RedBrick AI raises $4.6M to accelerate the development of healthcare AI

Health-tech startup RedBrick AI, with operations in the US & India, has raised $4.6 million in seed funding rou...

November 24, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore's Claritas HealthTech announces India operations focusing on AI assisted diagnostic tools

Singapore based Claritas HealthTech, a healthcare technology company specialising in advanced medical image enhancement ...

November 22, 2022 | Tuesday | News
West introduces gamma irradiated flip-off seals in India, Asia Pacific markets

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. has recently expanded its seal offerings by launching Gamma Irradiated Flip-Off&...

November 22, 2022 | Tuesday | News
India's Indegene to scale up AstraZeneca’s omnichannel operations across the globe

Bangalore headquatered, Indegene, a digital-first, life sciences commercialization company, has announced that it is hel...

November 2, 2022 | Wednesday | News
“The most intriguing aspect of diabetes care is the relentless pursuit of orally active insulin”

What are the latest developments in diabetes treatment drugs and therapeutics in Asia and globally as well?  It is...

November 7, 2022 | Monday | Opinion
South Asia’s first most advanced model of Cath Lab opens in India

DY Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, one of Mumbai’s most renowned healthcare facilities has ...

October 28, 2022 | Friday | News
Bengaluru Tech Summit 2022: Celebrating 25 years & preparing for decades ahead

Bengaluru Tech Summit 2022, Asia's most prestigious and sought-after technology summit, is all set to open its doors on ...

October 18, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Lupin partners with global agencies to support tuberculosis prevention

Indian pharma major Lupin has reached an agreement with Unitaid, The Aurum Institute, the Clinton Health Access Initiati...

October 7, 2022 | Friday | News
Indian firm Excelra expands scientific products footprint in Japanese market

India-based Excelra has announced a partnership with Patcore, Inc., providing greater access to Excelra's scientific dat...

September 21, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Bugworks Research, Cytecare lay focus on accelerating immuno-oncology therapies

Indian startup Bugworks Research, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, and Cytecare Cancer Hospitals have announc...

September 19, 2022 | Monday | News
Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 intranasal vaccine gets 'emergency use' approval in India

Indian firm Bharat Biotech has announced that iNCOVACC (BBV154) has received approval under Restricted Use in Emergency ...

September 7, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Wipro GE Healthcare launches first Made in India 'AI enabled Cath lab'

GE Healthcare, a leading global medical technology, diagnostics and digital solutions innovator, has announced the launc...

September 6, 2022 | Tuesday | News
India develops novel virus-like particle to combat COVID-19 & variants

A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed and tested a novel virus-like particle (V...

September 2, 2022 | Friday | News
Novo Holdings leads $50 M investment in India's MedGenome

Indian firm MedGenome has announced a $50 million investment led by Novo Holdings, an international leader in life scien...

August 30, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Sonde Health inks multi-year partnership with Koye Pharma for COPD diagnosis

US-based Sonde Health, a leading enterprise vocal biomarker company, has signed a multi-year agreement with Koye Pharmac...

August 25, 2022 | Thursday | News
US-based CELLINK to establish Centre of Excellence in India for 3D bioprinting

CELLINK, the global leader in developing 3D bioprinters, and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) are partnering to es...

August 25, 2022 | Thursday | News
Indo-Japanese Chronic Total Occlusion summit demonstrates revolutionary techniques

Indo Japaneses CTO Club (IJCTO) recently organised the 8th Live Summit on Chronic Total Occlusion in Gurugram, India. Th...

August 22, 2022 | Monday | News
HORIBA, SigTuple partner to drive AI-powered digital microscopy

Japanese firm HORIBA and Indian startup SigTuple have announced a partnership to accelerate the adoption of SigTuple&rsq...

August 22, 2022 | Monday | News
CitiusTech aims to increase headcount by 2000 in coming year

CitiusTech, a leading provider of consulting and digital technology to healthcare and life sciences companies, is planni...

August 22, 2022 | Monday | News
AstraZeneca partners with Alveofit lung diseases management in India

AstraZeneca India has announced its partnership with Alveofit, a SaaS-IoT enabled respiratory healthcare platform, to of...

