Hospitals & Clinics
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Opportunity India Desk Jan 25, 2018 - 1 min readPrivate 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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Opportunity India Desk Jan 20, 2018 - 1 min readDrugmaker 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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Opportunity India Desk Jan 17, 2018 - 1 min readGSK Consumer Healthcare said it has appointed Filippo Lanzi as Regional Head of Asia Pacific region. He replaces Zubair Ahmed who takes over as the Non- Executive Chairman of India Board, the company said in a statement. As Regional Head of Asia Pacific, a geography composed of 23 countries, Lanzi will report to the company's ...
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Opportunity India Desk Jan 06, 2018 - 2 min readTechnology giant Microsoft has partnered with Adaptive Biotechnologies to map the genetics of the human immune system, to improve diagnoses of cancers and other diseases. Adaptive Biotechnologies is a genomics and technology company working to map the genetics of the immune system. As per the agreement, Microsoft will bring research and large-scale machine learning and ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 27, 2017 - 1 min readAfter making headway into several markets, Patanjali Ayurveda is now eyeing the diaper and sanitary napkin industry, to take on the international companies. Patanjali spokesperson SK Gupta Tijarawala said “Patanjali will launch both kids and adult diapers and affordable sanitary napkins in the Rs 16,000-crore market in the first quarter of the next financial year.” ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 22, 2017 - 2 min readRatan Tata, the chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, and Google India’s managing director Rajan Anandan are among a group of investors backing the Bombay Hemp Company (Boheco), the first startup in the country to study the medical use of cannabis in partnership with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Mumbai-based company, which has ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 22, 2017 - 1 min readZydus Pharmaceuticals (USA) Inc has received final approval from the US health regulator to market Nifedipine extended release tablets used in treatment of hypertension and chest pain. The company has received the approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) to market the drug in the strengths of 30mg, 60mg and 90 mg, Zydus ...
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Opportunity India Desk Dec 13, 2017 - 1 min readLeading online healthy food delivery startup Healthie.in has been announced as the largest brand in healthy and fresh food delivery startups category within three months of its launch. Healthie.in offers fresh, wholesome and delicious food to customers in New Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore. The startup is serving more than 25,000 customers through ...
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Opportunity India Desk Nov 13, 2017 - 2 min readHealth-technology start-up CureFit will invest about Rs 25 crore to expand its operations to Delhi-NCR and set up 30 'Cult' premium fitness centres by December next year, along with meditation facilities and health kitchens in the region. Founded in 2016 by Myntra co-founder Mukesh Bansal and former Flipkart executive Ankit Nagori, CureFit operates in Bangalore. ...
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Opportunity India Desk Nov 09, 2017 - 2 min readKapiva Ayurveda, a disruptive ayurvedic healthcare startup backed by the Baidyanath group, plans to foray into the Bangalore and Hyderabad markets by the end of this year and raise around $10 million over the next year and a half to fund its expansion into other tier-1 cities across the country as well as build its ...