Healthcare

IIT Bombay teams up with Tata Memorial Hospital to launch gene therapy for cancer

05 Apr 2024

President of India, Droupadi Murmu, on Thursday launched India’s first home-grown gene therapy for cancer at IIT Bombay. The technology developed by Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) jointly with the Tata Memorial Hospital, has already been successfully applied on a 64-year-old man, who also became the first patient to be cured using India's own CAR-T cell therapy.

PGIMER develops new model to generate neurovascular tissues

23 Feb 2024

Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh has developed a new model for generating neurovascular tissues or neurovascular organoids/embryoids (NVOEs) from autologous blood that would help in the development of new therapies.

Max Healthcare to acquire Sahara Hospital for Rs940 cr

12 Dec 2023

Max Healthcare Institute has agreed to acquire Lucknow-based Sahara Hospital, as it looks to expand its operations in the country.

Major U.S. health insurers Humana and Cigna set to enter merger discussions

30 Nov 2023

Cigna, a major health insurer in the U.S. healthcare sector, is reportedly engaged in discussions for a merger with its peer, Humana.

WHO, Ayush ministry collaborate to promote traditional medicine

18 Nov 2023

India's ministry of Ayush and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have entered into a `Traditional and Complementary Medicine 'Project Collaboration Agreement'

Blackstone to enter into Indian healthcare sector with acquisition of Care Hospitals

31 Oct 2023

A statement published on Monday, 30 October, 2023, by Blackstone indicated that they will buy a majority stake in India’s Care Hospital from a fund belonging to asset management firm TPG.

Singapore’s Temasek buys majority stake in Manipal Hospitals

06 Apr 2023

Temasek acquired an additional 41 per cent stake in Manipal Health through Sheares Healthcare India for Rs16,375 cr, taking its stake in India’s second-largest hospital chain to 59 per cent