Aditya Kalra And Zeba Siddiqui

Stories by Aditya Kalra And Zeba Siddiqui

India eyes oil-for-drugs deal with Venezuela to recoup pharma cash

India eyes oil-for-drugs deal with Venezuela to recoup pharma cash

Rediff.com   18 May 2016

Like pharmaceutical companies globally - which used to enjoy a preferential exchange rate in Venezuela - Indian producers have been left badly stung by the collapse of the bolivar currency

SC tells tobacco industry packs must carry bigger warnings

SC tells tobacco industry packs must carry bigger warnings

Rediff.com   4 May 2016

The rules make India's health warnings on tobacco products the world's most stringent, along with Thailand

Uber v Ola: How fight for Indian taxi market ended up in court

Uber v Ola: How fight for Indian taxi market ended up in court

Rediff.com   29 Apr 2016

Uber is suing Ola for $7.5 million to compensate for lost revenue and goodwill, alleging the Indian market leader created about 94,000 fake user accounts with the ride-hailing service and used them to make more than 405,000 false bookings

India defends right to issue drug 'compulsory licences'

India defends right to issue drug 'compulsory licences'

Rediff.com   23 Mar 2016

The USTR has placed India on its "priority watch" list for two years in a row, saying the country's patent laws unfairly favour local drug makers.

Delhi HC extends relief to pharma firms in drug ban case

Delhi HC extends relief to pharma firms in drug ban case

Rediff.com   21 Mar 2016

Several companies, including Indian units of Abbott Laboratories and Pfizer Inc, and domestic firms like Cipla Ltd and Macleods Pharmaceuticals, went to the Delhi High Court to try to get the ban lifted.

FDA warns India's Emcure Pharma, cites repeated data fudging at plant

FDA warns India's Emcure Pharma, cites repeated data fudging at plant

Rediff.com   17 Mar 2016

It is one of 42 drug-making factories in India that the FDA has banned in recent years

HC grants Pfizer temporary relief on cough syrup ban

HC grants Pfizer temporary relief on cough syrup ban

Rediff.com   15 Mar 2016

The next hearing on Pfizer's plea is slated for March 21

Abbott's antibiotic in India on the list of banned drugs

Abbott's antibiotic in India on the list of banned drugs

Rediff.com   14 Mar 2016

A notice issued by the Indian Health Ministry at the weekend said that a government-appointed committee of experts had found that the banned combinations were "likely to involve risk to human beings, whereas safer alternatives to the said drug are available."

CBI probing alleged fraud at Syndicate Bank

CBI probing alleged fraud at Syndicate Bank

Rediff.com   8 Mar 2016

The alleged fraud includes the use of fake bills.

Farmers see Modi's Budget as all promise, no delivery

Farmers see Modi's Budget as all promise, no delivery

Rediff.com   7 Mar 2016

Most of the extra spending in the Budget is in fact an accounting entry that shifts the cost of an interest subsidy to the agriculture Budget that was previously borne by the finance ministry

Pharma crusader takes India's drug regulators to court

Pharma crusader takes India's drug regulators to court

Rediff.com   7 Mar 2016

Dinesh Thakur is famous for exposing Ranbaxy safety problems

MPs, health officials spar over tobacco pack warnings

MPs, health officials spar over tobacco pack warnings

Rediff.com   8 Jan 2016

Some questions cited concerns that larger warnings can hurt tobacco farmers and boost illicit trade.

Congress threatens GST over government's Gandhi 'vendetta'

Congress threatens GST over government's Gandhi 'vendetta'

Rediff.com   8 Dec 2015

The government wants to introduce a nationwide goods and services tax to revive its stalled reform programme.

Compliance worries hit shares in India's top two drugmakers

Compliance worries hit shares in India's top two drugmakers

Rediff.com   9 Nov 2015

Credit Suisse analysts cut their rating on Sun Pharma stock to 'neutral' from 'outperform

US warns Novartis on manufacturing violations at 2 India plants

US warns Novartis on manufacturing violations at 2 India plants

Rediff.com   28 Oct 2015

US firm Mylan NV received a stern warning from the FDA in August for faulty manufacturing practices at three of its India drugmaking plants.

India drafts rules to regulate Uber, other ride-hailing firms

India drafts rules to regulate Uber, other ride-hailing firms

Rediff.com   13 Oct 2015

Uber and Ola both welcomed the move as a step in the right direction.

Choking Delhi vows pollution tax, car-free days to improve air

Choking Delhi vows pollution tax, car-free days to improve air

Rediff.com   6 Oct 2015

A directive this year to ban all vehicles older than 15 years has been delayed and previous city governments have often ignored court orders to address pollution woes.

India's IPR regime: Another setback for a multinational drugmaker

India's IPR regime: Another setback for a multinational drugmaker

Rediff.com   7 Sep 2015

India rejects patent on Pfizer's arthritis drug

Cipla to acquire two US-based pharma cos for $550 million

Cipla to acquire two US-based pharma cos for $550 million

Rediff.com   4 Sep 2015

Cipla has agreed to buy two generics businesses in the United States in an all-cash deal worth $550 million.

India gives relief to foreign investors on MAT issue

India gives relief to foreign investors on MAT issue

Rediff.com   1 Sep 2015

MAT has damaged investor confidence