MarketRx with Cognizant for USD 135 mn

IT major Cognizant Technology Solutions has acquired New Jersey-based MarketRx, provider of analytics and related software services to global life sciences companies.

Trivitron launches an array of X- Ray Products

Trivitron, the largest Indian Medical Technology company, on 2nd November, launched, for the first time, home products in the Imaging division under its new brand name Brem.

SAP to release integrated solution in December

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FICCI’s new initiative: Medical Electronics Forum

Responding to the requirements of the medical electronics industry and to create awareness about the opportunities as the next growth area after IT sector, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry launched the “FICCI Medical Electronics Forum” (FICCI-MEF) on October 23, 2007 at FICCI New Delhi.

Asian Healthcare IT market Riding High on India : Dipanjan Banerjee, eHealth

[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Asian healthcare IT market is sizzling. Big investments are pouring in and much more is yet to come.

Aravind Eye Hospital’s new to Contact lenses manufacturing unit

Aravind Eye Hospital’s Aurolab which produces Intra Ocular lens (IOL) and other surgical instruments, is set to get a new manufacturing facility in 1,10,000 sq ft area at Veerapanchan in Tamil Nadu.

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[This article was published in the February 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

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Siemens presents electronic healthcare card at Medica 2006

Siemens is presenting integrated health care card, a patient based solutions at Medica 2006 under the title “A Holistic View with a Focus on Benefits.

Nonin Medical to create a Bluetooth Medical Device Profile

Nonin Medical, Minneapolis-based privately owned company specialised in designing and manufacturing of physiological monitoring solutions, has joined 18 other companies, including IBM, Intel, Motorola, Philips Electronics and Welch Allyn, in a Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group) Medical Devices Working Group to create a Bluetooth Medical Device Profile.