Health Care

The research firm’s primary aim is to provide comprehensive treatment solutions for various skin diseases, in particular vitiligo, a depigmenting disease with elusive mechanisms.

Updated : Jan 9, 2024

India's coolest start-ups: How two intrepid researchers started the drug discovery firm Ahammune Biosciences

The research firm’s primary aim is to provide comprehensive treatment solutions for various skin diseases, in particular vitiligo, a depigmenting disease with elusive mechanisms.

Temasek's Rs 16,400-crore deal to acquire a majority stake in Manipal health points to an increasing trend of cash-rich private-equity firms acquiring controlling stakes in India's healthcare space

Updated : May 29, 2023

Temasek's Manipal deal: Why PE firms are keen to get a foothold in India's healthcare space

Temasek's Rs 16,400-crore deal to acquire a majority stake in Manipal health points to an increasing trend of cash-rich private-equity firms acquiring controlling stakes in India's healthcare space

Ameera Shah, 43, Managing Director, Metropolis Healthcare

Updated : Mar 29, 2023

MPW 2022: How Ameera Shah built Metropolis Healthcare into a top-notch company

Ameera Shah took over the reins of Metropolis Healthcare in 2001, building the company into a world-class pathology chain.

Now, as Executive Vice Chairperson of Cipla, Hamied—part of the Business Today Most Powerful Women in Business 2022 list—is making the company future-ready by refreshing its leadership model, approach and culture.

Updated : Mar 29, 2023

MPW 2022: How Samina Hamied is making Cipla future-ready

Now, as Executive Vice Chairperson of Cipla, Hamied—part of the Business Today Most Powerful Women in Business 2022 list—is making the company future-ready by refreshing its leadership model, approach and culture.

Calm, composed and confident, Nandini Piramal is spearheading the newly consolidated pharma business—Piramal Pharma Ltd (PPL) that demerged from Piramal Enterprises Ltd (PEL) in October 2022—of the Piramal Group.

Updated : Mar 29, 2023

MPW 2022: How Nandini Piramal is growing Piramal Pharma

Calm, composed and confident, Nandini Piramal is spearheading the newly consolidated pharma business—Piramal Pharma Ltd (PPL) that demerged from Piramal Enterprises Ltd (PEL) in October 2022—of the Piramal Group.

Ranging from winning multi-million dollar deals to not being able to pay the salaries of her employees, Meena Ganesh has seen her fair share of ups and downs.

Updated : Mar 29, 2023

MPW 2022: How Meena Ganesh is growing Portea Medical

Ranging from winning multi-million dollar deals to not being able to pay the salaries of her employees, Meena Ganesh has seen her fair share of ups and downs.

The Apollo sisters: Suneeta Reddy, Shobana Kamineni and Sangita Reddy

Updated : Mar 29, 2023

MPW 2022: Suneeta Reddy, Shobana Kamineni and Sangita Reddy are making Apollo into a healthcare leader

The Apollo sisters have converted a formidable journey to build a lasting healthcare enterprise into one where they celebrated each other's company and success, and utilised each other's skills to the hilt. The results are stunning

Despite the government's efforts to boost domestic manufacturing of various drugs, raw materials and medical devices, their imports have only increased. On top of that, uptake of the PLI scheme is moving at a slower-than-expected pace

Updated : Mar 23, 2023

India's pharma sector has an export problem; here's where the challenges lie

Despite the government's efforts to boost domestic manufacturing of various drugs, raw materials and medical devices, their imports have only increased. On top of that, uptake of the PLI scheme is moving at a slower-than-expected pace

The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a massive transformation in the healthcare space. Expect much more in the next 25 years

Updated : Feb 5, 2023

India's healthcare sector: Here's how a massive transformation is underway

The Covid-19 pandemic has triggered a massive transformation in the healthcare space. Expect much more in the next 25 years

Ameera Shah, Promoter and Managing Director, Metropolis Healthcare. (PHOTO BY MANDAR DEODHAR)

Updated : Aug 29, 2022

Why Ameera Shah-Led Metropolis Healthcare is Attractive to Investors

Potential strategic investors are buzzing around metropolis healthcare. What makes it such an attractive proposition?

Ventilators, oxygen concentrators, personal protective equipment (PPE) kits, oxygen cylinders and many other items that were considered life-savers during the initial days of the pandemic are now gathering dust at hospitals and manufacturing units.

Updated : Aug 16, 2022

The Uncertain Future of Covid-19 Paraphernalia Makers

Once in short supply during the peak of the pandemic, vital paraphernalia used in the prevention and treatment of Covid-19 remain unsold or unused, putting manufacturers in a spot

Updated : Jul 18, 2022

Start-ups are Disrupting the Medical Tourism Space. Here’s How

Medical tourism was always popular in India but now start-ups are entering the fray to offer end-to-end solutions for visa, travel, accommodation, doctor/hospital rankings -- all squeezed into one single package

Updated : Jun 2, 2022

Why Nascent Health Tech Start-ups are Seeing Increased Interest from Investors

With the pandemic bringing healthcare infrastructure in the country into sharp focus, many nascent healthtech start-ups have seen increased interest from investors

Several vaccines for adolescents and adults are recommended for inclusion in India’s Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP), but not much traction has happened

Updated : May 6, 2022

Why the Covid-19 Vaccination Drive for Adolescents is a Game Changer

The Covid-19 vaccination drive for children below the age of 18 might revive India's stuttering programme of mass inoculation of adolescents against other diseases

Updated : Apr 5, 2022

How Covid-19 Brought These Drugs into Prominence

Covid-19 has brought to the fore a slew of top-selling drugs that were not so hot earlier

Updated : Mar 21, 2022

How Covid-19 Testing Moved from RT-PCR to Home-based Kits

Covid-19 testing moved swiftly from RT-PCR to home-based kits as the third wave came and petered away

Updated : Dec 24, 2010

A healthy spread

Stand-alone health insurers are making a mark by introducing novel policies that cover everything from joint families to a visit to the dentist.

Health Care

India's coolest start-ups: How two intrepid researchers started the drug discovery firm Ahammune Biosciences

Temasek's Manipal deal: Why PE firms are keen to get a foothold in India's healthcare space

MPW 2022: How Ameera Shah built Metropolis Healthcare into a top-notch company

MPW 2022: How Samina Hamied is making Cipla future-ready

MPW 2022: How Nandini Piramal is growing Piramal Pharma

MPW 2022: How Meena Ganesh is growing Portea Medical

MPW 2022: Suneeta Reddy, Shobana Kamineni and Sangita Reddy are making Apollo into a healthcare leader

India's pharma sector has an export problem; here's where the challenges lie

India's healthcare sector: Here's how a massive transformation is underway

Why Ameera Shah-Led Metropolis Healthcare is Attractive to Investors

The Uncertain Future of Covid-19 Paraphernalia Makers

Start-ups are Disrupting the Medical Tourism Space. Here’s How

Why Nascent Health Tech Start-ups are Seeing Increased Interest from Investors

Why the Covid-19 Vaccination Drive for Adolescents is a Game Changer

How Covid-19 Brought These Drugs into Prominence

How Covid-19 Testing Moved from RT-PCR to Home-based Kits

A healthy spread

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