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Aster DM Healthcare and Quality Care India ink definitive agreements for merger
Aster DM Healthcare, one of India's largest and fastest growing integrated healthcare service providers, and Quality Care India Limited (QCIL), backed by Blackstone and TPG, one of the largest privately held hospital chains in India with + a focus on emerging cities, have signed definitive agreements for a merger.
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BioSpectrum India Jan 2025
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$3B annual investment opportunity in climate-health adaptation for India
Quadria Capital, in association with HealthQuad and PwC India, has released a critical new report titled 'Financing the ClimateHealth Frontier: Emerging Opportunities.'
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BioSpectrum India Jan 2025
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Piramal Alternatives Fund invests Rs 185 Cr in 3Gen Consulting
Piramal Alternatives Fund has entered into definitive agreements to invest upto Rs 185 crore via convertible instruments in 3Gen Consulting, a leading healthcare consulting and revenue cycle solutions provider with presence in India and across USA.
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BioSpectrum India Jan 2025
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Jagat Pharma endeavours for Rs 250+ Cr revenue by FY 2027
Jagat Pharma, a trusted name in Ayurvedic wellness, is poised for remarkable growth as it targets revenue exceeding Rs 250 crore by the financial year 2027.
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BioSpectrum India Jan 2025
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Health Ministry signs MoU with Banaras Hindu University and Ministry of Education to support Institute of Medical Sciences
Union Health Ministry has entered into a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and Ministry of Education to provide enhanced funding and technical support to Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS), BHU.
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BioSpectrum India Jan 2025
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CDSCO approves robotic system for telesurgery by SS Innovations
The developer of the country's first indigenous surgical robotic technology, SS Innovations, the visionary force behind Madein-India SSI Mantra Surgical Robotic System, has achieved a historic feat in Indian medical science by becoming the first and only company in India to receive Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO)'s regulatory approval for Telesurgery and Teleproctoring, signifying a monumental leap in surgical robotics.
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BioSpectrum India Jan 2025
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Agilent releases nextgen HPLC systems with enhanced automation and sustainability capabilities
Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced the release of its next generation Agilent InfinityLab LC Series portfolio, which includes the 1290 Infinity III LC, 1260 Infinity III Prime LC, and 1260 Infinity III LC systems, all including the biocompatible versions.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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Univercells Technologies launches miniaturised scale-X Nexo Bioreactor
Univercells Technologies has announced the launch of its latest innovation, the scale-X nexo bioreactor.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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Thermo Fisher and Telangana to establish Bioprocess Design Centre for novel biotherapeutics
Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Telangana to establish a Bioprocess Design Centre (BDC) in Genome Valley, Hyderabad.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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VFL Sciences announces launch of GreatFlo Parallel Bioreactors and Fermentors
Chennai-based VFL Sciences has announced the launch of GreatFlo Parallel, a range of seamlessly parallel Bioreactors and Fermentors at the IKMC 2024 event organised by IKP Knowledge Park at Hyderabad recently, by Dr Jitendra Kumar, Managing Director, BIRAC.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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Avantor opens new innovation centre for solving life science's biggest challenges
Avantor, Inc., a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the life sciences and advanced technology industries, has announced the opening of its new flagship Bridgewater Innovation Centre.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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Waters unveils new software to deliver lab-centric business intelligence
Waters Corporation has announced the launch of waters connect Data Intelligence software, a new cloud-based application that helps customers in regulated industries improve how they access, organise, analyse, and drive productivity from laboratory information.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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INST develops unique drug delivery method to improve treatment of brain TB
Researchers at the Institute of Nano Science and Technology (INST), Mohali, have created a unique way to deliver Tuberculosis (TB) medicines directly to the brain bypassing the challenging blood-brain barrier (BBB) that limits the effectiveness of many brain TB medicines.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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New way to create hydrogels from viral protein fragments for improving drug delivery
Researchers from Bose Institute, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), in Kolkata, have discovered a new way to create hydrogels using tiny protein fragments of just five amino acids from the SARS-CoV-1 virus, that could help improve targeted drug delivery & reduce side effects.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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Lupin appoints Claus Jepsen as President, Global Specialty
Global pharma major Lupin has announced the appointment of Claus Jepsen as President, Global Specialty.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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Shyamakant Giri to join as CEO of Gland Pharma
Gland Pharma’s Board has approved the appointment of Shyamakant Giri, as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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Dr Pooja Wadwa joins Marengo Asia Hospitals as Clinical Director, Critical Care Medicine & ECMO Specialist
Marengo Asia Hospitals, Gurugram, has taken a major leap in its critical care capabilities with the appointment of Dr Pooja Wadwa as Clinical Director of Critical Care Medicine and Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Specialist.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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Zynova Shalby Hospitals names Reny Varghese as Chief Operating Officer
Zynova Shalby Hospitals, Ghatkopar, Mumbai has announced the appointment of Reny Varghese as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO).
