Strand Life Sciences Acquires India Diagnostics Business from Quest Diagnostics

8th October, Bangalore : Strand Life Sciences, a Bangalore-based specialized research and diagnostics company today announced an agreement to acquire the India medical diagnostics business of Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX),…

Trivitron Healthcare eyes Rs 750 crore revenue in FY19

New Delhi: Domestic medical devices maker Trivitron Healthcare is looking to clock revenue of around Rs 750 crore in the current fiscal year, as it mulls inorganic growth in key…

First-ever live conference on cancer awareness held in J-K

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India]: In order to promote awareness on cancer, a 24-hour live video conference workshop was held in Jammu, as part of a two-day cancer awareness program.…

Students demand that SPPU’s health centre be ready for swine flu, dengue

With dengue and swine flu continuing their rampage in the city, students at Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) have raised concerns over the state of readiness of the varsity’s health…

26 test positive for dengue in Jammu region

Jammu: At least 26 people have tested positive for dengue in five districts of Jammu region this year, a health official said Sunday. The maximum 11 cases were reported from…

Contaminated polio drops administered to 1.10 lakh kids in Agra district

AGRA: After the detection of at least three batches of polio vaccines containing 1.5 lakh vials contaminated with type 2 polio virus, the health department has started providing inactive polio…

Sebi bans Celestial Biolabs, 2 others from the capital mkts for 10 yrs

Regulator Sebi Friday barred Celestial Biolabs as well as its chairman A N Singh and wife Padma Singh from the capital markets for 10 years for fabricating the company’s sales…

Polish lawmakers approve more talks on banning vaccinations

WARSAW: Lawmakers from Poland’s conservative ruling party have approved further parliamentary discussion over a controversial plan to abolish compulsory vaccinations for children, including those against serious diseases such as polio,…

What Indian Hospitals should learn from the Midwifery Led Care in the UK

In the UK, when a woman first discovers that she is pregnant, she is referred to a midwife, not a doctor. There’s a saying in the UK – ‘Every pregnant…

SII rotavirus vaccine gets WHO nod, to be available in poor countries soon

Pune: The city-based Serum Institute of India’s (SII) thermo-stable vaccine against severe rotavirus-induced diarrhoea will soon be made available in low- and middle-income countries. The vaccine, Rotasiil, has achieved the…