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- Skincare product major, Curatio has a strong presence in the cosmetic dermatology segment with a portfolio of over 50 brands, consisting of leading brands such as Tedibar, Atogla, Spoo, B4 Nappi, and Permite.
- Serum Institute of India has invested Rs 10,000 crore in the last two years of the pandemic in the capacit y building compared to Rs 15,000 crore invested in the past five decades.
- Serum Institute of India is building the world's largest pandemic facility and construction of the 300,000- square-foot plug-and-play facility is currently underway in Pune.
- India's second largest selling vitamin B-complex brand Beplex Forte is among the portfolio of brands sold to Lupin by Anglo-French Drugs & Industries, a 100-year-old pharma company.
- India is a source of 60,000 generic brands across 60 therapeutic categories, being the third largest pharma industry in terms of volume.
- Globally, the biopharma drugs are expected to constitute over 40% of the pharma market by 2030, presenting a significant opportunity for Indian companies.
- The annual global costs of productivity losses associated with vision impairment from uncorrected myopia and presbyopia alone estimated to be US$ 244 billion and US$ 25.4 billion.
- Brucellosis is a bacterial disease caused by various Brucella species, which mainly infect cattle, swine, goats, sheep and dogs.
- As of 2019, an estimated 21 million girls aged 15-19 years in low- and middle-income countries became pregnant. Globally, there are 43 births per 1000 to girls aged 15-19 years per year.
- In addition to outdoor air pollution, indoor smoke is a serious health risk for some 2.6 billion people who cook and heat their homes with biomass, kerosene fuels and coal.
- Today, only 1 in 10 people in need have access to assistive products. Assistive products maintain or improve an individual's functioning and independence, thereby promoting their well-being.
- Nine of ten children born with a serious birth defect are in low- and middle-income countries. Birth defects can contribute to long-term disability, which takes a significant toll on individuals, families, health care systems and societies.
- Breast cancer mortality changed little from the 1930s through to the 1970s. Improvements in survival began in the 1980s in countries with early detection programmes combined with different modes of treatment to eradicate invasive disease.
- There is a causal relationship between harmful use of alcohol and a range of mental and behavioural disorders, other non-communicable conditions as well as injuries.
- With 1.32 lakh new cases diagnosed annually, mostly in advanced stages, India reports the most cases of cervical cancer. According to a 2012 study, India accounted for a third of all global cervical cancer deaths.
