03-Jul-17 Availability of surgeons, cost and equipment are all challenging the spread of robotic surgery in India. Distributor Vattikuti Technologies will showcase da Vinci technology in 20 tier 2/3 cities by mounting the surgical robot on a vehicle. [image: ET Healthworld]

28-Jun-17 Columbia Asia will invest over INR400 crore (USD62 mn) in two new hospitals in India by 2019 as it looks to expand. The chain currently has 11 multi-speciality hospitals in India with over 1,000 beds. [image: ET Healthworld]

27-Jun-17 Only 14% of the pharmaceutical and healthcare companies in India use digital platforms to address customers' queries. Apollo Diagnostics takes the top spot, followed by GE Healthcare and Pfizer. Amongst hospitals, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital leads. [image: ET Healthworld]

25-Jun-17 Japanese photography and imaging company Fujifilm is confident of doubling revenues from its medical systems business to over INR10 bn (USD154 mn), buoyed by opportunities in tier II and III cities. [image: ET Healthworld]

22-Jun-17 India's Global Gene Corp wants data from people in under-represented regions to be more accurately represented in global DNA databases and it is starting with South Asia, where DNA sequences make up only 0.2% of global genetic databases. [image: Getty Images]