Abstract
The Indian Bioinformatics industry comprises of players in areas such as contract research and development (R and D) services, clinical and proof of concept clinical investigation, clinical trials, contract research, bio-engineering, stem cell research, contract manufacturing, bioinformatics and drug development. We are also witnessing activity in the field of research and development in biotechnology. The Indian software companies have come up with the software tools to capture, manage and analyse the voluminous amount of genetic data. India's skilled but low cost manpower is the reason why MNCs are sending their genomic and proteomic data to India for analysis. There has been an increasing trend towards alliances between Indian pharmaceutical/biotechnology companies and foreign companies. Indian IT companies are also partnering with pharmaceutical firms and research institutes.