The Indian drug industry could make huge gains as over $70 billion worth of drugs are expected to go off patent in the US, the world’s largest pharma market, in the next three years.

If a shareholder had invested about Rs 2,500 in Dr Reddy's Laboratories through the IPO in August 1986 and the rights issue of 1989, what do you think the holding would be worth today? A whopping Rs 40 lakh!

Sales growth and control on costs helped improve margins.Improved sales across its four business units helped GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals record an 18 per cent year-on-year growth in gross sales to Rs 453 crore for the December 2009 quarter. This, coupled with lower excise outgo, helped the company post a better-than-expected 20 per cent year-on-year jump in net sales.

Scientists may have finally found a way to deal with one of developing world's worst problems in healthcare — faulty and inadequate cold chain for vaccine storage. British scientists from Oxford University have found a way to keep vaccines stable even in room temperature.