More than 150 physicians of the Association of Pakistani Physicians of North America (APPNA) visited New Delhi and Mumbai in March to participate in a medical conference by CII titled 'Building bridges, people to people'.

Our Chairman and Vishal Bali of Wockhardt Hospitals were invited to the inaugural session.

Addressing the physicians, Khorakiwala said that the Indian pharmaceutical industry is a vibrant industry and also globally competitive as 22% of production is in India.

More than 60 manufacturing plants in India have US FDA approval.

There have been 12 acquisitions in Europe and US in the past few years.

India has world-Class healthcare institutions; and fields like cardiology, orthopaedics and ophthaltmology were witnessing great growth.

He said that healthcare was a great opportunity to develop stronger bonds between India and Pakistan.