cover story
2020 and $5 billion of
investments,” mentioned
Dr PM Murali, President,
ABLE in his comments. were the challenges
and opportunities
that will decide the
fate of the target.
Action begins at home! Ms Kiran Mazumdar
Shaw, Chairperson,
Biocon is of the view that
a lot needs to be done at
industrial level to reach
the big target that has
been set. “It is the time
to build upon what we
have created. Data mining
is a big opportunity
where we have to work
hard. Need to have well
aligned structure in
place where government,
At the recent event
to celebrate the 5th
foundation day of the
Biotechnology Industry
Research Assistance
Council (BIRAC), the
stakeholders exchanged
ideas on making India
a biotech hub by next
decade. Among the issues
that featured prominently
in the discussion
regulators and industry
work together. Working
in silos won’t work for us
any longer,” she stated
in her speech at BIRAC’s
event in Delhi. Talking
about opportunities, she
pointed out towards the
biodiversity act which
according to her is
draconian and needs to be
recast for the industry’s
ease of research and
development. “DBT must
take ownership of the
vast genomics data. The
two-year degree course
in genetic counselling
must be introduced.”
Data mining
is a big
opportunity where
we have to work
hard. Need to
have well aligned
structure in place
where government,
regulators and
industry work
together. Working
in silos won’t work
for us any longer
Dr Kiran
Mazumdar Shaw,
CMD, Biocon
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BioVoiceNews | April 2017