Health

Berkeley-based Lygos to provide a platform Praj Industries Ltd and Berkeley-based Lygos Inc have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to co-develop Lygos’s proprietary yeast for the production of lactic acid. As part of this MOU, Lygos will provide its...

Gilead to transfer technology Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd has entered into a non-exclusive Licensing Agreement with Gilead Sciences Inc on 13 June 2020, getting the right to register, manufacture and sell Gilead’s investigational drug, Remdesivir, a potential treatment for Covid-19,...

Kochhar sees sales growth in 12 months New Delhi-based Naari Pharma Private Limited has entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement to acquire 10 Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDAs) for the U.S. market from Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd of Ahmedabad. The...

Simple COVID-19 test kit As part of the country’s COVID-19 mitigation mission, CSIR-IIIM, Jammu, a constituent laboratory of CSIR has partnered with Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) to develop and scale-up a new Reverse Transcriptase-Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP) based COVID-19...

Digital IR thermometer coming on the market CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) Pune has tied up with Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) to produce medical devices. CSIR’s constituent Lab, CSIR-NCL Pune, has been leading the way in promoting innovation and entrepreneurship through...

Venturing into COVID-19 hit market Detel, a trustworthy and value for money consumer lifestyle brand has forayed into personal protective equipment segment with its Sub-brand DetelPro. This initiative is taken in order to augment the supply of PPE products amidst...

Studying remotely will improve education quality New opportunities and developments will emerge in the Indian Education system post-COVID-19, according to Dr. Mohit Gambhir, Innovation Director, Ministry of Human Resource Development. “While everything is available online, slowly and gradually we have...

India’s $23bn relief package commended Asian Development Bank (ADB) is preparing US$2.2 billion immediate assistance to the Indian health sector, its President Masatsugu Asakawa announced on 10 Arp 2020 after making a call to Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. “ADB is...

Focus on healthcare apps The healthcare apps market in India is projected to post a CAGR of ~31.61% during the 2019-2024 period, reaching Rs.138.00 billion by 2024, according to a ResearchAndMarkets report. It was valued at Rs.27.01 billion in 2018,...

One of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd’s subsidiaries has launched ABSORICA LD™ (isotretinoin) capsules in U.S. for the management of severe recalcitrant nodular acne in patients 12 years of age and older.