Page 4 - Biotechnology

A peek into the startup incubation drives of India's next-rung campuses

Not all great ideas are nurtured at IITs and IIMs; many enterprises with formidable products today have come from the country's deeper regions and have received parenting at lesser known institutes

SoftBank to invest $900 million in gene sequencing firm Pacific Biosciences

Pacific Biosciences of California Inc said on Wednesday SoftBank Group Corp will invest $900 million in the gene sequencing firm

Praj Industries bags Rs 226 crore order from Indian Oil Corporation

Industrial biotechnology company Praj Industries on Friday said it has bagged a Rs 226.90 crore order from Indian Oil Corporation Ltd

Karnataka aims to become a $50-bn bio-economy by 2025: Deputy CM

Bio-economy uses renewable biological resources sustainably to produce food, energy and industrial goods.

Adding value to your food

There are speculations on whether the government's policy on genetically engineered products has undergone a subtle, even if undeclared, change. If it is so, it is welcome

Sanofi offers to buy Dutch biotechnology firm Kiadis for $358.4 million

Kiadis owns a platform based on a so-called "allogeneic natural killer" that can seek and identify malignant cancer cells

Pfizer, BioNTech to expand phase three trial for coronavirus vaccine

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will have to approve the change in the Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine trial before it goes into effect

Sanofi snags US biotech asset with $3.7 bn deal for Principia Biopharma

PARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi SA is to buy U.S.-based Principia Biopharma Inc for around $3.7 billion, the companies announced on Monday, marking the French healthcare company's latest acquisition in the biotech sector.

Innovations can help India's biotech economy hit $100 bn by 2025: Kant

"India's biotechnology economy can approach $100 billion in 2025 if the right policies are put in place, giving industry the required stimulation," he said

Letter to BS: Pharma industry, pharmacists also deserve appreciation

India has the potential to develop an antidote to Covid-19

This small-cap company has found its watershed moment in Covid-19 pandemic

Kilpest India, one of the companies that have received ICMR's approval to produce RT-PCR kits for Covid-19 testing, has seen its share price more than double since April 1

Mankind Pharma eyes acquisition of biotech firms, plans new launches

Mankind became the first Indian and second global company to develop a dydrogesterone containing drug for treatment of pregnancy-related complications

Biocon, Mylan get USFDA nod for pegfilgrastim from new Bengaluru facility

Biocon Biologics, through its partner Mylan, has commercialised three of its co-developed biosimilars in developed markets like the US, Canada, the European Union and Australia.

Indian biotech start-ups attract $2.8 bn in investments in last 5 years

Of the 3,000 entrepreneurs who've started biotech firms in the past 5 years, a third are women

Odisha aims to be among top five bio-tech hubs, to create Rs 25 cr fund

Draft policy provides land on priority for projects, 33% subsidy on plant & machinery; power cost reimbursed at a rupee per unit

J&K's first biotech park to be ready in 18 months

Currently, the project is through for construction at a budget of around Rs 100 crore in the first phase