Translumina eyes 25% of stents market by 2018-end
New Delhi: Domestic medical devices maker Translumina Therapeutics is eyeing a 25 per cent share in the Indian stents market by the 2018-end as it expands manufacturing capacity to cater…
Neuberg Diagnostics to invest Rs 300 cr for expansion
Mumbai: Neuberg Diagnostics, an alliance of five leading pathology laboratories from India, South Africa and the UAE, is planning to invest Rs 300 crore in India, the Middle East and…
Fortis Row: Regulator Who Said Hospitals Inflated Drug Prices Transferred
New Delhi, 9 March 2018: On March 1, 2018, Bhupendra Singh, the head of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) with a year of his tenure left, was transferred to…
‘Will submit AIIMS proposal to Centre soon’
COIMBATORE: State health secretary J Radhakrishnan on Friday said health minister C Vijayabaskar was all set to take up the issue of setting up an AIIMS hospital in Tamil Nadu…
Diagnostic center for poor to be built under PSU, costing Rs 6.20 crores
GURUGRAM: In a bid to provide affordable healthcare to the people, the district administration will soon set up a diagnostic centre in sector 39. The center will be part of…
Driven by ‘Make in India’ spirit, World is her Oyster
New Delhi: As her 7 year old daughter Aadya is raring to do, Punita Sharma Arora, Co-Founder, Translumina Therapeutics, did not as such want to be a pilot to fly…
Role of stainless steel in hospitals highlighted in new study
VIJAYAWADA: The vital role played by stainless steel in maintaining the sanitary environment of operating theatres and hospitals has been highlighted in a new study by World Steel Association, or…
Par panel anguished over under-utilised beds at Safdarjung hospital
New Delhi: Anguished over 800 beds at the new super-speciality building of Safdarjung hospital remaining under-utilised, a parliamentary panel today recommended the government to consider a proposal to transfer the…
‘Advanced cervical cancer needs chemo-radiotherapy, not surgery’
MUMBAI: An eleven-year-long trial by the Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) has established that women with advanced cervical cancer should not be treated with surgery, which is widely offered the world…
Breast cancer screening guidelines may lead to delayed diagnosis in non-white women
The current guidelines for mammographic breast cancer screening, which are based on data from primarily white populations, may lead to delayed diagnosis in nonwhite women, according to a report published…
