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...
27 May, 2021, 11.12 AM IST
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...
24 May, 2021, 01.48 PM IST
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...
20 May, 2021, 06.43 PM IST
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...
14 Apr, 2021, 12.04 PM IST
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 ...
23 Mar, 2021, 02.00 PM IST
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 ...
27 Jan, 2021, 10.40 AM IST
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...
09 Jan, 2021, 11.00 PM IST
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 ...
03 Dec, 2020, 03.39 PM IST
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...
26 Nov, 2020, 09.29 AM IST
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...
25 Nov, 2020, 11.31 PM IST
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.
14 Apr, 2020, 06.17 AM IST
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,...
21 Mar, 2020, 10.44 AM IST
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...
12 Sep, 2011, 10.05 AM IST
- 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...
26 Oct, 2009, 12.29 AM IST
- 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...
23 Apr, 2009, 08.55 PM IST
- 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...
06 Nov, 2008, 03.04 PM IST
- 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...
26 Feb, 2008, 12.00 AM IST