Archive for August, 2005

Diapers and Beer

Sufia Tippu says in THE ECONOMIC TIMES
it seems men who buy diapers are usually baby-sitting and they invariably buy a couple of cans of beer. Men who buy premium shirts always land up buying Barbie dolls for their daughters to feel less guilty for spending a bomb on a shirt for themselves.
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OECD report says India’s biotech efforts lack focus

Financial Express reports ,
India’s government-funded biotechnology laboratories and departments suffer from a lack of focus, says an paper released by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s on Indian biotech industry.
Multiple departments with overlapping functions has led to duplication of research funding and a lack of coordination.
Consequently, there is no prioritisation of areas [...]

Healthy Beer launched in Kerala

Spent some time with Dr. Jagannatha Rao, and was talking about his company and the different types of beer. Conversation came around to Healthy beer, launched by his company recently.
Sify says
An Indian firm has launched a vitamin-rich beer which it says protects the body from the harmful effects of alcohol.
Ladybird Bio Beer contains [...]

A new trend: Indian players getting into to International Play

Inorganic international growth seems to be the new trend. Indian biotech industry is repackaging itself from a low end research/manufacturing base and positioning itself as global players!
From Pharma Pulse
The latest Pharma Insights report from PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) indicates that as pressures on the pharmaceutical industry increase, global consolidation will continue. According to the study, the [...]

Hilarious post on being Tamilian

Ideasmith says
Last year I was at a cousin’s wedding in Chennai (where else?). Alongside kaapi and kanjeevarams, I got a earful of the latest ‘grand experience’. The topic on everyone’s lips was the wedding the previous month, of the son of Mrs.Copper-Sulphate-Blue-with-mango-border-saree (visible in the distance) to his colleague. And why? Because ‘the girl’ [...]