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NICU: Motherhood Hospital looks to double NICU capacity, targets more acquisitions

[ad_1] PE-backed women and child-focussed healthcare chain Motherhood Hospital is looking to double its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) capacity in the next two years. The Asia Healthcare Holdings (AHH), the holding company of the hospital chain, which operates 23 hospitals in 11 cities, is planning to scale up with some buyouts, its Executive Chairman ...

Sanofi reinvigorates India business, with eye on higher growth

[ad_1] French drugmaker Sanofi is giving fresh impetus to its India business with a new strategy that seeks to do full justice to the enormous size and potential growth opportunity in the market. The company has outlined an ‘India for India’ strategy, where it will focus on diabetes, consumer health, a combination of product innovation, ...

granules india: Granules India reports ‘information security incident’; isolates impacted IT assets

[ad_1] Drug firm Granules India on Thursday reported an “information security incident” and said the impacted IT assets have been isolated. The company is investigating the matter with utmost priority, it said in a regulatory filing. The appropriate containment and remediation actions are being taken in a controlled manner to address the incident, it added. ...

Indian labs to give ‘top priority’ to tests on cough syrup exports- Regulator

[ad_1] India‘s government laboratories should give “top priority” to testing cough syrup for export, the drug regulator said on Wednesday, after the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia and Uzbekistan were linked to the medicines. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation’s directive also said laboratories should issue test reports immediately, or as early as ...

Govt plans to stop chemists from forcing people to buy entire medicine strips

[ad_1] The consumer affairs ministry could soon issue an advisory to the pharmaceutical sector that will stop chemists from compelling consumers to buy the full blister pack of a medicine when a smaller quantity is needed. “If someone needs just three tablets, why should they buy the entire strip,” an official from the department of ...

Test cough syrups for export as top priority, states told

[ad_1] India’s drug regulator has asked the state drug controllers to instruct their government-run laboratories to analyse samples of cough syrups that have to be exported “on top priority” and issue test reports at the earliest in order to avoid delays. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) on Monday made it mandatory for exporters ...

Govt seeks to address issue of chemists forcing consumers to buy entire strip of tablets

[ad_1] Amid complaints about chemists insisting customers on buying entire strip of tablets or capsules, the Centre is making efforts to find some solution to protect the consumer interest and is holding consultations with the pharma industry. The forced buying of a full strip of medicine not only leads to medical wastage but also put ...

gambia: Indian drugs led to child deaths in Gambia: Panel

[ad_1] Tainted syrup medicine imported from India was the cause of an outbreak of kidney failure that killed more than 60 children in the West African nation of Gambia last year, according to a report by a team of international experts seen by Bloomberg. The report, submitted to the Gambian health ministry earlier this year ...

sirona: Sirona Hygiene buys sexual wellness company Bleu

[ad_1] New Delhi: Feminine health and hygiene company Sirona Hygiene has acquired sexual wellness brand Bleu for an undisclosed amount in an all-cash deal, according to company executives. Deep Bajaj, founder of Good Glamm Group-backed Sirona, confirmed the development. “The acquisition of Bleu is in sync with Sirona’s objective of creating a portfolio of feminine ...

la renon: Sequoia weighs La Renon Healthcare exit

[ad_1] New Delhi | Mumbai: Sequoia Capital is weighing an exit from Ahmedabad-based La Renon Healthcare at a valuation of $1 billion, according to sources in the know. Plans are still on the drawing board and the storied Silicon Valley venture capitalist (VC) may not necessarily follow through with them, the sources cautioned. Menlo Park-headquartered ...