China's Maiden Billion-Dollar Takeover Of An Indian Pharma Giant

The deal will help the Chinese company make inroads into India, gain access to US injectable drug market where Gland has a firm hold and bolster its product portfolio.

Top 10 BioSpectrum Articles of 2016

In a year, BioSpectrum covers a wide array of topics from the life sciences sector which comprises among others biotechnology and allied areas, bio-pharma and pharma, healthcare and med technology etc.

Strategic HR for Today's Biotech M&As

The pharmaceutical and bio-technology sectors have been witnessing a strong trend of consolidation through mergers and acquisitions (M&A) over the last few years.

We Are Witnessing a Vibrant and Energetic Business Growth in India

The recent statistics indicate that the Indian pharmaceutical market is currently valued at USD25 billion and is expected to further grow at a CAGR of 12 per cent till 2020. India is the third largest pharmaceutical market in the world by incremental growth and seventh largest by volume, which gives a plethora of opportunities for many life sciences companies. With India’s population expected to reach 1.4 billion in 2022 (as per the 2015 UN Report on World Population), this growing population demands not only large scale production of vaccines but also research for newer vaccines relevant to India and immunotherapy. In order to meet the growing demands of the denizens of the country, Corning Life Sciences, one of the leaders in developing, manufacturing and global supplier of scientific laboratory products for over 100 years, has rolled its sleeves to achieve its goal. Outside of US, India and China are two of the biggest markets for Corning Life Sciences (CLS). In a recent conversation with BioSpectrum, Dr. Richard M. Eglen, Vice President and General Manager, Corning Life Sciences (CLS), and President, Corning International Emerging Market, revealed the expansion plans of CLS and how the company is gearing up to achieve its goal.

We are excited to be a part of this life sciences Industry

We are excited to be a part of this life sciences Industry

Empowered By Innovation

We are setting up Med Tech Accelerator within our existing state of art campus.

Invest In It Backbone And Interoperability Standards In Healthcare

Digital technologies can help both private and public sector’s program leaders to improve service delivery for all and the digital health programmes would have much deeper impact for rural masses

Karnataka To Work On Health Technologies

Policy and Regulatory News

Active In Strategy Planning For Biotechnology Industry

HAVING PHD IN GENETICS AND PLANT BREEDING, AND A POST- DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP, DR RENU SWARUP IS PLAYING AN ACTIVE ROLE IN STRATEGY PLANNING FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY

Golden Jubilee Biotech Park For Women, Chennai

Golden Jubilee Biotech Park for Women is a successful first of its kind women centric life sciences ecosystem contributing to the 100 Billion-Biotechnology sector - A pioneer in the arena.

Planning And Strategizing Properly To Achieve Success

PROFICIENT AT DIAGNOSING ILLNESSES AND PRESCRIBING AND ADMINISTRATING APPROPRIATE TREATMENT/ MEDICATION FOR VARIOUS GYNECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS DR NANDITA PALSHETKAR IS INSTRUMENTAL IN INCREASING PUBLIC AWARENESS FOR INFERTILITY PROCEDURES

The Future of Biotechnology in India

Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister, Union Minister, Science and Technology, Earth Science, shares with BioSpecturm the prospects and plans for the biotechnology and medical technology sectors.

Inclusive Healthcare for Digital India?

Inclusive Healthcare for Digital India?

Meeting of Minds of Senior Management on Both Sides Is Key to Merger Success

A study of the history of mergers and acquisitions offers a broad spectrum of lessons that should be learnt, so as to ensure that such deals are successful. Be it the first wave of consolidation that occurred in the US and Europe in the 1890s or the post globalisation conglomerate behemoths that are a result of the recent wave of mergers; a key component in the success of these operations is strategic human resources planning.

Digital Health​​​​​​​ the Dawn of a New Era in Healthcare

Technology has revolutionized almost all sectors, healthcare being no different. The convergence of technology and healthcare has opened up a whole new world of possibilities that promise to improve the quality and efficiency of various healthcare services. 

