Saturday, July 27, 2024
At the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva, union health secretary Shri Apurva Chandra addressed BRICS (an alliance of major developing countries) Health Ministers to acknowledge the need for enhanced BRICS collaboration on a range of issues, including nuclear medicine, the radio-pharmaceutical supply chain, and the “development and commercialisation of […]
India’s Peerless Hospital, Kolkata, has announced the launch of “humanoid robotics” for joint replacement surgery, posting a video explaining what the innovation will mean for patients requiring this type of surgery in the future. The robotics platform incorporates technologies including Microsoft’s Hololens, an “ergonomic, untethered self-contained holographic device” which utilises […]
Here, we take a deep dive into the current status of health tech in India, covering electronic health records, telemedicine, remote care and more. Digital health strategy In July 2020, the Indian National Health Authority published the country’s National Digital Health Mission Strategy Overview, outlining the vision of creating “a […]
Singapore-based AI solution provider Qritive has announced an upcoming collaboration with three diagnostic centres and hospitals in India: Metropolis Healthcare, the Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and CŌRE Diagnostics. The collaboration will see Qritive’s AI technology integrated into pathology workflows, in a move which the company hopes will help to improve […]
India-based Wellthy Therapeutics, an operating system for digital therapies, has announced it is taking a “step forward” by becoming part of the TruDoc (United Arab Emirates) family, bringing together TruDoc’s digital primary care services and Wellthy Therapeutics’ chronic disease management solutions. With the new union in place, Wellthy notes the […]
A report published by the US International Trade Administration has explored commercial opportunities for US firms in India across a variety of sectors including healthcare, where it identifies opportunities for US suppliers of medical devices, telemedicine solutions, AI solutions, and more. The report states that “despite numerous market challenges”, the […]
