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Scaling
new heights
With government playing the mentor by lending a helping hand,
the take-off process for the biotech sector may be much smoother.
'The
present system is not sufficiently innovative'
Dr MK Bhan, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, is an
eminent scientist who has developed a rotavirus vaccine based
on neonatal strain, and a low osmolarity oral rehydration
solution, introduced recently in the Diarrhoeal Disease Control
Programme by the World Health Organisation and the Government
of India. Sapna Dogra talks to him on the status of biotechnology
and the regulations in India.
Shaping
the Indian biotech sector
India has the potential to become a biotech hub but it requires
a lot of mentoring. Neesha Patel takes a look at the
biotech initiatives undertaken by various companies and analyses
the steps to be taken by Indian biotech sector.
HR
issues in biotech industry
It has been said that 21st century belongs to biotechnology
as it made profound impact in the field of health, food, agriculture
and environmental protection. But there is lot more to the
biotech industry than money, there is the HR factor. Anil
Kumar Mishra takes us through some HR issues in the biotech
industry.
IT
is the key to Quality Products
The pharma industry, by virtue of being related to people's
health is highly dependent on the quality of products. But
the way to achieve that quality is to create an internal culture
for it, and that's where IT can help,says Suresh Shenoy, VP
IT, Wockhardt.
Electronic
data capture's the current need
While security concerns of information on the fly plague the
minds of MNCs, mobile data capture could boost productivity
of the industry by several times. What's required is an aware
user community, says Radhakrishna Pillai, Head IT, SRL Ranbaxy.
Pharma
R&D stands to benefit from well-deployed grids
With increased pressure on bottom lines and top lines pharma
, companies must turn to IT for competitive edge. Grid computing
will be the next big technology for R&D labs to reduce
time to market, says Arun Gupta, Senior Director, Business
Technology, Pfizer.
IT's
all about smart decision making
In a knowledge driven industry senior management needs access
to information when required. Web-based technologies have
and will continue to aid management on that front, says Arun
Phadke, VP-IT, Nicholas Piramal.
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