All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Dr Randeep Guleria issued a warning on Monday and expressed concern over the fact that the people of India are failing to follow Covid-19 protocols due to which the current situation is spiralling out of control. He said that the new variant of the virus is highly…
After experiencing significant successes in the region following the acquisition of Sorento in 2017, Havas Health & You, to propel this growth and strengthen meaningful global partnerships, has announced the elevation of Susan Josi as Managing Director of Havas Health & You- SEA & Middle East, and Sangeeta Barde as Managing Director of Havas Life Sorento, with immediate effect. Susan…
Cardinal Health has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Cordis business to Hellman & Friedman (H&F) for approximately $1 billion, which includes buyer’s assumption of certain liabilities and seller’s retention of certain working capital accounts. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of Cardinal Health’s fiscal year 2022,…
Global pharmaceutical major Lupin Limited and Silicon Valley-based enterprise automation start-up have announced a formalized partnership where JIFFY.ai will help to strategically expand Lupin’s automation initiatives. This agreement will provide Lupin with the ability to evolve their internal operations via JIFFY.ai‘s AUTOMATE platform, which provides cloud-native, low-code integrated solutions. JIFFY.ai will help digitize Lupin data and processes by seamlessly…
Frost & Sullivan’s recent analysis, Technological Advancements and Emerging Applications in the Global Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Market, Forecast to 2024, finds that the MRI market is diversifying with momentum in the privatization trend. Growing public-private partnerships and an increase in near-replacement time in public domains are expected to attract more MRI system procurements. Technologies…
Apollo Fertility, a part of the Apollo Health & Lifestyle and Apollo Hospitals group, announced its expansion into Northern India with the establishment of its first, state-of-the-art standalone fertility centre in Noida bringing a ray of hope to couples who are unable to conceive naturally. Spread across 6500 sqft, the standalone fertility and IVF centre is equipped…
Pune-based vaccine manufacturer, Serum Institute of India has announced the launch of India’s first indigenously developed pneumococcal vaccine – PNEUMOSIL®. The launch of the vaccine took place in the presence of Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health and Family Welfare today. PNEUMOSIL® has been developed through a collaboration spanning over a decade among Serum Institute…
Oncoseek Bio Pvt Ltd, one of the start-up companies of ASPIRE-BioNEST at University of Hyderabad has received the USISTEF under COVID-19 Ignition Grants for a “Novel therapeutic strategy to fight against Covid-19”. The project was one of the 11 selected out of 520 proposals that were received and evaluated. This is the second competitive grant…
Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) has reportedly paused its clinical trials of the Oxford Coronavirus vaccine, which were being conducted India. This comes after the Drug Control General of India (DCGI), V.G. Somani, issued a show-cause notice to the manufacturer requesting an explanation as to why they proceeded with clinical trials of the vaccine…