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Opto Circuits posts 103 percent sales growth

26 May, 2008

The Board of Directors of Opto Circuits (India) Ltd. (), India’s leading manufacturer of medical diagnostics and interventional products, approved and adopted the company’s unaudited financial results for the third quarter and first n..

Botox may be of use even for newborns

17 July, 2008

Woman use to it get rid of those pesky wrinkles, but a doctor at the Montreal Children’s Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre has found another use for Botulinum toxin aka Botox, saving newborns from the Charge Syndrome..

Delhi to get AIIMS like Ayurveda institute

26 May, 2008

The capital will soon get an AIIMS-like Ayurveda institute to carry out clinical research, drug safety evaluation and scientific validation of the traditional Indian system of medicine...

DES from Abbott Outperforms market leading stent

17 July, 2008

Long-term data presented for the first time recently from the Spirit III trial, Abbott’s US pivotal trial studying the Xience.....

Sigma Aldrich gets licence for molecular imaging

5 June, 2008

Sigma-Aldrich™ and NeuroSurvival Technologies Ltd. (NST) announced that they have signed a licensing agreement for a leading marker, developed by NST, for molecular imaging of apoptosis in-vitro and in-vivo in animals.....

Rs 30 crore to upgrade veterinary hospitals

26 May, 2008

The Punjab government has plans to restructure the complete network of veterinary hospitals and polyclinics in the state by spending Rs. 30 crore on their upgradation...

Eden Biodesign, Stealthyx sign deal for rheumatoid

5 June, 2008

Eden Biodesign Ltd and Stealthyx Therapeutics Ltd., a London based biotechnology company, announced that they have entered into an agreement to develop and produce Stealthyx’s lead therapeutic candidate.....

Cancer detection in 5 minutes

26 May, 2008

A do-it-yourself kit, on the lines of the pregnancy test, for early detection of cancer is now available...

Birla Sun Life Insurance ties up with Quest Diagno

26 May, 2008

Birla Sun Life Insurance Company Ltd., the pioneer of Unit Linked Life Insurance plans amongst the private life insurers in India, recently announced the appointment of Quest Diagnostics India Pvt. Ltd. as its exclusive provider of health assessment ..

Thermo Fisher Scientific PRA Int. to work together

5 June, 2008

Thermo Fisher Scientific has announced that PRA International has selected Thermo Scientific Watson Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) to help manage its Bioanalytical Laboratory.....