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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readTaiwan-based Apex Medical Corporation has announced its foray into the Indian market, with big plans to invest about Rs 100 crore. The company, which is mainly into manufacturing of respiratory therapy and supports surface products, will initially import its products and sell them in the country through local dealers, hospitals and tenders to the ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readIT solutions and document management company SoftAge Information Technology released a press note, which disclosed that the company will diversify its business into the healthcare sector, after signing an agreement with Ravi Jaipuria (RJ) Group. The agreement inked between the two aimed to set up sample-gathering centers for the RJ Group’s diagnostic lab chain ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readEmboldened by its takeover of domestic rival Ranbaxy Laboratories, India's leading Pharma company Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd is willing to spend as much as $7 billionon further acquisitions The biggest deal till date at $3.2 billion, the Ranbaxy deal of Sun Pharma has given it sufficient scale in generics and emerging markets to think ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readAfter making big announcements of its Jan Aushadhi stores, a plan pitched by an expert panel yet to be implemented, the Union Government have plans to include 14 anti-cancer,53 cardiovascular and 14 anti-diabetic medicines in the proposed list of items under the scheme. Earlier, under the scheme, nearly 500 low-cost drugs were to be ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readYoga Guru Baba Ramdev made a public announcement recently, to open 10,000 yoga training centers in Haryana thatcould be a combination of Vedic and modern teaching methodologies. He also informed the public that these training centers would be opened on the lines of Nalanda and Takshila universities, known for ancient learning of India, which ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 2 min readLeading salon chain Naturals, which aims to open its franch ises across every nook and corner of India, have plans to rope in Bollywood’s new charm Alia Bhatt as its next brand ambassador. In an exclusive conversation with Wellness India, Co-Founder and Chairman of Naturals, C K Kumaravel unveiled his next preference for his ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 3 min readGlobally renowned eighth largest hotel chain, a part of International Vantage Group, Value Inn Worldwide & Value Hotel Worldwide has entered in Indian hospitality market through master license agreement with Miraya Hotel Management Pvt Ltd. The new partners in hospitality business have long-term plans to tap wellness market, which is slated to touch Rs1 ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readThe government has approved setting up of an All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) at Sarita Vihar in New Delhi, to come up on the lines of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Reportedly, the Upper house of Indian Parliament Rajya Sabha was informed about the government’s nod over AIIA, the first referral-cum-teaching ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readIn its pre-budget proposals, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry has suggested Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to increase import duty on medical devices product, including syringes and pacemaker. It has recommended that the basic customs duty be hiked from 5 per cent to 10 per cent in the Budget 2015, to be presented ...
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Opportunity India Desk Sep 29, 2017 - 1 min readThe Indian Medical Association (IMA) has recently announced its plans to open 1,700 adolescent clinics in India in a bid to educate the girl child on lifestyle and on reproductive and mental health, according to a IANS report. As per the latest figures, nearly two lakh children die of diarrhoea and three lakh due ...