India’s latest offering towards global medical tourism
India has introduced a medical visa aimed at assisting overseas visitors to travel to the country for low-cost hospital treatment.
QRG Enterprises forays into India’s booming healthcare scene
QRG Enterprises, the promoter holding company of electrical equipment maker Havells India, has diversified its business by entering into healthcare.
BodyTel Scientific to present first integrated telehealth-solution for diabetics
BodyTel Scientific, Inc., a developer of wireless telemedical measuring devices, will be presenting the GlucoTel telehealth solution, the company’s blood glucose monitoring and diabetes self-management system at the international medical fair, Medica 2007, from November 14-17, 2007 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Symantec announces new solution for healthcare industry
Symantec Corp. has announced the Symantec Healthcare Provider Solution, a new solution, comprised of products, services and best practices to help healthcare providers protect and manage their critical infrastructure and ensure vital patient information is both protected and accessible.
DRE, releases updated medical equipment catalog website
DRE designed the updated site www.dremed.com to allow medical professionals quickly locate the equipment they need.
GE Health’s new mantra:
GE Healthcare’s Indian arm, a joint venture between Wipro Ltd and General Electric Co., making a range of high-end technology products locally with support from its Japan unit, reducing the costs by about 40 percent, helping rural India market.
Orange (France) launches healthcare e-solutions
Orange France Telecom, a long-established operator in the field of telecommunications, is poised to present medical practitioners and hospitals in France an advanced communications platform. At the centre of the operation is the company
AHS to offload 15 per cent for USD 70 mn
Apollo Health Street (AHS), the healthcare business process outsourcing subsidiary of Apollo Group that runs India
India’s Manipal AcuNova acquires German firm Ecron
Clinical research firm Manipal AcuNova Ltd recently announced it has completed the acquisition of ECRON GmbH, Europe.
Orchid adopts Lorenz eCTD solution (docuBridge)
The LORENZ Life Sciences Group announced recently that Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals, located in Chennai, India has chosen docuBridge as its eCTD Publishing and Management solution.
Needle-free insulin soon in India
Biotechnology company Shreya Lifesciences has entered into an in-licensing agreement with US-based Generex Biotechnology Corp to market Oral-lyn, the country
Sectra increases range of integrated third-party clinical applications
The Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra has signed an agreement with Vital Images under which Sectra will be able to integrate Vital Images
India’s Pharma industry to grow at 16%: KPMG
A report from research firm KPMG predicts that the domestic pharmaceutical industry is projected to grow by 16 per cent annually for the next five years, three percentage points more than the current growth rate.
