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Why the man who built Practo to find doctors is now using AI to find disease first

Why the man who built Practo to find doctors is now using AI to find disease first

Reliance on pre-existing tech and a dearth of data dim Cent’s otherwise laudable goal of AI-aided early detection

24.03.2026 10

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Novo is losing India’s weight-loss market to Eli Lilly. How does it redeem itself?

As Novo prepares to lose market exclusivity in India, it sets its sights on the healthcare system, partnering with Healthifyme, buying hospitals, and...

14.03.2026 20

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La Renon’s one in a 1,000 pharma play has private-equity firms in a frenzy

21.01.2026 20

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Can Apollo Hospitals fix its digital cash burn with Rs 299 from 10M users?

25.12.2025 10

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Amazon app’s ‘hidden’ tab shows why its third healthcare bet in India is also stalling

28.11.2025 10

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Abbott, Medtronic stop worrying about the stent price cap and start loving India

03.11.2025 10

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Hospitals + insurers = A tale of eternal hate

08.10.2025 10

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Jan Aushadhi unleashed the generics genie. No one wants it back in the bottle

10.09.2025 10

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Rs 20,000 to Rs 3,000: the price drop in weight-loss drugs Indian pharma can’t handle

06.08.2025 10

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IVF clinics sell miracles—not probabilities—to patients and VCs alike

11.07.2025 10

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47 million lost life insurance in one year. Nobody blinked

20.06.2025 10

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Loop Health is a broker that talks like a wellness company and wants to walk like a health insurer

02.06.2025 20

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A private investigator, a “fabricated” logo, and Oura’s death blow to Ultrahuman

12.05.2025 20

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Jio fixed your data bill. Looks like LIC wants to fix your hospital bill

09.04.2025 10

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Sanofi India’s big FMCG move is recategorizing prescription meds

07.03.2025 8

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Why Reliance bought Tata-backed Karkinos for Rs 375 crore

24.01.2025 10

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Drugmakers Dr Reddy’s and Lupin’s next big bet: digital devices that replace drugs

13.01.2025 30

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