Industry News

Biological E. Limited Receives Authorization to Manufacture and Market the 14-valent Vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae Infection in India

Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd has entered into a strategic alliance with Boehringer Ingelheim India Private Limited (BI India) to co-market Cospiaq (Empagliflozin), Cospiaq MetTM (Empagliflozin+ Metformin) and Xilingio  (Empagliflozin+ Linagliptin) in India.

JB Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals ltd (JB Pharma), one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical companies in India, entered into an agreement with Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd to acquire the Razel (Rousvastatin) franchise for the India and Nepal region. The transaction is expected to be closed within next two weeks subject to customary closing formalities.

Biocon Limited an innovation-led global biopharmaceutical company announced the initiation of the clinical study of Itolizumab in patients with Ulcerative Colitis (UC) in India, in collaboration with Equillium Inc. This is a phase two randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo and active-controlled (adalimumab), two treatment period study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Itolizumab for the induction of remission in biologics naïve patients with moderate to severely active UC.

Lupin is an innovation-led transnational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Mumbai, India. The Company develops and commercializes a wide range of branded and generic formulations, biotechnology products, and APIs in over 100 markets in the U.S., India, South Africa, and across the Asia Pacific (APAC), Latin America (LATAM), Europe, and Middle East regions.

Heart failure management to go cheaper in the country with important drugs losing their patents in January 2023. The drug combination of sacubitril plus valsartan, which is an accepted combination for heart failure, is losing patent.

Alembic Pharmaceuticals Limited receives Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) for its Oncology Injectable Formulation Facility at Panelav.

US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for the inspection carried out by them at Alembic's Oncology Injectable Formulation Facility at Panelav during the period from 4th October, 2022 to 14th October, 2022.

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE announced that the companies have submitted an application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use authorization (EUA) of their Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine as the third 3-µg dose in the three-dose primary series for children 6 months through 4 years of age. With the high level of respiratory illnesses currently circulating among children under 5 years of age, updated COVID-19 vaccines may help prevent severe illness and hospitalization.

Lupin is an innovation-led transnational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Mumbai, India. The Company develops and commercializes a wide range of branded and generic formulations, biotechnology products, and APIs in over 100 markets in the U.S., India, South Africa, and across the Asia Pacific (APAC), Latin America (LATAM), Europe, and Middle East regions.