Slower approvals a hurdle in bringing new products to India: Syngenta

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Syngenta AG, the world's largest agrochemical company, said the sluggish regulatory environment in India was discouraging introduction of new products into the country.'The slowdown in regulatory approval process is something we hope the policy makers will pay more attention to," said Davor Pisk, Chief Operating Officer, Syngenta. The $14.2-billion Swiss firm has been struggling for the past 78 months to get a rice fungicide - di-fenoconazole and propiconazole — registered in India. Similarly, another Syngenta product - Ampligo - an insecticide used for cotton and pulses has been waiting for approval since March 2010.