Health in India
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INDIA, 2013/04/01
The landmark decision by the Indian Supreme Court in Delhi to uphold India's Patents Act in the face of the seven-year challenge by Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis is a major victory for patients' access to affordable medicines in developing nations, the international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) stated today.
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INDIA, 2013/03/17
Britian’s major drugmaker, GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) has disclosed plans to invest $1 billion in its Nigerian and Indian units, in a bid to reduce reliance on pharmaceutical products and western markets and increase shares in the fast growing emerging markets.
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INDIA, 2013/03/17
India’s fifth major drugmaker by sales, Cipla Limited, has made a $512 million cash offer to acquire 100 % ordinary shares of South Africa’s pharmaceutical manufacturer, Cipla Medpro at R10 ($1.13)per share.
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INDIA, 2012/12/15
Recently, much has been said about the healthcare industry in India and its growth. And rightly so; the industry has been gathering steam and making people take notice of its massive growth. Last year, Dr. Prathap C. Reddy, Apollo Hospitals group founder-chairman said in Bangalore that the overall industry will show speedy signs of growth mainly because of increase in life expectancy, higher income levels, greater reach of health insurance, and growing lifestyle-related diseases.
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INDIA, 2011/02/10
With about 52 % of participants coming from India and 40 % coming from China. European firms were the next most well represented next their Asian counterparts.
According to industry experts, the pharmaceutical sector in China and India has been growing at a pace of roughly 15 % to 20 % year-on-year over the completed several years, which is slightly additional than 1.5 times as fast as the increase of each country’s GDP.
