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Island Of Excellence

At Geisinger, all parties -- patients, physicians, nurses, administrators, and the internal insurance plan -- have timely access to each patient's medical history

3 December 2009

Medco's Gene-Based Medicine Push Looms For Pharma

The promise of tailoring medicine to a person's genetic makeup is poised to bear fruit in a major way in the next few years

7 November 2009

Upping The Ante

Lobbying for and against the GM food peaks in the run up to the final clearance

4 November 2009

Human Genome, Glaxo Lupus Drug Works In 2nd Trial

Human Genome Sciences Inc said its experimental lupus drug Benlysta was successful in a second large clinical trial, paving the way for approval

26 October 2009

India Declares Itself Free From Bird Flu

India has declared itself free from Bird Flu, or the Avian Influenza (H5N1), and has notified the same to the World Organisation for Animal Health

6 October 2009

New Glaxo Orders Point To Big Flu Vaccine Windfall

GlaxoSmithKline won a further 22 orders for its H1N1 swine flu vaccine in the last two months, taking the total number of doses ordered to some $3.5 billion

19 September 2009

So Far, So Good

India can learn from the US’s mistakes in health insurance

19 September 2009

An Indo-American ‘Joint Surgery’

Nova Medical Centers has joined hands with New Yorkbased Ranawat Orthopaedics

12 September 2009

Inclusive Treatment

A not-for-profit project takes on diabetes in rural Tamil Nadu

12 September 2009

Insuring Now For Future Healthcare

Insurance options could change the dynamics of stem cell banking

10 September 2009

Diabetes Cheer In Laughter

Laughter may be an adjunct medicine for patients with diabetes

4 September 2009

Novartis Says Swine Flu Shot Works With One Dose

Novartis said its trial with 100 volunteers showed a potentially protective immune response in 80 per cent of subjects after one dose

28 August 2009

The Specialists’ USP

They have the money, the metier, and the mission. Can these focused healthcare providers deliver

26 August 2009

Asia Way Short Of Vaccine To Fight Swine Flu

Asia is going to be way short of the new H1N1 vaccine to fight swine flu when the next surge of infections hits during the cold season this year

22 August 2009

Dr. Reddy’s Next Lab

A pharma veteran’s grand plan to provide safe water to villages

22 August 2009

Fortis To Buy Wockhardt's Hospitals For $206 Mn

Hospital chain Fortis Healthcare is buying 10 hospitals from unlisted Wockhardt Hospitals for $205.7 million, a deal to be announced soon


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Internet

China Warns Google
Google had threatened to pull out of China if it could not offer an unfiltered Chinese search engine
>> Microsoft To Stay

Pharma

Power Play
Pfizer’s acquisition of Ratiopharm will make it influential in generics
>> Fortis Buy

Infrastructure

Hazy Horizon
Confusion over the new service tax will hurt demand for homes
>> Ahluwalia Plans Buys

Columnists

Ashok V. Desai
For once, the PM should not give scientists problems, but ask which ones they have solved
>> Anjuli Bhargava

Interviews

Ravi Venkatesan
BW’s Sunny Sen met Microsoft India Chairman Ravi Venkatesan at the company’s headquarters in Bangalore to ask how it is taking up the task.
>> Pranab Mukherjee
 
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