Drugmakers could be hit by the coronavirus. India is especially vulnerable
4 years, 10 months ago

Drugmakers could be hit by the coronavirus. India is especially vulnerable

CNN  

London CNN Business — Drugmakers in India are bracing for potential disruption from the coronavirus. “A lot of our pharma value chain is linked to China,” Umang Vohra, the CEO of generics producer Cipla, told investors on February 5. “Many of the raw materials, which we may be buying in India, may have dependence on the Chinese intermediate,” Dilip Shanghvi, the company’s managing director, said during an earnings conference call on February 6. “So we think we are buying from India, but there is a China link.” Global implications Jens Spahn, the German health minister, warned Thursday that the outbreak could lead to drug shortages in Europe. With a majority of some US medical supplies coming from or originating in China, the coronavirus could have “chilling implications” for supply chains, according to Robert Kadlec, assistant secretary at the US Department of Health and Human Services.

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Chinese Pharma Major Shanghai Pharma Seeking API Imports From India
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Chinese Pharma Major Shanghai Pharma Seeking API Imports From India

ABP News  

Shanghai, China: Chinese pharmaceutical giant Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd is keen on importing active pharmaceutical ingredients from India, and is also planning to invest in the Indian market in an effort to expand its footprint in the generic drugs market. In India, more and more APIs are getting FDA approval, so we are now thinking of importing APIs from …

Exporters on edge as raging covid in China derails trade
2 years ago

Exporters on edge as raging covid in China derails trade

Live Mint  

The covid-19 surge in China has triggered concern among Indian exporters as it may add to the softening of demand from Western countries. China, India’s largest trading partner, reported an 11% decline in imports in November, and the latest outbreak could further hit exports of Indian goods. “The covid situation in China is a cause for concern both in terms …

Made-in-India COVID drugs emerge as life-savers in China, but a Chinese film had predicted so in 2018
2 years ago

Made-in-India COVID drugs emerge as life-savers in China, but a Chinese film had predicted so in 2018

Firstpost  

Dying to Survive, a film from 2018, was quite farsighted in its telling of a future happening. The Chinese comedy-drama starring Xu Zheng, takes inspiration from a true story — of a Chinese leukemia patient Lu Yong who smuggled cheap and generic cancer medicine Remember the 2011 film Contagion starring Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Gwyneth Paltrow, among others, and how …

‘India fully prepared to deal with coronavirus situation’: Jyotiraditya Scindia
2 years ago

‘India fully prepared to deal with coronavirus situation’: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia today said the country is fully prepared to deal with the coronavirus situation. Scindia, who is in charge of the ministries of civil aviation and steel, said the country is fully prepared to deal with the coronavirus situation. Meanwhile, India logged 163 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases declined to 3,380, according to …

Prepare, don't panic, in the face of covid resurgence in China
2 years ago

Prepare, don't panic, in the face of covid resurgence in China

Live Mint  

As a fresh wave of covid infections sweeps across China, after the authorities abruptly changed tack from their three-year-long Zero Covid strategy, there is widespread concern that the world is heading for Pandemic Redux, making the world pay a heavy toll in terms of lives and lost economic output. A PLI-type scheme for 'atmanirbhar' vaccine industry Cement investors see Q3 …

Covid cases rising: Indian exporters keeping fingers crossed over China situation
2 years ago

Covid cases rising: Indian exporters keeping fingers crossed over China situation

India TV News  

Covid New Wave: Indian exporters are keeping their fingers crossed on account of rising Covid infections in China and other countries as it could again disrupt supply chains and affect demand for goods. Sahai said that if Chinese industries start shutting down due to rise in Covid cases, it would impact imports of key components for sectors such as pharmaceuticals, …

A PLI-type scheme for 'atmanirbhar' vaccine industry
2 years ago

A PLI-type scheme for 'atmanirbhar' vaccine industry

Live Mint  

The government will likely unveil a ₹2,500 crore financial assistance programme to boost domestic production of vaccine raw materials to enhance self-reliance amid a resurgence of covid cases worldwide, two officials familiar with the development said. Cement investors see Q3 with mixed feelings While India is a global leader in vaccine production, it imports key raw materials needed for manufacturing. …

