17) Report on APIs

Question 1

What are APIs ?

Answer 1

Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

Question 2

Who has released this report ?

Answer 2

TIFAC – Technology Information , Forecasting and Assessment Council

Question 3

India’s position in terms of its pharmaceutical industry ?

Answer 3

3rd largest in terms of volume behind China and Italy

14th largest in terms of value

Question 4

How are we in terms of APIs manufacturing ?

Answer 4

Local manufacturing is very less due to availability of cheap imports. We import 60-70% of APIs from China

Question 5

What has the report recommended ?

Answer 5

To create mega drug manufacturing clusters with common infrastructure in India
Along with this a white paper with tile : “Focussed Interventions for Make in India : Post COVID 19” is also released

Question 6

About TIFAC ?

Answer 6

1) Registered society in 1988
2) Autonomous body under Dept of Science and Technology
3) Mandated to assess the state of art of technology and set directions for future technological development