Specialty Clinics

Drugmaker Torrent Pharmaceuticals Acquires Bio-Pharm Inc.

Opportunity India Desk Jan 20, 2018 - 1 min read

Drugmaker Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd has acquired US-based generic pharmaceuticals company Bio-Pharm, Inc. for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition will help Torrent Pharma diversify its dosage form, expand its presence in the US and will provide it with manufacturing and R&D capabilities in that country. Established in 1992, Bio-Pharm, manufactures and develops oral solutions, suspensions and ...

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ICICI Lombard Launches App To Transform OPD Health Insurance

Opportunity India Desk Jan 25, 2018 - 1 min read

Private sector general insurance firm ICICI Lombard today launched a health insurance app - 'IL TakeCare' that takes cares of Outpatient (OPD) expenses of all its customers. ICICI Lombard General Insurance, MD, Bhargav Dasgupta said “The app meets key customer requirements with respect to their primary healthcare needs. This includes hassle-free, real-time claim authentication of ...

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Mini Versions of Patients’ Tumors Successfully Grown to Fight Cancer

Opportunity India Desk Feb 26, 2018 - 1 min read

Scientists have been successful to grow mini tumours in a lab that will be used to test various drugs invented for cancer in order to find the best treatment. According to a study published in Journal Science, scientists treated the tumours with a dozen drugs. As a result, they found that 9 out of 10 ...

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AwesomeChef launches DIY Nutribowl health meal kits

Opportunity India Desk Mar 14, 2018 - 1 min read

With the rising health consciousness among the people and incidents of food borne diseses, food start-up AwesomeChef  is eyeing huge potential for its do-it-yourself (DIY) Nutribowl health meal kits. The meal kits contain unprocessed food, rice or wheat along with the fresh ingredients measured for one person along with the recipe. The inustructions serve the ...

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Aditya Birla Health Insurance 'Activ Assure' Continues To Endorse Healthy Living

Opportunity India Desk Mar 16, 2018 - 2 min read

The health insurance arm of Aditya Birla Capital Limited, Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Limited. (ABHICL) has recently launched 'Activ Assure'- a health insurance product, key offering from its 'Protection' portfolio. 'Activ Assure' is a health insurance offering incorporating ABHICL's unique HealthReturnsTM program that incentivizes customers upto 30% of their premium as HealthReturnsTM by tracking ...

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Tata Trusts, Google In Talks For cancer care pact

Opportunity India Desk Mar 30, 2018 - 1 min read

Tata Trusts and search engine Google are exploring options to use the tech giant’s latest solutions to access primary health and cancer care for the poor in India. Tata Trusts chairman Ratan Tata met Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin along with chief executive Sundar Pichai at their headquarters in California to discuss the ...

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US may revoke special tariff if India continues pricing control on medical devices

Opportunity India Desk Apr 04, 2018 - 2 min read

The US Trade Representative (USTR) is considering to revoke special tariff provided to India if it continues with its pricing policy on medical devices manufactured by American companies, two people aware of the development said. The USTR representatives, who are expected to visit India on April 9, will be meeting Indian authorities on this issue ...

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Renuka Ramnath exits Fortis advising committee on M&A Deals

Opportunity India Desk Apr 26, 2018 - 1 min read

Renuka Ramnath, founder of private equity firm Multiples Alternate Asset Management, has resigned from the advisory committee constituted for the evaluation binding bids for its sale by the board of Fortis Healthcare Ltd. An advisory panel set up by the Fortis board was scheduled to meet on Wednesday to evaluate multiple bids. It is set ...

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Tata Trusts to set up Cancer Care Hospital in Bhubaneswar

Opportunity India Desk May 07, 2018 - 2 min read

Tata Trusts has announced to set up and manage a state-of-the-art cancer treatment and research hospital in Bhubaneswar. Odisha government on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tata Trusts for the same. The state government will provide 25-acre land free of cost for the Tata’s Cancer Care Centre, which will be similar to ...

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Fortis subsidiary EHIRCL directed to pay Rs 503 cr to DGHS within a month

Opportunity India Desk May 29, 2018 - 2 min read

India’s second-leading healthcare chain, Fortis Healthcare has stated that its subsidiary Escort Heart Institute & Research Centre has been directed to deposit Rs 503.36 crore to Director General of Health Services within a month on account of unwarranted profit. Fortis said Escort Heart Institute & Research Centre (EHIRCL) had received an order dated June 9, ...

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