GE Healthcare is jointly investing $130 million with Pennsylvania based Cancer Treatment Services International (CTSI) to set up a chain of 25 cancer detection and treatment centers across India. GE will provide equipment while CTSI, which set up the 250-bed American Oncology Institute in Hyderabad in 2012, will take care...
Medtronic pilots novel ecosystem for ear treatment
In collaboration with a mobile health startup, a design firm and local health clinics, Medtronic is orchestrating improved diagnosis and treatment of ear infections and hearing loss in India. Medtronic is funding a 70,000 patient pilot but sees it as a program that’s both scalable and self-sustaining. Called Shruti, the programs has screened 11,000...
Capri-Sun Enters India market with Fruit Juice for Children
Capri-Sun has entered the India market in partnership with Hyderabad-based company SDU Beverages. "With the second largest population in the world, India's beverage market opens up great potential for us. To establish Capri-Sun in India is a big challenge we know that ...but we also are sure it offers unlimited...
St Jude to launch medical devices in India
St Jude Medical Inc (a global medical device company based in the US) will make its latest technologies available to patients in India. It will launch Quadripolar technology which will help treat patient with heart failure. According to Kaustav Banerjee, country manager of St Jude, India is a focus market...
Covidien opens 2nd R&D Center in Asia
Leading healthcare products maker Covidien plc. has announced the inauguration of its latest Research and Development facility called the China Technology Center (“CTC”) in Shanghai, China. The center aims to collaborate with local medical practitioners to develop innovative medical devices to cater to the Chinese as well as other emerging...
8 Indian Cities listed among Economist Intelligence Unit's Top 120
According to the Economist Intelligence Unit list of top 120 HotSpot global cities, 12 American cities make the cut, led by New York City. The first Indian city that figures on the list is Delhi at #68, edging out Mumbai at #70 and Bangalore at #79. Other Indian cities on...