Pointing at the value arbitrage in drug discovery that India offered, the government has invited the United States companies to forge partnerships with domestic biotech firms for research and development.
India's agricultural research labs have been losing not just their valued scientists but vital technical know-how to the multinational companies, a noted farm expert said in Jaipur on Monday.
Yemen is ranked the worst (153rd), while Iraq is 152nd and Pakistan 151st.
With India emerging as an economic super power and a leader in the IT and biotechnology sector, Japan is keen on investing in the country, a former Japanese minister said in New Delhi on Thursday.
A hi-tech city worth Rs 390 crore (Rs 3.9 billion) would be built in Bangalore for information technology and biotechnology companies by the Bangalore Development Authority, chief minister N Dharam Singh said on Monday.
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clarke on Monday said there were immense opportunities to enhance bilateral trade with India.
I think it would be good if phase one trials were totally freed up.
Businesses in the US continue to face an evolving array of tariff and non-tariff barriers.
Director, NDRI, Nagendra Sharma said the work was carried out to develop in-house capabilities in establishing pregnancies in goats using invitro fertilisation through laparoscopy technique.
Leading biotechnology firm Biocon Ltd on Tuesday reported a 22 per cent decline in profit after tax for the half year ended September.
India and Thailand will sign an accord for cooperation in the field of agricultural science, technology and economy.\n\n\n\n
With days to go before Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's visits China accompanied by a 55-member industry delegation, Confederation of Indian Industry on Monday said the country provided ample business opportunities and incentives.
'Shanferon', a recombinant interferon is used for patients suffering from chronic myeloid leukemia, chronic viral hepatitis and other cancers, a company release said.\n\n\n\n
The lab has 18 scientists.
Amidst controversy on the issue of import of genetically modified foods, an inter-ministerial meeting is being held on Wednesday to discuss the policy on GM foods and crop, including their import.\n\n\n\n
Tamil Nadu Governor P S Ramamohan Rao today disagreed with the contention that the Indian industries were slowly perishing due to globalisation and entry of multi-national companies.
Karnataka has attracted 18 new biotechnology firms and a total investment of $400 million (Rs 1,800 crore), including Rs 750 crore (Rs 7.5 billion) from India's biggest biotech firm Biocon, in the last 12 months.
'Defence funding is channelled to State-owned research organisations where scientists are merely bureaucrats holding meetings and sending out minutes of meetings and press releases, but have long ago stopped any innovative work.' 'Unless this tragedy is fixed, India's chances to create world-conquering and job-creating new industries are slim,' says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Three Indian biotech firms have plans to set up research and development centres at the Frankfurt Innovation Centre for Biotechnology.
Centre would announce a special package for the small scale industries before the 2004-05 budget to enable them to face competition in the emerging World Trade Organisation regime.
Biotechnology company Chiron Inc plans to make India a regional hub to supply rabies vaccines to other markets, officials said, and is also evaluating doing research and clinical trials in India.
India's technology hub of Bangalore, which is wooing foreign investment in biotechnology, expects a big jump in the number of companies and countries that will attend its annual industry showcase this year.\n\n\n\n
Ahmed, 27, a student of School of Biotechnology at Jawaharlal Nehru University went missing on October 15 following an on-campus scuffle allegedly with members of ABVP.
