Healthcare
Wipro acquires US firm HealthPlan Services for $460 mn
12 Feb 2016
In its second-largest acquisition, Wipro has acquired US-based HealthPlan Services from private equity firm Water Street Healthcare Partners
Hospital chains now focusing on remote healthcare
08 Feb 2016
India's top private hospitals, seizing on a shortage of critical-care doctors, are expanding into the remote management of intensive care units around the country, where the doctor is not actually on the premises but at a separate centre
Zika in Europe: pregnant Spanish woman infected
05 Feb 2016
With dozens of cases emerging in Europe and North America from travellers returning from affected areas, WHO has stressed the potential link between Zika and microcephaly — which causes children to be born with abnormally small heads
WHO declares global emergency as Zika virus spreads
02 Feb 2016
The decision was taken after an emergency meeting of of independent experts in Geneva to assess the severity of the health threat associated with the spread of Zika virus disease
Suitors in race to buy Toshiba's medical equipment unit valued at over $3 bn
27 Jan 2016
PE firm KKR & Co has teamed up with Mitsui & Co, Permira has joined hands with Konica Minolta, while Carlyle Group has roped in Sony Corp to bid for Toshiba Medical Systems
Karnataka eats crow on ICU luxury tax
21 Jan 2016
Thermo Fisher to buy Affymetrix for $1.3 bn
11 Jan 2016
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