The Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan has urged the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry to pursue serious scientific research for providing quality and cost effective medicines to people. He was speaking after presenting the Business Excellence Awards at the India Pharma expo in New Delhi last evening. He said Shri Narendra Modi Government wants to put the science to use and had called upon the pharmaceutical manufactures to take up challenging researches. Dr. Harsh Vardhan said in his ministry under the aegis of Department of Scientific and Industrial Research and Department of Biotechnology researches are going on in the pharmaceutical sector to benefit the people.
The India Pharma Expo was being organized in Delhi on 24th & 25th of this month in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.