August 19, 2022 | Friday | News
India's Molbio Diagnostics launches Truenat RT-PCR Test for HIV 1/ HIV 2

Molbio Diagnostics, India’s leading in-vitro diagnostics company and inventor of the Truenat technology, has launc...

August 17, 2022 | Wednesday | News
GoMedii eyes Africa, Bangladesh markets to boost medical tourism

Indian health-tech startup GoMedii aims to act as a digital enabler for quality and affordable healthcare for overseas p...

August 17, 2022 | Wednesday | News
India to pioneer next-generation snakebite therapy

Bharat Serums and Vaccines (BSV), a leading biopharmaceutical company in India, has announced a meaningful collaboration...

August 9, 2022 | Tuesday | News
LordsMed brings COVID-19 saliva-based rapid antigen test kit to India

LordsMed, the pharma division of Indian firm Lord's Mark Industries, has entered into an exclusive partnership with Sing...

August 2, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Indian firm Intas Pharma to commercialise Prestige Biopharma's cancer drug across Asia

Singapore's Prestige Biopharma and India's Intas Pharmaceuticals have announced that the two companies have entered...

July 28, 2022 | Thursday | News
Fujifilm unveils two new NURA health centres for cancer screening in India

Japanese firm Fujifilm Corporation has announced the opening of two new NURA health screening centres focusing on cancer...

July 21, 2022 | Thursday | News
India develops bio-inspired artificial muscle for medical prostheses

The Smart Materials, Structures and Systems (SMSS) Lab   at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, ...

July 20, 2022 | Wednesday | News
India, Korea explore potential collaborations on academic and research programmes

Dr YJ Park, Director, Indo-Korean Center for Research and Innovation (IKCRI), New Delhi, and Hyo Hee Lee, the Science an...

June 24, 2022 | Friday | News
WHO South-East Asia unveils Book capturing elimination of infectious diseases

A book titled ‘Elimination of Infectious Diseases from the South-East Asia Region Keeping the Promise’ was r...

June 22, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Tainted CDSCO official under CBI net for bribery charges

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in India recently arrested Joint Drugs Controller S Eswara Reddy and...

June 22, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Medtronic launches new technology in India to treat brain aneurysms

India Medtronic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Medtronic plc, has announced the launch of CE marked fourth-generatio...

June 1, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Dr. Reddy's signs multi-country deal for gastroenterology in India & select Emerging Markets

Indian firm Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories has entered into an exclusive partnership with South Korea-based HK inno.N Co...

May 19, 2022 | Thursday | News
India develops tiny robots to enhance dental care

Nano-sized robots manipulated using a magnetic field can help kill bacteria deep inside dentinal tubules, and boost the ...

May 17, 2022 | Tuesday | News
India launches angel investor network to raise Rs 350 Cr investment for biotech startups

To unlock the potential of Indian startups, the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) has collabora...

May 11, 2022 | Wednesday | News
India-Australia collaboration to develop ‘variant-proof’ COVID-19 vaccine

Norway-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) is providing funding of up to $19.3 million to suppo...

May 10, 2022 | Tuesday | News
India suggests use of asthma drug to block crucial SARS-CoV-2 protein

A drug used to treat asthma and allergies can bind to and block a crucial protein produced by the virus SARS-CoV-2, and ...

April 27, 2022 | Wednesday | News
India conducts first ever nationwide epidemiological diabetes study

A nationwide study funded by the Indian Council of Medical Research and coordinated by the Madras Diabetes Research Foun...

April 22, 2022 | Friday | News
AI-driven Israeli company Embryonics partners with Indian Fertility Centre

Israel-based data-driven fertility company Embryonics announced its first collaboration in India with Jaslok-FertilTree ...

April 20, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Fujitsu launches new research centre in India to accelerate innovation in AI & ML

Japan-based Fujitsu has announced a key development in its global innovation strategy with the establishment of a new re...

