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At present, only 15% of the
total Hemophilia population
has been identified in India
and the rest lay undiagnosed.
There are about 16000
patients registered with
Hemophilia in the country as
yet, however, we suspect that
the number of people
suffering with Hemophilia in
India could be ranging 7 times
more than the current
registered patients.
Dr Kanjaksha Ghosh, President,
Hemophilia Federation of India
Though the indigenous
companies have started to
again consider conducting
clinical trials in India, there
still exists hesitation in the
mind of global investors which
needs to be taken care of.
Dr Renu Razdan, Vice
President Operations, JSS
Medical Research India
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Indian government has
expedited the efforts to ensure
better storage of perishable
agricultural products so that
the farmers may get better
return of their produce by
adopting better market
practices. During last two
years, India has acquired
largest cold storage capacity
in the world which is 32
million tones.
Mr Radha Mohan Singh, Union
Agriculture and Farmers
Welfare Minister
Our action plan is to have
4,000 startups in next 4-5
years. While we are nearly
touching 500 currently, we are
aiming at least minimum
2,000 by 2020. This figure
refers to both the types of
startups, ones that get our
direct funding as well as the
indirect funds.
Dr Renu Swarup, Managing
Director, Biotechnology Industry
Research Assistance Council
(BIRAC)