Tag: ASSOCHAM
World Heart Day: India faces an ‘epidemic’ of heart disease!
A joint study prepared by ASSOCHAM and Deloitte on ‘Cardiovascular diseases in India’ reveals that CVDs accounted for around one-fourth of all deaths in India in 2008 and there are rising incidence in young patients...........
Govt to promote bamboo as source of biofuel
The petroleum ministry has signed 15 contracts to harness bio ethanol out of bamboo, mentioned the union minister Mr Nitin Gadkari said at an ASSOCHAM event in Delhi............
BioVoice eMag July 2017 Issue-2 Volume-2
BioVoice eMag July 2017 Issue-2 Volume-2:
The ‘July 2017’ edition features ‘Cover Story’ on the impact of implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in...
Oncquest wins lab of the year award for cancer diagnostic testing
The New Delhi-based, Oncquest Laboratories has been selected as the ‘Cancer Diagnostic Testing Laboratory of the Year’ under ASSOCHAM’s Women’s Health Excellence Awards 2017. Read on.....
India’s food technology industry to get a new flip
As per the union government, while 4 mega food parks will become operational in next 3 months, it has also received over 300 new cold chain proposals that would boost the growth of this sector..........
Govt to set up state cancer institutes each costing Rs 100...
This was remarked by union minister of state for health, Ms Anupriya Patel while supporting the need for moving in the direction of a right based approach to healthcare..........
“Need to develop India specific health solutions and products”
The minister of state for health and family welfare, Mrs Anupriya Patel stressed on the need for new initiatives while inaugurating an ASSOCHAM Conference on 2nd MEDCON 2017..........
Pharma industry to reach USD 55 bn in 3 years: ASSOCHAM-IITTM...
Owing to the medical tourism rush, the pharmaceutical industry is pipped to grow at the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.92 percent by the year 2020......
GST on healthcare will make medicare unaffordable, says ASSOCHAM
A research paper has cautioned that if GST is levied on healthcare services and facilities, the much avowed national goal to provide universal healthcare coverage would take a hit....
Overweight kids in Delhi-NCR more prone to diabetes: ASSOCHAM study
Meagre 4 percent of kids engaged in physical activity; ASSOCHAM raises concern about alarming rise of diabetes among kids.....