The International BIO 2010 convention, held recently in Chicago, was a chance to promote French expertise and strengths in the biotechnologies sector. Almost half of all new drugs on the world market have their origins in biotechnologies.
The health ministry will soon finalise the syllabus for the proposed short-term medical course for training doctors especially for rural areas, according to a report.
The Medical Data Exchange Solution (MDES) of Cisco has been selected for deployment across 22 locations in South Carolina by Electronic Health Network, a leader in patient health education and wellness applications.
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Nova Medical Centres, the specialised day care surgery centre, has recently opened its second centre at Sadashivnagar, Bangalore.
TAKE Solutions Ltd, one of the leaders in Life Sciences and Supply Chain Management (SCM) products, announced that the company has entered into strategic partnership with Reliance Life Sciences to supply its unique and innovative PharmaReady eCTD, SPL and PPM modules.
Nova Medical Centres, incubated by GTI, the specialised day care surgery centre, has completed its second round of private equity funding by raising the capital required for its Rs 250-crore project.
SoftLink International has recently released a .Net version of Panacea HIS, which is an instant hit with three major hospitals in Pune and another international hospital in Zambia deciding to implement it for their respective Hospitals.
DRS Group, India’s one of leading 3PL player with interests in logistics, supply chain management, warehousing and education will now foray into pharmaceutical business with the launch of its new division, DRS Labs. The division had inaugurated its first of state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at Medchal in Hyderabad.
Lt Gen HL Kakria has taken over as new Director General of Medical Services (Army) from Lt Gen SR Mehta who has retired.
Foundation stone of a INR 790 crore ultra-modern ESIC Medical Education Complex at Gulbarga, Karnataka has been laid by Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Union Minister of Finance, recently.
In line with the rising need for organ donation in the state, Columbia Asia Hospitals Pvt Ltd in close collaboration with Zonal Coordination Committee of Karnataka for Transplantation (ZCCK) has recently organised a forum to inspire public towards organ donation.
Addressing to healthcare in Kerala is just a SMS away, now. According to Dr Rathan U Kelkar, Director, Kerala State Information Technology Mission (KSITM), the state has introduced Dr SMS, which is a free service that makes health facilities, available to people through the use of mobile. KSITM is an autonomous body which implements e-governance projects for the state government.
