Armed with $90-million investment from the parent, pharma multinational AstraZeneca will be launching newer drugs across three therapeutic areas — cardiovascular, diabetes and respiratory for the Indian market.
Gagandeep Singh Bedi, MD, AstraZeneca India Pharma, told BusinessLine that the new investment will support scientific data generation to improve the standard of care of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in India. The investment will be spread over a period of five years. He said some of the drugs introduced in the country are now able to prolong patients’ lives twice the number of months than before.
Focus on NCDs
He said AstraZeneca believes that ‘data’ will be one of the most important aspects in therapeutics and has identified areas in digital therapeutics that will contribute to better healthcare in NCDs. More initiatives are in the pipeline to ensure that AstraZeneca will continue to be one of the most effective contributors in the management of NCDs in India and the world.
This story is from the September 27, 2019 edition of The Hindu Business Line.
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