India in Medical News

Hard To Treat Diseases (HTDS.PK) Completes India Order

SHENZHEN, China, July 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Hard to Treat Diseases (HTDS.PK) www.htdsmedical.com - announced today that the second batch of Hepatitis A Vaccine of 2009 was delivered to India, by the company. This is the second completed batch exported to India this year by the company. T...

Travis McCoy, Lead Vocalist & Songwriter of Alternative Hip Hop Band Gym Class Heroes, Travels to South Africa, Philippines and India as MTV International's 2009 Staying Alive Foundation Ambassador

MCCOY TO CREATE NEW TRACK INSPIRED BY HIS JOURNEY Follow McCoy's Trip at http://www.theunbeatentrack.com LONDON, June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Travis McCoy, lead vocalist & songwriter of Gym Class Heroes and MTV Staying Alive Special Ambassador today joined Georgia Arnold, Senior Vice ...

Quest Diagnostics India Recognized as Laureate by the Computerworld Honors Program

Quest4Health.com Lauded in Healthcare Category for 'Visionary Application of Information Technology to Promote Positive Social and Economic Progress' MADISON, N.J., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX ), the world's leading provider of diagnostic testing, inform...

The Female Health Company / HLL Lifecare Limited Receive National AIDS Control Organization of India Order for 1.5 Million FC2 Female Condoms

CHICAGO, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Female Health Company (NYSE Alternext: FHC) which manufactures and markets the FC1 and FC2 Female Condoms(R), today announces that its technical collaboration with HLL Lifecare Limited (HLL) (formerly Hindustan Latex Limited) has been successful in w...

Yashoda Cancer Institute Treats First Patient in India Using RapidArc Radiotherapy Technology

HYDERABAD, India, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Clinicians in India have carried out the country's first treatment using a new, faster form of radiotherapy that extends more advanced care to more patients. A 72-year-old bladder cancer patient received the pioneering treatment using RapidArc radioth...

Taking India Forward in Mobile Medical Technology

SAN DIEGO, April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Darya Nasr, Priya Waney Assomull along with Mukesh Assomull, part of the D&P Medical Group, have secured the exclusive agreement to provide state of the art mobile medical facilities for India. Nasr and Assomull have been appointed Lead Country Adviso...

First Patients Treated in India Using CyberKnife Radiosurgery

Newly Installed System at Apollo Hospital Treats Six and Preps Eight Patients in First Week SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY ), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that the first patients in India have been tre...

Ohio Patient Thanks India and WorldMed Assist For Heart Surgery Overseas; His Indian Surgeon Thanks U.S. for Superb Training

Henry Konczak logged on to www.WorldMedAssist.com to help him find the surgeon in India his U.S. cardiologist recommended. Just three weeks later, he was out of ICU with his mitral valve replacement overseas completed. He's now home and enjoying his new lease on life. ...

Excellence in Supply Chain and Manufacturing Recognized at Frost & Sullivan's India Manufacturing Excellence Awards 2008

MUMBAI, India, Dec. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan, a global growth partnership company, on the eve of its recently held Manufacturing Summit, hosted the India Manufacturing Excellence Awards (IMEA) 2008, at The Leela Palace, Bangalore. Instituted in 2004, the awards aim to highlight the v...

USHIFU Announces First Sonablate(R) HIFU Device in India for Minimally Invasive Prostate Cancer Treatment

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- USHIFU, a worldwide leader in the development, distribution and use of minimally invasive high intensity focused ultrasound technologies, announced today the establishment of India HIFU and the launch of Sonablate(R) HIFU services in Hyderabad, India at Dr. ...

AmeriCares Launches India Operations

Appoints Prof. (Dr.) Purvish M. Parikh as the new Managing Director STAMFORD, Conn., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AmeriCares, an international disaster relief and humanitarian aid organization, formally launches its expanded operations in India and appoints Prof. (Dr.) Purvish M. Parikh...

Top 10 Things Pharma Should Know About India - Free Paper From Decision Resources

Competition From Alternative Medicine and Relationships With Healthcare Facilities Are Among the Issues Detailed in the Paper WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms focusing on pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, h...

