Sun Pharma arm signspact with China’s CMS

Grants partner licence to sell 7 drugs

A wholly-owned subsidiary of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. has granted an exclusive licence to a subsidiary of China Medical System Holdings Ltd. (CMS) to develop and commercialise seven generic products in mainland China.

The collaboration with CMS now covers eight generic products including the seven products referred above. The total addressable market size for all these eight products is about $1 billion in mainland China.

The initial term of the agreement shall be 20 years from the first commercial sale of the respective products in Mainland China and may be extended for three years as per mutual agreement of the two parties. “This collaboration gives us entry into the Chinese generic pharmaceutical market. We see lot of potential in China for both our generics and specialty portfolio. With more than 65% generics penetration, China represents a significant opportunity for generic pharmaceutical companies,” said Dilip Shanghvi, MD, Sun Pharma.

Richard Williams Dies: Animator For ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ Was 86

Richard Williams, an Academy Award-winning animator best known for his work on Who Framed Roger Rabbit, has died. He passed at his home in Bristol, UK on Friday at age 86.

A triple Oscar and triple BAFTA winner, Williams also did two of the Pink Panther films and Casino Royale.

His first film, The Little Island, was released in 1958 and won a BAFTA, while his animated adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol in 1971 was his first Oscar.

Williams later wrote a book, The Animator’s Survival Kit and was animating and writing until he died.

Born in Toronto, Williams moved to the UK in the 1950s. His work on the live action animation Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which had humans and cartoon characters co-existing, was a huge commercial success. Williams handled supervision of the animation sequences, creating the film versions of Roger Rabbit and his wife, Jessica.

Williams won two Oscars for the film, in the special academy award category and for special effects.

Survivors include his daughter, Natasha Sutton Williams, and five other children.

ChPT to create common-user empty container yard

Port to address export-import container traffic disparity

Chennai Port Trust (ChPT) will create a common-user empty container yard to address the disparity between import and export container traffic in the region.

ChPT receives more import containers than export containers. As a result, a large number of empty containers are generated after import cargo is destuffed, said P. Raveendran, chairman, Chennai Port Trust.

Therefore, there was a need for the container operator to reposition the containers for other ports of the region.

This issue would be addressed by the creation of a common-user empty container yard, which would receive and stack empty containers within the port area at a minimum cost to the trade, he said.

Container survey

The port also plans to take up container survey, cleaning and minor repairs.

This would help container lines to feed empty containers to the required vessels with minimum delay and cost.

On car exports, he said that from January to July 2019, the port handled 57,462 cars through 15 vessels compared with 39,920 cars through nine vessels in the corresponding period last year.

To encourage automobile exports through Chennai, the port had developed 11.32 hectares of concrete yard.

Besides, the port had also rationalised vessel-based land allotment process.

The security deposit requirement had been reduced to one month against three months in the earlier scheme.

How to get ‘filthy f—king rich,’ according to Bill Nye, the Science Guy

Bill Nye, climate-change activist and noted f-bomb dropper, is at it again in another video urging action against rising global temperatures.

But instead of laying out the more noble aspects of doing your part for the environment, the Science Guy took a different approach.

In an Instagram post sponsored by Google parent AlphabetGOOG, +0.89% , Nye explained how there’s huge money to be made in green technology. “Can you imagine how much sweet, sweet cabbage you’ll be piling up if you could invent a cleaner energy source or help develop carbon capture technology?” Nye asks.

Developing a groundbreaking advancement is obviously tall order for most, but there are certainly more passive ways to take part in getting green on green tech, such as investing in electric vehicles like TeslaTSLA, +1.99%or buying the KraneShares Electric Vehicles & Future Mobility ETFKARS, +2.20%  .

Other companies and funds that could be set to rise along with global temperatures include Johnson ControlsJCI, +1.90% , the Invesco Solar ETFTAN, +3.08% , the iPath Global Carbon ETNGRNTF, +0.00%and EcolabECL, +1.54% , to name just a few.

Watch the full Bill Nye clip:

Friday Ratings: ‘American Ninja Warrior’ Again Tops A Sleepy August Night Filled With Reruns

The American Ninja Warrior juggernaut rolls on, as a repeat of the athletic competition again topped the Friday night ratings.

ANW scored an 0.6/4 and 3.03 million viewers for its two-hour time slot, its best 18-49 showing for an encore since June 28. That and Dateline’s 0.5/3 and 3.31 million viewers led the peacock network to an easy victory on an encore broadcast heavy night.

Although the ratings will be adjusted and some markets were pre-empted by NFL preseason, NBC is currently  #1 among the Big 4 networks Friday night in adults 18-49, adults 25-54, and all ratings categories, pending updates.

What Would You Do? on ABC answered the bell with an 0.5/3 and 2.77 million audience as the lone other original broadcast, holding steady from its last week.

The rest of the network night was full of reruns