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Dr Reddy’s Lab has been dragged to court by US-based drug maker AbbVie Inc for allegedly infringing the latter’s patented drug Zemplar on six counts concerning three patents.
STAFFER Dr Reddy’s Lab has been dragged to court by US-based drug maker AbbVie Inc for allegedly infringing the latter’s patented drug Zemplar on six counts concerning three patents.

US firm drags Dr Reddy’s to court for patent infringement

Drug maker Dr Reddy’s is caught in another legal row in a US court on alleged patent infringement. US-based biopharmaceutical firm AbbVie Inc, the spun-off arm of Abbott, has filed a peti... »

Falling Re makes the going tough for apparel retailers

Brands may go for a price hike in the long run. — K. Ananthan Brands may go for a price hike in the long run »

Ranbaxy, 8 others fined for blocking cheaper drugs in EU

The fine on Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd and Ranbaxy (UK) Ltd, is €1,03,23,000. Indian major to appeal European Commission decision »

Tata Motors rolls out 8 upgraded passenger vehicle models

Tata Motors Managing Director Karl Slym at the launch of eight new refreshers. Photo: Paul Noronha Tata Motors today unveiled eight new refreshers across five brands and launched a customer-focused strategy — Horizonext — for its passenger vehicles business. The refresher models (impro... »

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Govt to offer equity to PSU staff at discount post-divestment

Scheme to kick off with share sale offer to employees of Nalco, Oil India, Rashtriya Chemicals »

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GVK Bio licenses database to USFDA

GVK Biosciences today announced that it has licensed its GOSTAR toxicity and natural products database to the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA). The Material Transfer Agreement form... »

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Eros Now launches prepaid cards for Bollywood video-on-demand service

Bollywood movie buffs can now enjoy their favorite blockbusters anytime, anywhere, without the need for a credit card. Online movie streaming service »

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Neeraj Kanwar

Apollo to sell Cooper tyres in replacement market

More than 70% of production goes to aftermarket »

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Atul Singh

Coca-Cola elevates Atul Singh as Deputy President of Pacific Group

Will oversee China, Korea besides India and South West Asia »

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Subhanu Saxena, Cipla CEO — Shashi Ashiwal

New CEO charts blueprint for Cipla

Growth prescription includes incubation of new business ventures »

Falling rupee ‘biggest worry’ for Exide Industries

Falling production of automobiles, failure on the part of the Government to move infrastructure projects, a sharp devaluation of rupee against dollar in June have impacted India’s largest lead-aci... »

Apollo to sell Cooper tyres in replacement market

Neeraj Kanwar Apollo Tyres, which recently announced the acquisition of US-based Cooper Tire & Rubber Co for around Rs 14,500 crore, plans to sell Cooper’s tyres in the replacement market. Apollo... »

SAIL to spend Rs 3,800-cr in making projects eco-friendly

SAIL has taken up Rs 3,800 crore environment protection-related projects. SAIL sources told Business Line that the projects would be implemented in its iron ore mines and were expected to b... »

Indian ad agencies@Cannes bring home the laurels

Indian advertising agencies appear to be on a roll in Cannes, France. Advertising majors O&M India, Taproot India and Grey Worldwide India have done their magic bringing home some prized metal... »

Mills & Boon in Hindi, Tamil

Harlequin Enterprises, the publishers of romance fiction series Mills & Boon, has entered regional language books. The company has released translations of two best-selling global books... »

USFDA issues warning letter to RPG Life Sciences

The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has issued a warning letter to RPG Life Sciences for violation of current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) norms at its two plants at Ankleshwar and M... »

CCL to take up new projects

Buoyed by its continued high rate of production, Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) would take up four new projects this fiscal. The four new projects are Magadh (20 Million Tonne capacity)... »

Clariant invests Rs 38 cr in Maharashtra unit

Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd today said it has made an investment of Rs 38 crore in pigments business at its Roha site in Maharashtra. The investment of Rs 38 crore has been made as a p... »

Guha re-elected V-P, IAA Asia-Pacific, Swamy named V-P, development

Srinivasan K Swamy, Chairman and Managing Director, R. K. Swamy BBDO Two Indians were confirmed to key global posts at the annual meeting of the International Advertising Association’s (IAA) world board of directors at Cannes on June 18. Pradeep Guha, Mana... »

GVK Bio licenses database to USFDA

GVK Biosciences today announced that it has licensed its GOSTAR toxicity and natural products database to the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA). The Material Transfer Agreement form... »

