Bio Spectrum - 2021-06-15

• MALARIA DENGUE TB PLAY SECOND FIDDLE TO COVID-19
• Rare diseases policy outlines challenges sans solutions
• Precision Medicine to reshape healthcare delivery
• “India should have a vibrant clinical research community who can advise drug developers”
• Will the second COVID-19 wave overwhelm the pharma companies?
• “Digitally skilled employees need to increase 9-fold by 2025”
• Is the stage set for Precision Medicine to take off in Asia?
• No foresight, No jabs
• Acknowledg­ements
• PSA launches community mental-health digital platform
• Telangana to try drone delivery of COVID-19 vaccines
• Health Minister unveils special issue of ‘Indian Journal of Medical Research’
• Govt fast-tracks emergency approvals for foreign-made COVID-19 vaccines
• DCGI gives nod to antiCOVID-19 drug made by DRDO
• Centre disallows export of Remdesivir injection & API
• Wipro focuses on transformi­ng vaccine safety assessment
• Dr. Reddy’s launches Sputnik V vaccine in India
• Glenmark launches nasal spray for allergic rhinitis
• Cutting edge Lab Facilities for Biotech Pharma and IT / ITES Companies at TICEL BIOPARK, Coimbatore
• Voxtur Bio to setup pan-India IVD kit distributi­on network
• J B Chemicals forays into nephrology segment
• Kemwell Biopharma augments existing CDMO infrastruc­ture
• Manipal Hospitals completes acquisitio­n of Columbia Asia
• Morepen Group seals Rs 750 Cr investment to expand diagnostic biz
• IvyCap Ventures sells stake in Leixir Dental Group
• ICreate unveils critical healthtech devices to fight COVID-19
• Sarathi Healthcare raises Rs 1 Cr in seed funding
• Crediwatch helps validate medical services to combat fraud
• Ahammune Bioscience­s secures funds to develop vitiligo drug
• PinkTech launches digital system for germ detection
• Fitterfly bags $3.1M in pre-Series A round
• Issues related to classifica­tion of diseases
• “Diagnostic­s solutions in the infectious disease domain are not available to the needy population”
• FACT-CHECK
• Himalaya Drug Company picks Rahul Kapoor as CPO
• DIVOC Health brings Prof. Rajesh Chandwani on Board
• Dr Pramod Kabra takes charge as CEO of CPC Diagnostic­s
• Fermenta Biotech names Prashant Nagre as MD
• Dr Boudhankar starts second innings as CEO of Bhatia Hospital
• Dr Trust appoints Rohit Saini as Vice PresidentS­ales & Marketing
• Intuitive India brings educationa­l programme on robotic-assisted surgery
• Chitkara University receives $4K grant for pharma toxicology studies
• Academicia­ns call to improve BME in India
• N-protein of coronaviru­s critical to transmissi­on: IISER Bhopal
• IIT Mandi finetunes diagnosis of neurologic­al problems
• IIT-B’s tech-hack could end ‘oxygen crisis’
• Thermo Fisher unveils high-performanc­e CO2 incubator
• Eppendorf introduces multipurpo­se centrifuge 5910 Ri
• Qiagen brings economical sequencing solution for COVID-19
• West Pharma, Venus Remedies to launch safe syringes in India
• VAV Lifescienc­es to supply phospholip­ids for mRNAbased COVID-19 vaccines
• Curious case of black fungus!

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