Chicago based Abbott Labs has partnered with India's 1mg.com make Abbott’s continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) products available online, including its professional flash glucose monitoring system, FreeStyle ® Libre Pro. Patients in India can upload a healthcare practitioner’s prescription and purchase the product online on 1mg. An on-site phlebotomy service will be provided...
Abbott Launches New Digital Health Services in India
Lake Bluff, Illinois headquartered global healthcare company, Abbott, inaugurated its new digital health service in India as part of its global a:care program. India is the first country where Abbott has launched this digital platform, which can be accessed at www.acare.co.in or as a web app downloaded from the Android...
Abbott and "Malaria No More" Partner to Combat Malaria in India
Chicago, Illinois-headquartered Abbott is supporting a partnership between the government of India's eastern state of Odisha and Malaria No More, a Seattle-based nonprofit organization that aims to eradicate malaria in the world. Abbot has provided technology, expertise, and funding support to advance efforts to end malaria in the state. The...
150 Pharma Manufacturing Units Approved in Gujarat, India
The Gujarat Food and Drug Control Administration approved layout designs of 150 pharmaceutical companies including Illinois-based Abbott, Baxter, Israel-based Teva, Japanese company Otsuka Pharmaceutical, among others, from July 2017 onward. The manufacturing units include APIs, formulations, and medical device units. In Gujarat, a manufacturing park which will help reduce capital...
India Regulator to Review Stent Price Controls
In July 2016, the Government of India decided to cap the prices of drug-eluting and bare-metal stents, and in February 2017, the ceiling price of bare metal stents was set at $108, while the price of drug-eluting stents was set at $442 before taxes, which for some products was a...
India Improves Investor Appeal
You may want to take a fresh look at business opportunities and investments in India, if a new World Bank report is to be believed. In November 2001, Goldman Sachs published a landmark paper where they identified India, along with Brazil, China, and Russia as the four “BRIC” economies that...