10-Dec-14 India’s fast-growing medical devices market is dogged by tax and regulatory anomalies and malpractices, making it difficult for local manufacturers. Good news: These problems will be addressed soon by the Drugs & Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill 2014, which is expected to be passed in the current parliament session. [image: PV Sivakumar_The Hindu Business Line]

05-Dec-14 India produces a third of the world's medicines, mostly in the form of generic drugs. But more than 80% of the raw materials for these drugs are imported from China. That gives its neighbour a virtual monopoly over pricing and supply - so much so that there are now no domestic Indian producers of many essential medicines, a situation that worries the Indian government. [image: The Insider]

18-Nov-14 In March 2014, the Indian government started a pilot of 4,250 Swasthya Slates in six districts of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The health kits allow doctors to diagnose and advise patients remotely, through telemedicine via technologies such as Skype and FaceTime, helping to prevent lifestyle diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular illness. [image: VentureBeat]

04-Nov-14 While home based care for the elderly has been available for years, start-ups are now paving the way to a more specialised home-based care model. Apart from geriatric care, these ventures are providing speciality care integrated with technology and customised packages. [image: Pippa Ranger Department for International Development]

16-Oct-14 India’s Health Department has started the process of digitalising medical records at government hospitals. “If you are examined at one hospital, the results of these tests will be available to the other hospitals where the patient goes for follow-up treatment,” said Health and Family Welfare Minister UT Khader. [image: Plessey]