Medical Devices-MNCs and Atmanirbhar Bharat (Self-reliant India)
Building Self-reliance in India’s Medical Devices Sector The medical device sector is segmented into various categories viz., Implants, disposables, surgical instruments, electronic equipment and devices and In-vitro diagnostic reagents India’s effort to build a self-reliant (Atmanirbhar) medical-devices ecosystem has speeded up since the National Medical Devices Policy (2023) and expansion of Production Linked Incentive (PLI) […]
Make in India - What does it mean for the Pharma and Biotech Industry
The ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Government of India is to focus on 25 sectors of the economy for job creation and skill enhancement.Some of these sectors are automobiles , chemicals, I.T, pharma, biotechnology, textiles, ports, aviation, leather, tourism, railways, renewable energy, mining, etc., The Indian Pharmaceutical Industry The pharma industry in India is the third […]
India's Pharma sector-Sailing through Rough Weather
Pharma Industry in India - both domestic companies and Multinationals – is going through rough weather. Trouble is mounting every single day. Here are some major concerns: First it was the issue related Clinical Trial concerning the MNCs. Then, NPPA’s (National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority) fixation of ceiling price impacting both the MNCs and domestic companies. […]
Taking Regulatory Hurdles in Stride: The Resilient Indian Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Industries
Keeping a tab on regulatory issues pertaining to India’s pharmaceutical industry is important due to frequent changes at global level in connection with GMP, clinical trials, laboratory norms etc., and on the regulatory agencies’ strict norms to produce and market drugs at affordable prices in the Indian market. The issues are just not to drugs […]
Clinical Trials in India – Testing Time
The pharma industry has been abuzz with the much debated and controversial clinical trials in the last few years. The introduction of FDI in the pharma sector, pharma-doctor nexus, branded drugs vs generics etc have been hugely talked about. But clinical trials seem to be on the top of the list that is hugely under […]
Focus on Stem cell and Cord Blood banking
Stem cell research needs awakening and awareness in India TLSW LifeScienceworld brings out a feature on Stem Cell-the hot subject in the medical research the world over. It is almost accepted, that stem cell is the future medical technology and future therapy and treatment for diseases. Stem cells are found in some parts of the […]
Brand vs Generic - A War?
There has been nothing unusual in our Government’s policies and directives aimed towards certain sectors/industries which create a lot of debates and differences of opinion This has been happening since long. In case of the pharma sector, earlier it was’ FDI in Indian Pharma sector’, now it is a directive to promote’ Generic Drugs against […]
FDI in Indian Pharma sector – A boon
Amidst the din surrounding the Indian government’s plans to facilitate FDI in various fields that contribute towards the economy, what comes to the fore is a certain anticipation that might indeed turn out to be a boon FDI in retail is highly debatable but the same in the pharma sector will only trigger the economy […]
India’s Pharma Industry - Post Covid 19 Impact - Exclusive Feature Story from LSW Lifescienceworld
Not a good beginning for the year 2020. Within the first month of January itself, news of a certain coronavirus with its origin in China spreading its arms in various directions started pouring in across the globe. The potency of this virus was so strong that the person infected, transmitted to another person, and that […]
AYUSH’s initiatives in the War against COVID 19 - LSW Feature Story
In the war against the COVID – 19 pandemic, Medical sciences has to use all the weapons at its disposal. While, Modern Medicine is doing their best in containing the Corona Virus with all opathic drugs in their arsenal and developing a vaccine to protect the population from the corona virus, Traditional Indian Medicine is […]
