Interviews

Dr Jagprag Singh Gujral, Group CEO, CTSI South Asia talks about the company’s strategy for the Indian market Cancer Treatment Services International (CTSI) is a privately-held provider of comprehensive clinical and administrative solutions for the treatment of cancer and other complex diseases. CTSI was co-founded in 2006 by a group of physicians and industry experts […]

In conversation with the first Indian Oncologist directly elected as, President of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC, Geneva), Dr Anil D’Cruz The Union International for cancer control (UICC) is the largest and most influential cancer organization globally that works closely with WHO and other global cancer and economic bodies and has a membership […]

India’s first female radiologist, Dr Sneh Bhargava (90) looks back at an illustrious career and how her life encapsulates the essence of exuberance, of being a radiologist, in conversation with M Neelam Kachhap Meeting an active nonagenarian is reason enough to be excited but when the nonagenarian is an enigmatic scholar and teacher, you know […]

Neehar Cherabuddi, CEO, DoctorC talks behind the formation of DoctorC and how it will impact the healthcare consumers at large How has technology revolutionised the diagnostic industry in recent years? Consumers of healthcare were moving online faster than ever before. The healthcare industry is quickly following the footsteps of the transportation industry and the food […]

Jatin Mahajan, Managing Director, J Mitra talks about the key learnings from the COVID-19 pandemic, the challenges faced at the company’s manufacturing unit and the way forward in 202, with M Neelam Kachhap How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect medical device manufacturing? The initial two to four days of the lock down were very difficult […]

Devang Mody, CEO, Bajaj Finserv Health, talks about the new venture by Bajaj Finserv into the health tech biz,  its growth prospects and how it will provide a comprehensive solution in the healthcare ecosystem, in an interaction with Sanjiv Das How has the health tech business evolved in India during the COVID-19 pandemic? It has […]

Intuitive Surgical has had a very successful run converting science-fiction to reality. The company pioneered robotic assistance device for surgery back in 1999 and there has been no looking back. Intuitive’s da Vinci surgical system defied all boundaries holding back surgeons, at the time. The system’s robotic and computer assistance, magnified view and steady grip […]

Recently, Aster DM Healthcare, Life Science Vision Capital (LSV)and Social Alpha (Foundation for Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship) announced India’s first industry-led global incubator and accelerator “XHealth Innovation Labs” for data technologies. With the ambition to radically transform how future medicines and health services are delivered by tapping into the power of emerging data technologies, the […]

What are your expectations from the post-corona phase from a business point of view? If the current scenario is any indication, healthcare will continue to be one of the most impacted sectors – patients are only focusing on life-critical surgeries. Elective procedures are being completely avoided. For the manufacturing segment, raw materials supplies are at […]

How has the quality and accreditation (Hospitals) scenario changed in the past few years? We have been late starters for adopting quality and accreditation standards in the country. Even considering that we started National Accreditation Board in 2005, quality and the accreditation scenario is far from satisfactory in our country. During the last 13 years […]