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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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).
EU launches emergency call system
The European Commission has proposed a system, which provides cars in Europe with a direct contact to the emergency services.
Wockhardt’s target: $1 billion sales next fiscal
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Wockhardt is expecting a $600 million (INR 2400 crore approx) turnover in 2007-08. By 2008-09, the company envisages a turnover of $1 billion.
ePlanet (US) to invest in Chennai medical technology company Trivitron
US-based venture capital fund ePlanet is in talks to invest $12 million in Chennai-based medical technology company Trivitron.
NEWS REVIEW – WORLD
[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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Asian Healthcare IT – on a high !
[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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The SOPARNO Project Set to Make an Impact
[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
SOPRANO stands for �Service-oriented Programmable Smart Environments for Older Europeans� and it is an integrated project in the European Commission�s 6th Framework Programme (IST Priority 6th Call on Ambient Assisted Living or AAL).
Philips Flexing Muscles in Diagnostic & Imaging Markets
[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Philips is one of the leading players in healthcare, mainly in the markets of medical diagnostics and patient monitoring systems that include X-Ray, general ultrasound, computed tomography (CT) scanning and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Towards Nano Products in e-Healthcare Environment : GL Narasimha Murthy
[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Hospitals are also moving away from purchasing point solutions and toward buying equipments from different vendors that are interoperable, and that have a uniform user interface.
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[This article was published in the July 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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[This article was published in the June 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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Med-e-Tel 2007: An International Platform Showcasing e-Health
[This article was published in the June 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
A new introduction at Med-e-Tel was Estele, a robotics system for tele-echography, introduced by the French company named Robosoft.
