9 Oct 2026India re-offered the eight bulk drugs nobody bid for. The project count has not moved in eighteen months.A Department of Pharmaceuticals notice of 14 May 2025 re-opened applications for eleven unsubscribed or partially subscribed bulk drugs. The window closed on 4 July 2025, and the Department has still not published who, if anyone, took them.plibulk-drugsfermentationcorrections
23 Sept 2026India built a wall around Penicillin G. It expires in January.A minimum import price now protects three antibiotic inputs. It runs for twelve months, against a plant with a twenty year payback, and it exempts the exporters who buy most of the imports.penicillinmipdgfttariffsfermentation
19 Sept 2026India named 41 bulk drugs it could not keep importing. Eight never found a taker.Six years into the PLI scheme for bulk drugs, 33 of the 41 identified products have approved projects. The pattern in the remaining eight says more than the number does.plibulk-drugschinafermentation