Philae probe lands on comet, scripts history

The first mission in history to rendezvous with a comet was a success after the Philae lander separated from the Rosetta orbiter and achieved a soft landing on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The......

Birlas to pick up 49% in Intas Bio

The Aditya Birla group is likely to pick up 49 per cent stake in the biotechnology business of the Ahmedabad-based Intas Pharmaceuticals. The promoters are planning to divest a substantial stake in......

Why Zydus is likely to continue with its outperformance

Even as most of its large-cap pharmaceutical peers have struggled to stay above water on the returns front, Zydus Lifesciences has been one of the big outperformers within the sector over the past......

Indian pharma firms working on new repurposed drug for Covid-19

Many companies globally are working on plasma research to develop and manufacture hyperimmune globulin therapies from plasma donations. Domestic drug firms are working on re-purposed drugs that......

PE/VC investments in pharma cos cross $1 bn mark

Fund managers said investors remained positive on the pharma manufacturing activity in India, which further strengthened during the Covid-19 period, on account of restrictions imposed on pharma......