Biocon sees larger licensing income from pharma
Biocon , India’s top-listed biotechnology company, expects to generate larger licensing income from pharmaceuticals business, its Chairman and Managing Director […]
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GSK’s first global meet in India
GSK Consumer Healthcare is organising its first annual leadership meeting next month in New Delhi where at least 250 top […]
LIC crosses one-million mark in health insurance coverage
The Life Insurance Corporation of India has crossed the one-million mark in cumulative lives covered under its health insurance segment. […]
Middle East health care boom gives boost to GE
The global medical giant GE Healthcare has hailed the Gulf, the Middle East and North Africa as its “hidden jewel”. […]
ICT investments could cut healthcare costs for key ailments, says a study
A new study finds that investment in computer, communications and diagnostics technologies could drastically cut the long-term care costs for […]
WHO adopts Indias resolution on mental health
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has adopted a resolution moved by India that focuses on the global burden of mental […]
International Finance Corporation to invest into Religare Laboratories
International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector investment arm of the World Bank Group, is investing up to $30 million […]
FDA approves new formulations of VIREAD®
US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Viread® (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the […]
Health insurance plans at pharmacies in near future
Cigna TTK Health, the most recent entrant in the Indian health insurance space, plans to set up an innovative distribution […]
Bharti Airtel Religare Technologies to offer medical advisory
Airtel, India’s largest mobile phone operator, has recently tied-up with Religare Technologies, a company controlled by promoters of the Fortis […]
Aggressive Surgery with heated chemotherapy bath gives new hope
Combination of Cytoreductive Surgery and Heated chemotherapy bath called HIPEC (Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy) technique for the treatment of colorectal cancer […]
Some scientists favor open-access, online collaboration tools
Initiatives to make the scientific and medical research process more collaborative are gaining traction, as advocates of “open science” are […]
Researchers tap Google, Twitter to help track disease outbreaks
Monitoring Internet search traffic can help researchers predict when hospital emergency departments could see a surge in influenza cases, according […]
