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The hospitals that were already financially fragile over the past few years have been stressed with the unplanned investments for COVID-19 preparedness and response; and have seen their revenues topple due to a 60-80 per cent decline in patient footfalls, leading to estimated operational losses of Rs 4500 crore per month

Living On The Edge?

Kavi Bhandari

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With excessive light shed upon the fact that people with a low immune system, or senior citizens are more likely prone to getting infected by Covid-19, it can be said that they are literally living dangerously.

Safety First

Kavi Bhandari

The Covid-19 vaccine candidate Covaxin, developed by ICMR and Bharat Biotech, is currently in Phase I/II human trials and is being tested at 12 institutes across India.

Gilead To Buy Cancer Drugmaker Immunomedics For $21 Billion

Gilead's offer will be funded with $15 billion in cash on hand, and through $6 billion in newly issued debt, according to the drugmaker.

Drug Controller Issues Show Cause Notice To SII Over Vaccine Testing

The Covid-19 vaccine search has led to a hiccup in the process where a UK participant reportedly developed reaction during the trials. Serum Institute of India responds saying it cannot comment on UK trials

AstraZeneca Pauses Coronavirus Vaccine Trial As Participant Illness Investigated

Germany's Leukocare, which is working on a vaccine similar to AstraZeneca's but at an earlier stage, agreed that safety issues are likely to crop up in large trials.

Telemedicine Market In India To Reach $5.5 Bn by 2025: EY-IPA study

Virtual care consists of tele–consult, telepathology, teleradiology and e–pharmacy and is experiencing an encouraging stimulus in India due to the pandemic

Healthcare M&A Outlook – De-Risking Through Self-Reliance And Market Consolidation

Mahesh Singhi

The healthcare companies are expected to collaborate across verticals to provide value-based healthcare based on the go to patient approach and adopt cloud-based electronic health records, virtual consultation and tele-medicine channels in expanding emerging markets.

Healthcare Is Now Getting The Attention It Deserves: GSK Velu, Chairman & Managing Director, Trivitron Healthcare

Today, most people prefer getting blood tests done from home. And now we are offering even ECGs at home. X-rays too can be done at home. This trend will only increase

Sanofi, GSK Launch Trial For COVID-19 Protein-based Vaccine

If the results are conclusive, Sanofi and GSK hope to get the vaccine approved in the first half of next year.

Capgemini Sees Double-Digit 2020 Revenue Growth, Second-Half Recovery

Capgemini rival Accenture narrowed its fiscal 2020 revenue growth forecast to between 3.5% and 4.5% amid the coronavirus-fueled economic slump.

Digitization In Healthcare, The Revolution India Is Going To Experience Post COVID-19

Alok Awasthi

Healthcare experts strongly recommend that patients should seek second opinion from specialists before taking next steps for any critical and complicated procedure.

We Aim To Enhance Efficiency Of The Healthcare System In India: Dr. Praveen Gedam, Addl CEO, NHA

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In conversation with BusinessWorld, Dr. Praveen Gedam, Additional CEO, National Health Authority (NHA) talks about National Digital Health Mission, NHA’s progressive mission that is all set to revolutionise India’s Healthcare system.

Zydus Cadila Gets USFDA Nod For Muscle Relaxant Injection