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Vinay Kumar Singh. 
Head-Formulation
Kumar Organic Products Research Centre Pvt. Ltd.,
Bengaluru
Email : formulation_krc@kopresearchcentre.net

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggest that common stimulant medications used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), such as Ritalin and Adderall, may work in ways scientists didn’t previously understand. The findings challenge the long-held belief that these drugs primarily improve attention by acting directly on the brain’s attention circuits.

In global pharmaceuticals, credibility is no longer conferred by capacity alone. It is earned— slowly, visibly, and irreversibly—through regulatory trust. As drug supply chains fragment, re- regionalize, and digitize, the decisive question for India’s pharmaceutical future is no longer how much we manufacture, but how seamlessly our regulatory systems align with the world we serve.

Vinay Kumar Singh. 
Head-Formulation
Kumar Organic Products Research Centre Pvt. Ltd.,
Bengaluru
Email : formulation_krc@kopresearchcentre.net

Fever, aching limbs and a runny nose – as winter returns, so too does the flu. The disease is triggered by influenza viruses, which enter our body through droplets and then infect cells.

Researchers from Switzerland and Japan have now investigated this virus in minute detail. Using a microscopy technique that they developed themselves, the scientists can zoom in on the surface of human cells in a Petri dish. For the first time, this has allowed them to observe live and in high resolution how influenza viruses enter a living cell.

Over the past two decades, Global Capability Centres (GCCs) in India have quietly transformed from back-office support units into central hubs of innovation and scientific expertise for some of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical and life sciences companies. Today, they are not only reducing costs for their parent organizations but also playing a decisive role in how new medicines are discovered, developed, tested, and delivered to patients worldwide.