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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min readWhen we think of innovation in healthcare, most of us tend to look for the ‘Eureka’ moments- the wonder drug that can cure cancer, the surgical procedure that can revive a brain-dead patient, the hi-tech diagnostic tool that can predict cardiac adversities. But these innovations – no matter how spectacular - are of little value ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min readIn a survey, Abott India, the global healthcare and research company, has found that around 98 percent of the 50 years- plus Indian parents living in metros have unfulfilled dreams due to lack of strength.Therefore the company is pushing its ‘Ensure nutrition supplement’ to help parents sustain their health and have a better quality life ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readHealthcare can be broadly divided into two parts – products like medicines and medical equipment, and services. Services might include retail outlets, such as dentist or medicine outlets, or might be purely service based, such as thyrocare. This blog concentrates mainly on healthcare services marketing.Healthcare services has a wide spectrum - at one end is ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 6 min readTaking up the challenge to make healthcare services affordable and accessible to the common man, entrepreneurs are using technology and digitalisation to disrupt the healthcare services space. The need to make quality healthcare accessible to India’s billion plus population has spawned a new breed of healthcare ventures in the country.The rising demand for better care ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 6 min readWho founded International Fertility Centre? What was the inspiration behind it?International Fertility Centre was founded by Dr. Rita Bakshi, my mother, and me. The story behind IFC is very interesting. I was offered a graduate position at Ernst & Young immediately after my degree in computer engineering but I was always passionate for entrepreneurship. It ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readAfter acquiring stake in health tech start-up PSTakeCare in January’16, India’s home healthcare giant Portea Medical has announced fresh acquisition of home medical equipment service provider, Health Mantra India Private Limited today.The acquisition was made for an undisclosed consideration of cash and stock, expands Portea’s penetration into large home healthcare areas like Sleep Medicine, Respiratory ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 5 min readMankind is known to utilise honey since centuries in various medical, culinary and beauty purposes. Across the globe, honey is appreciated not just for its delectable taste, but also for tons of health benefits. Indian Vedic texts elaborately describe the benefits of honey and use several metaphors for it such as ‘the nectar of ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readAs the World celebrated 26th AIDS day yesterday, India celebrates reduction in the number of new cases of HIV infections. According to the PTI report, the country sees 57 per cent fall in fresh cases of HIV infections. The report also says that the next target of the Indian government is to achieve ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readAgroTech Foods, an affiliate of ConAgra Foods Inc. of USA has recently conducted a Health and Wellness workshop to promote awareness about the health benefits of peanut butter at The Oberoi Grand in Kolkata. The workshop was hosted by Nina Singh, Senior Consulting Dietitian, Kolkata, who shared a remarkable insight about the health benefits ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readUNICEF India, Oxford University and George Institute of Global Health, UK have come together to develop a programme for media reporting on public health with a focus on routine immunisation, states a PTI report. In a joint venture, UNICEF India along with the two British universities is developing certified critical ...