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Four BRICS Biomed centres to be set up in India by 2025

BRICS-Biomed Consortium, which is also looking at promoting traditional herbal medicine from BRICS, will open these centres in Kanyakumari, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Delhi

Piramal Enterprises buys Janssen's five injectable products for $ 175 mn

The acquisition of anaesthesia and pain management products will enable PEL's critical care division to tap the global generic injectable hospital drug market, which is estimated at about $ 20 bn

Medical value travel industry in India to reach $ 9-bn by 2020: Study

Cost effectiveness and superior outcomes help India to emerge as one of the preferred global medical value travel destinations, says a FICCI-IMS Health study

The hidden truth of medical education: Dr Dharminder Nagar

By setting up more medical colleges in tier II and III cities, one can prevent over-crowding of city hospitals by patients from rural areas

India need to invest more on healthcare, says Deepak Parekh

Parekh Lauds government for doubling the investment into healthcare

Healthcare sector sees 88 funding deals over $397 million in 2016

Since 2012, the sector has witnessed 558 funding deals to the tune of $5,657 million

Atos acquires Anthelio Healthcare for $ 275 million

Acquisition of Anthelio, an outsourcing services provider, brings more than 1,700 healthcare professionals to Atos, of which 1,300 are in the US and 400 in India

Sanofi and Google form JV to develop diabetes management platform

The JV, named Onduo, will leverage Verily Life Sciences' experience in miniaturised electronics, analytics, and consumer software development, and Sanofi's clinical expertise

Narayana Health partners with Cisco to offer specialised remote diagnostics capabilities

The association will enable Narayana Health to offer high-quality diagnostic services for various specialities at a cost that's affordable to patients remotely in various parts of the country

Germany's Fresenius Medical buys dialysis service provider Sandor Nephro

With the acquisition of Sandor Nephro Services, which operates under the brand name Sparsh Nephrocare, the German firm will strengthen its dialysis business in India

Medical device parks to bring down manufacturing cost by 30%

GST will further bring down the taxation in the sector by almost 12 per cent, according to Ananth Kumar, Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers

The rise of home health care in India can free up hospital beds substantially: Vishal Bali

Interview with co-founder, Medwell Ventures

Government may bring new law on medical devices: Ananth Kumar

He said, with inputs from the industry, the bill can be introduced in Parliament as early as the Winter Session

India short of 5,00,000 doctors, bodies on shoulders reminders of health crisis

A report suggests that with doctor-patient population ratio of 1:1,674, shortage is worse than Vietnam, Algeria and Pakistan

Discussion with centre on price regulation of stents positive: Healthcare Federation of India

However, the industry has been concerned about the policy approach, rather than the size of the stent market in the country

Fortis Healthcare board approves scheme for diagnostics business demerger

As per the scheme, SRL (Fortis Healthcare's business engaged in diagnostics) will be merged with Fortis Malar in the first step. Subsequently, the name of Fortis Malar will be changed to SRL

Narayana Health opens robotic surgery training institute

Institute of Robotic Surgery, based in Bangalore and supported by Infosys Foundation, will train doctors in robotic surgery for various cancers

BARC and Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute to jointly develop deep brain stimulator

DBS device, which is used in typical neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease, dystonia, etc, is currently being imported, limiting its wider usage due to the high cost

Govt plans to open 300 Amrit pharmacies to dispense low-cost drugs

The Amrit retail outlets, which sell drugs at highly discounted rates, are aimed at reducing the burden of out-of-pocket expenses on patients

Alphabet arm Verily to collaborate with GSK for bioelectronic medicines

Both companies will invest up to Pound 540 million (about $ 710 million) in the joint venture Galvani Bioelectronics, which will be headquartered in the UK