editor’s note
Technology holds the key to future…
I am sure most of us were all ears to the Prime Minister’s radio talk ‘Mann ki Baat’ this time as he
spoke elaborately on the issues concerning bioscience landscape. Be it the antibiotic resistance,
innovation and the need to promote innovative startups, he raised the important points which
would surely add seriousness. Mr Modi in particular referred to the technology as the door to future
and asked people to adopt it to see the change. The message hopefully reaches all the
stakeholders and also leads to policy clarity on many controversies surrounding technologies.
The government’s decision to do away with
the license for export or import of biological
samples has fulfilled the long pending
demand of the industry. This is yet another
positive step that will also be of immense
benefit for research institutes and clinical
laboratories as well.
This edition of Biovoice in its cover story
highlights the issue of recent cases of reemergence of Diphtheria in Kerala due to the
anti-vaccination campaign by few groups. The
half-truths around vaccines must be
dispelled, mentioned Prof Ramanan
Laxminarayan of PHFI in his detailed piece on
this issue. I hope you would enjoy read it.
In Bio-Chat, Dr Muhammed Majeed, Founder and Chairman of Sami Labs tells us about his journey
from foundation of the company to today’s aspirations. Mr Narayanan Suresh, the former veteran
Journalist who is now the COO of ABLE in this issue’s ‘Expert Column’ shares his opinion on the
growing relevance of ‘Make in India’ for the biotechnology industry. The FACE to FACE section this
time features renowned agriculture economist, Prof Prabhu Pingali who demystifies the theories
floated around shrinking agriculture and its negative impact on GDP. The story on digital delivery of
medicine in this issue is a must read.
We are continuously trying to improvise our working set up on the basis of various suggestions that
are pouring in. Our continuing endeavor has been to highlight the important topics from all the key
verticals of biosciences for our readers.
Appreciate your continuous support. Please keep sharing your thoughts with us.
Happy reading!
RAHUL KOUL
BIOVOICENEWS.COM
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