GE Healthcare has chosen six Indian startups as part of the first cohort of its first collaboration program, Edison[X]. The startups chosen are Synapsica, DeepTek, 5C Network, Cancer Moonshot, ORBO AI and Predible. These startups will work towards developing solutions on the Edison platform for tough healthcare challenges existing today. “Edison[X]...
Lupin of India launches device
India's Lupin Limited announced the launch of “ADHERO,” a new connected smart device for metered-dose inhalers (MDI) . This first-of-its-kind device is designed to help patients with chronic respiratory diseases track their inhaler usage and facilitate improved adherence to therapy. Inhalers are the preferred treatment option for managing the rising...
Co-Diagnostics Gains Approval for 5 Molecular Diagnostics Tests
Co-Diagnostics, a Utah-based molecular diagnostics company, says its joint venture for manufacturing, CoSara Diagnostics Pvt Ltd has obtained regulatory clearance for five tests in India. The clearance obtained is to manufacture and sell in the form of in vitro diagnostics ("IVDs") from their facility in Ranoli, India. “India is soon...
Sabinsa moves to spread out turmeric risk in face of monsoon variability
Sabinsa Corporation has moved to disperse its turmeric supply in the face of environmental challenges in India even as it launches a new ingredient to make more use of the raw material it already harvests.
Indian Med-Tech Group Seeks Court Help To Battle Regulation
A draft notification issued by the health ministry and aims to bring all medical devices under the purview of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1950. This will mean that all devices including instruments, apparatus, appliances, implants, material or other articles, whether used alone or in combination, including software or an...
Ritesh Agarwal, the Amazingly Ambitious Hotelier
When he was 19, Agarwal spent three months traveling around India. In places such as Darjeeling, Delhi, Goa, Kerala, and Rajasthan, he lived a budget traveler’s nightmare: filthy hotels with dirty sheets, roaches, bedbugs, peeling wall paint, doors that didn’t close properly, foam blocks that passed as mattresses, and buckets...