Serum’s Adar Poonawalla: China covid news ‘concerning’ but India…
2 years ago

Serum’s Adar Poonawalla: China covid news ‘concerning’ but India…

Live Mint  

Amid global concern over covid situation in China and dire predictions by research groups that death toll in China could rise to millions, Adar Poonawalla, the CEO and founder of Serum Institute of India, said in a tweet that though news coming out of China is concerning, “we need not panic given our excellent vaccination coverage and track record. A …

China COVID Surge: Explosion Of Coronavirus Cases, Over A Million Deaths Through 2023, Say IHME Projections
2 years ago

China COVID Surge: Explosion Of Coronavirus Cases, Over A Million Deaths Through 2023, Say IHME Projections

ABP News  

New Delhi: After China's stringent COVID-19 restrictions were abruptly lifted following unprecedented protests under the Xi Jinping regime, the U.S.-based Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation has projected that the lifting of curbs could result in an explosion of cases and over a million deaths through 2023. This projection comes as China's national health authority is yet to report any …

Can India Capitalise on China’s Zero-Covid Failure And Become the Future Factory of the World? - News18
2 years, 1 month ago

Can India Capitalise on China’s Zero-Covid Failure And Become the Future Factory of the World? - News18

News 18  

Covid protests have gripped several cities of China, including Beijing and Shanghai, spilling over to Hong Kong with even Chinese embassies in global metropolises like London, Paris and Tokyo as well as universities in US and Europe. Can tensions surrounding China’s zero-Covid policy present an opportunity for India to rejig supply chain models? While the total global manufacturing value added …

China struggles with rising cases of Covid Delta variant, imposes strict lockdown in several cities
3 years, 5 months ago

China struggles with rising cases of Covid Delta variant, imposes strict lockdown in several cities

Op India  

On Monday, the Chinese authorities directed the 1.2 million residents of ZhuZhou city in the Hunan province to stay at home in light of the growing cases of Wuhan Coronavirus. As per a report in Guardian, people have been asked to adhere to the strict lockdown for a period of three days after the Covid-19 situation in the city turned …

Wuhan Lab Leak Theory: India Must Lead Global Probe into Origins of the Virus & Its Cover-up
3 years, 7 months ago

Wuhan Lab Leak Theory: India Must Lead Global Probe into Origins of the Virus & Its Cover-up

News 18  

Scientific progress is intrinsically linked to freedom of expression. How is it that the entire global public health ecosystem is a web of conflicting interests, where the man tasked by the WHO to investigate the Wuhan Institute of Virology was also the same man who had forwarded the US government funding to the institute for the Gain of Function research, …

From supply chains to vaccines, China has frequently thrown spanner into works of India's COVID-19 battle
3 years, 7 months ago

From supply chains to vaccines, China has frequently thrown spanner into works of India's COVID-19 battle

Firstpost  

From tactfully disallowing Chinese firms to participate in BMC’s global vaccine tender to exorbitant pricing of necessary equipment, India’s battle against COVID-19 has often run into rough weather with China The relations between India and China have hit a rough patch ever since Indian and Chinese soldiers engaged in an “standoff” near the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh …

Foreign countries, companies ramp up delivery of Covid aid to India
3 years, 8 months ago

Foreign countries, companies ramp up delivery of Covid aid to India

India Today  

Several countries and leading global companies have ramped up their production and delivery of emergency assistance to help India which is facing a devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. China China is also accelerating its production and delivery of 40,000 more oxygen generators ordered by India and 61 cargo flights operated between the two countries in the last two …

No surplus vaccine doses to send to India right now, says UK
3 years, 8 months ago

No surplus vaccine doses to send to India right now, says UK

India Today  

The UK is currently moving through its domestic priority lists for COVID-19 vaccines and therefore has no surplus doses to share with countries in need such as India at this stage, Downing Street said on Tuesday. In reference to India’s devastating second wave of the pandemic, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesperson said the process is kept under constant review, …

India's second coronavirus wave causing global 'crisis' as COVID-19 vaccine supplies disrupted
3 years, 8 months ago

India's second coronavirus wave causing global 'crisis' as COVID-19 vaccine supplies disrupted

