The size of India’s insulin market was an estimated Rs 4,404 crore in April this year, with Indian players making steady entry into a market once dominated by Big pharma.
India & EFTA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) are negotiating Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) that is likely to be finalized within next few weeks.
Pharma giants were responding to petition in Kerala HC seeking compulsory licences for their HER2-negative breast cancer drugs, which would allow cheaper, generic versions to be made.
India’s $42 billion drug manufacturing industry relies intensely on China, which supplies almost 70% of the active pharmaceutical ingredients that go into making medicines.
The suggestion of a blockbuster merger between the two drugmakers is a sign that the industry is getting back to something resembling business as usual.
Indian pharma companies, which have dominated the world’s generic medicines market, are now hampered by Trump’s policies & lack of expertise in biologics.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
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