Recognizing that women in 90% of the developing world don't have access to early detection of breast cancer, Mumbai-based startup UE Lifesciences developed iBreastExam (iBE), a handheld, mobile connected, and completely wireless device which can detect tumor tissues as small as 1/8 of an inch (3-5 mm) while emitting no harmful...
U.S. FDA Eases Rules for Shrimp Exporters from India
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) removed 140 Indian shrimp exporting entities from its 'Detention Without Physical Examination' list. "These exporters are exempted from detention but are subject to random examination by U.S. authorities, and the list is revised from time to time," said an exporter. Business Standard reports...
India's Parry Nutraceuticals Gets USFDA Approval
Based in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu, Parry Nutraceuticals received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for its India facility for organic micro-algae cultivation and processing. Business head, Parry Nutraceuticals, Muthu Murugappan said that some of the products that they planned to bring to market over the next two...
India Trade Group Working with Western regulators to Improve Drug QA
India exports $15 billion worth of pharmaceuticals, and is considered the largest generic producer to the world, so improving its quality control has huge ramifications for the country's revenues. Gerald Heddell, director of the U.K.'s Inspection, Enforcement and Standards, Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, said in a recent Business Standard report that Britain...