Our aim is to create ecosystem to make India lead in drug discovery: PM

India has a large pool of scientists and technologists with a potential to take the industry to greater heights, says PM Modi at Global Innovation Summit of the Pharmaceuticals sector

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated the first Global Innovation Summit of the Pharmaceuticals sector and said the global trust earned by the Indian healthcare sector has led to India being called the “pharmacy of the world” in recent times.

Addressing the gathering, the Prime Minister said that the pandemic has brought the pharmaceuticals sector into sharp focus. Whether it is lifestyle, or medicines, or medical technology, or vaccines, every aspect of healthcare has received global attention over the last two years, he said. In this context, the Prime Minister said that the Indian pharmaceutical industry has also risen to