Forbes India Magazine - January 01, 2021

In this issue

This fortnight’s cover story, ‘The Rising Star of Vaccines’, captures the efforts of Zydus Cadila to develop an indigenous DNA vaccine for Covid-19, the only one of its kind in India. Managing director Sharvil Patel hopes the vaccine will be available by March 2021, his optimism based on the fact that Zydus Cadila was only the third company in the world to bring an H1N1 vaccine to the market in less than 10 months to tackle the swine flu scourge a decade ago.
The other big package, ‘Local Champs’, looks at the emergence of a clutch of Indian manufacturing companies holding on their own after clashing with multinational giants in their respective sectors. The journeys of these companies narrate how they found better market opportunities by manufacturing in India.

Seeds of Protest

As farmer agitations gather momentum, Forbes India speaks to farmers on the ground to understand the way forward, and why they will not budge till their demands are met

8 mins

The Rising Star Of Vaccines

How Sharvil Patel and Zydus Cadila—one of the most diversified pharma companies in India—are trying to find an end to India’s Covid-19 woes

10+ mins

‘We Can be 100 Percent Transparent, But it Will Have Low Utility Value'

Dr Gagandeep Kang, virologist and fellow of the Royal Society of London, on transparency in clinical trials, emergency use authorisation for a Covid-19 vaccine candidate in India and whether it should be available for sale

8 mins

Trials of Transparency

Experts discuss navigating the grey area of deciding how much information around Covid-19 vaccine trials needs to be made public to retain people’s trust in the vaccination process

5 mins

Signing Up For Science

Volunteers who took jabs of potential Covid-19 vaccines talk about their apprehensions and motives

5 mins

Valuing Profits

An unexpected and extraordinary development at testing company Kilpest left investors grappling with a question: How does one value an extraordinary surge in profits?

5 mins

What Ails India's Financial System?

The Reserve Bank of India is on an overdrive to stem asset quality rot in the banking system, although now may not be the time for a ‘big-bang reform’ like allowing private corporations into the lending business

7 mins

Message Received

Why route Mobile, a cloud communications platform provider started with an investment of $2,000 in 2004, has emerged as a darling of investors

10+ mins

‘India Continues to Love K-Pop'

Spotify India MD Amarjit Singh on insights from the platform’s latest annual audio trends round-up, why India is crucial to its global growth and the company’s expansion plans for the country

4 mins

‘IPL IS THE WORLD'S BEST DOMESTIC CRICKET TOURNAMENT'

In a recent book, Rajasthan Royals owner Manoj Badale and acclaimed cricket journalist Simon Hughes track the franchise’s evolution, and the league’s upward trajectory

7 mins

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