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SECTOR | 13 May 2025

Trump's Drug-Price Order Won't Impact Indian Pharma Companies: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

NDTV Profit

Trump has issued an executive order, directing drugmakers to lower the prices of medicines to align with what other countries pay.

Pharmaceuticals & Biotech.

SECTOR | 12 May 2025

Trump's drug price plan sends ripples through Indian Pharma sector

Business Line

Trump's anticipated announcement threatens to implement a most favoured nation policy that could potentially reduce US drug prices by 30-80%

Pharmaceuticals & Biotech.

SECTOR | 09 May 2025

India To Reduce Import Duties On Medical Devices Covered In PLI Scheme Under FTA With UK

NDTV Profit

While the import duty on the sector is up to 7.5% in India, it stands at 4.2% in the UK.

Pharmaceuticals & Biotech.

SECTOR | 07 May 2025

Medical device company share price zooms 47% in 1 month. Do you own?

Business Standard

Poly Medicure, a leading medical device company with a dominant position in India's medical consumables market, rallied 5 per cent to 2,922 on the BSE in Wednesday's intra-day trade.

Pharmaceuticals & Biotech.

SECTOR | 04 May 2025

Medicines are just one part of the solution: Zydus' Sharvil Patel

Business Standard

Zydus MD Sharvil Patel says the company is going beyond pharma into med-tech, diagnostics, and rare diseases, aiming for a global footprint while retaining India as the manufacturing hub

Pharmaceuticals & Biotech.

SECTOR | 04 May 2025

Study finds men more likely to fall sick, die from 3 common health issues

Business Standard

Men in many countries are more likely to fall sick and die from hypertension, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS as compared to women, according to a new study. However, compared to women, men were found to be less likely to seek medical care and adhere to treatment for these common health conditions due to norms related to masculinity and healthcare financing. Men were also more likely to smoke, while women were more likely to be obese and engage in unsafe sex, the study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, found. The research highlights sex-based differences at each step of the "health pathway", which includes being exposed to a risk factor -- such as smoking -- developing a condition, diagnosis, treatment and death, study authors said. "Most of these differences are not explained by sex (biology) alone, but by socially-constructed gender -- highlighting the importance of taking a gender justice approach to reducing health inequities. A gender analysis can help to shape systems of health

Pharmaceuticals & Biotech.

SECTOR | 24 Apr 2025, 05:58AM

Pharma companies set for strong performance in March 2025 quarter amid earning weakness

Economic Times

Sun Pharma is expected to post a 9% year-on-year revenue growth, supported by its US specialty portfolio and steady growth in chronic therapies in India.