The fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry is a major contributor to the Indian economy, with household and personal care being the leading segment. Key growth drivers are rising incomes, changing lifestyles, increased awareness, and easier access. Sustainability trends also influence purchase behavior. While urban areas contribute the majority share, rural...
Indian Court Overrules Government in support of J&J
The Bombay High Court quashed two orders passed by the government of Maharashtra in September 2022 revoking the license of Johnson & Johnson to manufacture, sell, and distribute its baby powder products, terming the orders as “stringent, unreasonable and unfair.” J&J Baby Powder The bench noted that while maintaining standards...
India Administers 1 Billion Doses of the Covid-19 Vaccine
India has crossed the landmark of vaccinating 1 billion individuals in about nine months since the drive began. The countrywide vaccination program was launched on January 16 with the aim of covering all of India’s 944 million adults this year. As of now, 75% of them have got at least...
U.S. Trade Representative Supports Waiver to Accelerate Covid-19 Vaccine Production
In a move that could help Indian companies ramp up production of Covid-19 vaccines currently developed/marketed by Moderna, Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson, Katherine Tai just released a statement supporting the waiver of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs provisions on the World Trade Organization), relating the production of these vaccines Tai,...
J&J to Train 25,000 Healthcare Professionals in India
New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson launched a specialized bus to travel across 400 towns and cities and provide hands-on surgery training to 25,000 healthcare professionals in the next five years said Sushobhan Dasgupta, managing director, Johnson and Johnson Medical India. The mobile training center named "Johnson & Johnson Institute on Wheels",...
India's Aakar Innovations Creates Compostable Sanitary Pads
Twelve percent of India's 300 million menstruating women use sanitary napkins during their menstrual cycle. One billion commercially produced disposable sanitary napkins made by companies such as Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson end up in urban sewers, landfills, as well as in rural fields and water bodies in...