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Clearstate’s study in India and SEA provides detailed and granular insights on diagnostic imaging device placement, usage and perceptions. Clearstate’s tracking of diagnostic imaging devices markets in India reveals that the market reached an estimated USD380 million in 2008. According to Clearstate’s annual tracking of demand trends in 1,150 healthcare facilities across India, ultrasound was [...]

Interesting article describing the “rapidly changing” post-mating habits of our Hindustani friends posted in Boston.com . After the article I provide some select information on morning-after contraception from an article “Emergency contraception: America’s best kept secret” by By Mardia Harris Stone, MD, MPH, Elizabeth Westley, MPH, and Vanessa E. Cullins, MD, MPH. NEW DELHI – [...]

As a follow-up to Dr. Arroyo and the ‘Law of INTENDED Consequences’ And from our friends at BioSpectrum Asia Pfizer takes Dr Reddy’s to court over Lipitor Bangalore, Dec 14, 2009: American Drug maker Pfizer has asked a judge to bar the sale of a generic version of Lipitor, developed by Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, one [...]

Clearstate analysis of interventional cardiology products’ market opportunity in China reveals a huge market set to experience exceptional growth across several product segments over the next few years. The market is expanding in line with a dramatic rise in cardiovascular disease among increasingly affluent and urbanised Chinese, with the resulting surge in demand for high [...]

A recent Clearstate study found nascent but growing demand for platelet aphaeresis in India, driven by disease outbreaks, procedural demand and clinician awareness. Blood banking infrastructure: India maintains a heterogeneous system of blood banks run by government, private hospitals and independent organisations. There are about 2600 blood banks in India. Roughly one-third of all blood [...]

Thanks to the WSJ for catapulting me back into the blogosphere….. The Henry Ford of Heart Surgery In India, a Factory Model for Hospitals Is Cutting Costs and Yielding Profits This analogy definitely requires a comment or two. The above linked article was presented by Geeta Anand in the Wall Street Journal a couple a [...]

News release: Delhi government launches homeopathy site 29 September 2009 The government of Delhi has launched a homeopathy website Homeo.DelhiGovt.nic.in to provide online treatment facility and give advice to people. The website offers information about all the Delhi government homeopathic dispensaries, general homeopathic medicines and remedies for various diseases. According to Delhi chief minister Sheila [...]

In recent years India has embarked on a media campaign blitz under the tagline Incredible India to attract attention, and more importantly desperately needed investment, to exciting changes which have been gripping the country. Economic liberalization and political reforms have unleashed amazing growth in many industries including Healthcare (especially if you were unlucky enough to [...]

Outlined in the 2009 China Healthcare Reform Plan as the key emphasis and development area for the next 3 years, the Chinese urban primary healthcare is a rapidly growing market segment and offers vast opportunities to healthcare suppliers and distributors in China Primary healthcare facilities concept, better known as Community Health Centers (CHC) and Community [...]

Urology is a rather developed specialization in China with many universities and hospitals’ undertaking extensive research in this field. The level of technological advancement is also increasing with more hospitals now able to do robotic surgery. There are an estimated number of at least 2000 urologists in China, and almost all of them are trained [...]