Page 3 - Medical Industry
Explained: How the hygiene market stacks up amid coronavirus
The market for masks, soaps and hand sanitisers is booming, prompting the government to weed out spurious products and focus on long-term habit formation
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Cashing in on coronavirus: Fear economy shoots up masks, sanitisers demand
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic spreads across India, marketplaces are seeing large and small players scrambling to cash in
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Artificial intelligence can improve health sector, says Arvind Panagariya
Panagariya said India's health sector is still very much evolving and very informal
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Clear and present medical crisis: India has few doctors to treat its people
The country has one government doctor for 11,000 people. The WHO recommends one doctor for 1,000 people. The situation is worse in rural India where a government doctor serves over 30,000 people
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High-end diagnostics changing the face of medical testing industry
Bigger players in space are getting into sophisticated high end testing, oncology testing, reproductive genetics and other specialised fields, while maintaining basic testing as a revenue safety net
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Govt removes duty anomalies to boost manufacturing of medical devices
A proposal to create a separate pharma ministry is under active consideration of the PMO
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