Digital Technology Can Change Healthcare

Digital Technology Can Change Healthcare - Cover Story

India Free From Avian Influenza

Strict surveillance including culling, disinfection and clean-up have worked remarkably in making India free from Avian Influenza. Specified actions formulated by the Ministry of Health still needs to be taken up regularly.

Growing Burden Of Head And Neck Cancer In India

Despite great advancements, the management of Head and Neck cancers still remains a problematic and intriguing issue due to the complex anatomy of the various sites.

Industry - Academia Collaboration For The Early Development Of Biopharmaceuticals

With an aim of creating a globally competitive biopharmaceutical industry that addresses the country’s major concerns around barriers to affordable healthcare, Innovate in India (I3) program was launched by Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Science & Technology on 30th June 2017 in New Delhi.

Union Budget 2017 Will Startups Get What They Want?

Expectations rising high over the pending promises of the last budget.

Ireland Provides an Easy Market Into Europe

Sahajanand Medical Technologies (SMt) is developer and manufacturer of minimal-ly invasive coronary stent systems in India and supplies to around 60 countries in Europe, Asia, MENA and Latin America. the company has received numerous awards for its breakthrough innovations and quality, that have led to thinner and more flexible DES (drug-eluting stents) with good long term clinical results.SMT is establishing its European headquarters, including Research, Development and Innovation centre in Ireland. We chat with SMt’s Western European Head, Gaurav Goel, to know more about it.

Cafeteria Diet - One of the prominent reasons behind stroke in India

In the recently concluded 10th World Stroke Congress 2016 at Hyderabad, jointly organised by World Stroke Organisation (WSO) and Indian Stroke Association & Medtronic Inc., medical practitioners announced the launch of Stroke Roadmap in India. Currently, stroke incidence in India is much higher than western industrialised countries. With a population of 1.2 billion today and growing, India finds itself staring at a stroke epidemic.The officials claim that the newly designed roadmap is intended to guide local healthcare officials and stroke care clinical groups in establishing stroke systems of care and will provide the framework for the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of stroke services nationally. In an exclusive interaction with BioSpectrum, Dr Jeyaraj Durai Pandian, Head of Neurology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana elaborates on the subject, and how the Stroke Roadmap might prove a perfect shield to dodge the disease.

Exempt Healthcare Services From GST

Exempt Healthcare Services From GST

NCDs Alarm Demands Bold Steps

India is first country to develop targets, indicators to reduce global premature deaths from NCDs by 25 per cent by 2025.

Acquisition Of Janssen Products Has Strengthened Our Product Range

Piramal Critical Care, a leader in the field on anaesthesia, both inhaled and intravenous, is expanding business globally.

Effort Towards Training & Skill Devp Of Life Sciences Talent Pool

India has about 500 recognised universities and 26,000 colleges, some of them holding worldwide ranking (according to agencies conducting ranking surveys).

Meet Addresses Need Of Innovation And Research Towards Solving Problems Of Society

The theme ‘Impacting the Biotech Innovation Ecosystem’ aptly reflected the Fifth Foundation Day of Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) that was celebrated recently.

from super computing to health informatics

prof. rajat moona director general, c-dac spread across 11 centres in india, the centre for development of advanced computing, better known as c-dac, is working silently to usher in a healthcare revolution through ict. here’s an exclusive interview with c-dac’s director general, prof. rajat moona

“Indian Customer Will Continue To See New Product Development”

SpectrumLabs.com is a global player in membrane separation technologies for the pharmaceutical, bioprocess, diagnostic and research industries. Spectrum focuses on two core technologies, Single-Use Hollow Fiber Tangential Flow Filtration and Tubular Membrane Dialysis.

India Needs Proper Biosupplier Ecosystem

With economic growth and addition of biotechnology to its portfolio, India is rapidly becoming a global player in the life sciences and healthcare space. Educating and achieving scientific excellence demands a really high level of R&D. Now that the government is investing more resources in research and medical facilities and infrastructure, from educational institutes to hospitals, use of lab equipment, reagents or medical devices are growing rapidly. This will drive the growth of biosupplier market in the country.