PHARMA LITERATI

The Central government has constituted a high-level inter-departmental committee (IDC) to monitor and co-ordinate research undertaken by various public sector organisations and institutes in the pharmaceutical sector. The move follows the recommendation of the parliamentary standing committee on chemicals and fertilisers. Currently, pharmaceutical research in India is spread over a large number of ministries and departments. In its report, the parliamentary panel chaired by Lok Sabha member Anandrao Adsul had stressed the need for an IDC to ensure effectiveness and transparency in research activities. The IDC, headed by the Department of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) secretary , includes representatives of health and Ayush ministries, departments of health research, science and technology and biotechnology, Indian Council for Medical Research and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. “ The scattered pharmaceutical research involves lot of overlapping and duplication of pro...

India plans to establish mega parks for manufacturing active pharmaceutical ingredients. These shared facilities will have testing labs, effluent treatment sites, off grid power plants, intellectual property management etc. Financial assistance will be provided by the government to buy land and set up facilities. The government also plans to launch equity funds to promote API manufacturing, the profits of which will be utilised for lifting duties on capital goods import, building infrastructure, promoting relationship between industry and academia, streamlining R & D and providing incentives to scientists. We hope that these plans would create plenty of job opportunities and also help the budding scientists of India. If materialised, the plan may provide the much needed boost to the Indian Pharma industry. Please read full article here .