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Age Care Labs raises Rs.85 crore to scale senior care services

New Delhi, July 2 -- Age Care Labs has raised Rs.85 crore as the eldercare startup seeks to expand its offerings and tap India's growing elderly population. The latest investment is part of a larger ... Read More


Doctor-led Magnet Hospitals debuts, signs up 8 hospitals

New Delhi, July 1 -- Dinesh Madhavan, who scaled oncology verticals for Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd and HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd, on Wednesday launched a new healthcare network that aims ... Read More


G.S.K. Velu's Maxivision eyes west India push ahead of listing next year

Mumbai, June 20 -- G.S.K. Velu-backed Maxivision Super Specialty Eye Hospitals is targeting a major expansion in western India, as it prepares for a public listing next year. Velu, the chairman and m... Read More


Pet clinic chain Vetic secures $40 million to double clinic network across India

New Delhi, June 18 -- Pet healthcare chain Vetic plans to nearly double its clinics in India and build its digital platform offerings over the next two years amid rising demand. On Thursday the startu... Read More


Mint Explainer: Is India headed for a cancer drug crisis?

New Delhi, June 9 -- India is facing a critical shortage of two key chemotherapy drugs, cisplatin and carboplatin, primarily due to a steep increase in platinum prices. Doctors and hospitals have rai... Read More


Immuneel eyes West Asia, Asia-Pacific expansion for cancer therapy after Rs.100 crore funding

Mumbai, June 8 -- Cell and gene therapy platform Immuneel Therapeutics is betting that a low-cost Indian model for CAR-T cancer treatment can travel beyond its home market. The biotech firm, backed b... Read More


Mint Explainer | Why India is getting fatter: National survey also reveals dichotomy between urban, rural areas

New Delhi, June 3 -- The latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6), released last week, revealed a sharp rise in obesity among adult Indians. Public health organizations and experts have flagged e... Read More


Wockhardt's new drug, India's second to get US nod, now eyes commercial success

Mumbai, June 2 -- Wockhardt's $800-million bet on antibiotic research paid off on Saturday with the US drug regulator's approval for Zaynich, only the second homegrown new drug from India to achieve t... Read More


Medtech exporter Poly Medicure bets on high-tech pivot and acquisitions to fend off macro headwinds

New Delhi, May 28 -- While Indian medtech exporters have faced a host of global headwinds over the past year, including the Red Sea crisis, US tariffs, increasing competition from Chinese rivals, and ... Read More


Mint Explainer: Why is India stepping up Ebola screening?

New Delhi, May 24 -- As cases of Ebola, a severe and often fatal viral infection, spread across African countries last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) termed it an international public healt... Read More