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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MyHealthcare appoints Diwakar Bhowmik as Co-Founder & COO
MyHealthcare, a Gurugram-based health tech company revolutionising patient care with its innovative digital healthcare solutions, has announced the appointment of Diwakar Bhowmik as Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO).
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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Dr Bipin Chevale joins Gleneagles Hospitals, Parel, Mumbai as CEO
Dr Bipin Chevale has been named the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gleneagles Hospitals located in Parel, Mumbai.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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IIT Kharagpur inks MoU with Central Council for Research in Homeopathy
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT KGP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Central Council for Research (CCRH) in Homeopathy on a collaborative study between IIT KGP and CCRH on the project titled “Fourier Transform Infra-Red (FTIR) Spectroscopic Study and Raman Study in Homeopathic Potentised Medicines and Characterisation, Standardisation and Analysis of the Imponderable Medicines (X-Ray, Electricity, Magnetis Polus, Australis etc.).
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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Samsung R&D Institute, Noida and IIT Bombay sign MoU to pioneer research in digital health, AI
Samsung R&D Institute, Noida (SRI-Noida), has strengthened its commitment to industry-academia collaboration by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay).
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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IIT Madras partners with French University to offer sustainable biomanufacturing course
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) is partnering with University of Tours, France, to offer a course on ‘Sustainable Bio-Manufacturing of high-value Phytochemicals’.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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IIT Delhi launches MS (Research) programme in Healthcare Technology
As an innovative programme aimed at bridging the gap between medicine and engineering, the Centre for Biomedical Engineering (CBME) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has launched an exclusive Master of Science (Research) programme in 'Healthcare Technology'.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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Immune-boosting bacterial platform to aid nasal vaccines
Researchers at Swedish biotech company Abera Bioscience are set to test whether their bacterial-based platform could strengthen intranasal vaccines being developed to protect against epidemic and pandemic threats.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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Sudan rolls out first malaria vaccines
Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health, in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has rolled out malaria vaccines for the first time in the country to bolster efforts to protect children from the deadly disease.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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Pandemic Fund allocates second round of grants to boost preparedness in 50 countries
Concluding its second funding round, the Pandemic Fund’s Governing Board has approved $418 million in new grants designed to bolster pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response (PPR) capacities in 40 countries across six geographical regions.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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PAHO to facilitate access to maternal vaccines to protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus
Starting in the first quarter of 2025, the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), through its Regional Revolving Funds, will provide countries of the Americas with affordable access to the vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a leading cause of paediatric hospitalisation and death from respiratory infections during the first six months of life.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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Egypt receives malaria-free certification by WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has certified Egypt as malaria-free, marking a significant public health milestone for a country with more than 100 million inhabitants.
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BioSpectrum India Dec 2024
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WHO lists additional mpox diagnostic tests for emergency use
As part of ongoing efforts to enhance quality-assured testing options, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed two additional mpox in vitro diagnostics under its Emergency Use Listing (EUL) procedure.
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