Bangalore city tops the chart in hypothyroidism prevalence

Special |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Nov, 2013

A total of 867 patients were studied out of the 868 who enrolled for the screening in thirteen enrollment camps across Bangalore. Out of which, 9.23 percent of the study population from Ban...Read more

New IPR Policy a thrust to Innovations

Special |  Views | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Jul, 2016

The New IPR policy approved by the Union Cabinet on 13th May 2016 is a catalyst to support innovation and start up culture in India. It will provide a big boost to make in India programme a...Read more

DBT's Star College Scheme: Call for participation

Special |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 09 Jul, 2015

The Department of Biotechnology has invited applications from colleges of all the states and union territories of India offering undergraduate education in life sciences under 'Star College...Read more

Protect and Encourage Innovation

Special |  Views | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Jul, 2016

'Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things'... said Theodore Levitt, an American economist and professor at Harvard Business School. So when innovations happen, o...Read more

SIX Swiss Exchange woos Indian Life Science cos

Special |  Interviews | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 Dec, 2014

The SIX Swiss Exchange has over $450 billion of free-float market capitalization representing over 40 percent of the European market. The Swiss capital market makes available a deep pool o...Read more

'Clearblue Plus' India's only US FDA approved pregnancy test kit

Special |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Feb, 2014

Anxieties related to a missed period, dependence on a mother-in-law or husband to visit a doctor to confirm pregnancy and ignorance around conception could now be a thing of the past for wo...Read more

Top 20 Series-Rank 20- Anthem Biosciences- Rise above the rest

Special |  Features | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Oct, 2015

Organization: Anthem Biosciences Pvt Ltd CEO: Mr Ajay bhardwaj Bioscience Revenue: Rs 180 crore   With a growth of 40 percent, Anthem Biosciences registered a total revenue of Rs 280 crore...Read more

Hot Start-up: Understanding multiple personalities of cancer

Special |  Features | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 Dec, 2015

Incorporated in 2010, Mir Lifescience is a Bangalore-based biotech start-up incubated at IBAB (Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology), involved in researching the multiple ...Read more

DBT invites North East scientists for overseas fellowships

Special |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Jan, 2015

The applications have been invited from the scientists working in any North Eastern states including Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland for the Biotech Overe...Read more

BioSpectrum Awards Nite 2013

Special |  Features | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 07 Jan, 2014

The 11th BioSpectrum Awards Nite, which was held at the JW Marriott Hotel in Bangalore on December 20, 2013, saw participation from around 300 industry leaders. The ceremony kick-started wi...Read more

LinkedIn rates J&J and Pfizer among InDemand Employers 2014

Special |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Nov, 2014

Six out of the 100 companies listed were in the Life Sciences industry including pharmaceutical and biotechnology. Johnson & Johnson is seen at the 11th spot, while Pfizer occupies the ...Read more

CDSCO initiates countrywide survey on spurious drugs

Special |  News | By Rahul Koul Koul | 0 Comment | 16 Apr, 2015

There are conflicting views on spurious drugs in India by the government, non-governmental organizations and media. While the reports by health minsitry in past have suggested that the perc...Read more

Hot Start-ups: Armoring against allergies & infections

Special |  Features | 0 Comment | 28 Apr, 2016

The medical textile armor that we are talking about may as well be real and happening right now as you read this. Global Issue According to World Allergy Organization (WAO), about 20-30% ...Read more

Ramalingaswamy fellowship is very highly regarded in academic institutions

Special |  Features | 0 Comment | 26 Mar, 2013

I obtained the doctoral degree in chemistry in 2000 from Barkatullah University, Bhopal while working as senior research fellow (CSIR) at Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute...Read more

BioSpectrum Technology Forum 2015 concludes successfully

Special |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Aug, 2015

BioSpectrum Technology Forum 2015 was successfully concluded on August 14th, 2015 at The Taj Krishna, Hyderabad. Team BioSpectrum would like to express our heartfelt thanks to the Speakers ...Read more

Bioenergy centres working towards biofuel goals

Special |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Aug, 2014

"Through R&D network projects, support is being given to Biohydrogen, Biobutanol and algal bio-fuels," stated the union minister of state for science and technology, Dr Jitendra Singh r...Read more

Exploring new frontiers in biological science using Mass Spectrometry

Special |  Views | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 13 May, 2016

Innovation is shrinking industrial machines and medical devices to the scale of atoms and molecules. Mass spectrometry is one of the important and versatile tools that will drive the future...Read more

Biomass: Electrifying India's Villages

Special |  Views | By Rahul Koul Koul | 0 Comment | 11 May, 2015

United Nations secretary Ban Ki-moon has stated that "Energy is the golden thread that connects economic growth, social equity, and environmental sustainability". However, today, India has ...Read more