Archive for May, 2011
Thursday, May 26th, 2011
Saxon Infotech Inc. announced recently that it is making a significant investment of talent and resources to support and participate in a joint development effort with a major institute of technology and research to develop and bring to market a cloud-based mobile telemedicine application. The company is targeting delivery in ...
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011
India’s medical device market is worth about US$3 billion and is ranked as the fourth largest medical device market in Asia, after Japan, China and South Korea. With a population of 1.2 billion people and a booming economy, there is increasing demand for medical devices, especially in the private healthcare ...
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Sunday, May 22nd, 2011
As interest in medical electronics soars, there is also growing concern about associated quality, safety, reliability, cost, liability and regulatory issues. India’s Department of Information Technology (DIT) under the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology has instituted a Medical Electronics and Telemedicine Division to address these matters. Given the crucial ...
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Friday, May 20th, 2011
[caption id="attachment_497" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Plastic part for medical device manufactured by Gerresheimer."][/caption]
Headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany, Gerresheimer AG is making targeted investments in emerging markets to sustain growth in its pharmaceutical plastic and glass packaging business. “Building our business in emerging markets is a core element of our growth strategy. We ...
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Friday, May 20th, 2011
India-based Freescale Semiconductor and Cactus Semiconductor, a medical application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) company, have agreed to collaborate to provide customised analogue mixed-signal and system-on-chip (SOC) products to the medical market. The companies have more than 30 years of combined experience in the medical device market and are focused on providing ...
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Tuesday, May 17th, 2011
Stelmi, which specialises in the production of elastomeric closures for pharmaceutical vials and prefilled syringes, has recently opened an office in Mumbai, India.
Stelmi is a partner of the pharmaceutical industry in more than 70 countries and has been present in India for many years through representation. The local office Stelmi ...
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Thursday, May 12th, 2011
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp., recently announced a strengthened commitment to the healthcare industry across Europe, the Middle East, Indian subcontinent and Africa (EMEA) with an innovative portfolio of temperature-sensitive solutions.
Designed to help healthcare supply chains manage opportunities linked to globalisation and new outsourcing strategies, FedEx’s healthcare packaging ...
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Thursday, May 12th, 2011
On the heels of iPad telemedicine software, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has unveiled a mobile application for teleradiology. The university has developed what is believed to be the world’s first Android-based teleradiology collaboration platform allowing doctors to download medical images while discussing them in real time.
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