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1 a-IDEA, Centre For Agri Innovation 2 VentureStudio 3 Andhra Pradesh MedTech Zone Limited   AMTZ 4 Association for Bio-inspired Leaders and Entrepreneurs (Sastra TBI) 5 NCL-IIT (BHU)Incubation Center 6 BioNEST BITS BIRAC 7 Bio-incubation at C-CAMP 8 Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre 9 BBB – BSC BioNEST Bio-Incubator/Regional Center for Biotechnology 10 Biotech Park Lucknow 11 Bio360 – Life Science Park, 12 Bio Pharma-IT Park 13 Bioriidl 14 Clean Energy International Incubation Center 15 Crescent Innovation and Incubation Council 16 CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research 17 Delhi Pharmaceutical Science Research University 18 ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTER 19 FITT 20 Golden Jubilee Women…

Here, Biotech Express have compiled a list which takes into consideration the size, years of operation, whether Indian or Foreign etc. and excludes startups and strike off companies. To get complete list with the business and other information like products, location, key business people etc. or if you want to suggest any company then you may kindly contact us. The companies in alphabetical order are as follows: S.No. NAME Country of Origin 1 Abbott India MNC 2 Alvogen’s sister company Alvotech MNC 3 Amgen India MNC 4 AstraZeneca MNC 5 Biocad MNC 6 Boehringer Ingelheim MNC 7 Bristol-Myers Squibb MNC…

To supplement the current and future demand of biotherapeutics in dealing with snakebites, the Sehrawat lab at IISER Mohali has generated and selected a less immunogenic but potent anti-Russell Viper Venom single domain antibody from an in-house constructed phage display library of unique antibody derivative also known as Variable region of Heavy chain of Heavy chain antibody (VHH). The selected binder exhibited superior biological, biochemical and biophysical properties. The binder proved valuable in neutralising the toxicity caused by Russell viper venom in acellular and cellular assays as well as in experimentally intoxicated animals. Future goal of the groups is to…

International Bioprocessing Association (France) together with Henan Agriculture University China has instituted a living legend category award in the name of Prof Ashok Pandey. Award is known as Pandey award and has been conferred to four people (one from Australia, one from India and two from China) in its first edition. These were conferred on 3rd November 2019 at Zhengzhou China. Dr P Binod from CSIR-NIIST received it from India. IFIBiop networking forum results from the round table organised during the meeting ICBF-2004 (International Congres in Bioprocesses in Food industrues) which was held in Clermont-Ferrand, France. It aim is the…

Professor Ashok Pandey is currently Distinguished Scientist at CSIR-Indian Institute for Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India and Honorary Executive Director at the Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability- India. Formerly, he was Eminent Scientist at the Center of Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing, Mohali and Chief Scientist & Head of Biotechnology Division at CSIR’s National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology at Trivandrum. His major research and technological development interests are in industrial and environmental biotechnology, which span over biomass to fuels & chemicals, waste to wealth/energy, industrial enzymes, solid-state fermentation, etc. Professor Pandey has ~ 1275 publications/communications, which include 16 patents,…

In the article ”UNSUNG HEROES: the rise of Shantha Biotech, talk with Prof. Ramareddy Guntaka – the scientific brain behind the unparalleled success’’, published in October 2019 issue of Biotech Express Magazine, I tried to present the facts that how a big biotech company was built and made to run through the perspective of a scientist. When 82 years old Dr. Ramareddy V Guntaka approached me to do a story, I felt curious and went ahead to know more about the genesis of India’s first big biotech firm – the Shantha Biotech Ltd. and the pivotal role he played. So…

Abstract The use of chemical fertilizers to the crops is very serious issue which has adverse effects on the soil quality and also the environment. The biological approach must be used for the plant growth promotion. The actinomycetes were isolated from the rhizosphere soil samples of maize from Dhule district and College of Agriculture, Pune, India. The isolates were studied for plant growth promoting traits viz., chitinase activity, phosphate solubilisation, indole acetic acid production and antifungal activity. The effect of actinomycetes and also with addition of chitin was studied on the plant growth. The isolates showed chitinolytic activity and phosphate…

Abstract The transdermal drug delivery system (TDDS) has proved as one of the most promising method for new drug delivery system. To overcome the disadvantages associated with conventional dosage form, this area is an exciting and challenging field of pharmaceutical R & D. With transdermal drug delivery system one can deliver drugs through the skin to systemic circulation at a predetermined rate and maintain clinically effective concentration over prolonged period of time, taking advantage of passive transport method, diffusion. By the help of this advanced modern technology, through effective formulation, development and evaluation a large number of drugs can be…

In a paper ‘’Globalization and Health, Biomed Central 7: 9 (2011)’’ by Justin Chakma, Hassan Masum, Kumar Perampaladas, Jennifer Heys and Peter A Singer*, the authors interviewed Mr. Varaprasad Reddy (VR), MD, Shantha Biotechnics and more than 20 scientists and other employees. Not even once, the name of Prof. Guntaka was mentioned in this interview. Neither VR nor the scientists revealed the contribution of Guntaka, however he was Scientific Advisor of the company at that time. While casually browsing, Prof. Guntaka came across the above mentioned paper and  immediately sent an email to the Principal author Dr. Peter A Singer,…

India, the country of snake charmers has now reached to a prominent place in several global rankings, in Scientific research too, she occupies leading position. Recently, the database of retraction watch and pubpeer has got much attention worldwide, thousands of research papers and scientists’ name came into attention which either found guilty or are under investigation. These series of event motivated us to do an analysis on worldwide reporting of retraction and in this article, we are looking at the scientific misconduct cases around the globe, comparing Indian misconduct cases with scientific malpractices of other worldly scientists. The basis of…