Summary
They want faster government approvals so medicines can reach people quicker
Sharing labs and testing places will make it cheaper for small companies
Key Points
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India's Minister of Commerce and Industry led the meeting
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The group discussed faster rules for approving new medicines
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They plan to share laboratories and testing equipment
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Goal: make India a world leader in using living things to make useful things
New Words to Learn
10 wordsbiopharma
medicine made from living things like plants or tiny cells
ecosystem
all the companies and people that work together
bioeconomy
the part of the economy that uses living things to make products
regulatory
rules that the government makes
sandbox
a safe place to test new ideas
patent
a special right that protects an invention
infrastructure
big buildings and equipment that help work
clinical trial
a test with people to see if a new medicine works safely
indigenous
made inside the country
inter-ministerial
involving many different government departments
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