
Healthcare and pharmaceutical industries on Thursday welcomed steps announced in the Budget to increase allotment on health and medical education. However, private players expressed concern that Finance Minister P Chidambaram could have provided support in the form of tax incentives as well. ...

06:08 PM, Feb 28, 2013

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday said that the government is trying to bring greater clarity on allowing foreign capital inflows in the domestic pharma sector. ...

01:50 AM, Dec 16, 2012

By Ranjit Shahani As 16 March draws close, Indian healthcare is once again at the crossroads waiting with bated breath for the Union Budget in the hope that it will provide the necessary impetus to the pharmaceutical industry. Announcing Infrastructure status for Healthcare would be just what the doctor ordered. The reality is that rural and semi-urban India lacks even the most basic healthcare infrastructure. Since setting up facilities in...

06:31 PM, Mar 12, 2012

Expectations of pharma industry from the Union Budget 2010. ...

03:14 PM, Feb 24, 2010