Government and private sector should join hands and carry out focused research to make India a significant player in nanotechnology said former President A P J Abdul Kalam at the conference at the National Institute of Technology at Warangal. 

Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has developed a new miniaturized bioassay that will be faster, cheaper and more efficient for scientists to use

Bilcare Research has launched a product to help check the menace of counterfeit drugs. The product has a label with a unique bar code made out of nanotechnology and fingerprinting.

Ablynx, a Belgium company, pioneering in the discovery and development of Nanobodies(r), a novel class of antibody-derived therapeutic proteins, has extended its drug discovery and development alliance with Novartis for another year.