India's export revenue from biotechnology grew by 47 per cent to reach to 1.2 billion dollars in the financial year ended March 2007, a survey said.
Sitharaman, who is not known to reply to comments made on her Twitter handle, instantly choose to respond to drug-maker Biocon chairman Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw's criticism of lack of fiscal measures to support growth.
The government on Wednesday granted approval to Nokia, Wipro, Hewlett Packard, Reliance, Biocon, Ranbaxy Laboratories, Mahindra and Mahindra, Reliance energy and Adani Group's to set up Special Economic zones.
The only category of pharmaceuticals that showed a negative growth in exports this time was herbal products, exports of which stood at $299 million as compared to $ 312 million in the previous year.
Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal said India has lost one of the finest political leaders and a legal luminary.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Today, an engineer from an average college can easily land an IT job. What about the biotech graduate, asks Rashmi Bansal?
Competing with established biotech companies in India such as Wockhardt, Biocon and Reliance Life Sciences, small biotech companies such as Zenotech, BV Biocorp and Intas Biopharma are likely to emerge as major players in biogeneric drugs.
Researchers and scientists in India would have to be innovative if the country wished to unleash its vast intellectual potential, chairman and managing director of Biocon Ltd Kiran Mazumdar Shaw said on Saturday.
Addressing aspiring entrepreneurs, Biocon Chief Shaw adviced them never to fear failure.
Utility vehicles manufacturer Mahindra & Mahindra will replace Hero Honda in the country's benchmark index Sensex from July 9.
As Covid-19 cases surge in India, companies have realised it's a tightrope walk between maintaining production and ensuring employee safety.
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairman and managing director of Biocon, Chanda Kochar, executive director of ICICI Bank and Vidya Chhabria, chairman of Jumbo Group
Three Indian women -- ICICI Bank deputy managing director Chanda Kochhar, HSBC India CEO Naina Lal Kidwai and Biocon head Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw -- have been named among the world's 50 most powerful businesswomen by the Fortune magazine.
The government on Monday approved the proposals of Reliance Industries, Wipro, Hewlett Packard and Biocon to set up Special Economic Zones -- a move that is expected to generate at least 67,000 jobs by March 2006.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
Earlier, Jaslok Hospital had issued an advisory to its doctors to avoid prescribing drugs manufactured by Ranbaxy.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries
Jeff Bezos of Amazon tops the list for the second consecutive year with networth of $147 billion.
Bureaucratic delays are stifling growth in the sector. India should be far more aggressive in launching 'look alike' biological molecules in a fast track manner.
Domestic pharma giant Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited has topped the list of patent filers in the area of drug applications from the Third World countries last year with 64 new formulations.\n\n\n\n
Addressing a press briefing, health ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said currently there are no approved therapies for COVID-19 and there is not enough evidence to claim that plasma therapy can be used for treatment of the disease.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
Narayan Murthy says the software industry has boosted the international image of India like no other sector.
'Our government's claim that there are no undetected cases of infection that happened within our bustling cities because of exposure to infected international travellers are not credible,' notes Rahul Jacob.
Design thinking refers to solving traditional tech problems using newer, different and innovative methods
In his press conference on Wednesday, Trump targeted drug-makers and vowed to bring back production in the US.
Corporate leaders said a stable government at the Centre will help boost infrastructure spend, address agricultural distress, and encouraging employment.
Pai sought to look at the issue of founders raising questions as shareholder activism.
