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Pharma Bio World is a comprehensive business magazine that caters to the strategic information needs of senior professionals in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, covering the best manufacturing and management practices, technological developments, new markets and cutting edge products and services. Through a well-defined combination of news analyses, snapshots of major happenings, and thoroughly researched features on best practices, quality, biotechnology, environment, markets, human resources, and so on, the magazine aims to provide well-rounded information on issues of strategic interest to practising managers in the industry.

April 2013 Issue

INTERVIEW

Extending Provision of Compulsory Licensing

Compulsory Licensing is intended not to deprive the innovator companies from earning due income but only discourage them from enjoying monopolistic profits.
– Saurabh Chandra, Secretary, DIPP

FEATURES

The Management of NBEs - Much More than Just Inventory!

This article reviews the typical requirements and demands that are placed on sample management teams when coordinating NBEs management at a moderate scale. From practical experience implementing several systems within Pharma companies, the authors have learnt that there is more to the world of NBE management than just the tracking of containers in-and-out of -140°C dewars.
– David Booth, Marcus Oxer

A Giant Leap in Data Handling

Information technology has made contributed immensely to the growth of the pharma industry. The author discusses the latest trend of Cloud computing on how without investing heavily into the IT infrastructure this technology can empower the pharma companies to process huge amount of data and enable big as well as small manufacturers to increase productivity, efficiency and achieve regulatory compliance.
– Somenath Nag

India can Emerge as a Key Player in the Biosimilar Segment

The biosimilars industry has been growing stupendously. In the last few years, India has seen a robust growth in its biosimilars portfolio. This article aims to identify and analyse the biosimilars market and the regulatory scenario in India.
– J Ramniwas

Strategies for Successful Launch of New Pharmaceutical Products in Emerging Markets

With emerging markets set to overtake more developed countries in the contest to attract pharmaceutical investment, this Article offers a commentary on the need to adopt savvy development and marketing tactics to drive blockbuster product launches and yield continuous success throughout the product's lifecycle.
– Manish Gupta

Humidity Matters

Shridhar Gokhale at United Humidifiers explains why specialist environmental control is important in the pharmaceutical and bio-tech industry.
– Shridhar Gokhale

Four Keys to Successful Multicore Optimisation for Machine Vision

Optimising a machine vision application for multicore PCs can be a complex process with unpredictable results. To achieve best overall system, it is necessary that developers pay close attention. Field-testing under actual conditions is the only way to fully measure system throughput.
– Didier Lacroix

Regulatory System, Agencies and IT Outsourcing in Indian Pharma Industry

India is poised to be one of the fastest growing pharmaceutical markets in the world. Pharmaceutical industry of India is governed by wide range of regulatory bodies and regulations. This article provides a quick view of the regulatory scenario of Pharmaceutical industry of India.
– Sarvesh Paliwal,Vivek Dave, Sachdev Yadav

MARKET RESEARCH

Pharmacovigilance Outsourcing and Careers Advantages for Indian Professionals

Pharmacovigilance is an extremely important element in the development, trialing, marketing and continued use of any medication. This article provides an insight into the growing demands of the pharmacovigilance outsourcing industry, the value it adds to the present day job market and its future trend in India.
– Dr Vijay Venkatraman Janarthanan

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