India crosses ‘200 Crore’ COVID-19 vaccinations

PM congratulates citizens on crossing the 200 crore milestone of Covid vaccination drive

NHA commences first Hackathon under the ‘ABDM Hackathon Series’ in Pune

ABDM Hackathon Round 1 – Kickstarting Unified Health Interface (UHI) is being held from 14th to 17th July 2022 as a hybrid event

Strand Life Sciences presents report on ‘Genomic Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2’

Strand Life Sciences has sequenced a total of 12800 samples from July, 2021 to June, 2022, and identified more than a 100 lineages circulating in Bengaluru

Bajaj Healthcare forays into the highly regulated - Opiate Processing Business for the GOI

The company plans to execute both these tenders at their API manufacturing unit located at Savli, Gujarat, India.

Heathcare startup MedTel to raise around USD 10mn in Series A

MedTel aims to raise series A for rapid business expansion, product improvement & conducting relevant clinical validation studies.

Piramal Pharma Solutions holds opening ceremony for new API Plant at Aurora, Canada

Plant is part of the company's CAD $30 million capital investment in the site

India’s first homegrown mRNA COVID-19 vaccine likely to have low market penetration, says GlobalData

Proportion of the eligible population yet to receive a COVID-19 vaccine is comparatively small

Govt introduces 'Draft of New Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill, 2022'

The Bill aims to amend and consolidate the law relating to the import, manufacture, distribution and sale of drugs, medical devices and cosmetics

Mandaviya calls for collaboration to eliminate vector borne diseases

China medical devices market to surpass $42 billion in 2022: GlobalData

Domestic devices are usually preferred over imported medical devices in the national or regional procurement.