Medical Equipment
New device transforms breath into words to allow the paralysed to ‘speak’
29 Aug 2015
A new device which transforms paralysis victims’ breath into words – believed to be the first invention of its kind – has been developed by academics from Loughborough University
Stryker weighs $15 bn bid for British medical device maker Smith & Nephew
24 Dec 2014
Stryker is one of the world's leading medical technology companies offering a diverse array of medical devices, including reconstructive implants, medical and surgical equipment, and neurotechnology and spine products
J&J accepts $4 bn bid from Carlyle for its ortho-clinical diagnostics business
01 Apr 2014
Johnson & Johnson's ortho-clinical diagnostics unit was created in 1994 when it acquired the clinical diagnostics division of Eastman Kodak and formed Johnson & Johnson Clinical Diagnostics, which was then merged in 1997 with Ortho Diagnostic Systems
J&J to sell Ortho Clinical Diagnostics unit to Carlyle for $4.15 bn
17 Jan 2014
US healthcare major Johnson & Johnson (J&J) yesterday agreed to sell its Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (OCD) unit to private equity firm Carlyle Group for $4.15 billion.
PE firms in race for J&J’s Ortho Clinical Diagnostics unit
01 Oct 2013
Private equity firms have tabled preliminary bids for Johnson & Johnson's Ortho Clinical Diagnostics unit, which could fetch the US healthcare major around $5 billion
Thermo Fisher to acquire One Lambda for $925 mn
16 Jul 2012
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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