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- Read more about Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Honoured by Federation University Australia
(Business Wire India); Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairperson of Asia's premier biopharmaceutical enterprise Biocon Ltd., has been honoured by Federation University Australia (Fed Uni) by dedicating a road at the University’s Mt Helen Campus to her as ‘Mazumdar Drive’. She has also been appointed as an Ambassador of the University for a three-year term.

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- Read more about Chemfar Organics establishing ultra modern manufacturing facility for tablets & capsules around Bengaluru
A Pharmaceutical exporter, Chemfar Organics, establishing ultra modern manufacturing facility for tablets & capsules around Bengaluru, inviting partners for share participation.
- Read more about Sun Pharma announced to buy GSK’s Opiates business in Australia
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Sun Pharma) announced that their respective wholly owned subsidiaries have reached an agreement related to GSK’s Opiates business in Australia.
- Read more about Toxic Mushrooms Could Help Cure Deadly Diseases
Toxic mushrooms may hold secrets to tackling deadly diseases such as cancer, according to a new research. A team of Michigan State University scientists has discovered an enzyme that is the key to the lethal potency of poisonous mushrooms.
- Read more about Gene Network that Drives Alcoholism Identified
Researchers have identified a network of genes that appear to work together in determining alcohol dependence. By comparing patterns of genetic code from the brain tissue of alcoholics and nonalcoholics, researchers discovered a particular set of genes co-expressed together in the individuals who had consumed the most alcohol.
- Read more about Pfizer's Prevenar 13 got EU approval
Prevenar 13 (pneumococcal polysaccharide conjugate vaccine [13-valent, adsorbed]) got approval from EU for the prevention of pneumonia caused by the 13 pneumococcal serotypes in the vaccine in adults aged 18 years and older.
- Read more about Genetic Mutation Allowed Humans to Digest Alcohol
Human ancestors began evolving the ability to digest alcohol about 10 million years ago, researchers say. The study found that a single genetic mutation 10 million years ago endowed human ancestors with an enhanced ability to break down ethanol.
- Read more about GSK completes deal with Novartis and capital return £4bn
GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) announces that its three-part transaction with Novartis has completed today. As a result of this transaction, GSK has acquired Novartis’s global Vaccines business (excluding influenza vaccines) for an initial cash consideration of $5.25 billion; has created a new world-leading Consumer Healthcare joint venture with Novartis in which GSK will have majority control and an equity interest of 63.5%; and has divested its Oncology business for an aggregate cash consideration of $16 billion.
- Read more about Vitamin D Reduces Lung Disease Flare-UPS
Vitamin D supplements can reduce chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) flare-ups by over 40 per cent in patients with a vitamin D deficiency, according to a new research. Researchers from Queen Mary University of London conducted a randomised trial on 240 patients with COPD in and around London. Half of the patients (122) received vitamin D supplements and the other half (118) received an equivalent placebo.
- Read more about Ability of HIV to cause AIDS is Slowing: Study
The rapid evolution of HIV, which has allowed the virus to develop resistance to patients' immunity, is at the same time slowing the virus's ability to cause AIDS, according to a new research. The study also suggested that people infected by HIV are likely to progress to AIDS more slowly because of widespread access to antiretroviral therapy (ART).

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