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This popular beer style known for its bold, slightly bitter flavour is making a ‘ghar wapsi’. A new breed of craft brewers is giving the IPA a fresh lease of life.

'Freebies' to doctors: Pharma industry lobby seeks new code to regulate marketing interaction

The structure of interaction between pharma companies and doctors should be defined by the government, industry groups say. The Centre had earlier said the existing Universal Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices worked adequately.

Research-linked incentives crucial for pharma sector, Centre should incentivise companies as research progresses: Sudarshan Jain, IPA

Jain says IPA, which represents Indian research-based pharmaceutical companies, has recommended to the government that the pricing policy should help manufacturers attract investments as a reward for innovation.

Pharma body IPA not in favour of extending trade margin cap to all drugs

IPA statement comes at a time when the government has formed two standing committees, one on revision of National List of Essential Medicines (NLEM) headed by Balram Bhargava is meeting various stake holders including IPA to prepare a new list of essential medicines and medical devices and the other committee chaired by government’s think tank Niti Aayog deals with affordability aspect of drugs.

Indian Internet Pharmacy Association (IPA) Seeks to Eliminate Misconceptions Around ePharmacy Model and Seeks a Level Playing Field to Drive Innovation in this Sector

In a press conference in Mumbai today, the Indian Internet Pharmacy Association (IPA) called for the regulators and the government to help ensure ...

FDC ban: IPA says industry staring at Rs 10000cr hit

In an interview with CNBC-TV18, DG Shah, Secretary General of the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA), talked about the government's decision to ban 344 fixed drug combinations and said the order was bad in law.

IPA files contempt petition against NPPA

As far as the petition goes, the IPA has said that the NPPA has committed a contempt of court order with regard to the August 2014 order of the Bombay High Court where they said that no coercive action should be taken against any pharma company belonging to the IPA.

IPA hits back at Pfizer; says no discrimination with US cos

The Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance hit back at international drug major Pfizer by stating that India's business environment for pharma companies had not been biased.

DIPP to send proposal to PMO on review of pharma FDI policy

Concerned over spate of acquisitions of domestic pharma firms by multinationals, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion will soon send a comprehensive proposal to the PMO for review of the current policy for FDI in existing drug companies.

Pfizer, Indian drug lobby in war of words on policy issues

IPA has countered Pfizer's assertions in a testimony in front of a US house committee that India‘s intellectual property environment is deteriorating.

Indian paint industry to touch Rs 50,000 crore by FY16: IPA

The Indian Paint Association (IPA) today said the domestic paint industry is expected to double to up to Rs 50,000 crore in the next three years which will be mainly driven by rising urbanisation and revival of the economy.

New drug policy will hurt investment in pharma: Industry

Prices of various leading drug brands will come down by up to 80 per cent thanks to the newly-approved National Pharmaceutical Pricing Policy but at the same time it will hurt investment sentiments in the country's pharmaceutical sector, according to industry bodies.

Drug cos want market based pricing but may hurt consumers

With GoM set to take a call on framing the drug pricing policy, India's largest association of pharma companies has submitted a study to show the pricing formula should be market based. But critics say this could end up in increasing drug prices reports CNBC-TV18's Archana Shukla.

Galaxy S III and next iPhone to feature new materials

It was recently reported that a device had surfaced in the form of a leaked image showing what is supposedly the next flagship handset from Samsung, the Galaxy