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SPIC urges inspection of API facilities in China mandatory before import - Saturday, July 05, 2008 |
 SME Pharma Industries Confederation (SPIC) has urged the chemicals ministry to make inspection of facilities mandatory before issuing permissions to import APIs from China, which accounts for around 70 per cent of API requirement in the country, to ensure quality of products.
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Open house moots setting up of core group to redress grievances regularly - Saturday, July 05, 2008 |
 The open house meet between the industry and the officials, organised by Pharmaceutical Export Promotion Council (Pharmexcil) on July 3 in New Delhi, suggested setting up of a core group involving different ministries concerned with the pharmaceutical industry and associations to streamline the sector and redress the grievances regularly.
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IDMA to submit detailed cost data on APIs, packaging materials to NPPA soon - Saturday, July 05, 2008 |
 The Indian Drug Manufacturers Association (IDMA) will soon submit latest data on the increase in active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and packaging materials in the past few months to the Ministry of Chemicals and Petrochemicals and the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) in a bid to seek necessary price hikes of pharmaceutical products.
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International conference on pharmacovigilance planned on Nov 2 in Mumbai - Friday, July 04, 2008 |
 Symogen and Cognizant Life Sciences are organising an international conference on the topic, first of its kind in the country, from November 2 to 5 in Mumbai to impart information on the good pharmacovigilance practices around the world.
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Pfizer posts net profit of Rs 37.92 crore in Q2 - Friday, July 04, 2008 |
 Pfizer, a leading MNC in India, has achieved net profit of Rs 37.92 crore during the second quarter ended May 2008 as against Rs 257.76 crore in the corresponding period of last year.
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Dr Saranjit Singh takes over as NIPER dean - Friday, July 04, 2008 |
 Dr Saranjit Singh, professor and head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, has been appointed as the dean of National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), Mohali.
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Cipla gets patent for Nexium, Fosamax modified versions - Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
 Domestic pharma major Cipla has received product patents for new forms of two blockbuster drugs—Osemaprazole and Alendronate—from the Indian authorities.
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NPC to submit report on PTUF scheme to chemicals ministry soon - Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
 The National Productivity Council (NPC), which was entrusted with the task of working out some viable modalities to disburse the so-far-unutilized Rs 600 crore Pharmaceutical Technology Upgradation Fund (PTUF), will submit its final report to the chemicals ministry soon.
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China to suspend exports of all pharma chemicals for 2 months from mid July - Thursday, July 03, 2008 |
 The Chinese government is likely to suspend the export of all the hazardous substances including pharmaceutical chemicals for the two months starting from mid July to mid September, in connection with Olympics 2008.
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Linking patent status with marketing approval may not harm industry - Wednesday, July 02, 2008 |
 Over 95 per cent of the drugs being produced in India are off-patent and will not be affected by the product patent regime.
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