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Dear All, Every week of thousands of patent applications are published in India. The patent applications filed by the academic research institutes in India go un-noticed.   Henceforth, we would publish a list of Indian applications published related to pharma academics. This would provide us an idea about the kind of academic research being carried out in these institutes.   For details of these patents, please writes back to us at pharmaliterati@gmail.com   Indian patent applications published on 2nd January 2015   Invention Application No Inventors Institute Triazine dendrimer based on benzene 1,4-diamine, process for the preparation thereof and use thereof 4036/MUM/2014 A 1) Patel Pravinkumar Maganlal 2) Gajjar Dhavalkumar Ghanshyambhai 3) Patel Rinkeshkumar Manaharbhai 4) Patel Hema Narendrakumar 5) Patel Rajnikant Muljibhai 6) Patel Nirmalkumar Natvarlal ...

Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI), Rajasthan State Branch is Organizing the 1st Rajasthan APTI Convention, named RAJAPTICON - 2015 in Udaipur, Rajasthan.     The details are as follows: Theme: Emerging Trends in Pharmaceutical Education, Research and Regulatory Affairs.   Dates:  13th to 14th February 2015 .   Organized by: APTI Rajasthan Branch.   Location: Pacific College of Pharmacy, Udaipur.   Details available at: http://www.aptiindia.org/rajapticon_2015.pdf

Dear All, N. Udupa, the director of Research, Health Sciences, Manipal University has collated the data about all the research funding agencies in India. This article, which is very much helpful for academic researchers is available online at http://www.aptiindia.org/pdf/Research-Funding-agencies-Dr-Udupa.pdf The research funding agencies included are, ·          AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) ·          DBT (Department of Biotechnology) ·          DST (Department of Science and Technology) ·          VGST (Vision Group of Science and Technology) ·          Dept. of AYUSH (Department of Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy System of Medicines) ·          ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) ...

Dear All, Happy new year. Hope 2015 brings all the happiness, health and prosperity to you and your dear ones. There would be lots of activities in 2015 on the blog. We'll be welcoming new bloggers on the group within short period of time. Also, we are coming with some weekly sections, interviews and guest articles on the blog. If anyone of you is interested, please write back to pharmaliterati@gmail.com Team Pharma Literati

Hi all,             Came across a lit of 10 largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Worth noting. The collective biotech and pharmaceutical industry is known to be one of the most active and wealthy industries in the world, considering the global pharmaceutical market is worth about $1 trillion. Furthermore, within modern societies, the increased usage of medicines and medications for treating almost every illness (or perceived illness) is likely to keep raising demand for these products, and thus continue bursting pharmaceutical companies’ sales and revenue. SN Company Country Revenue 1 Johnson & Johnson USA USD 71.3 Billion 2 Novartis Switzerland USD 60.9 Billion 3 Roche Switzerland USD 52.4 Billion 4 Pfizer USA USD 51.6 Billion 5 Sanofi France USD 45.8 Billion 6 Merck USA USD 44.0 Billion 7 GlaxoSmithKline UK USD 43.9 Billion 8 Astra...

AICTE Sponsored Quality Improvement Programme is being organized by Manipal College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Manipal University, Manipal – 576104, Karnataka. The two-week programme is designed to provide a fine mix of lectures and demonstrations. Resources persons from host departments and other institutions with expertise in their fields will deliver lectures meant to give an insight into innovative drug development. There have been several advances in drug development in the recent past. This programme will familiarize the participants with these and the emerging trends in drug development. There would be demonstrations of experiments with sophisticated instruments involving cell culture techniques, Elisa and Flow cytometer etc.   The details are as follows: Theme: Frontiers in Pharmacology of Drug research & Recent   trends in Pharmacy Practice.   Dates:  5 th to 17 th January 2015.   Organized by: Manipal College of Pharmaceutical...

Biocon and Sun Pharma were honoured at Thomson Reuters’ India Innovation Awards 2014, announced at the recent launch of its 2014 State of Innovation India report. This is the second consecutive year of the study, which analyses innovation in 12 leading sectors based on patent activity for inventions originating from India, using the Derwent World Patents Index, Thomson Reuters’ proprietary patent database. Hi-tech engineering and pharma companies emerged as front runners of innovation in India. The study showcases twelve leading sectors and analyses the innovation in each based on patent activity. “India is an important global innovation hub, with both local and global organizations conducting critical R&D activities in India. Patenting activity is growing rapidly and this has a direct impact on the country’s economic growth,” said Pradeep Lankapalli, Managing Director, India and head of global operation centres, Thomson Reuters India. The India Innovation Awards ...