Philips Healthcare introduces Dream series products

Health IT |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Sep, 2016

Philips India has recently introduced a range of Dream series products to improve care for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients. The Dream Family offers innovative, comprehensive sleep th...Read more

AiMeD welcomes Govt's move to introduce 'Ethical Marketing Code'

Health IT |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Sep, 2016

The Government's move to put in place a separate, strict and mandatory 'Ethical Marketing Code' for medical device companies has been welcomed by the Association of Indian Medical Device Ma...Read more

AiMeD proposes complete ban on import of pre-owned and refurbished medical equipments

Health IT |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Sep, 2016

The Association of Indian Medical Device Manufacturers (AiMeD) has strongly opposed the idea of permitting the import of any kind of pre-owned and refurbished medical equipment on the groun...Read more

Cochlear launches first off-the-ear hearing device

Health IT |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 07 Sep, 2016

Cochlear Limited eleased its newest innovation - Kanso - a sound processor combining the most advanced sound processing technology with a discreet design. Ms Vandana Pisharody, Regional Di...Read more

Fortis Healthcare and wayForward collaborate on emotional wellness programme

Health IT |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Sep, 2016

Fortis Healthcare, India's leading Healthcare provider, and wayForward, a digital, mental and emotional health company based in USA, launched an app-based wellness programme in India. The p...Read more

Hot Start-ups: Pioneers in genome editing

Health IT |  Features | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Sep, 2016

Genome editing encompasses an array of recently developed technologies with a wide application in the Life Sciences industry, and has the potential to be used as therapeutics in future. Th...Read more

Hot Start-ups: Monitoring the critical rhythm

Health IT |  Features | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Sep, 2016

India has 8 to 20 million heart rhythm disorder patients and about 50 million worldwide. Cardiac monitoring is widely used to identify heart diseases and in monitoring cardiac activity bef...Read more

How innovating emerging markets is set to disrupt the global surgical care industry?

Health IT |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Aug, 2016

The growth of emerging markets is poised to transform the delivery of surgical care around the world by 2030, according to a new report. The emphasis will be on affordable technology for ea...Read more

GE acquires Biosafe Group SA

Health IT |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 Jul, 2016

GE Healthcare has acquired Biosafe Group SA, a supplier of integrated cell bioprocessing systems for the rapidly growing cell therapy and regenerative medicine industry for an undisclosed s...Read more

AP launches country's first medical device park at “Arab Health 2016"

Health IT |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 28 Jan, 2016

With an aim to attract global interest and investment for its ambitious and country's first project of its kind, Andhra Pradesh Government launches "India's first dedicated medical device p...Read more

Bausch + Lomb enters partnership with Bosch India

Health IT |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Feb, 2016

Bausch + Lomb entered into a partnership with Bosch. This cooperation brings together leading providers of eye care solutions and technology in India and SAARC region, to market technologic...Read more

Bioclusters: An imported American concept

Health IT |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Jul, 2015

KBITS (Karnataka Biotechnology and Information Technology Services) organized a workshop titled 'Creation of Mega Biocluster in Karnataka' on July 8, 2014, at the soon-to-be opened Bangalor...Read more

Genotypic Tech, MSRUAS seal deal to research oral cancer at genomics level

Health IT |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 Jun, 2015

The MoU has been signed for 4 years. MSRUAS will be paying Rs 50 lakh to Genotypic Technology under the terms of the deal. The prevalence of oral cancer is said to be common in India. "The...Read more

The sound of hearing

Health IT |  Interviews | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 04 Aug, 2016

In 2009, IITians Mr Patel and Mr Anurag Sharma together co-founded Quadio Devices in Pune. Hearing loss in India is largely unaddressed and the existing hearing health facilities are scarc...Read more

Exclusive: Does India need a Precision Medicine Initiative?

Health IT |  Features | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Jun, 2016

During his State of the Union address in January 2015 at the White House in Washington DC, American President Mr Barack Obama announced the launch of the most ambitious Healthcare initiativ...Read more

FUJIFILM presents latest digital radiography innovations at AHRA 2016

Health IT |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 Aug, 2016

FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of diagnostic imaging products and medical informatics solutions, will have a major presence at the American Healthcare Radiology A...Read more

Hot Start-up: In-silico approach to drug discovery

Health IT |  Features | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 Oct, 2015

He and his wife Ms Sapana Mehendale together founded RASA in 2010, a Bioinformatics and Chemoinformatics start-up offering solutions and services in Life Sciences. The last four years has ...Read more

Genotyping market projected to reach $37.1 bn by 2024

Health IT |  Features | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Aug, 2016

The global genotyping market is expected to reach $ 37.1 billion by 2024 according to a new report by business consulting firm, Grand View Research. The increasing demand for genotyping te...Read more