After 80 years in business, the Shreveport, Lousiana-based accounting firm Heard, McElroy & Vestal, LLC has gone multinational with an office in Ahmedabad, India. The Indian office, which opened Aug. 3, will join the growing company's roughly 170 employees in Shreveport, Monroe and Longview. Ahmedabad is the largest city in the western...
Guardant Health Introduces Non Invasive Cancer Screening in India
Palo Alto, CA-headquartered Guardant Health, in partnership with Ahmedabad, India-based Zydus Lifesciences, is set to introduce Shield, a blood-based cancer detection test in India, to support early diagnosis across multiple cancer types. The launch comes amid rising cancer incidence in India, as well as a growing emphasis on non-invasive diagnostics...
India Expands Fast Track Entry at 13 Airports
India has broadened its Fast Track Immigration – Trusted Traveler Program (FTI-TTP) to include 13 major international airports, aiming to streamline the immigration process for both arriving and departing travelers. Originally launched in 2024, the program was first implemented at key metro hubs. FTI-TTP is designed to reduce wait times...
U.S. Opens New Consulates, Increases Staff in India
A new U.S.consulate has recently been inaugurated at Hyderabad, India, said U.S. Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, during an interactive session organized by the New Delhi-based Observer Research Foundation. "We are increasing the staff strength in New Delhi, and premises have been located in Bangalore and Ahmedabad for setting up...
Viatris Finalizes Two Deals in India
Headquartered in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Viatris, a global healthcare company, announced it has finalized two deals in India to divest its API and its women’s healthcare businesses for a combined consideration of around $1.2 billion. Viatris will divest its API business in India to Iquest Enterprises, a privately held pharmaceutical company,...
India’s Neuberg Diagnostics Launches Genomics Lab
Laboratories from across India, U.S., UAE, and South Africa have united under the banner of Neuberg Diagnostics which inaugurated an upgraded genomic facility, the Neuberg Center for Genomic Medicine (NCGM) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Inauguration of the Neuberg Center for Genomic Medicine NCGM is equipped with high end -throughput sequencers, fragment...