ABC  

The global vaccine supply chain, already under extreme pressure, has been thrown into disarray by the COVID-19 crisis devastating India. Key points: So far, India has been unable to supply 80 million of the doses it had agreed to give COVAX COVAX is a collaboration of organisations that was set up to share vaccines fairly around the world India falling …

Coronavirus | U.S. to send raw material for Covishield
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus | U.S. to send raw material for Covishield

The Hindu  

The U.S will immediately deploy supplies and other assistance to India, the White House said, following a Sunday call between the National Security Advisers of two countries, Ajit Doval and Jake Sullivan. The U.S.’s assistance will include making raw materials for COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covishield’ immediately accessible and pursuing options to generate oxygen “on an urgent basis.” However, there was no …

Several countries promise rapid aid as COVID rages in India
3 years, 8 months ago

Several countries promise rapid aid as COVID rages in India

Al Jazeera  

India’s healthcare system has struggled amid a devastating second wave of coronavirus, with reports of oxygen and medicine shortages. Several countries have promised to rapidly send supplies to help India as the country reels from shortages of oxygen and medicines amid a devastating second wave of the coronavirus. The United States on Sunday said it was working to immediately deploy …

US to export vaccine raw material, deploy expert team to help India after NSA Doval's call with counterpart
3 years, 8 months ago

US to export vaccine raw material, deploy expert team to help India after NSA Doval's call with counterpart

India Today  

The United States on Sunday identified sources of specific raw material urgently required by Pune-based Serum Institute of India to produce the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine - Covishield. "To help treat Covid-19 patients and protect front-line health workers in India, the United States has identified supplies of therapeutics, rapid diagnostic test kits, ventilators, and Personal Protective Equipment that will immediately be …

US Defends Export Ban of Covid Vaccine Raw to India, Says 'Americans First'
3 years, 8 months ago

US Defends Export Ban of Covid Vaccine Raw to India, Says 'Americans First'

News 18  

Defending US’ restrictions on the export of key raw materials for the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccine that threatens to slow India’s vaccination drive, a senior State Department official has said the Biden administration’s first obligation is to take care of the requirements of the American people. When asked when the Biden administration would decide on India’s request to lift a …

China offers support, assistance to India to combat rising COVID-19 cases
3 years, 8 months ago

China offers support, assistance to India to combat rising COVID-19 cases

India TV News  

China today offered to provide the necessary support and assistance to India to deal with the sharp increase in the COVID-19 cases in the country. Asked about the spike in the coronavirus cases in India by the official Chinese media, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a media briefing that the COVID-19 "pandemic is a common enemy of all mankind …

India's Covid-19 cases mount but uncertainty over US export ban on vaccine raw materials continues
3 years, 8 months ago

India's Covid-19 cases mount but uncertainty over US export ban on vaccine raw materials continues

India Today  

Serum Institute of India's Chief Executive Officer, Adar Poonawalla recently sought US President Joe Biden's intervention in lifting a ban on raw materials that India imports from the US. SoS FROM POONAWALLA On April 16, Adar Poonawalla, in what appeared to be a desperate appeal, tweeted: "Respected @POTUS, if we are to truly unite in beating this virus, on behalf …

U.S. curbs on raw material exports could dent new Quad alliance's vaccine push
3 years, 9 months ago

U.S. curbs on raw material exports could dent new Quad alliance's vaccine push

The Hindu  

The U.S.-backed Quad alliance aims to invest in India’s pharmaceutical capacity as it looks to ramp up COVID vaccine output, but U.S. curbs on exports of key materials could hamper that effort, sources say. The White House said last week it had used the U.S. Defence Production Act — which prevents export of materials to prioritise local production — to …

Chinese hackers attacked IT systems of Indian Covid vaccine makers Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech: Report
3 years, 10 months ago

Chinese hackers attacked IT systems of Indian Covid vaccine makers Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech: Report

India Today  

A Chinese state-backed hacking group has in recent weeks targeted the IT systems of two Indian vaccine makers whose coronavirus shots are being used in the country's immunisation campaign, cyber intelligence firm Cyfirma told Reuters. Goldman Sachs-backed Cyfirma, based in Singapore and Tokyo, said Chinese hacking group APT10, also known as Stone Panda, had identified gaps and vulnerabilities in the …

