GE sets up its first IDC in Bangalore

BANGALORE: GE Healthcare, a division of the General Electric Company announced the opening of its first Integrated Development Centre (IDC) at the Manipal Hospital in Bangalore.

The company joined hands with Manipal Health Systems, to conduct clinical research trials of medical diagnostic products. The IDC in Bangalore is expected to conduct around 1, 000 scans annually as part of the planned clinical trials and will be a part of a series of global multi-country clinical studies in the United States, the European Union and several other countries. Over time, GE Healthcare will create more IDCs in key strategic locations globally.

Information obtained from the IDC would be combined with data from other centres globally and contribute towards the development of new contrast and molecular imaging agents or new indications for existing agent.

The research efforts of GE Healthcare's Medical Diagnostics R&D team are currently focused on functional and molecular imaging agents that help doctors evaluate the physiology of disease and make treatment decisions earlier with confidence.

Under the terms of the collaboration, physicians at Manipal Hospital will act as study investigators and provide clinical and imaging services and administration in the hospital.