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Mar252016 by Pharmaceutical TechNo Comments

How Anti-Depressants Work to Help you Feel Better

Depression is essentially a strange state of mental breakdown, gradual or rapid. Depression strikes some 35 million people worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, contributing to lowered quality of life as well as an increased risk of heart disease and suicide. Treatments typically include psychotherapy, support groups and education as well as psychiatric medications. The action of these compounds is fairly common. Certain anti-depressants increase available levels of serotonin, sometimes referred to as the feel-good neurotransmitter, in our brains. Neurons communicate via neurotransmitters, chemicals which pass from one nerve cell to another. A transporter molecule recycles unused transmitter and carries it back to the pre-synaptic cell. For serotonin, that shuttle is c...

Mar212016 by Pharmaceutical TechNo Comments

Weighing and Dispensing Process and Technology in Pharma Industries

Weighing and dispensing process in pharma industries occupies a high priority position. Over the last decades, increased regulations on the manufacturing processes in pharma manufacturing industries led the focus and result is the advanced technology and stringent policies and frameworks. The pharmaceutical companies can increase the speed and accuracy of their operations with weigh and dispense process technology. While, weighing and dispensing of solids and liquids is a very common activity throughout the pharmaceutical industry processes. Traditionally, workers dispense pharma materials by hand-scooping solids and pumping or pouring liquids. This is generally conducted in a warehouse during chemical production or in a pharmacy during pharmaceutical dosage-form manufacturing. The chanc...

Mar152016 by Pharmaceutical TechNo Comments

ICT an Aid to the Pharma Sector

Pharma Industry, Pharmacetiucal Infotech

Tremendous pressures exerted from every source for the societal and economic development keep exercising pressures from all around. Governments look forward for the companies from vivid industrial sectors to outperform and raise the scope for employment, GDP contribution and the revenues to the government in form to various taxes. At the same the companies are keen on huge investments in any state, only when the state is in a position of offer them good subsidies, and tax exemptions and infrastructure which can facilitate them with the logistics, human resource skill development, and the key issue of ICT facilitation. In today's scenario, many states are keen on encouraging the investments from pharma companies, and these locations have become a free zone for the companies of small and m...

Mar102016 by Pharmaceutical TechNo Comments

Global Pharma Industry trends

Pharma Industry, Pharmaceutical Business Development

Industry Experts have forecasted a 19 % growth for the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry for the year 2013. Morgan Stanley has said that Investments in research and trade mark expenditure will start bearing fruits in European Union and United States. Several new drugs are expected to be launched as a result of clinical trials and obtaining intellectual property rights. Apart from these, new emerging markets in Japan and other countries will have cascading positive effect in the pharmaceutical industries. Moody's have also forecast return of growth in 2013. They have also said that this status of the market will be stable for another one and half year paving the way for growth and earnings [Outlook report]. This is also based on the expected loss of patent protection of some of the high selli...

Mar52016 by Pharmaceutical TechNo Comments

Future of Pharma Industry – Biotechnology

BioPharma, Biotechnology, Pharma Industry, Pharmaceutical Business Development

Biotechnology can be defined as the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make useful products, or "any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms or derivatives in order to make or modify products or processes for specific use. However, contrary to its name biotechnology is not a single technology. Rather it is a group of technologies that share two (common) characteristics; working with living cells and their molecules and having a wide range of practice uses that can improve our lives. Traditional biotechnology has been practiced since the beginning of records history. It has been used to enhance the agricultural production, to bake bread, brew alcoholic beverages, and breed food crops or domestic animals. Through early biotechnology, the ear...

Mar22016 by Pharmaceutical TechNo Comments

New challenges for The New Pharmaceutical Industry

Pharma Industry, Pharmaceutical Business Development

The pharmaceutical industry has entered in to a new era in the 21st century for extreme growth and innovations in technology. As there is a technological advancements exists, requirements and challenges are also persists. In pharmaceutical industry for this century, for the key players who are well established in market and intruders to the market have to be prepared to face important challenges and transformations from weak economy and certain financial bumps like price downs and scrutiny on business and ethical practices as well increase in regulation. Few of challenges are like: NCE is the new chemical entity which is most important factor for the pharmaceutical industry and is increasing rapidly with absence of ROI that is return on investment. Whilst, falling in the equity market ca...

Feb292016 by Pharmaceutical TechNo Comments

Hurdles to Global Pharma Markets Growth

Pharma Industry, Pharmaceutical Business Development, Pharmaceutical Excipients and Drug Formulation

One of the premium industrial segments ever and one such industry on which many nations across the globe have relied upon for boosting the economic development is Pharma Industry. However, when we dwell in to the insights, this is one of the most regulated industries and of course it has to be, as it is directly related to the lives of many. The other factor which is tagged to the global pharma markets are the controversies involving the honchos of Pharma sector globally. There are numerous instances where few companies from pharma sector have been in news for one or the other controversies. One way or the other, the global pharma companies had always made news, be it the pricing mechanism, or the issue of handling patents, or the breach of regulations, one or the other issue always is o...

Feb252016 by Pharmaceutical TechNo Comments

Clinical Research: Ethical or Unethical?

Clinical Trials, Drug Development, Pharmaceutical Excipients and Drug Formulation, Pharmaceutical Research and Development

Everybody believes that informed consent makes clinical research ethical. However, informed consent is neither necessary nor sufficient for ethical clinical research. Drawing on the basic philosophies underlying major codes, declarations, and other documents relevant to research with human subjects, The aspects which make Clinical Research Ethical: Value: enhancements of health or knowledge must be derived from the research; Scientific validity: the research must be methodologically rigorous. Fair subject selection: scientific objectives, not vulnerability or privilege, and the potential for and distribution of risks and benefits, should determine communities selected as study sites and the inclusion criteria for individual subjects. Favorable risk-benefit ratio: within th...

Feb212016 by Pharmaceutical TechNo Comments

The Pivot of FDI in Indian Pharma

Economic and Regional Development, Pharma Industry, Pharmaceutical Business Development

The department of industrial policy promotion (DIPP) is bringing new headwinds to the FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) in the sector of pharmaceuticals that looking for a review from it in regarding policies barely after its intervention from prime minister Clearance in months. The controversy rises here is regarding the FDI in retail to kick up the retail industry might bump back for time being, whereas another sector pharmaceuticals from FDI is quietly comes for UPA government clearance, which is going to hit common man pocket in future. States in India have some patent rights on the investor’s expenditure that spent on innovative research resources. These rights are granted for a certain period and during this period the owner solely can manufacture the drug by finding and fixing price...

Feb182016 by Pharmaceutical TechNo Comments

Reasons Behind Pharmaceutical Industry to Focus on Loyalty

Economic and Regional Development, Pharma Industry, Pharmaceutical Business Development

For every industry maintaining relationship with the customers is the most benefitting factor and this is the reason behind adopting CRM for every industry. CRM for the pharmaceutical industry is one among those. Most of the companies are interested to automate their management process which helps to continuous engaging with their customers. CRM will help companies to get enduring relationship with customers and it is not only limited to existing customers, this also perfect platform to get connected with new customers. Marketing strategies of every company should change according to the current market conditions. Companies should focus on their market programs to turn into value oriented that would differentiate to get successful. Most importantly, leveraging customer loyalty is the key ...