Pharma majors eye Chilean patients
If you thought IT was the only draw for visitors to India, think again. A delegation led by the minister of state (health) of Chile, Dr Pedro Garcia Aspillaga, is in the country to explore the possibilities of sourcing drugs from India for his $1 billion domestic drug market.

Novo-Nordisk, LifeScan launch Diabetes Starter Pack in India
LifeScan, the Medical division of Johnson & Johnson and Novo Nordisk, the world leader in diabetes care jointly announced the launch of the Diabetes Starter Pack at the first day of the Annual Conference of the Association of Physicians of India (APICON 2005) in Mumbai.

Public-private partnership crucial for biotech growth: Dr Bhan
Dr M K Bhan, secretary, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, indicated that the government was seriously considering many options for making appropriate regulatory changes and also for funding the industry with the objective of promoting the biotechnology sector in the country.