Healthcare
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun of US win Medicine Nobel for discovery of microRNA
08 Oct 2024
Victor Ambros, a professor at the Harvard Medical School and Gary Ruvkun, an investigator with Massachusetts General Hospital, jointly won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Govt extends Rs5 lakh free insurance cover to all citizens above 70 years
12 Sep 2024
The union cabinet on Wednesday approved the extension of health insurance coverage to all senior citizens aged 70 years and above, irrespective of income, in a move that will benefit 45 million families.
Siemens Healthineers submits binding offer for Novartis’s molecular imaging business
27 Aug 2024
Siemens Healthiness AG is reported to have submitted a binding offer for acquiring the molecular imaging business of Swiss Drugmaker Novartis.
IIT Bombay teams up with Tata Memorial Hospital to launch gene therapy for cancer
05 Apr 2024
President of India, Droupadi Murmu, on Thursday launched India’s first home-grown gene therapy for cancer at IIT Bombay. The technology developed by Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) jointly with the Tata Memorial Hospital, has already been successfully applied on a 64-year-old man, who also became the first patient to be cured using India's own CAR-T cell therapy.
PGIMER develops new model to generate neurovascular tissues
23 Feb 2024
Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh has developed a new model for generating neurovascular tissues or neurovascular organoids/embryoids (NVOEs) from autologous blood that would help in the development of new therapies.
Max Healthcare to acquire Sahara Hospital for Rs940 cr
12 Dec 2023
Max Healthcare Institute has agreed to acquire Lucknow-based Sahara Hospital, as it looks to expand its operations in the country.
Major U.S. health insurers Humana and Cigna set to enter merger discussions
30 Nov 2023
Cigna, a major health insurer in the U.S. healthcare sector, is reportedly engaged in discussions for a merger with its peer, Humana.
WHO, Ayush ministry collaborate to promote traditional medicine
18 Nov 2023
India's ministry of Ayush and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have entered into a `Traditional and Complementary Medicine 'Project Collaboration Agreement'
Blackstone to enter into Indian healthcare sector with acquisition of Care Hospitals
31 Oct 2023
A statement published on Monday, 30 October, 2023, by Blackstone indicated that they will buy a majority stake in India’s Care Hospital from a fund belonging to asset management firm TPG.
Singapore’s Temasek buys majority stake in Manipal Hospitals
06 Apr 2023
Temasek acquired an additional 41 per cent stake in Manipal Health through Sheares Healthcare India for Rs16,375 cr, taking its stake in India’s second-largest hospital chain to 59 per cent
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