India's coronavirus cases mysteriously fell. But with vaccines delayed, some fear the rise of COVID-19 variants
3 years, 10 months ago

India's coronavirus cases mysteriously fell. But with vaccines delayed, some fear the rise of COVID-19 variants

ABC  

India is at risk of wasting a "window of opportunity" to ramp up its ambitious vaccination program, as the country faces an uptick of COVID-19 cases and the escalating threat of coronavirus variants, doctors warn. Key points: In September 2020, India recorded about 90,000 daily COVID-19 cases In September 2020, India recorded about 90,000 daily COVID-19 cases In February 2021, …

US says it looks forward to 'overarching' MoU to boost health co-operation with India
3 years, 10 months ago

US says it looks forward to 'overarching' MoU to boost health co-operation with India

Firstpost  

The two countries are working together on developing diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines to combat COVID-19, said a US state department spokesperson Washington: The US has said it is looking forward to an ‘overarching’ memorandum of understanding to enhance health partnership with India and asserted that the cooperation between the two countries on COVID-19 builds on decades of successful collaboration in …

'Australian Beef' May be the Source of Covid-19, Not Wuhan Wet-Food Market, WHO Team Finds
3 years, 10 months ago

'Australian Beef' May be the Source of Covid-19, Not Wuhan Wet-Food Market, WHO Team Finds

News 18  

It’s been well over a year since the Coronavirus broke out and was first reported in China’s Wuhan Province. According to a report in Daily Mail, the WHO investigators have backed the ruling Communist Party’s claims that “cold-chain products” such as Australian beef, may have caused the initial outbreak. But the report will arm the critics of WHO, who always …

China seizes on lack of WHO breakthrough in Wuhan to claim coronavirus vindication
3 years, 11 months ago

China seizes on lack of WHO breakthrough in Wuhan to claim coronavirus vindication

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — Reading Chinese state media coverage, you could be forgiven for thinking the World Health Organization’s investigation into the origins of Covid-19 had ruled out Wuhan as the potential source of the pandemic. Absolutely.” State media’s take Chinese state media used comments from the fiercely apolitical scientists to vindicate various propaganda priorities, chief of which is the …

Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab, most likely jumped to human via intermediary species: WHO
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from China lab, most likely jumped to human via intermediary species: WHO

India Today  

A World Health Organisation expert said Tuesday the coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and most probably jumped to humans via an intermediary species. WHO food safety and animal diseases expert Peter Ben Embarek made the assessment in a summation of a WHO team's investigation into the possible origins of the coronavirus in the central Chinese …

30 crore Indians may have had coronavirus as per govt estimates: Report
3 years, 11 months ago

30 crore Indians may have had coronavirus as per govt estimates: Report

India Today  

About one in four of India's 1.35 billion people may have been infected with the coronavirus, said a source with direct knowledge of a government serological survey, suggesting the country's real caseload was many times higher than reported. But the survey, whose findings are much more conservative than a private one from last week, indicates India's actual cases may have …

Coronavirus casts a shadow over Chinese New Year for another year as cases rise
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus casts a shadow over Chinese New Year for another year as cases rise

ABC  

Tanya Tong has two weeks to weigh up whether to see her parents for the Chinese New Year, as a small but persistent resurgence of the virus creates déjà vu one year on from the COVID-19 outbreak, scuttling celebrations across the country. Key points: China is currently recording about 200 COVID-19 cases a day China is currently recording about 200 …

India undertaking contractual supplies of coronavirus vaccines to several countries: MEA
3 years, 11 months ago

India undertaking contractual supplies of coronavirus vaccines to several countries: MEA

India TV News  

India is undertaking contractual supplies of coronavirus vaccines to Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Brazil, Morocco, Bangladesh and Myanmar, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday. MEA Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said at a media briefing that India has so far sent consignments of coronavirus vaccines under grant assistance to Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Seychelles. Srivastava said supplies of …

India, ‘pharmacy of the world’, starts exporting COVID vaccines
3 years, 11 months ago

