 July 2016

MSN Laboratories require Executives, Deputy Managers-B.Pharm, M.Sc, M.Pharm

MSN Group is one of the fastest growing manufacturers of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and Finished dosages in India. Established in the year 2003, MSN Group comprises of four API manufacturing plants, one finished dosage facility and a dedicated Technology development center. Our plants are ISO 9001-2000 certified, WHO: GMP, EU:GMP and USFDA approved. Our manufacturing units are designed to confirms to the principles of Quality, Safety and sound Environment

Post : Executives / Deputy Managers

1 July 2016

Opportunity to Work as JRF in Indian Institute Of Technology

Tissue Regeneration is an immerging and highly interdisciplinary field of research which required multidisciplinary skill set. Tissue regeneration evolved from the field of biomaterials development and refers to the practice of combining biomaterials, cells, and biologically active molecules into functional tissues. The goal of tissue engineering is to assemble functional constructs that restore, maintain, or improve damaged tissues or whole organs. Our laboratory works at the interface of materials engineering (including polymeric Biomaterials) and biology to develop next-generation approaches in the generation of tissues such as bone, cartilage, and skin etc. We are seeking for talented, motivated and passionate individuals, eager to learn multidisciplinary skill set and ready to explore their talent/idea in the improvement of human health care, and to join our efforts in a leading-edge translation research on “Novel Polymeric Biomaterials for Tissue Regeneration ” . The candidate will get highly interdisciplinary work environment to perform cutting age research.

Post : JRF

1 July 2016

EVALUATION OF ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF MOMORDICA CHARANTIA

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ABOUT AUTHORS
Deepak Ku. Birla*
Shri Bherulal Pharmacy Institute
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
deepakbirla7@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
Momordica Charantia is the widely consumed fruit in India. The seeds, fruit, leaves, and root of the plant have been used in traditional medicine for microbial infections, sluggish digestion and intestinal gas, menstrual stimulation, wound healing, inflammation, fever reduction, hypertension and have many significant other medicinal effects. Various phytochemicals present in leaves are extracted using soxhelt apparatus with different solvents. The aim of the study is to assess the antibacterial activity and to determine the zone of inhibition of extracts on some bacterial strains. The antibacterial activity was checked against different human pathogens. The antibacterial activity was determined in the extracts using Disc diffusion method. The present study discusses antibacterial activity of Momordica Charantia extracts. Antibacterial activity was tested against (Pseudomonas aureogenosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermis, Shigella flexineri, Bacillus substilis & E.Coli.). The results showed that the remarkable inhibition of the bacterial growth was shown against the tested organisms.

1 July 2016

Require GM /Sr GM - ARD(API)in Ind-Swift - B.Sc, B.Pharm, M.Pharm, M.Sc, Ph.D

Established in 1995 Ind-Swift has fast evolved towards a business model that is focused on deep-rooted domestic presence and leveraged on high-value mature regulated markets along with considerable growth in emerging markets. With manufacturing sites at 6 different locations across India and an independent State-of-the-Art R&D Centre, the Group has embarked upon a journey to establish itself as reliable partner in the Global Pharmaceutical Industry. In house capabilities for Development of APIs, Finished Dosage forms, Non-Infringing Process & World Class facilities for Contract Manufacturing are the inherent strengths.