Quintiles Central Laboratory in India Receives CAP Certification

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Quintiles Transnational Corp. today announced that its central laboratory in India has been certified by the College of American Pathologists (CAP). The central lab in Mumbai began supporting clinical trials in the first quarter of 2007. ...

Watson Receives First FDA Approval for Manufacturing Product at Its Goa, India Facility

CORONA, Calif., Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI ), a leading specialty pharmaceutical company, announced today that it has received its first U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) product approval at its Goa, India facility. During the next several ...

Abbott to Acquire Nutrition Businesses, Expanding Presence in India

ABBOTT PARK, Ill., July 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Abbott announced today a definitive agreement to acquire the nutrition businesses of Wockhardt Limited, Carol Info Services Limited, and certain Wockhardt subsidiaries and group companies for consideration totaling approximately U...

Innovative Prostate Cancer Treatment Known as Sonablate(R) HIFU Now Available at Third Site in India

CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- India High Intensity Focused Ultrasound Devices Private Limited (India HIFU), an affiliate of US HIFU -- a worldwide leader in the development, distribution and use of minimally invasive high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) technologies -- off...

Paraplegic Takes Leap of Faith for Treatment in India

American Public Media interviewed Rusty Leech of Rusty Without Wheels, the web story of a man with paralysis who has traveled to India for stem cell treatment that he could not receive in the U.S. Grand Junction, CO (PRWEB) June 29, 2009 -- Rusty Leech, of Rusty Without...

Rx for Africa, Inc. Signs Letter of Intent for Strategic Alliance with Rusan Pharma, Ltd. of India

NEW YORK, June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rx for Africa, Inc. announced today the signing of a letter of intent for a strategic alliance with Rusan Pharma, Ltd., of Mumbai, India. The alliance commences immediately, with Rusan providing Rx for Africa Inc. the tuberculosis...

Pitt receives $2.8 million to train HIV/AIDS researchers in Mozambique, Brazil and India

PITTSBURGH, April 17 The University of Pittsburgh has received a five-year, $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center to train researchers in regions of the world most hard-hit by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The grant, part of the center's AIDS Internatio...

Hard To Treat Diseases (HTDS) Offers Hepatitis A Vaccine in India

SHENZHEN, China, April 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Hard To Treat Diseases (HTDS) www.htdsmedical.com is pleased to announce that its China based operating subsidiary Mellow Hope has surpassed sales of 200,000 units of Hepatitis A Vaccine in India. The Hepatitis A Vaccine (BIOVAC-A) was first la...

Harvest Technologies Announces Interim Study Results From Critical Limb Ischemia Trial in Chennai India

PLYMOUTH, Mass., April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Harvest Technologies Corp. ( www.harvesttech.com ) announced today that the interim study report was completed for the first thirty (30) patients in the clinical trial of patients suffering with non-reconstructable critical limb ischemia due to advanced...

Photos: Children International Opens Center to Help Poor Children in India

Children's charity will help 5,000 more impoverished children in Calcutta. CALCUTTA, India, March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2009 Best Picture "Slumdog Millionaire" shines the global spotlight on the crushing poverty present in India. Children International answers that call by opening a new c...

Pharmaceuticals sold in Sweden cause serious environmental harm in India

Many of the substances in our most common medicines are manufactured in India and China. Some of these factories release large quantities of antibiotics and other pharmaceutical substances to the environment. There is an obvious risk of these releases leading to resistant bacteria. Research fro...

PlanetHospital(TM) Helps Gay Couples Discover Having Children Via Surrogacy in India

FREE Presentation/Surrogacy Seminar Series CHICAGO, Jan. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Who: PlanetHospital(TM), the leader and pioneer in medical tourism. What: A highly informative meet and greet between gay couples, singles, and infer...

Kendle Expands Asia/Pacific Operations with Opening of Additional Office in India

CINCINNATI, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Kendle (Nasdaq: KNDL ), a leading, global full-service clinical research organization, today announced the opening of a second office in western India in the city of Ahmedabad, further expanding its presence in the country and executing on its pl...

