Expert panel seeks more data on Sputnik V Covid vaccine

‘No approval was given to Sputnik V on Thursday. Some queries have been asked on safety, efficacy, and logistics, which the firm will have answers to at the next meeting’ IMAGE:......

Sputnik V vaccine may be added to India's Covid armoury soon

‘We expect to get the approval in the next few weeks,’ says Deepak Sapra, CEO, API and pharmaceutical services, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL). IMAGE: Medics administer the first......

Covid vaccine could cost up to Rs 1000 in private market

While the Indian government has been procuring Covid-19 vaccines at low prices so far, manufacturers have to declare the prices of vaccines they would supply to the open market (industries, private......

COVID-19 vaccines likely to have longer shelf life

A longer shelf life is critical, given many makers have started manufacturing vaccines and stockpiling them, so as to make them available in the market immediately after approval,......

Earnings boost for Dr Reddy's Lab post consumer healthcare acquisition

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) is set to acquire Haleon’s global portfolio of consumer healthcare brands in the nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) category outside of the US.......

Upper-teens EPS growth likely for Gland Pharma in next two financial yrs

Gland Pharma beat muted expectations for Q2FY25. There was increased Ebitda (Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) loss at Cenexi, the CRAM subsidiary. Gland Pharma's......

Lower input costs may aid pharma firms' Q2 margins

Analysts are expecting pharmaceutical companies to post sales growth of 10-11 per cent in the second quarter this financial year while the Ebitda (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and......

BSE 100 companies boost R&D, innovation challenges persist

Research and development (R&D) spending by BSE 100 companies has grown steadily, rising from 0.89 per cent of revenue in FY20 to 1.32 per cent in FY24, averaging around 1 per cent over the period......

Is This The Ball Of The 21st Century?

Remember Shane Warne's Ball Of The Century, the delivery that proclaimed his genius to the cricketing universe? Ah, but that was so last century. Thirty one years ago this June. We have a contender......