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With intent to improvise healthcare in Telangana, state government has collaborated with life sciences and Johnson & Johnson. The collaboration aims to eradicate tuberculosis from state.

Majorly, Johnson & Johnson will be assisting the state government in this project. Industries Minister, K.T. Rama Rao finalised the agreement during his visit to the US. He met Paul Stoffel, Chief Scientific Officer and Chairman of Pharmaceuticals Division, Melinda Richter, Head of JLabs and Jonathan Collard, VP, Government Affairs and Policy, Asia Pacific.

In a statement from ministers office, Stoffel will be visiting India and Hyderabad next year and is very positive about proposed Hyderabad Pharma City. Also, Richter assured the Telangana delegation that they would explore the possibility of setting up of JLabs unit in Hyderabad.

Later, the minister met Sanat Chattopadhyay, utive VP and President, Merck Manufacturing Division, who mentioned the firm’s intent for a social partnership with Telangana Government on arresting infant diarrhoea.

Merck also expressed interest in setting up manufacturing base in Telangana in collaboration with local partners. It also evinced interest in setting up “vaccine centre of excellence” in Hyderabad which will also be used for imparting skills, providing training based on the specific requirement of the companies.

Nanette Cocero, President for Emerging Markets for Innovative Health business, Pfizer and Jeffery T. Hamilton, Senior Director, Pfizer, during their discussions with Minister explained about Pfizer’s ECHO project in the area of breast cancer screening.

The minister elaborated on the steps Telangana Government initiated to boost the pharma sector in Hyderabad and invited Pfizer to associate with Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH).

Another MoU was signed with IV2 Alliance, a non-profit corporation and one that works in tandem with US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to promote collaboration within the scientific, research and provider communities to achieve advances in the field of healthcare and wellness.

USFDA in a written communication stated that Pharma City near Hyderabad can be the first of the international clusters it seeks to bring together to link scientific and medical advances from across the globe for better healthcare.

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