22-Jun-17 Days before a formal announcement was expected, Malaysia's IHH, the world's second-largest healthcare group, pulled out of exclusive negotiations with the Singh brothers to acquire a controlling interest in Fortis Healthcare and Fortis Malar in India. [image: ET Healthworld]

21-Jun-17 Indian health tech startup Grow Fit raised USD4.5 mn in funding from investors lead by Manipal Education & Medical Group, for its app delivering customized dietary plans and nutrition advice to customers from users behavioural and lifestyle data. [image: ET Healthworld]

20-Jun-17 The Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences has taken over the Kochi Bourn Hall Fertility Centre in Kerala, India, that was part of the UK-based Bourn Hall Clinic and will now be renamed Amrita Fertility Centre. [image: ET Healthworld].

15-Jun-17 Six out of the top 30 companies in the Nikkei Asia300 list are healthcare players, including Indian and Indonesian pharma companies, and two Malaysian rubber glove makers. Overall, Indian players held 10 of the top 30 spots. [image: Reuters]

14-Jun-17 14.4 mn kids in India are obese, the second highest after China with 15.3 mn. Egypt topped the list for adult obesity at about 35 percent. Lowest were Bangladesh and Vietnam at 1 percent. [image: ET Healthworld]