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Medequip Healthcare solutions, a Bangalore-based importer and manufacturer of healthcare products enhances their range of Oxygen Concentrators. “COPD is widespread throughout India and oxygen concentrators are an effective treatment. The oxygen requirement varies from patient to patient, based on the specific issue they face. Our aim in adding 2 more variants is to meet the […]

In a bid to create a spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation in the healthcare space, India’s fastest growing chain of dental centers, Vatsalya Dental has collaborated with Origiin IP Solutions to set up a pan-India innovation programme in Dentistry. To be run from Vatsalya’s world class and expansive 4,000sq. ft. Innovation and Incubation Centre, the […]

Sanofi India Limited (SIL) announced the elevation of N. Rajaram as the Managing Director of the Company, with effect from 1st January, 2018. His appointment was approved by the Sanofi India Board of Directors earlier today. N. Rajaram joined Sanofi India in February 2014 and was appointed as Whole Time Director in October 2015. Under […]

Bayer recently announced that its anti-VEGF treatment aflibercept solution for injection into the eye is effective as monotherapy in patients who have Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy (PCV), a subtype of wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), most prevalent in Asian populations. This important finding was from the PLANET study[i], a key clinical trial in PCV conducted […]

Children are one of the most vulnerable groups to the ill effects of air pollution and can have lifelong health implications. Many studies have shown that air pollution is strongly associated with respiratory conditions such as pneumonia, bronchitis and asthma, among others. It can also impact children’s immune system, the lung and brain development and cognitive development. If left untreated, some health complications […]

Help the Poor Foundation, a Mumbai-based NGO that has been working towards assisting the lesser privileged in having equal access to organ transplantation today announced its association with Asia’s most visited online crowd funding platform Ketto. Transplants, through its programme JEET (Joint Effort to Enable Transplants), along with Ketto aims to crowd-source funds for those […]

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) inaugurated its Co-Creation Camp, the maker and mentor stage of its Enable Makeathon 2.0, in Bengaluru. The Enable Makeathon is a programme initiated by the ICRC and its partners, including the Global Disability Innovation Hub among other partners, to develop prototypes and affordable solutions for challenges faced by persons with disabilities, particularly […]

Despite the fact that India has managed to lower the incidence of communicable diseases, the occurrence of lifestyle related diseases (non-communicable) are on the rise and the same are likely to be a major contributor to hospital revenues going forward. Lifestyle diseases are those that are a result of habits/lifestyle related factors such as unhealthy […]

Sakra Institute of Bone & Joints today organised the 2nd Annual Indo-Japanese Knee Course in the city. As a part of the Indo-Japanese exchange program a live surgery workshop and conference by Indian & Japanese doctors was conducted which was attended by many doctors from all over the country. The course highlighted a comprehensive update […]

Xcode, an innovative personal genomics company based out of Chennai was in the city today, to announce the Worldwide launch of  the first of its kind ‘South Asian Ancestry Genetic Test’ that will  trace one’s ancestry in the global and South Asian sub-population level.  The test will reveal information about oneself comparing the DNA samples […]