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From HIV to COVID-19: The role of liposomal nanotechnology as an NDDS of choice

Arun Kedia, Managing Director,VAV Life Sciences, elaborates how NDDS have proved to be beneficial with applications across various medical therapies ranging from HIV to cancer to COVID-19 treatment

Ensuring pharma compliance with testo data loggers

Testo data loggers can be used to test the optimum conditions for specific products or surroundings

Platinum-cured silicone resin: Rising demand in pharma, biotech and medical industries

Vinay Pandey, B-Tech Rubber Technologist,Ami Polymer explains that silicone rubber is the most widely used polymer in pharma and biotech industries due to its inherent properties like biocompatibility and inertness to cells/human tissues

Waters Arc Premier System delivers increased precision and certainty in chromatographic results

New system sharpens chromatographic peaks for metal-sensitive compounds by eliminating secondary interactions, maximising reproducibility and efficiency of separations without compromising performance

Yokogawa obtains ISASecure CSA Level 1 Certification for ProSafe-RS Safety Instrumented System

It is a product in the OpreX Control and Safety System family

Eppendorf celebrates 60th birthday of Eppendorf 'Marburg Pipette'

To celebrate the occasion, Eppendorf has taken a look at how pipetting has evolved over the years and where we're headed for the future of liquid handling

Waters launches SARS-CoV-2 LC-MS Kit (RUO) for clinical research of infectious diseases

New LC-MS method offers a versatile research tool in the fight against SARS-CoV-2 as it enables reproducible results with three unique peptide biomarkers

Pharma industry's digital maturity has accelerated with the adoption of digital engagement channels

Shashin Bodawala, Director – Business Excellence, Boehringer Ingelheim India, updates Viveka Roychowdhury on the evolution of digital pharma marketing strategies. He also explains the need for new regulations as the current code of conduct was not designed for a world of data, software, and digital, as well as the importance of data-driven insights and robust analytics to derive actionable outcomes from such initiatives

EQUIPPING PROGRESS

The lab equipment market is expected to boom as investments in life sciences R&D increase to deal with existing and emerging health threats

India underinvests in science

Unless we build more than simply two or three global centres of scientific excellence and training, and unless we reward our scientists to work in those institutions, it will be hard for us to compete with countries like China, informs Dr Swami Subramaniam, CEO, Ignite Life Science Foundation to Akanki Sharma in an exclusive interview

Engineered Rolling Shutters from Gandhi Automations

Gandhi Rolling Shutters are ideal for situations where side room is at a premium and security is required.They require very little headroom above the structural opening.Their strength, elegance, durability and other salient features are designed for both external and internal applications

An organisation with a diverse talent pool not only makes for good social sense but also makes for perfect business sense

Samina Hamied, Executive Vice-Chairperson, Cipla, talks about leading from the front, building an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace, making Cipla future-ready and more in an exclusive interview with Ashwini Prakash, Managing Partner India, Asia Pacific Lead – Pharma, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Consumer products, Stanton Chase India

Covid-19 Pandemic Brought In A Lot Of Focus To The Medical Refrigeration Industry

B Medical Systems is a global manufacturer and distributor of vaccine cold chain and medical refrigeration solutions. Jesal Doshi, Deputy CEO, B Medical Systems, talks about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the medical refrigeration sector, the shifts and transformations in the industry and the company, strategies for growth and more, in an interaction with Lakshmipriya Nair

Upskilling and rapid learning applications will lead the way in future

Ahmedali N, Mentor, Cornucopia - V5 Global - a unit of FirstMeridian talks about the shifts in pharma hiring and training since the onset of the pandemic and elaborates on the emerging trends and strategies in talent management, sourcing, retention in the pharma sector, in an interview with Viveka Roychowdhury

Complete pharma solution: testo Saveris Pharma

Testo provides the best-in-class solution for comprehensive automated data monitoring management for equipment and environmental parameters in the pharma industry

Training healthcare workers and pharmacists against fraudulent medicines is a must: ASPA

A continued immersive awareness and education programme is crucial for healthcare workers so that they can be vigilant towards the presence of a counterfeit product and be informed of the protocol if they come across the same, says Nakul Pasricha, President, Authentication Solution Providers' Association (ASPA). He reveals more about India’s fight against counterfeit drugs to Akanki Sharma in an exclusive interview

REAFFIRMING COMMITMENT TO SUSTAINABILITY

As the pharma sector battles the COVID-19 pandemic and goes through a reset to defend the world against such crises in future, it needs to pledge allegiance to sustainability to ensure global welfare

Is closed processing a reality?