April 18, 2022 | Monday | News
GCC countries to explore digital pathology platforms for cancer diagnostics

India-based Medical AI software company Crosscope Inc. partners with Waleed Pharmacy & Stores LLC an Omar Zawaw...

April 11, 2022 | Monday | News
India-Australia join hands for joint PhD programme in science and technology

University of Melbourne in Australia and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have joined hands for the first-ever joint P...

April 8, 2022 | Friday | News
Pfizer INDovation Programme to support breakthrough healthcare innovations in India

Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, AGNIi, Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT), IIT-Delhi, Pfizer ...

April 6, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Bayer to set up 27 telemedicine centres across 8 states in India

German firm Bayer will be setting up 27 telemedicine centres in 12 districts across 8 states in India over the next two ...

April 1, 2022 | Friday | News
India develops technology to manufacture affordable & effective anti-viral fabric

After three years of rigorous research & development, Fabiosys Innovations, a deep-tech healthcare startup incubated...

March 29, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Wipro GE Healthcare bolsters leadership bench in India & South Asia

Wipro GE Healthcare, a leading global medical technology and diagnostics innovator, announced the appointment of Elie Ch...

March 24, 2022 | Thursday | News
Novavax and SII gets EUA for COVID-19 vaccines for adolescents in India

Novavax, a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infect...

March 23, 2022 | Wednesday | News
India's Amrita University launches wearable device for home monitoring of glucose and BP

Amrita University has developed a device for home-monitoring of glucose and blood pressure. Amrita Spandanam, as the dev...

March 3, 2022 | Thursday | News
$774 B revenue opportunity for India from healthcare by 2030: Report

Aspire Circle has released a report titled Investing for Impact: Healthcare, Pharma & Healthtech. Accordin...

February 23, 2022 | Wednesday | News
India designs new strategy for development of drug molecules

An interdisciplinary research group led by Prof V. Haridas from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi’s C...

February 21, 2022 | Monday | News
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel announces New Biotechnology Policy of Gujarat

Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has unveiled the new ‘Gujarat Biotechnology Policy 2022-27’ with a commitment...

February 18, 2022 | Friday | News
Indian startup Bugworks Research secures $18M to advance work in AMR

Indian startup Bugworks Research, with operations in US and Australia, has announced the financing of $18M Ser...

February 9, 2022 | Wednesday | News
India develops first universal infectious disease genomic test

HaystackAnalytics, an Indian health-tech startup, supported by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt of India...

February 8, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Russia's Sputnik Light vaccine receives authorisation in India

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF, Russia’s sovereign wealth fund) has announced that the Russian one-shot ...

February 7, 2022 | Monday | News
India-based Dr Reddy's to acquire German medical cannabis firm

Indian firm Dr Reddy's Laboratories has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Nimbus Health GmbH, a licens...

February 4, 2022 | Friday | News
US-India collaborate for development, commercialisation of first-in-class bone health drugs

CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, one of the premier drug research institutions in India and Aveta B...

February 3, 2022 | Thursday | News
Roche Diagnostics India launches COVID-19 At-Home test

Roche Diagnostics India has announced its latest diagnostic solution– the COVID-19 At-Home Test. The over-the-coun...

January 27, 2022 | Thursday | News
Researchers suggest ways to boost medicine supply deliveries in India

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Krea University, Chennai, conducted a study that can help s...

January 24, 2022 | Monday | News
Indian firm Glenmark brings nasal spray in Singapore, Hong Kong and Vietnam

India-based Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has announced that its Swiss subsidiary, Glenmark Specialty, has entered into an ex...

January 20, 2022 | Thursday | News
Indian pharma major Lupin inks partnership agreement with Foncoo for China

India-based Lupin has entered into a partnership with Shenzhen Foncoo Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (Foncoo). This is Lupin&rsqu...

January 19, 2022 | Wednesday | News
India uses 4D bioprinting for diabetic foot ulcer management

Indian pharmaceutical firm Alkem Laboratories has announced to launch a unique patented technology for the tre...

January 12, 2022 | Wednesday | News
India lays focus on developing world’s most advanced 'Artificial Heart'

The School of Medical Research and Technology (SMRT) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur has announced th...

