ICMR and the company, Soothe Healthcare, trade charges about what caused the delay. And Soothe says ICMR handed over unvalidated technology, that too a full year after signing the MoU and taking the payment. Subsequently about 20 projects were funded and three selected for scaling up, the first being that of BITS Pilani. They had not even applied for a patent, and did not pay BITS Pilani till about a month ago. “The (BITS Pilani) technology is not exclusive.

Source: Indian Express August 24, 2016 21:00 UTC