Somasundaram G, Senior Consultant – Asia Pacific, Global BioPharm Centre of Excellence, Process Solutions, Merck KGaA and Priyabrata Pattnaik, Director, End-to-End Solutions – Asia Pacific, Process Solutions, Merck KGaA define the key drivers for adopting closed processing, detail the pros and cons of closed processing and some innovations happening in this sphere

Sustainability and sustainable development in pharma industry

Prasad Jaladi, Founder and Chief Facilitator, and Mahmood Sabahi, Sustainable Chemistry expert , Suraksha, point out that leading chemical and pharma companies or company associations have established sustainability programs to assess their products and manufacturing processes but it is also essential to create an agile, flexible workforce that thinks ‘systems and sustainability’

More and more organisations in India understand and have diversity, equity and inclusion as a key priority

Lene Hylling Axelsson, Corporate Vice President, Global Business Services, Novo Nordisk shares details about the milestones and experiences in her career journey, evolution and progress of pharma Global Business Operations, challenges faced by the PHL industry during the pandemic, diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and more, in an interview with Ashwini Prakash, Managing Partner India, Asia Pacific Lead – Pharma, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Consumer products, Stanton Chase India

Companies are taking a fresh approach to be agile and efficient and are going digital on the shop floor

Sekar Udayamurthy, CEO and Co-founder, Jidoka Technologies talks about shifts and emerging trends in pharma manufacturing such as digitising the shop floor, techniques and technologies taking centre stage in pharma manufacturing, the company's plans for the Indian pharma market and more, in an interview with Lakshmipriya Nair

Beltecno Japan: Strengthening Indian pharma and healthcare industries

Ankur Verma, Global Sales and Marketing Manager, Beltecno India informs that his company has been strengthening the Indian pharma industry with their stainless steel panel tanks and talks about how Beltechno is supporting India to ramp up its production capacity of vaccines and medicines to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic

New age logistics solutions from Gandhi Automations

The company offers complete logistics solutions by providing dock levelers, dock shelters, sectional overhead doors and dock houses

Technological advancement holds potential to reshape pharma industry

Ashwini Prakash, Managing Partner, Stanton Chase India and APAC lead - Pharma, Healthcare, Life Sciences and Consumer products, shares her perspective and observations on current and future trends, diversity and inclusion in pharma industry and how the talent landscape will reshape given the technological advancements in the sector, in an interview with Express Pharma

Ensuring pharma compliance with Testo data monitoring solutions

Testo, being a market leader in the testing and measurement sector, provides the best in class data loggers and data monitoring systems for the pharma division

Eppendorf introduces multipurpose centrifuge 5910 Ri to accelerate research

High capacity and performance combined with an intuitive user interface for fast, error-free operation make the new Eppendorf Centrifuge 5910 Ri well-equipped to meet the needs of modern labs now and into the future

Getting serious about serialization of pharmaceuticals

Pharma 2D is a complete solution for serialization of pharmaceutical products, enabling printing of high-quality 2D codes, alphanumeric markings, vision control and security labelling

DECODING THE PANDEMIC EFFECT

The first-ever digital edition of PPL Conclave saw pharma leaders, veterans and innovators come together to discuss the evolving role and significance of packaging in pharma industry's progress

Future-Ready Supply Chains

The COVID-19 pandemic has several lessons for India Pharma Inc as it embraces new strategies and technologies to rebuild and fortify its supply chain

New Age Automatic Sectional Overhead Doors from Gandhi Automations

Gandhi Sectional Overhead Doors provide heat insulation and sound proofing thus improving the working conditions on the premises and saving energy