Sony rejig: US hedge fund tries soft touch to push change

WCL denies alleged supply of inferior quality coal to MahaGenco

Tata Coffee opens new extraction plant in Theni

Glenmark gets US FDA nod for sclerosis treatment drug

Quality standards need to be tracked for results, says top Lucas-TVS honcho

AHF invests Rs 22 cr in Wellspring

Coal India sales snagged in red tape

Data prove stumbling block to drug price control

New CEO charts blueprint for Cipla

Subhanu Saxena, Cipla CEO — Shashi Ashiwal

“Don’t sell the company, I want the legacy of my father to continue for the next 50 years,” is what Cipla doyen Y.K. Hamied told Subhanu Saxena, as the latter took charge as the company’s new g... »

Tata Steel UK bags aero steel supply order

Tata Steel, through its UK subsidiary, has secured a long-term agreement to supply aerospace steels to Safran Group, the manufacturer of aircraft, rocket engines, aircraft equipment and propulsion... »

RINL trying for more captive mines: CMD

The Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (Visakhapatnam Steel Plant) is now more secure on the raw material front as the Rajasthan Government has recently agreed to allot the Bhilwara iron ore mines (946 hec... »

Godrej eyes salons as distribution channel for hair colour brand

Godrej Consumer Products (GCPL) is looking at salons as a potential distribution channel for its hair colour brand Godrej Expert. As part of Father’s Day initiative, the company managed to reach o... »

Sandeep Dahiya quits Viacom18 Media

Sandeep Dahiya, Senior Vice-President, Consumer Products and Communications, has quit Viacom 18 Media after a stint of 8 years to pursue new avenues. The company said that he worked acro... »

Fresenius Kabi challenges SEBI’s minimum public holding order

Healthcare firm Fresenius Kabi Oncology today approached the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) against market watchdog SEBI’s order on minimum 25 per cent public shareholding and sought permissi... »

Lamborghini launches limited edition Gallardo LP550-2

Pravan Shetty, Head - India Operations, Lamborghini at the launch of 'Gallardo LP550-2' in Mumbai on Wednesday. Photo: Shashi Ashiwal Italian super luxury car-maker Automobili Lamborghini today rolled out an exclusive limited edition of Gallardo LP550-2 for sports car enthusiasts in the country. The super sports car is... »

BP asks Oil Ministry to compensate for KG basin block

UK’s BP plc has asked Petroleum Ministry to compensate for a Krishna Godavari basin block that it is being forced to surrender after Defence Ministry restrictions made oil and gas exploration impo... »

Govt to offer equity to PSU staff at discount post-divestment

PSU employees will now get an option to subscribe up to 5 per cent of the issue size at a discount after the completion of disinvestment in the concerned State-owned company. Seeking to enc... »

Eros Now launches prepaid cards for Bollywood video-on-demand service

Bollywood movie buffs can now enjoy their favorite blockbusters anytime, anywhere, without the need for a credit card. Online movie streaming service »

Welspun gets Rs 135-cr loan for Solapur project

Coca-Cola elevates Atul Singh as Deputy President of Pacific Group

Renault launches Scala diesel at Rs 8.29 lakh

Tata partners with Nigerian state on safe driving

Coal India, NTPC close to reaching pact

RINL assured all help in securing captive mines

GVK’s Australia coal project financially unviable: report

Companies

Glenmark gets US FDA nod for sclerosis treatment drug

Pharma major Glenmark's US generics arm has received final approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to sell riluzole tablets, indicated for the treatment of sclerosis, in 50 mg strength. »

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Renault launches Scala diesel at Rs 8.29 lakh

Renault India today introduced an entry level diesel variant of its premium sedan ‘Scala’, priced at Rs 8.29 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).The new variant Scala RxE extends the Renault diesel p... »

BrandLine

Is that ice cream or frozen dessert

The new cold wars

FM channels this summer were full of ads eulogising the virtues of ‘real’ milk ice creams over frozen desserts, which are made primarily from vegetable oil. The message from India’s largest ice cr... »

Smartbuy

BlackBerry Q10 review

BlackBerry Q10 review BlackBerry has gone back to its roots and produced a typical BB smartphone that means business, literally. But is the hefty price tag justified? »

New Manager

Hand-holding the new kid on the block

Even though India produces more than five lakh engineers annually, only 25 per cent of them are employable in the Information Technology (IT) services sector, while a dismal 3.51 per cent are appr... »

Investment World

Pension plans: What’s your suit?

Pension plans from insurers, public provident fund, mutual funds, annuity plans – confused about which retirement plan to buy? The national pension system (NPS) may be your best bet today, with extremely low costs, flexible options and returns that beat most other avenues. »

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