January 5, 2022 | Wednesday | News
India's COVAXINÒ exhibits safety in paediatric subjects in Ph II/III study

Indian firm Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL), a global leader in vaccine innovation and developer of vaccines...

January 3, 2022 | Monday | News
ADB approves $1.5 B for COVID-19 vaccines in India

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $1.5 billion loan to help the Government of India purchase safe and effe...

December 1, 2021 | Wednesday | News
India's Zydus Cadila transfers plasmid DNA vaccine technology to Korea

Enzychem Lifesciences and Cadila Healthcare, a part of the Zydus Group in India, have entered a Manufacturing Licen...

November 26, 2021 | Friday | News
Emmes & MedGenome join hands to advance Rare Disease research in South Asia

US-based Emmes, a full-service Clinical Research Organization (CRO) dedicated to supporting the advancement of public he...

November 15, 2021 | Monday | News
Meiji Seika Pharma to build new facility in India for enhancing CMO biz

Japan-based Meiji Seika Pharma has announced that it has been decided to construct a new manufacturing facility at Adcoc...

November 8, 2021 | Monday | News
India, US join hands for AI-driven personalised cancer care

4baseCare, a precision oncology company in India, has announced a collaboration with Cellworks Group, Inc.,&nb...

October 27, 2021 | Wednesday | News
India launches biggest health programme post-COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic showed the relevance of ‘One Health’ principles in the governance of infectious diseases, ...

October 15, 2021 | Friday | News
Indian firm Intas Pharma makes breakthrough in antifungal therapy domain

Intas Pharmaceuticals, based in India, has made a progressive breakthrough in the Antifungal Therapy domain with th...

October 13, 2021 | Wednesday | News
India explores biomolecular relationships among COVID-19, ageing, and diabetes

Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal have recently published a review of ...

October 11, 2021 | Monday | News
India develops catalytic technology for sustainable production of chiral APIs

India is heavily dependent on importing (~85%) Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), and a significant proportion of...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
Rising innovation index of Indian Life Sciences Sector

Over the years, the life sciences sector in India has grown significantly. The country’s substantial expertise in ...

October 5, 2021 | Tuesday | Opinion
Roche Diagnostics launches cobas pure integrated solutions analyzer in India

Roche Diagnostics India has announced the launch of cobas pure integrated solutions analyzer with a more intelligent sys...

September 30, 2021 | Thursday | News
Thermo Fisher Scientific to manufacture nucleic acid isolation kits in India

Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, will manufacture its Applied Biosystems MagMAX Dx Pr...

September 29, 2021 | Wednesday | News
India unveils AI tool to predict risk of cardiovascular disease

Apollo Hospitals in India has announced the national launch of an AI (artificial intelligence) tool to predict risk of c...

September 28, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Fujifilm launches new software version to enhance colonoscopy in India

Fujifilm India has launched a new software version of “CAD EYE”, a function which supports real time detecti...

September 27, 2021 | Monday | News
Serum Institute, Novavax submit COVID-19 vaccine emergency use listing to WHO

Indian vaccine manufacturer Serum Institute of India (SII) and its US-based partner Novavax, have announced a regulatory...

September 24, 2021 | Friday | News
India gives nod to use of inhaled Ampion for COVID-19-related respiratory distress

US-based Ampio Pharmaceuticals has announced regulatory approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) ...

September 22, 2021 | Wednesday | News
India approves Israel-based neuro focused ultrasound platform

Insightec®, headquarterd in Israel and the US, has announced that its incisionless neurosurgery platform, the Exabla...

September 20, 2021 | Monday | News
India to collaborate with East Asian partners for COVID-19 vaccines, medical technologies

At the 9th EAS-EMM (East Asia Summit-Economic Ministers’ Meeting), Anupriya Patel, Minister of State for...

September 16, 2021 | Thursday | News
India, Australia to appoint Academic Chair in Ayurveda

All India Institute of Ayurveda under Ministry of Ayush has signed a MoU in coordination with NICM Western Sydney Univer...

