New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday inaugurated the Bharat Health Global Expo 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. As the pharmaceutical industry enters its next phase of growth, he called for a sharper focus on innovation, quality systems and complex, higher-value products.

He said, "With the active and hard work of the pharma industry over the years on generics, India has become quite a success story. But we cannot rest our case with generics. We will have to promote more and more R&D, patent our own products, and put pharma at the forefront of research and innovation. Biosimilars and biotech should become our next frontier. We need a regulatory environment where R&D and innovation become attractive in I...