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Winning Over Covid-19: Dr Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw’s Experience

ABLE non-executive Chairperson and Biocon executive chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, who recently tested COVID-19 positive and recovered subsequently, says that leveraging science to manage the virus is the only reliable way ahead. Here is the first person account from her blog.

2 home-made Bt Brinjal varieties from Beejsheetal get conditional nod for field trials in 8 states

After 11 years, the government is taking initial tentative steps towards allowing introduction of first genetically modified food crop in the country. “It is nice to know that the GM brinjal varieties developed by Beejsheetal has been given regulatory approval for field trials,” commented Dr K K Narayanan, executive council member of ABLE and chairman of Kottaram Agrofoods.

Sep 03, 2020

By : Narayanan Suresh

AstraZeneca gears up to make upto 3 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine

ABLE member Serum Institute of India starts Phase 3 clinical trials of the vaccine in Pune

Aug 28, 2020

By : Team ABLE

ABLE-BEST winner KBCols receives seed funding from Chiratae Ventures, Axilor Technology Fund and DERBI

The investment by Chiratae Ventures was done as part of its DeepTech Innovators Program

Aug 28, 2020

By : Team ABLE

Nasal vaccine against COVID-19 prevents infection in mice

Single dose vaccine via Nasal shows positive results.

Aug 28, 2020

By : Team ABLE