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Forget Nvidia chips, China's next big race is being slowed down by an unlikely rival: monkeysLab primate prices in China have surged over 1,000% in eight years, with a single cynomolgus macaque now costing around Rs 22 lakh. The sho...
What are the latest sticking points in US-China tensions?Ahead of anticipated U.S.-China talks, Beijing is strengthening its high-tech manufacturing supply chains with new export controls on criti...
Short-term margin pressure hits booming specialty chemicals industrySpecialty chemicals continue to remain a high-growth industry. However, it is witnessing a few headwinds on the margin front in the short- ...
Vaccines and supply chains: A perfect storm?India is the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, but the shortage it is facing currently says as much about poor governance as it does ab...
Pfizer, Moderna refuse to sell COVID-19 vaccines to Delhi govt directly, says CM Kejriwal"We have spoken to Pfizer and Moderna for vaccines, and both the companies have refused to sell vaccines directly to us. They have said tha...
India's vaccine output likely to fall short of target, sources sayLower-than-expected production could delay India's plans to vaccinate all its adults this year, amid fears the country will face another su...
View: What do you do when the world's pharmacy needs prescriptions itself?India reached the 100 million vaccination mark in 85 days, faster than the U.S. and China, which took 89 and 102 days respectively. But the...
View: Buy out Covaxin’s Intellectual Property Rights, and make its know-how available as a global public goodThe more the virus continues to multiply in the world, the greater the likelihood of mutations that produce virulent strains against which ...
India has plenty of Coronavirus vaccines but few takersAs India rolls out one of the world’s biggest inoculation programs, some health-care and other frontline workers are hesitating because of ...
How Krishna Ella built Bharat Biotech and why the company is at a tipping pointBharat Biotech’s Covaxin is India’s first indigenous coronavirus vaccine. The DCGI’s approval of Covaxin, despite it not having phase-3 cli...
China testing blunders stemmed from secret deals with firmsThe flawed testing system — at a time when the virus could have been slowed — stopped scientists and officials from seeing how fast it was ...
When the pandemic hit, India's healthcare industry was quick to adapt to the need of the hourIndian diagnostic companies had experience in developing test assays for dengue, HIV, TB and H1N1, but with Covid-19 the delay in getting h...
Pandemic: When the going gets tough, innovators step up their gameIndian diagnostic companies had experience in developing test assays for dengue, HIV, TB and H1N1, but with Covid-19 the delay in getting h...
India to boost drug ingredient output to pare China relianceIndia plans to ramp up production of pharmaceutical ingredients to become an alternative supplier to China.
3 desi firms to make Covid-19 protective gear for doctors, health workersWhile the textiles ministry has on-boarded Vadodara-based Sure Safety, Bengaluru’s Amaryllis Healthcare and Gurugram-based Sai Synergy LLP,...
Stop worrying about veggie prices: Use biotech to increase crop yield, fight food inflationBiotech can increase crop yield dramatically, and fight food inflation. Farmers are ready for reform, research is peaking. Now, govt has to...
- Novartis-Aventis row leads to shortage of anti-rabies vaccine
Beware of Dogs! There is a shortage of anti-rabies vaccine in the country, thanks to a dispute between Novartis and Sanofi Aventis, which t...
- Monsanto India aims at developing hybrid seeds
Monsanto India has started a country-wide campaign to attract Indian talents into the development of high yielding and hybrid rice and whea...
- Govt has to create awareness about clinical trials: Experts
The multi-million dollar outsourced clinical trial business in India is going through a rough patch, as the Contract Research Organisations...
- GM crops hold key to food security: Expert
India, which recorded the fastest growth in genetically modified (GM) crop adoption globally, could attain food self sufficiency once it al...