Boehringer Ingelheim tackles infringement activity pertaining to Trajenta and Jardiance in India, at least for now, but more action appears to be in the wings. The private German group remains confident that Jardiance will retain its preferred treatment choice status in the country for type 2 diabetes - but can the blockbuster therapy shake up the heart failure segment as well?

JB Chemicals has purchased a number of leading brands from Sanzyme, which it plans to scale up and institutionalize within India. The transaction, worth over $80m, is expected to close within the next two weeks.

India’s draft policy to catalyze R&D and innovation seeks to create a “regulatory bias” towards innovation and aims to cut approval timelines sharply, among a raft of other proposals that include enabling differential pricing for “innovation with therapeutic benefits.” The Pink Sheet explores multiple nuances of the plan with industry experts.

Neuraxpharm has appoints Viatris’ head of finance in Germany as its new commercial central region officer and country manager to strengthen its position in the German market, while Stada has hired a new head of consumer health in Germany. Meanwhile, the AAM has made multiple key appointments and Hyloris, Siegfried and Mayne Pharma have made top-level additions.