e4e offers software for health insurance sector
e4e plans to launch an on-demand type software solution targeted at small overseas commercial health insurance plans covering less than one-lakh individuals.
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Actis Technologies Expands Operations In Kolhapur
Actis Technologies Pvt. Ltd., India’s leading audiovisual and environment control solutions provider has announced its plans to grow in Western India. As a part of this initiative it announced its plans to strengthen its presence in Kolhapur, by appointing about 7 dedicated dealers in the region.
Apollo to set up hospital near Pune
The Apollo Hospitals group is reportedly ready to set up an integrated healthcare and wellness destination and a 50-bed multi-speciality hospital at Lavasa hill town near Pune, following an agreement it signed with the Lavasa Corporation.
Aravind Eye Hospital’s new to Contact lenses manufacturing unit
Aravind Eye Hospital’s Aurolab which produces Intra Ocular lens (IOL) and other surgical instruments, is set to get a new manufacturing facility in 1,10,000 sq ft area at Veerapanchan in Tamil Nadu.
Polymed to buy US medical device firm for $20 mn
Disposable medical device manufacturer Polymed is reportedly set to acquire a US-based medical device company for around $18-20 million.
MIOT launches Trust for children’s heart surgery
MIOT Hospitals is launching a trust called Children’s Heart Internationale MIOT (CHIME) in Chennai.
UNAIDS asks for urgent scale-up of action to achieve universal access for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment
The UNAIDS’ new report titled ‘Financial Resources Required to Achieve Universal Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, Care and Support’, says that for achieving the goal of providing universal access to comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support by 2010, there is requirement of a dramatic and urgent scale-up of efforts.
GE Healthcare’s increasing focus on domestic market
Growing at 18-20 per cent a year already, and with sales of $475 million, including both domestic and exports. They have now raised their targets even further.
Launch of
Governments and organizations are uniting in order to launch a new global and unprecedented drive on 26 September, 2007 to cut down maternal and child deaths.
Wipro’s BPO arm poised to buy MarketRx
According to sources, Wipro BPO is likely to buyout MarketRx, a pharma focused market analytics company, bolstering its analytics practice, which at present accounts for less than 10% of its revenues.
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Bluewater plans healthcare foray; to invest Rs 500 cr
UK-based private equity firm Bluewater International Investment Ltd plans to invest Rs 500 crore in India to tap the lucrative healthcare sector by setting up a multi-speciality hospital with a medical training centre.
Apollo Unveils Health Insurance Company
The Apollo Hospitals Group in a joint venture with Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG (DKV AG), Europe’s largest private health insurer recently announced its health insurance company, Apollo DKV Insurance Company Limited (Apollo DKV).
