Healthcare

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Healthcare

18 February, 2020

Snapdeal founders, others bet on women hygiene startup Sanfe

Sanfe, a startup that sells women-focused toilet hygiene products, has raised its pre-Series A round of funding from a clutch...

• Debjyoti Roy

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Healthcare

18 February, 2020

PE firm InvAscent adds buyout funds to negotiating table to exit vitamin maker

Healthcare-focussed private equity firm InvAscent has initiated talks to sell its stake in a vitamin manufacturing company that...

• Ranjani RaghavanBruhadeeswaran R

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17 February, 2020

NMC Health turmoil deepens as founder and co-chair Shetty resigns

NMC Health said on Monday its founder BR Shetty had resigned as the Emirati healthcare group's joint non-executive chairman,...

• Reuters

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Healthcare

13 February, 2020

Explained: How treating medical devices as ‘drugs' will affect companies, investors

From April, all medical devices sold in India will be treated as ‘drugs’. On Tuesday, the central government issued...

• Joseph RaiAman Malik

Healthcare

12 February, 2020

PremjiInvest leads large funding round in US-based Iora Health

Iora Health Inc., a startup focussed on providing primary health care, has raised $126 million (nearly Rs 900 crore at ......

• Narinder Kapur

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Healthcare

12 February, 2020

Kedaara Capital backs Gujarat life sciences firm in first pharma bet

Homegrown private equity firm Kedaara Capital has made its first pharmaceuticals bet with an investment in a bulk-drugs maker...

• Joseph Rai

Healthcare

12 February, 2020

Dr Reddy's Labs to acquire part of Wockhardt's generics business for $260 mn

Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd has agreed to acquire select divisions of Wockhardt Ltd’s generics drug business in India...

• Joseph Rai

Healthcare

12 February, 2020

KKR rules out offer for NMC Health, Italian-backed group confirms interest

Private equity firm KKR on Tuesday said it does not intend to make an offer for troubled NMC Health but ......

• Reuters

Healthcare

11 February, 2020

Cannabis research startup HempStreet raises pre-Series A funding

Hempstreet Medicare Pvt. Ltd, which runs a cannabis research-to-retail venture, has raised $1 million (approximately Rs 7.12 crore...

• Narinder Kapur

Healthcare

11 February, 2020

KKR, Swiss firm eye NMC Health as billionaire BR Shetty's stake under scanner

Private equity firm KKR & Co Inc and Switzerland-based GK Investment Holding Group have shown initial interest in NMC Health...

• Joseph Rai