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The Millennium Development Goals( MDGs) have successfully engaged and sustained governments as well as citizens’ participation for mobilizing resources to increase accountability in many developing countries including India.
Poonam Muttreja, Executive Director, Population Foundation of India
Vaccines face a tougher safety standard than biosimilars due to their likely toxic effects, especially on children and people with immune deficiency. Therefore, regulatory authorities have become increasingly vigilant launching effective surveillance efforts and pre-licensing trails to monitor the safety of vaccines.
Mandar Athalekar, Market and Product Development Leader- Global Trade Management, South Asia, Thomson Reuters
On one side, societal needs require innovations to improve the quality of life. On the other side, dual use technologies, if left undiagnosed and untreated can cause disturbance of delicate balance and irreversible damage to environment and human health.
Prof Pawan Dhar, Professor & Head, Synthetic Biology group, School of Biotechnology, JNU
According to EXIM Bank Report, the global market for phytopharma is forecast to reach US $ 149 billion by 2018; increased outsourcing of R & D to Contract Research Organisations- growing at an annual rate of about 10 per cent between 2008 and 2013, and accounting for around 10 per cent of total global pharmaceutical R & D spend currently.
Dr Muhammed Majeed, Founder & Chairman, Sami- Sabinsa Group of companies
78 BioVoiceNews | March 2017