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bannercategory| 27-02-2021

India reports 16,488 new COVID-19 cases on Friday

India registered over 16,488 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday. With this, India's caseload has risen to 1,10,79,979. The active case count has further increased to 1,59,590, which comprises 1.44% of the total infections, according to the latest union health ministry data.

Tata STRIVE and Wipro GE join hands to train youth for jobs in healthcare sector

Tata STRIVE and Wipro GE Healthcare has joined hands to skill youth for jobs in the healthcare sector over a period of three years. The partnership aims to address the increasing demand for allied healthcare professionals (AHPs) who could make a significant contribution to the healthcare delivery system.

bannercategory| 26-02-2021

India reports 16,577 new COVID-19 cases; Infections soar in Maharashtra

India recorded over 16,577 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday. The death toll has increased to 1,56,825 with 120 new fatalities, according to the data from the union health ministry.

Hospitals| 25-02-2021

Apollo Hospitals perform fast track total knee replacement

Apollo Hospitals, Chennai recently performed a fast track total knee replacement surgery on a 66-year-old lady who was diagnosed with severe grade 4 osteoarthritis of knee joint with associated deformity.

bannercategory| 25-02-2021

India: Daily COVID-19 cases spike to 16,738

India reported 16,738 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday. The total active infections across the country now stand around 1,51,708 while the overall confirmed cases totalled 11,046,914, according to the data from the union health ministry.

bannercategory| 24-02-2021

India confirms 13,742 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday

India reported 13,742 fresh COVID -19 cases on Tuesday. The total confirmed cases have climbed to 1,10,30,176, while the number of recoveries surged to 1,07,26,702, according to the union health ministry

bannercategory| 23-02-2021

India’s active COVID-19 caseload crosses 1.5 lakh mark again

India recorded 10,584 fresh cases on Monday, pushing its overall confirmed case tally to 1,10,16,434. Meanwhile, the active cases went past the 1.5 lakh mark again after a gap of 17 days, according to union health ministry data on the day.

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News| 23-02-2021

Pembrolizumab and lenvatinib combo show superior outcome in RCC

Combination therapy of pembrolizumab (Keytruda) and lenvatinib (Lenvima) demonstrated a significant and clinically meaningful improvement in progression-free survival in first-line advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) patients, according to results from the phase III CLEAR study.

News| 23-02-2021

Apollo ties up with Anatomiz3D to establish hospital 3D printing labs in India

The Apollo Hospitals Group has recently joined hands with the Anatomiz3D Medtech Pvt Ltd, to establish hospital 3D-printing labs in India for three dimensional printed implants that would enable doctors to visualise and print implants for complicated cases

covid-19-sidebar| 23-02-2021

PNB Vesper completes phase IIb trials on COVID-19 drug

The Kochi-based Pharma Research company PNB Vesper life science Pvt has reportedly completed the phase IIb clinical trials of its proprietary drug, PNB-001 (GPP-Baladol), on COVID-19 patients.

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Despite growing demands from various corners for making the Uniform Code of Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices (UCPMP) mandatory, the union government has issued yet another advisory asking pharmaceutical companies to follow UCPMP.

Events| 13-12-2018

8th NGBT calls for greater awareness on genomics amongst clinicians

The 8th annual NGBT Conference held at Jaipur emphasised the urgent need for bringing greater awareness on genomics among Indian medical and healthcare fraternity. Genetic science, which holds a critical role in the emerging healthcare scenario, is still nascent in the country, and the key reason is a lack of awareness among the healthcare providers and seekers.