Tag: Pharmaceuticals
Sarvam AI Startup Programme Fuels Indic AI Builders
Sarvam AI has introduced the Sarvam Startup Programme, providing early-stage companies with up to 12 months of API credits, priority engineering support and production-ready infrastructure to build multilingual AI applications without backend complexities. Founders Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar positioned the initiative to empower India’s developer ecosystem with high-quality models fluent in 22+ Indian languages and English, enabling full agency in creating voice agents,...
Oracle Layoffs Fund AI Data Centre Push Amid Cash Squeeze
Oracle is planning thousands of job cuts across divisions as it grapples with a cash crunch from aggressive AI data centre buildout to support major clients including a $300 billion OpenAI agreement, xAI and Meta, as Bloomberg News first reported. The reductions, potentially broader than typical rolling cuts, may begin this month and target roles expected to diminish under AI automation, coinciding with an...
India to Tighten Drug Laws to Prevent Narcotic Misuse
Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastav has emphasized the need for stricter regulatory standards to ensure that only high-quality and effective medicines circulate in...
India-Made Generics Show 54% More Severe Side Effects: Study
A new study has found that generic drugs manufactured in India are associated with 54 percent more severe adverse events, including hospitalization, disability, and...
Pharma Firms Told to Cut MRP After Tax Exemptions
The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) has issued a directive to pharmaceutical manufacturers and marketing firms, instructing them to revise the Maximum Retail Price...