AmeriCares Investing in Disaster Preparedness in India

Trauma Training Drills Prepare Health Care Workers for Future Emergencies STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AmeriCares, a nonprofit international relief organization, is working with local authorities, hospital officials and other public-private partners to expand disaste...

Tibotec and Emcure Collaborate on Access to Darunavir for India

COUNTY CORK, Ireland, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Tibotec Pharmaceuticals today announced that it has signed a royalty-free, non-exclusive license agreement with Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited of India to distribute the protease inhibitor darunavir (DRV) in India. Tibotec is committed to ensuri...

Breast cancer screening may lower mortality and disease burden in India

Regular screening of women between the ages of 40 and 59 could substantially reduce breast cancer mortality in India, according to a study in the September 9 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute . Breast cancer screening programs are regularly used in developed countrie...

Animal Rescue Operations Underway in Flooded Bihar, India

BIHAR, India, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Entire villages have been washed away in India's northern state of Bihar after a deadly combination of monsoon rains and a dam burst caused a deluge that spreads over countless miles of farming land. IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare -...

U.S. Non-Profit Brings Life-Saving Dialysis Treatment to India

Bridge of Life - DaVita Medical Missions Reaches Out to Patients in Need of Care Worldwide EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Bridge of Life - DaVita Medical Missions(TM), a non-profit organization founded by DaVita Inc. that focuses on bringing life-saving di...

U.S. Provides Humanitarian Assistance to India

NEW DELHI, India, June 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States has provided $50,000 in humanitarian assistance to the non-governmental organization Save the Children to assist people affected by the food shortages in Mizoram's Saiha district of India. Shortages have emerged in recent...

International Diabetes Federation grant supports study to prevent type 2 diabetes in India

- The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) BRIDGES translational research grant programme will fund a lifestyle intervention trial that seeks to reduce the risk of for people developing type 2 diabetes in Chennai, India. The community based diabetes prevention programme will determine optima...

DuPont and TERI Sign Memorandum of Understanding on Green Building Design in India

DuPont Building Innovations' Products Help Protect and Preserve Buildings NEW DELHI, India, April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DuPont (NYSE: DD) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote the cause of green building design and certif...

U.S.-India Business Council Mobilizes Coalition for Healthy India

Seeks Harmonization of Regulatory Structures U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt Encourages Private Sector to 'Lead Change' to Ensure Safety/Quality WASHINGTON, March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) hosted the Honor...

Birla Sun Life Insurance Names Quest Diagnostics its Exclusive Provider of Health Assessment Services in India

MADISON, N.J., Feb. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE: DGX ), the leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Quest Diagnostics India Pvt. Ltd. has entered into a long-term agreement to provi...

CardioDynamics Announces Strategic Alliance With Leading Medical Equipment Manufacturer in India

Company Targets India Due to Significant Increases in Healthcare Expenditures Coupled with Government Policies Encouraging Medical Equipment Market Growth SAN DIEGO, Jan. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CardioDynamics (Nasdaq: CDIC), the innovator and leader of Imp...

CyberKnife Radiosurgery Expands to India

First System Purchased for Installation in Bangalore SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY ), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that Healthcare Global Enterprise (HCG) has purchased a CyberKnife(R) Robotic ...

Skinvisible Signs Marketing Agreement for India

Avani to Represent Dermatology Products Featuring Invisicare(R) LAS VEGAS, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Skinvisible, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SKVI) / (Website: http://www.skinvisible.com ), is pleased to announce that it has signed a marketing agreement with Avani International for I...

Implications of the new HIV estimate for India

The 2007 UNAIDS/WHO AIDS epidemic update released last week has revised the global estimate of HIV/AIDS primarily due to a major reduction of the estimate for India to 2.5 million people living with HIV/AIDS, which is less than half of the previous official estimate of 5.7 million people. This rev...

USIBC Launches Healthcare Mission to India

WASHINGTON and NEW DELHI, India, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Seeking to expand Indo-U.S. healthcare cooperation, the U.S.-India Business Council's (USIBC) Coalition for Healthy India launched its inaugural executive mission to India. The mission is comprised of executives from the most ...