Ludhiana, Punjab-based IOL Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd., (IOL) a pharmaceutical APIs company, announced that it has received the EDQM certification to supply Pantoprazole Sodium Sesquihydrate API across the European market. Pantoprazole Sodium Sesquihydrate is a proton pump inhibitor used to treat certain stomach and esophagus problems (such as acid reflux)....
Cargill to Invest Additional $240 Million in India
Minnesota-based Cargill said it will invest $240 million in India over the next five years in its business of edible oil, cocoa and chocolates, starches and sweeteners, and animal nutrition. This announcement was made at the World Food India Conference held in Delhi in early November by Cargill Asia Pacific CEO Peter...
Good Rains Will Boost Agriculture in India
With the El Nino phenomenon not in play this year, heavy rains in India have created the right conditions for crop planting in the key agricultural states of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Officials say the good rainfall in north India has boosted soil moisture that is needed for the...
Walmart to Set Up 50 New Outlets in India
Walmart will open 50 new wholesale stores across India over the next three to four years which will be located in the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. President and CEO, Walmart Canada and Asia, Dirk Van den Berghe, said Walmart was committed to India,...
IDenta Is Supplying Detectors to India
Jerusalem, Israel-based IDenta Corporation, the international drug and explosives-detection company, has supplied detectors to India, reports Bloomberg Business. CEO Yaacov Shoham said, “Every year before the end of the financial year (March 31 in India) IDenta Corp. participates through the local representative company Technomaxx in different tenders related to IDenta's...
India Joins Nanotech-Enabled Drug Delivery Market
India’s National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER) located at Mohali, in the northern state of Punjab, has been able to manufacture raw material for generating nanocrystal-based medicines. The U.S. and Ireland are other countries where this capability exists. NIPER has obtained an Indian patent for the technology and...