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Pharma's
New Prescription: Hospitals?
Is the slow down in the global pharma industry forcing Indian
companies to look more closely at hospitals? Arshiya Khan
finds out
Upfront
Imaging
Industry Seeks More Coverage for Cancer Scans
The medical imaging industry in the US, called for the Medicare
Government health plan to broaden its coverage of Positron
Emission Tomography (PET) scans to additional cancer types,
asking an advisory panel to recommend wider payments
'By
2012, the Indian Medical Devices and Diagnostic Market is
Estimated to Reach 139 Billion'
With Arkray Piramal Medical Private Limited, NPIL and Kyoto,
Japan based Arkray, Inc entered into a 49:51 JV to market
diagnostic products, mainly SMBG (Self Monitoring Blood Glucose
System) in the Indian market on December 9, 2007. The blood
glucose system market in India is estimated to be more than
Rs 1 billion in size and is estimated to be growing around
20 per cent p.a. Arkray, Inc is a market leader in the self-monitoring
blood glucose market in Japan with a dominant market share.
Its products are also distributed in over 80 countries around
the world. Hidehiro Itokawa, Chairman and CFO, Arkay Piramal
Medical Private Limited speaks to Sonal Shukla about the company's
offerings and expansion plans for India. Excerpts:
States
Look for Private Players to Set-up 20 Medical Colleges
Taking serious note of the acute shortage of healthcare personnel,
states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh
and Assam, have begun looking for private partnerships to
build up medical colleges
Dr
Batra to Set-up 10 New Centres Across Globe
The Group will invest Rs 10 crore for its expansion plans
Tata
Memorial Launches Website on Pancreatic and Periampullary
Cancer
The Hospital claims it to be Asia's first website which is
solely dedicated to pancreatic and periampullary cancer
KIMS
to Acquire Two Hospitals in South
Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Thiruvananthapuram,
is looking for acquisition of two hospitals and has allocated
a budget of around Rs 300 crore for the same
Piramal
Healthcare Launches Nationwide Campaign ‘helpyourbody’
A special 'helpyourbody' test for chronic illnesses will be
available at its 90 diagnostic centres
Care
Group Partners with John Hopkins to Set-up Health City
US-based healthcare major John Hopkins in partnership with
Hyderabad based Care Hospitals Group along with real estate
developer Indu Projects, will be setting up a 2,000-bedded
health city in Nagpur, Maharashtra
Sankara
Nethralaya Introduces Stellaris-Micro Incision Cataract Surgery
In its endeavor to equip itself with the latest in the field
of ophthalmology, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, has introduced
Stellaris-Micro Incision Cataract Surgery (S-MICS) reportedly
for the first time in Karnataka
IFC
Invests Rs 550 Million in Rockland Hospital
IFC will provide $10 million in common shares and $4 million
in convertible preferred shares
India
Needs 7 Lakh Additional Doctors by 2025
Report suggests that investment of Rs 3,70,000 crore would
be required to reach the aspiration of two hospital beds per
thousand population by 2025
B
Braun Medical India Limited Launches Next Generation Drug
Eluting Stent
Medical device manufacturer B Braun Melsungen AG has launched
the next generation 'Drug Eluting Stent' (DES) - 'Coroflex
Please' in India
Columbia
Asia Opens Its Kolkata Hospital
The Group will pump in $ 15 million to expand in all metros
in the country
Government
May Allow Private Sector to Set up Medical Colleges
It may relax regulatory norms to allow profit-making bodies
to enter the healthcare education sector
India
Gifts 30 Ambulances to Nepali Hospitals
The Indian government has gifted 32 ambulances, eight buses
and other materials worth about Rs 30 million to various Nepali
hospitals, NGOs on the eve of 62nd Independence Day of India
Star
Hospitals to be Launched
The Chief Cardio thoracic surgeon of Care Hospitals, Dr Gopichand
Mannam has joined hands with a group of doctors and entrepreneurs
to start Star Hospitals in Hyderabad
India
and China, Way Behind: UNICEF
Without better healthcare, Asia-Pacific's 13 countries would
struggle hard to reduce child mortality and maternal mortality
rates by two-thirds, a target which the UN has earmarked as
health Millennium Development Goals
US
Demand For Orthopaedic Implants to Approach $ 22 Billion in
2012
The market for reconstructive joint replacements, which is
forecast to reach $9 billion in 2012, will gain upward momentum
No
Cure Without Care
'About
50 Per Cent of Revenue is Taken by Materials Department'
Attracting almost 4000 visitors from all over India, the third
edition of Medicall Expo just got bigger and better
A
Cancer Hospital Inaugurated in Guwahati
Considering the prevalence of tobacco use and high-incidence
of cancer in the North-Eastern region, The North East Cancer
Hospital and Research Institute, Guhawati, has been established
Strategic
Healthcare Management
Conference
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Dietary
Management of Diabetes Mellitus
The foot is a complex mechanical structure designed to be
our connection to Earth. It constitutes 25% of all the body's
bones, 33 joints and over 100 muscles & ligaments
Private
Healthcare: Growth Unlimited
The transformation of healthcare has been so phenomenal that
patients from all over the world, even from developed countries,
choose to come to India
Product
Watch
Siemens
launches South Asia's Most Compact and Only Wide Bore 3 Tesla
MRI
Magnetom Verio, a worldwide innovation on the MRI high-field
market that optimises parallel imaging, improves visualisation
and allows exceptional patient comfort
Stem
Cells Could Allow 'Blood Farms'
Embryonic stem cells can be used to grow vats of red blood
cells, which could lead to the creation of 'farms' that could
provide limitless sources of blood, US researchers say
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