Health IT News
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'IT is revolutionizing the healthcare industry slowly but steadily'
Health IT | Interviews | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 04 Nov, 2016
1. Though IT has revolutionized almost all of the major sectors, Healthcare remains rather the poor user of IT, why? According to the sixth edition of consulting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmat...Read more
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Medtronic gets FDA approval for New Recaptureable TAVR System
Health IT | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 27 Oct, 2016
Medtronic plc has announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and U.S. launch of the CoreValve(TM) Evolut(TM) R 34 mm valve-the largest sized transcatheter aortic valve rep...Read more
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Philips India launches initiatives for prevention of breast cancer
Health IT | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 26 Oct, 2016
To mark Breast Cancer Week, Philips India announced the Husband Initiated Movement against Breast Cancer (HIM) campaign to raise awareness on prevention of breast cancer by educating husban...Read more
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China's sluggish economy forces us to augment our nexus in India: Hiaso Masuda
Health IT | Interviews | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 26 Oct, 2016
In India, medical technology sector is scaling up to new heights and the core reason behind this steep inclination is health awareness among the denizens of the country. Indians have now be...Read more
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'Prevention is the need of an hour'
Health IT | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 24 Oct, 2016
Omron Healthcare, globally known for home healthcare devices, celebrated its 83 anniversary. Incepted in 1933, the brand is one the international leaders in home healthcare segment. As a pa...Read more
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MedTech industry disappointed with latest regulations
Health IT | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 21 Oct, 2016
Indian medical device industry is absolutely disappointed with the second draft of the medical devices regulations, which were notified by the Union health ministry on Wednesday, which apar...Read more
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IBM, Quest Diagnostics launch Watson-powered genomic sequencing service
Health IT | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 20 Oct, 2016
IBM Watson Health and Quest Diagnostics has announced the launch of IBM Watson Genomics from Quest Diagnostics, a new service that helps advance precision medicine by combining cognitive co...Read more
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Robotic Surgery Vattikuti Fellowship for 7 Indian surgeons
Health IT | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 2 Comment | 19 Oct, 2016
Detroit headquartered Vattikuti Foundation, a non-profit focused on promoting Robotic Surgery in the India, Europe and United States, has awarded year-long fellowships to seven Indian surge...Read more
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Tata Trusts & GE Healthcare partner to skill 10,000 youth for jobs in the healthcare sector
Health IT | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 18 Oct, 2016
Tata Trusts and GE Healthcare has announced a partnership to train 10,000 youth in various technical areas of healthcare over a three-year period. The partnership will focus on bridging the...Read more
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MedTech sector urges Govt. to expedite regulatory reforms for the sector
Health IT | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 17 Oct, 2016
AiMeD, the apex body of Indian medical device manufacturers, has urged the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for speedy implementation of the decision taken three months ago by the Prim...Read more
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3M launches world's first tablet-based Mobile Intraoral Scanner
Health IT | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 12 Oct, 2016
Mobile tablets, commonplace in many aspects of clinical practice in health care settings, have arrived in the dental industry with the introduction of the 3M Mobile True Definition Scanner...Read more
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'Foldscope' fame Manu Prakash receives MacArthur 'Genius Grant'
Health IT | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 06 Oct, 2016
Assistant professor of bioengineering at Stanford Manu Prakash received the MacArthur "Genius Grant" on Sept. 21 as one of 23 recipients. The grant is awarded annually to residents or ci...Read more
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Medgenome inks deal to sequence genome of 1 lakh Asians
Health IT | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 04 Oct, 2016
MedGenome Labs has inked a pact with with South Korean biotech firm Macrogen Inc. and Singapore-based Nanyang Technological University (NTU) to sequence the whole genome of 1,00,000 people ...Read more
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Siemens' Stride Coagulation analyzer receives FDA clearance
Health IT | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 05 Oct, 2016
Siemens Healthineers announced FDA 510(k) clearance for a hand-held portable coagulation analyzer. The Xprecia Stride Coagulation Analyzer delivers fast, reliable Prothrombin Time Internati...Read more
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FDA nod for Medtronic's TrailBlazer angled peripheral support catheter
Health IT | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 30 Sep, 2016
Medtronic plc announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the TrailBlazer(TM) angled support catheter for use in the peripheral vascular system. Support catheters...Read more
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Sandoz invites young entrepreneurs to enter 'Sandoz HACk'
Health IT | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 29 Sep, 2016
Sandoz, the Novartis generic and biosimilar pharmaceutical division, announces the launch of Sandoz HACk - Healthcare Access Challenge - a global competition to generate innovative ideas an...Read more
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'The Pfizer IIT-Delhi Innovation and IP Program' announces first round of grant awardees
Health IT | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 29 Sep, 2016
The Pfizer IIT-Delhi Innovation and IP Program', an incubation accelerator initiative co-created by Pfizer and the Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) at the Indian Ins...Read more
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Mapmygenome Selected as a 2016 Red Herring Top 100 Asia Winner
Health IT | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 27 Sep, 2016
Mapmygenome India has been named in the Red Herring Top 100 Asia award winners. This list is in recognition of the leading private companies from the region, celebrating these startups' inn...Read more
