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“We believe we have contained the problem and are working on recovery plans with our external IT partners,” MSD said in its latest update. US drug maker Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, the maker of top-selling diabetic drug Januvia and cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil, among others, said its computer network was compromised on June 27 as part of a global cyber-attack. The website of MSD India was still down at the time of filing the story, while its global website is up and running. “ We believe we have contained the problem and are working on recovery plans with our external IT partners ,” MSD said in its latest update. “ We also are cooperating with global cyber security agencies given the scope of the attack ,” the statement added. MSD said as it is addressing the potential impact to its business, while it continues to work on minimizing disruption to patients, customers and its other business partners. The global pharma major said...

“ I have never looked at numbers. Numbers are just an outcome of the work done ,” Desh Bandhu Gupta, the founder chairman of pharmaceutical company Lupin, had told Forbes India during an interaction in October 2016. The self-made billionaire passed away in Mumbai on June 26 at the age of 79. Gupta’s professional life is a testament to what a hardworking, first generation entrepreneur can achieve, and benefit society in the process. The legacy that Gupta, fondly known as DBG, has left behind is the world’s fourth largest generics pharma company by market value and sixth largest in terms of sales, which earned $2.55 billion in revenue in FY17. To think that Gupta, who was born in Rajgarh, Rajasthan, founded Lupin in 1968 with Rs 5,000 that he borrowed from his wife, shows the long and successful journey he traversed from being a professor of chemistry at the Birla Insitute of Technology and Science, Pilani, to becoming India’s 20th richest person with an estimated net worth of ...

1. Dragons' Den: Dragons's Den is a competition whose purpose is to encourage young researchers to move forward in their fields of interest. The winners receive a substantial prize to support their future research work.  2. Eligibility: This contest is open to students and researchers with maximum age of 35 and no permanent academic position. The proposer must be properly registered with IUCr 2017 ( 24th Congress & General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography 2017 from 21 – 28 August 2017 ) – i.e. he she must have an Access Key, and all registration fees paid.  3. Submitting a Proposal: Eligible researchers must submit a proposal by filling an online form. The proposal must be for future research work and not for research work already undertaken or ongoing or presented at the IUCr 2017 Congress. Details of the Proposer and the Project Proposed will be required by the form.  4. Submission Deadline: 15 July 2017.  5. Judg...

As all the bloggers were on summer vacation, the posts were scarce and the activities were rare. We welcome back all our readers to the blog as we look ahead for exciting times for the pharma academia, industries and all the stakeholders.  We are also starting the second leg of Pharma Innovation Yatra soon. Also, there are lots of newer activities planned by the bloggers and the brains behind the blog. Happy reading. Team Pharma Literati...