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BIRAC fuels innovation with Rs 4,200 crore funding across 15 lakh startups and entrepreneursIndia's Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, BIRAC, marked its 14th Foundation Day. It has significantly boosted India's bio...
ETRise Top MSMEs Ranking: Antibiotics are polluting the environment. Cellzyme Biotech has the antidotePharmaceutical companies have often received flak for using harmful chemicals to produce drugs and antibiotics which not only possess a thr...
‘FedEx’ for cancer medicine, Cyca OncoSolutions wants to reduce the side effects of treatmentCan chemotherapy be directed at only the cancerous cells and not destroy the healthy ones? Nusrat Sanghamitra's entrepreneurship story may ...
The most common device in a hospital is getting a smart makeoverThere is a wide gap between patient- nurse ratio in our country. Each nurse cannot practically monitor the Intravenous (IV) drip rate every...
Pharma wants a booster fund to push innovationIndian Pharmaceutical Alliance seeks to promote innovation backed by risk capital.
In-Med gets Rs 50 lakh grantThe company is working on a software platform for early detection and assessment of neurological disorders like dementia, Alzheimer’s and P...
India all set for the biotech bounce among its startupsA new set of deep science startups is delving into subjects as diverse as medicine, energy and agri to lay the foundation for a large biote...
This device aims to tackle ventilator-associated pneumoniaVAP is a lung infection that might happen when people are on mechanical ventilation breathing machines in hospitals. Thus, Coeo Labs began ...
ET Startup Awards 2017: Both Bugworks Research & Pandorum Technologies grab 'Top Innovator' awardDespite the complexities, long durations and dearth of money required for such research, several young companies are making a global impact...
Move afoot to ease norms for VC funding in startupsOut of the sanctioned amount, Rs 114 crore has been released to five VC funds. The government is hoping the move will encourage more VC fun...
A technology design and development company, focusing on healthcare applications"While working for Glocal Healthcare, we gained first-hand experience regarding the challenges and opportunities in providing consistent ca...
Biotech startups: Govt steps in where investors fear to treadA flagship government-funding programme has provided a springboard to India's biotechnology industry by backing innovative and risky projec...
Aten Porus Lifesciences: Firm is developing drugs to fight a host of rare diseases globallyTo begin with, the duo decided to focus on Niemann-Pick Type C (NPC) disorder that’s also referred to as Childhood Alzheimer’s.
India's biotech capital spreads its wingsConsidering the state of the industry, and the presence of so many academic institutions in Bengaluru, seasoned entrepreneurs think that th...
Armed with data, I4S takes on infertility and cancerThe company is in talks with strategic investors to help it expand sales of its fertility-related product and solutions to India and South ...
Government plans much-needed push for technology incubation centresTechnology incubation centres are generally slow to grow and mature, but the government is now planning to provide some much-needed help.
Healthcare startups coming up with innovative solutions to relay medical tests done in villages to cities“We are developing a ‘cancer biopsy’ tool to screen for oral cancer. It takes a picture in a non-invasive way and can identify cancerous an...
Hyderabad-based Monitra Health working on device to monitor heart through cloud technologyThe startup has received the Biotechnology Ignition Grant from government arm BIRAC, in May 2015, and is presently toying with an innovativ...
Are India’s life sciences startups turning a corner?A life sciences or medical product company is yet to make it big anywhere in India, despite a startup culture that is 15 years old.
India needs Rs 30,000 crore investment per annum for biotech sector: ExpertsTo provide affordable healthcare with innovative medicines, India needs an investment of Rs 30,000 cr annually in next 5 years, say industr...