Seven National Institutes for Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPERs) have undertaken academia-industry linkage with 17 Pharma Industries of Private and Public sector, Chemical and Fertilizers Ministry said in a statement. The drug firms Dr Reddys, Sun Pharma and Wockhard are among the 17.
Department of Pharmaceuticals has identified that academia-industry linkage as a basic requirement for translating research into development and innovation; and also to fix accountability among educational institutions, the statement added.
"The 7 NIPERs exchanged MOUs with industry heads in the presence of President Pranab Mukherjee on November 4, 2015, as a part of Visitors conference being held now 4-6th November 2015," the statement said.
Among the institutes, NIPER Hyderabad signed three agreements -- one each with Dr Reddy's Labs, Bharat Biotech and NATCO. NIPER Ahemdabad inked four MoUs one each with Cadila Pharmaceuticals, Cadila Healthcare (Zyudus), Sahjanand Technologies and Johnson & Johnson, it said.
Similarly, NIPER Mohali also tied up with Sun Pharma, Wockahardt, Panacea Biotech and Medley Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
NIPERs are institutions of national importance set up under NIPER Act, 1998, on the lines of IITs. There are seven NIPERs in the country.
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