New Delhi, Sept. 18 -- Dr M Srinivas, Member (Health), NITI Aayog, emphasised the importance of academia-Industry partnership while addressing the 8th CII Pharma and Lifesciences Summit, themed "Future of Pharma: Patient-Centric, Equity-Driven, and Innovation-Led", held on Friday in New Delhi in partnership with the Department of Pharmaceuticals.

He highlighted how personalised partnerships are required to take place with the necessary background already set with infrastructure, talent, and institutions.

He further urged a holistic approach to bring in the best of global institutions as well as pharma regulations into the country to ensure global growth. "We have the ecosystem, deregulation is happening, we need to enhance investments i...