Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche Pharma announced a minimum investment of $1.9 billion in India over the next five years. This commitment was detailed by Francois du Toit, Area Head for Roche, during the India-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Prosperity Summit. The move underscores Roche's view of India as a critical...
India’s Government Invests in Technology for Citizens’ Access to Healthcare
India provides healthcare in an affordable, efficient, and effective manner to its population of 1.4+ billion, a number that is nearly 5 times the size of the U.S.— the majority of which is not even located in large cities, says Forbes. In 2018, India launched of "Ayushman Bharat," the world’s...
Harsh Vardhan: Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology, Earth Sciences
Born in New Delhi on December 13, 1954, Harsh Vardhan is a physician with a degree from GSVM Medical College in Kanpur. As junior Minister for Health in 1994 he implemented the pilot project of the Pulse Polio Program, which involved the immunization of one million children up to the...
Ravi Shankar Prasad: Minister for Law, Communications, Electronics, India, 2019
Ravi Shankar Prasad was born on August 30, 1954 in Patna the capital city of the northern state of Bihar. He has post graduate degrees in Political Science as well as Law. In 1995, Prasad became a member of the National Executive Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Later, he...
Morgan Stanley Invests in India's Manipal Health
New York City headquartered Morgan Stanley's India Infrastructure arm will invest $14 million in Bangalore-based Manipal Health Enterprise Private Limited. HealthMaP Diagnostics Private Limited, a joint venture between Manipal Health and Philips India Limited, will use the capital to expand its presence to 75 centers in the next three years....
Data Analytics Firms to Identify Malpractices in Ayushman Bharat
Five players in the data and analytics field will compete to detect malpractice in hospitals that are part of the Indian government's flagship health insurance plan Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana under Ayushman Bharat, for a period of six months. The best performer among the five will be taken on...