Biotechnology major Biocon has announced that it had been honoured as the best listed company 2009 by BioSingapore in the biotechnology field in Asia Pacific.

V Raja, President and CEO, GE Healthcare South Asia & managing director, Wipro GE Healthcare has been appointed as the chairman of the Medical Electronics Forum of the FICCI.

National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), department of psychiatry's assistant professor, Dr Ganesan Venkatasubramanian has bagged three awards for his efforts in the area of schizophrenia research.

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp. said it appointed Vojo Vukovic as vice president of clinical research. Vukovic will be the Synta medical lead for the company's most advanced oncology product candidate, elesclomol, and will support the implementation of a broad development strategy for elesclomol.