Trivitron Group of companies, the largest player of Indian origin in the Medical Technology Industry, has announced an exclusive distribution agreement with Boston Scientific Corp, one of the largest medical devices company worldwide.
Unitech, a leading worldwide manufacturer of automatic data collection products and services and the top player in the rugged PDA marketplace, has launched the PA600 Healthcare PDA.
An ICICI Venture associate fund and a Singapore-based private equity (PE) player are in talks to invest INR 300 crore in Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS).
Healthcare BPO firm Cbay Systems has acquired nearly 70% in medical transcription firm MedQuist from Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V for US$ 287 million.
Health insurer Apollo DKV Insurance Co. Ltd plans to invest up to 5 billion rupees in the next five years to increase market share.
Amid tough price regulation and hectic discussions to finalise a new drug pricing policy by the department of chemicals and petrochemicals, the government has decided to carve out a new department of pharmaceuticals from it. The proposed new department will function as a new entity under the ministry of chemicals and fertilizers along with the other two departments governing fertilizers and chemicals and petrochemicals.
Accentia Technologies, a healthcare receivables cycle management (HRCM) player, has firmed up measures to buy out as many as eight companies this year. The targeted companies, all players in the healthcare BPO segment, include three foreign and five Indian firms.
[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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Leading drugmaker, Nicholas Piramal India has announced that its subsidiary Wellspring is partnering with Dr. L H Hiranandani Hospital. This partnership entails the complete outsourcing of the radiology department at Dr. L H Hiranandani Hospital to Wellspring.
[This article was published in the November 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The Virtual Reality Medical Center (VRMC)has created an Internet-based Virtual Reality (VR) game that helps adolescents cease smoking. This interactive program uses cue exposure therapy (CET) to treat addictive behaviors. Furthermore, VRMC�s teen smoking Cessation program educates adolescents on how to effectively avoid situations that cause cravings. In addition, repeated exposure to problematic triggers eventually leads to desensitization.
[This article was published in the July 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
For companies like Oxford-based Stalis, the competence in data migration is an USP in itself.