India, ‘pharmacy of the world’, starts exporting COVID vaccines

Al Jazeera  

First shipment sent to Bhutan as ‘supplies under grant assistance’ to be exported to other neighbouring nations. India has started exporting coronavirus vaccines with a shipment to the neighbouring Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, the Ministry of External Affairs said, as the so-called “pharmacy of the world” looks to bolster its vaccine diplomacy. Many low and middle-income countries are relying on …

China’s latest potential foreign culprit of coronavirus? Auto parts packaging
4 years ago

China’s latest potential foreign culprit of coronavirus? Auto parts packaging

CNN  

Hong Kong CNN — More than a year since the coronavirus pandemic began, while a surprising – and frustrating – number of points remain unclear, one thing is certain: the first major outbreak was in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Chinese experts disagree however, with Wu himself saying in November that “more and more evidence is showing that frozen …

New Covid-19 strain not yet found in India: What we know so far about the virus
4 years ago

New Covid-19 strain not yet found in India: What we know so far about the virus

Live Mint  

Worry has been growing since Saturday, when Britain’s prime minister said a new strain, or variant, of the coronavirus seemed to sp So let's take a look at what we know sao far about the new Covid-19 strain Markets slip on virus concern A gauge of equities around the world fell on Monday and oil prices plunged as concerns about …

Asia Today: China reports 2 virus cases after mass testing
4 years, 1 month ago

Asia Today: China reports 2 virus cases after mass testing

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy China on Tuesday reported two …

World biggest importer of beef, China, now finds Coronavirus traces on packaged beef from Brazil: Read details
4 years, 1 month ago

World biggest importer of beef, China, now finds Coronavirus traces on packaged beef from Brazil: Read details

Op India  

China, the biggest importer of beef and the first exporter of Coronavirus, has now sounded alarm bells after finding COVID virus samples on packaged beef that it had imported from Brazil and Saudi Arabian Shrimp. Additionally, Chinese authorities also found the presence of Coronavirus samples on packaged Argentinian beef. The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission has said in a statement on …

At 43.9 lakh, India's coronavirus recoveries highest in the world
4 years, 3 months ago

At 43.9 lakh, India's coronavirus recoveries highest in the world

India Today  

India has overtaken the United States of America to record the highest coronavirus recoveries in the world. As per the latest figures by the Union Health Ministry on Monday, India has so far recorded 43,96,399 Covid-19 recoveries, which is the highest in the world. India's single-day recovery also outstripped the number of new infections as over 93,000 people recuperated from …

India's coronavirus case numbers are rising fast — when will it overtake the US?
4 years, 4 months ago

India's coronavirus case numbers are rising fast — when will it overtake the US?

ABC  

India surged past Brazil this week to become the country with the second-highest confirmed coronavirus cases in the world. "It's somewhat expected that the numbers in India would rise very rapidly, given it's a large country with lots of people who are largely quite crowded in their living arrangements," Professor Grills said. The professor, who is currently based in Delhi, …

Reality check: How coronavirus crushed dreams of millions in rural India
4 years, 4 months ago

Reality check: How coronavirus crushed dreams of millions in rural India

India Today  

Until late March, Ashish Kumar was helping to make plastic boxes for Ferrero Rocher praline chocolates and the plastic spoons tucked inside Kinder Joy eggs to scoop out the milky sweet cream inside. Kumar is one of around 131,000 people who local officials estimate returned from working around India to Gonda, the district in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh …

What Indians have been buying during coronavirus pandemic?
4 years, 5 months ago

What Indians have been buying during coronavirus pandemic?

