Lancet Commission proposes urgent recommendations for COVID-19 response in India

The Lancet Citizens’ Commission on Reimagining India’s Health System was launched in December 2020 with the ...

May 26, 2021 | Wednesday | News
RDIF, Panacea Biotec launch production of Sputnik V in India

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund) and Panacea Biotec, one of the leading v...

May 24, 2021 | Monday | News
Indian scientists shed light on evolution of Mimivirus and other giant viruses

Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay shed light on the origins of Mimivirus and other giant viru...

May 14, 2021 | Friday | News
Chinese firm licenses-out CAR-T therapy to Dr Reddy's Labs in India

Indian firm Dr. Reddy's Laboratories and Shenzhen Pregene Biopharma, based in China, have announced an agreement whereby...

May 14, 2021 | Friday | News
India develops AI tool to detect COVID-19 in Chest X-rays

India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an artificial intelligence algorithm...

May 10, 2021 | Monday | News
Taiwan shares 150 oxygen concentrators, 500 cylinders with India

Taiwan shared a total of 150 oxygen concentrators and 500 oxygen cylinders with India to support the country's figh...

May 10, 2021 | Monday | News
FedEx delivers COVID-19 relief aid to India

FedEx is currently supporting the transportation of more than 25,000 oxygen concentrators and transducers through initia...

May 10, 2021 | Monday | News
Oxford’s malaria vaccine shows significant 75% efficacy in early trial

A malaria vaccine created by scientists at the University of Oxford’s Jenner Institute has been found to be 77% ef...

May 4, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Korean firm Pharmcadd plans expansion in India, US & France

South Korea's Pharmcadd Co. Ltd., a developer of artificial intelligence (AI) and physics-based drug discovery platform,...

May 4, 2021 | Tuesday | News
US firm donates hundreds of non-invasive ventilators to India

Nanotronics Health, LLC, a US based healthcare technology company whose mission is to create and build urgently needed m...

May 3, 2021 | Monday | News
India's Ab-drug-conjugate API manufacturer expands to Switzerland with CHF 15 M investment

The company’s subsidiary, Carbogen Amcis AG, pharmaceutical process development and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredie...

April 29, 2021 | Thursday | News
US extends support for India’s COVID-19 crisis response

US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) and members are highlighting the efforts by leaders across the US gov...

April 26, 2021 | Monday | News
India launches MANAS, a digital platform to address mental-health

The Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India Prof. K VijayRaghavan virtually launched the “MANAS&rd...

April 19, 2021 | Monday | News
Sputnik V vaccine receives authorization in India

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund) announces that Drug Controller General o...

April 13, 2021 | Tuesday | News
India's Manipal Health divests stake in hospital biz in Malaysia

Manipal Health Enterprises Pvt Ltd (Manipal Hospitals), one of India’s largest multi-speciality healthcare provide...

April 9, 2021 | Friday | News
Indian health insurance suit aims at Next-gen digital healthcare transactions

HealthEdge® the health insurance industry’s first digital interconnection system that provides ...

April 8, 2021 | Thursday | News
Cipla Therapeutics, SIGA Technologies lay focus on novel antibacterial drugs against biothreats

Cipla Therapeutics, an affiliate of Indian firm Cipla Limited, and American pharmaceutical company SIGA Technologies, In...

March 23, 2021 | Tuesday | News
India launches cloud computing upskilling solutions to enable students and entrepreneurs

The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog), and Amazon Web Serv...

March 22, 2021 | Monday | News