Tag: Policy
Healthcare reforms began on a bad note in 2018
While the doctors’ associations showed strong opposition to newly drafted National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, 2017, the government had to relent and send the same for a review. BioVoice takes you through the various aspects of the issue..............
India is committed to reforms in health service delivery using ICT:...
Mr J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare addressed the Global Digital Health Partnership Summit, at Canberra, Australia, on 19th February...........
President inaugurates international conference ‘Agricon 2018’ & ‘Agriexpo 2018’
Mr Ram Nath Kovind emphasised on the need to see grain production, dairy farming, animal husbandry and fisheries, poultry, horticulture and sericulture as part of a composite approach to modern agriculture..................
“Indian vaccine industry needs nurturing to reach its true potential”
Mentioned Dr Krishna Ella, Chairman, Bharat Biotech in an exclusive freewheeling interaction with the Biovoice News. While Dr Ella believes that the vaccine industry has arrived, he wants the government to ease the cumbersome processes and support the indigenous innovations..............
Govt mulling PPP model cancer detection centers with Tata Trust
While speaking at an ASSOCHAM event, Mr Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare revealed that his ministry will establish cancer detection centers with Tata Trust in states like Bihar, Jharkhand and Chattisgarh...........
FDI policy amendments should augur well for MedTech sector: MTaI
Expressing its positive approach to the recent amendments into the foreign direct investment policy by the union government, Medical Technology Association of India (MTaI) has termed it a step towards regaining the lost momentum.............
India registers significant decline in under five child mortality rate
Not only this, number of under-five deaths for the first time in the country have come down to below 1 million with nearly 120,000 fewer under-five deaths in 2016 as compared to 2015............
Change in definition of MedTech in FDI policy, AIMeD opposes 100%...
The Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AIMED) has stated that while it always welcomed 100 percent greenfield investment in India for medical devices, it at the same time is opposed to 100 percent auto-route............
India & Malaysia hold 5th bilateral meeting on traditional systems of...
The Indian policymakers and their Malaysian counterparts discussed the collaborative opportunities in the respective countries to spread of traditional medicines and their clinical evaluation as well as validation for the benefit of masses................
India to contribute to Nigerian govt’s priorities in the field of...
While India had announced in 2015 concessional loans of US $10 billion to African countries, it has increased training slots under Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) to Nigeria..........