BioAsia 2023 in Hyderabad to host innovation zone for startupsThe 'Innovation Zone' at the life sciences event, organised by the Telangana government, will feature a startup stage pavilion and an incub...
16 Feb, 2023, 07.53 PM IST
India targeting global arena with high value pharma, med-tech products, says MandaviyaMandaviya said the union government is promoting an enabling ecosystem for innovation in the pharma-medtech sector to become a leader in dr...
18 Jan, 2023, 05.50 PM IST
First indigenous monkeypox test kit releasedThe Transasia-Erba monkeypox RT-PCR kit is highly sensitive, but an easy-to-use test with uniquely formulated primer and probe for enhanced...
19 Aug, 2022, 07.56 PM IST
Curated Living Solutions to develop student housing facility at Andhra Pradesh MedTech ZoneAMTZ is an enterprise established by the Indian Government and the Government of Andhra Pradesh to manufacture medical equipment. Aiming to...
27 Jun, 2022, 03.29 PM IST
India imports 80% of its requirement of medical devices: MoS Ashwini ChoubeyThe Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) is presently regulating 28 categories of notified medical devices under the provisi...
12 Feb, 2021, 10.31 PM IST
Harsh Vardhan launches mobile laboratory for coronavirus testingThe mobile lab, also called I-Lab or Infectious Diseases Diagnostics Lab, can run 50 RT-PCR and about 200 ELISA tests in a day.
18 Jun, 2020, 05.46 PM IST
Genie Labs to make IIT-Delhi's PCR diagnostic assay kit for Covid-19While standard RT-PCR kits in the market are probe-based, this design does away with probes completely. Instead it detects COVID-19 specifi...
03 Jun, 2020, 09.22 PM IST
Can coronavirus crisis change Indian science for good?It's unlike software. Vaccines, drugs and medical devices cannot be churned out overnight.
19 Apr, 2020, 09.43 AM IST
Chandrababu Naidu pats Jagan govt for test kit rollout from Vizag facilityNaidu said schemes such as Anna Canteens, insurance and real-time governance system (RTGS) could help effectively handle the Covid-19 outbr...
10 Apr, 2020, 10.28 AM IST
Andhra Pradesh starts making rapid Covid-19 testing kitsThe unit at AP MedTech Zone in Visakhapatnam can produce 2,000 testing kits a day, the state government said on Wednesday. This capacity ma...
08 Apr, 2020, 11.56 PM IST
India woos Japanese medical device companiesPrice curbs imposed on medical devices have irked US companies and become a key trade issue between Washington and New Delhi. Even as the U...
12 Nov, 2019, 08.47 AM IST
Government's go-ahead for 4 medical device parksThe four parks will be set up in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, sources said, adding that Uttarakhand and Gujarat have a...
10 Nov, 2019, 03.06 PM IST
Apax to buy TPG’s healthium medtech for $300 millionThis will be London-headquartered Apax’s second healthcare deal in India after its 2007 India debut with an investment in Apollo Hospitals ...
06 Apr, 2018, 07.27 AM IST
Think3D to open facility at Andhra Pradesh medical devices parkThe facility, to come up on an area of 20,000 sft, will offer prototyping and low volume manufacturing to medical devices companies in AMTZ.
22 Jun, 2017, 08.21 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh ties up with TUV Rheinland to test medical devicesThe public-private partnership is aimed at reducing the medical devices imports and production cost and to help deliver quality medical dev...
16 Jun, 2017, 07.44 PM IST
Govt to amend norms to empower NPPA to fix prices of 350 drugsThe price regulator will ensure that all medicines are regulated and are available at affordable rates to the public.
11 Feb, 2017, 09.20 PM IST
Government removes duty anomalies to boost medical devices mfg: Ananth KumarKumar assured the industry a transparent and predictable drug price regime and called upon the companies to provide quality drugs at afford...
11 Feb, 2017, 03.42 PM IST