Controversies hovering food industry are many, but one recent entry has pushed the industry into a precarious situation. The most favourite breakfast snack, Maggi, was banned by the Indian authorities, post which, people are beginning to doubt every packed food on the grocery store shelf. The issue has triggered a fear and also fury among the loyal bunch of consumers. As Nestle was pointed fingers at, there were also questions raised on the authenticity of the food quality analysis as carried out by the India Quality Control Analysts. Trying to analyse whether the brand was truly a killer or did it just mistakenly land into trouble, forms the background for our August issue cover feature titled, “Maggi: Silent killer brand or silently killed?” Moving along, other features to interest you include CRO market, Top 7 CRO companies in emerging markets, Can GMOs offer solace to environmental crisis, and Surging insulin market. Also featured are the interviews with Dr. Amar Desai, Research associate at Case Western Reserve and also one of the research team members behind ‘Tissue regeneration drug’ and Mr. Ambuj Jain, India General Manager at Cambridge Consultants. Do not miss on what they had to say on the Indian bioresearch and pharma industry. Grab your copy now!