The Gujarat Food and Drug Control Administration approved layout designs of 150 pharmaceutical companies including Illinois-based Abbott, Baxter, Israel-based Teva, Japanese company Otsuka Pharmaceutical, among others, from July 2017 onward. The manufacturing units include APIs, formulations, and medical device units. In Gujarat, a manufacturing park which will help reduce capital...
At India's DefExpo 2018, Multinationals Ink Partnerships
India’s largest Land, Naval, and Internal Security System’s Exposition, DefExpo India, has become one of the largest events of its kind in the world for the last 10 years. Defense Expo 2018 was a four-day event at the southern city of Chennai, India. The tagline this year was "India: The...
Israel, India Agree to Promote Homeopathy
During the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to India in January, India and Israel signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance cooperation and boost research in homeopathy, a system of alternative medicine. The agreement to collaborate is between India's Central Council for Research in Homeopathy, the Ministry of AYUSH, and...
Lumensis of Israel Launches Device to Treat Kidney Stones in India
Israel-based medical device company Lumenis Ltd, launched their Moses Holmium technology for urology applications in India. This technology allows surgeons to treat stones in the kidney, bladder, and the urethra that are lodged in difficult-to-reach locations, and enables the smooth initial fiber insertion through a fully deflected scope. The device...
India Buys Ocean Sensors from U.S., Missiles from Israel
The Defense Acquisition Council of India's Defense Ministry approved the purchase of 'Expendable Bathythermograph Systems', which are small torpedo-shaped devices fitted with temperature sensors and transducers to detect changes in water temperature. These devices, meant for India's Navy, will be acquired from the U.S. The government also approved the procurement...
India Launches 100 Satellites on Single Rocket
India's Space and Research Organization disclosed that it had successfully launched more than a hundred nano satellites that weighed less than 22 pounds each, in a single mission. "All 104 satellites were successfully placed in orbit," the space agency’s chairman, A.S. Kiran Kumar, said. These included an Indian Earth observation...