Date:10/05/2005 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/05/10/stories/2005051003711901.htm

Business - Briefly

Win-Medicare in pact with Leo Pharma

HYDERABAD: Win-Medicare, which has alliances with seven multinationals for marketing their drugs in India, has entered into another alliance with the Denmark based Leo Pharma to launch `Daivonex' in India. The drug is for treatment of Psoriasis. Surjit S. Aurora, Vice-President, Win Medicare, and Oliver Chen, Area Sales Manager, South East Asia, Leo Pharma, told a select group of journalists here that they would be launching the scalp solution and cream in India by the year-end. Leo Pharma has a patent for Daivonex. Win-Medicare (part of the U.K. Modi group) is a Rs. 130 crore marketing company, which specialises in bringing international therapies into India.