September 7, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Indian firm Lupin inks partnership with TB alliance to address drug resistance

US headquartered TB Alliance has granted Indian pharma firm Lupin, a non-exclusive license to manufacture the anti-TB dr...

September 6, 2021 | Monday | News
India approves Ph III trials of Biological E's COVID-19 vaccine candidate

Indian firm Biological E. has received Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approval for conducting Phase III Compar...

September 3, 2021 | Friday | News
Medtronic establishes surgical skills lab in India

Sher-I-Kashmir Institute Of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) and India Medtronic Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of I...

August 31, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Bharat Biotech announces global Chikungunya vaccine Ph II/III trial in Costa Rica

South Korea-based International Vaccine Institute (IVI) has announced that the first participant has received Indian fir...

August 25, 2021 | Wednesday | News
India's first mRNA-based vaccine moves into Phase II/III trial

Indian firm Gennova Biopharmaceuticals working on the nation's first mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine, submitted the interim ...

August 24, 2021 | Tuesday | News
World’s first Plasmid DNA vaccine for COVID-19 receives EUA in India

Indian pharma firm Zydus Cadila has received the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the Drug Controller General of I...

August 20, 2021 | Friday | News
Agilent reveals development of COVID-19 severity screening method

Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced that researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) ...

August 19, 2021 | Thursday | News
Wipro GE Healthcare opens first SonoSim CoE Lab in South Asia region

Wipro GE Healthcare has launched their first ever GE-SonoSim Simulation Centre Of Excellence (CoE) Lab in the South...

August 18, 2021 | Wednesday | News
India develops bio-nanocarrier to effectively treat visceral leishmaniasis

Indian researchers have developed a non-invasive, easy to administer, cost-effective, and patient compliant potential th...

August 16, 2021 | Monday | News
India sets up site-specific robotic oncology centre with specialised surgeons

India's Apollo Proton Cancer Centre, the first Proton Therapy Centre in South Asia & the Middle East gets ...

August 12, 2021 | Thursday | News
Baring Private Equity Asia buys Hinduja Group's healthcare biz for $1.2 B

Indian firm Hinduja Group’s business process management entity, Hinduja Global Solutions Limited (HGS) h...

August 10, 2021 | Tuesday | News
UK firms to support Indian biotherapeutic companies with antibody development

Fusion Antibodies, pre-clinical antibody discovery, and development experts, and BioTickle, their exclusive distributor ...

August 6, 2021 | Friday | News
Novavax, Serum Institute seek nanoparticle COVID-19 vaccine approval in India, Indonesia, Philippines

US-based Novavax, Inc. with its partner, Serum Institute of India (SII), has announced that the companies have filed reg...

August 6, 2021 | Friday | News
WNS launches Cloud-based CI platform for Pharma, Bio-pharma, Life Sciences Industry

WNS (Holdings) Limited, a leading provider of global Business Process Management (BPM) solutions, introduced- PRE...

August 3, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Glenmark, SaNOtize to commercialise COVID-19 nasal spray in Asia

Indian firm Glenmark Pharmaceuticals and Canadian biotech firm SaNOtize Research & Development Corp have announced a...

August 2, 2021 | Monday | News
India's HMD launches improved 3-Way stop Cock for medical fluid transfusion

India's Hindustan Syringes and Medical Devices (HMD) has introduced a new and improved 3-way Stop Cock - ...

July 30, 2021 | Friday | News
Indian firm Lupin acquires Southern Cross Pharma in Australia

Generic Health, the Australia based wholly-owned subsidiary of global pharma major Lupin Limited (Lupin), headquartered ...

July 30, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore's MCE invests in India-based MedTel for e-pharmacy business

Catalist-listed Metal Component Engineering Limited ("MCE"), through its subsidiary, Metal Precision Services Pte Ltd, e...

July 29, 2021 | Thursday | News
NewQuest acquires minority stake in Cloudnine chain of hospitals across India

NewQuest Capital Partners, the leading dedicated secondary private equity platform focused on the Asia-Pacific region, h...

July 28, 2021 | Wednesday | News