More than skin-deep: Nifty Next 50 complexion to get a shade of difference

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) Nifty Next 50 Index could undergo large-scale changes if the proposed tweaks to its computation methodology get implemented. Photograph: Francis......

Factors that will sustain Abbott outperformance

Abbott India outperformed the Indian pharmaceutical market (IPM) with a year-on-year (YoY) growth of 23 per cent in February. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters The domestic market grew at a......

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

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......

India battles big pharma over cough syrup abuse, reducing supplies

Cipla stopped making the product last year; Abbott Laboratories and Pfizer have had to reduce batch sizes by up to half. Indian regulators are privately pressuring major drug firms to better police......

Australia call up Short to replace Abbott for India tour

Australia will play three ODIs in India, beginning with Mumbai on January 14 before matches in Rajkot (January 17) and Bengaluru (January 19). IMAGE: D'Arcy Short replaced the injured Sean Abbott......