29-Oct-15 In India, Kasturba Medical College (KMC) and Philips Healthcare have together launched Karnataka's first set of 'Chest Pain Clinics' in Manipal. These clinics will enable small hospitals and nursing homes in and around Manipal to provide timely and quality emergency cardiac care and hence save more lives. [image: Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani]

29-Oct-15 India's Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has sanctioned grants amounting to more than INR17 crore (USD2.6 mn) towards upgrading and strengthening trauma care facilities in government hospitals in the state of Himachal Pradesh. [image: Fortis Healthcare]

15-Oct-15 Japan's drug regulator, the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA), is set to open an India office soon. The move is expected to help Indian generic drug manufacturers, which have been seeking to increase their presence in Japan either through exports or by forging joint ventures with partners in that country. [image: The Economic Times]

14-Oct-15 Indian drug retailers shut up shop for the day on Wednesday to protest against the country's growing online pharmacy industry, and threatened to close indefinitely if the government did not shut down e-pharmacies. The nationwide protest was supported by as many as 850,000 chemists, leaving patients waiting in long queues. [image: Reuters]

08-Oct-15 Increasing chronic lifestyle diseases in India and the need to access healthcare at home has enabled Portea Medical, a home healthcare start-up, to establish a presence across 24 cities in India and four cities in Malaysia. Nearly 3,000 staff handle 60,000 visits per month, making Portea the largest player in the sector. [image: ehealth]