Live Mint  

Months of lockdown have altered the habits of Indian consumers: Their spending patterns reveal just how deeply concerned they are with protecting their health and fortifying their store-cupboards, warding off boredom and keeping their homes neat and tidy. Companies such as Dabur India Ltd. and The Himalaya Drug Co. are witnessing high demand for traditional products like chyawanprash and proprietary …

As Trump Signs ‘Buy American’ Order for Essential Drugs, Govt Says It Will Hurt China, Not India
4 years, 5 months ago

As Trump Signs ‘Buy American’ Order for Essential Drugs, Govt Says It Will Hurt China, Not India

News 18  

An executive order signed by US President Donald Trump requiring that the federal government buys “essential” drugs solely from American companies will have a minimal impact on India, government sources have said, claiming that it was mainly aimed at hurting China. They said the Trump administration order mainly targets procurement in high-tech areas like fermentation-based API, for which China has …

Coronavirus | Indian pharma industry capable of producing vaccines for entire world: Bill Gates
4 years, 5 months ago

Coronavirus | Indian pharma industry capable of producing vaccines for entire world: Bill Gates

The Hindu  

India’s pharmaceutical industry will be able to produce COVID-19 vaccines not just for the country but also for the entire world, according to Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates. A lot of “very important things have been done” in India and its pharma industry is doing work “to help make the coronavirus vaccine building on other great capacities that they …

India not gained much from drop in Chinese exports to US: Rabobank
4 years, 5 months ago

India not gained much from drop in Chinese exports to US: Rabobank

Live Mint  

India has not gained much from a drop in China’s share in American imports, despite New Delhi’s close diplomatic relation with Washington and a recent push to boost its own local manufacturing base, a study by Rabobank shows. The South Asian nation saw only a slight increase of its share in shipments to the US last year, according to the …

India sees more local coronavirus lockdowns as cases near 800,000
4 years, 6 months ago

India sees more local coronavirus lockdowns as cases near 800,000

India Today  

India reported a record 26,506 new coronavirus cases on Friday as authorities re-imposed lockdowns in its most populous state and in an industrial hub, home to automakers, drug factories and brewers. The new cases pushed India's tally to nearly 800,000 cases, the world's third-biggest outbreak, behind only the United States and Brazil in confirmed infections. With an annual production capacity …

Coronavirus | India ‘watching’ WHO alert on airborne spread of virus
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus | India ‘watching’ WHO alert on airborne spread of virus

The Hindu  

Continuing to rule out community transmission of COVID-19 in the country, the Union Health Ministry on Thursday said it is “closely watching the dynamic evolution of the virus situation in India, with the World Health Organisation now indicating that the virus may be airborne”. “We are keeping abreast with the information coming from WHO headquarters on this aspect,” said Rajesh …

WHO's coronavirus sleuths are heading to China but it may be too late to solve the pandemic's mysteries
4 years, 6 months ago

WHO's coronavirus sleuths are heading to China but it may be too late to solve the pandemic's mysteries

ABC  

This week the World Health Organization is sending in a team to China to investigate the origins of coronavirus, posing an unusual challenge to Beijing's efforts to suggest COVID-19 came from abroad. "Chinese experts believe the team should hold discussions with the Chinese side on how to conduct the work globally and fairly, noting that the visit does not mean …

Coronavirus: India sees highest single-day spike as the figure crosses 1 crore mark worldwide
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus: India sees highest single-day spike as the figure crosses 1 crore mark worldwide

Op India  

Coronavirus, which originated in Wuhan city of China, has infected more than 1 crore people worldwide. Coronavirus in India The total number of Coronavirus cases in India has breached the 5 lakh mark as of June 28, 2020. Assam with 2,339 Coronavirus cases has announced a 12-hour long curfew every night from June 16 and a complete lockdown in Kamrup …

Dev 360 | Medicine and frontiers: The challenge that China poses
4 years, 6 months ago

Dev 360 | Medicine and frontiers: The challenge that China poses

Deccan Chronicle  

Can India challenge Chinese dominance in pharmaceutical ingredients? Chinese pharmaceutical companies supported by their government set up large fermentation units to mass-produce bulk drugs and intermediates and, at the same time also established intermediates and bulk drug facilities for manufacturing by chemical synthesis route,” says a 2014 white paper by the Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association. “Indian pharma companies who were …

Opinion | We must aim to unravel coronavirus on our own
4 years, 6 months ago

Opinion | We must aim to unravel coronavirus on our own

Live Mint  

China, which is seeing a new spurt of coronavirus cases in Beijing, has released the genetic sequence of the pathogen said to be behind the outbreak in its capital. The release comes six months after it published the gene code of the original SARS-Cov-2 microbe that emerged in Wuhan to wreak havoc across the world. Yet, the virus has been …

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