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  • (BUSINESS WIRE) This strategic acquisition brings together two leading generics businesses with complementary strengths, R&D capabilities, product pipelines and portfolios, geographical footprints, operational networks and cultures.

  • Lupin's Japanese subsidiary Kyowa Pharmaceutical Industry Co., Ltd. has entered into a strategic asset purchase agreement with Shionogi & Co., Ltd.  on August 1, 2016, to acquire 21 long-listed products from the Japanese pharma major, effective December 1, 2016, subject to certain closing conditions and regulatory approvals including the transfer of marketing authorization of the products to Kyowa.

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  • The Competition Commission of India (Commission) has found the Karnataka Chemists and Druggist Association (KCDA) and Lupin Ltd. (Lupin) to be in contravention of the provisions of the Competition Act, 2002 (the Act). In a case filed by M/s Maruti & Co., it was brought to the notice of the Commission that KCDA restraints pharmaceutical companies from appointing new stockists in the State of Karnataka unless a No Objection Certificate (NOC) is obtained from it.

  • Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Vanda), a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced that Hetlioz (tasimelteon) is now available for the treatment of Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Disorder (Non-24) in Germany. 

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