Topic: API
CSIR working on making 56 bulk drugs in India as Modi govt wants to cut imports from China
China is the biggest supplier of ingredients for drug production in India. Govt has drawn up list of 56 APIs for essential drugs with plans to make them in India.
Drugmakers cry ‘monopoly’ as Modi govt picks 1 firm each to make over 20 key raw materials
PLI scheme is supposed to end India’s dependence on Chinese imports, but drug lobby says firms could end up dependent on one company for a molecule, increasing patients’ bills.
Pharma industry warns of Covid drug shortages as raw materials prices surge 200%
Pharma firms say suspension of cargo from China has resulted hoarding, driving up prices of raw materials, seek govt intervention immediately.
Biden can’t see Indo-Pacific and pandemic with two prisms. Covid is the new reality
One should not be surprised if it turns out that the White House wanted India to agree to some quid-pro-quo for API. The jury is still out on this.
Parag Agrawal of Twitter signals Brahmin clout at IIT ending. Kota is now Baniya phenomenon
Baniyas, with their financial might, have breached the sanctum sanctorum of IITs. Money is playing a bigger role than birth in a certain caste. Change is welcome.
Bezos, Branson & Musk — Are billionaires popularising space travel or just on an ego trip?
Jeff Bezos will travel to the edge of space in his New Shepard aircraft — more than a week after billionaire Richard Branson defeated him in a fast developing space race.