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

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

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

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

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

'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

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

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

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

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

'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

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

Medtronic's StealthStation cranial software receives FDA clearance

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

Medtronic plc announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance of StealthStation Cranial Software as an aid for deep brain stimulation (DBS) lead placement. The software...Read more

GE Healthcare starts Bengaluru accelerator for startups

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

5.8 billion. That's the number of people who need access to good quality healthcare. Partnering with Unitus Fund, Acumen, Aavishkar-Intellecap Group, and Villgro, GE Healthcare has started ...Read more

Technology graces Healthcare at 1st Medical Electronics Innovation Summit

Health IT |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 Sep, 2016

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology launched the first edition of the Medical Electronics Innovation Summit 2016 at IIT Powai in Mumbai. The Summit was inaugurated by Rav...Read more

Syngene buys Strand's Systems Biology and Pharma Services

Health IT |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 23 Sep, 2016

Syngene International  has announced that they have completed a deal through which Syngene has purchased assets of Strand Life Sciences related to systems biology, Heptox and pharma bioinf...Read more

Practo hosts Loop in New Delhi

Health IT |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 20 Sep, 2016

Practo, a leading healthcare platform hosted India's largest annual conglomeration of thought leaders in healthcare, Loop to get valuable insights on 'Advancing Healthcare through Technolog...Read more

Uptake Medical is now part of Broncus Medical

Health IT |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Oct, 2016

Broncus Holding Company (BHC), announced that it has acquired the assets of privately held Uptake Medical Corp, the manufacturer of vapor technology for the bronchoscopic ablation of emphys...Read more