Healthcare
NPPA lowers ceiling on stent prices further
13 Feb 2018
The maximum price of bare metal stent has been fixed at Rs7,660 against Rs8,000 earlier and that of drug-eluting stents (DES) at Rs27,890 against Rs31,000 previously
Singh brothers quit Fortis Board
09 Feb 2018
Late on Thursday, the Singh brothers – also the promoters of Ranbaxy Laboratories - stepped down from the Fortis board in connection with a case against Japan’s Daiichi Sankyo which they lost in the Delhi High Court
US set to slash funds for battle against global epidemics
02 Feb 2018
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is dramatically downsizing its epidemic prevention activities in 39 out of 49 countries as funds run out, but India is among the countries that will continue to get priority
First in Asia: Gujarat doc uses robot to treat heart patients
05 Jan 2018
In a development that could transform heart treatment in India, Gujarat-based interventional cardiologist Dr Tejas Patel has developed robotic technology for coronary intervention, a first in Asia
