#107: Dispensary by IYHP (17/03)
Dispensing the major healthcare updates of the entire week under 3 minutes along with some interesting reads and much more. Read on ⏩
💰 Major investments this week
India’s HiLabs raises $39m to clean up healthcare data via AI
Paras Healthcare plans Rs. 1,000 crore IPO; PE firm Creador to exit
India’s Manipal Health set to buy majority stake in Medica Synergie for $151 million, source says
Peruvian healthcare firm Auna targets up to $1.1 bln valuation in US IPO
AstraZeneca to buy Amolyt Pharma for $1.05 bln to boost rare-disease portfolio
Fosun Pharma joins Shenzhen government to raise US$700 million healthcare fund to invest in biomedicine innovation
DarioHealth Acquires Digital Health Company Twill for $22.4 Million
🕮 What we are reading this week
Money Matters: Who got Gates health funding in 2023?
A deep dive into Zipline’s business model along with opportunities and challenges in drones for last mile medical supply delivery (Rahul, IYHP)
A New Generation of Drug Therapies Requires New Business Strategies
Future of Healthcare: Personalized, Human-Centered & AI-augmented
🇮🇳 National
🔎 India forms committee to revise medicine and medical device pricing
❌ Pharma stocks slip after government bans companies from offering gifts to healthcare professionals
💉 Serum Institute of India looks beyond COVID with new vaccines for malaria, dengue
👨⚕️ Pune doctor carries out India's first cadaveric allograft procedure on 20-year-old kabaddi player
🤝 DreamFolks ventures into healthcare services in partnership with Healthians
💰 KKR, Carlyle and EQT among five buyout funds in race for Healthium
🌎Global
🏨 Saudi Arabia preparing to boost medical tourism
🖥️ Microsoft makes the promise of AI in healthcare real through new collaborations with healthcare organizations and partners
👩 Two-thirds of women report bias or discrimination in Australian healthcare in national survey
🆘 China to increase number of response teams for new infectious diseases
👨⚕️ South Korea opens hotline to support doctors defying walkout
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