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SECTOR | 07 May 2025

Medical device company share price zooms 47% in 1 month. Do you own?

Business Standard

Poly Medicure, a leading medical device company with a dominant position in India's medical consumables market, rallied 5 per cent to 2,922 on the BSE in Wednesday's intra-day trade.

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SECTOR | 04 May 2025

Medicines are just one part of the solution: Zydus' Sharvil Patel

Business Standard

Zydus MD Sharvil Patel says the company is going beyond pharma into med-tech, diagnostics, and rare diseases, aiming for a global footprint while retaining India as the manufacturing hub

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SECTOR | 04 May 2025

Study finds men more likely to fall sick, die from 3 common health issues

Business Standard

Men in many countries are more likely to fall sick and die from hypertension, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS as compared to women, according to a new study. However, compared to women, men were found to be less likely to seek medical care and adhere to treatment for these common health conditions due to norms related to masculinity and healthcare financing. Men were also more likely to smoke, while women were more likely to be obese and engage in unsafe sex, the study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine, found. The research highlights sex-based differences at each step of the "health pathway", which includes being exposed to a risk factor -- such as smoking -- developing a condition, diagnosis, treatment and death, study authors said. "Most of these differences are not explained by sex (biology) alone, but by socially-constructed gender -- highlighting the importance of taking a gender justice approach to reducing health inequities. A gender analysis can help to shape systems of health

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SECTOR | 24 Apr 2025

Pharma companies set for strong performance in March 2025 quarter amid earning weakness

Economic Times

Sun Pharma is expected to post a 9% year-on-year revenue growth, supported by its US specialty portfolio and steady growth in chronic therapies in India.

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SECTOR | 18 Apr 2025

JB Chemicals Gets USFDA Nod For Generic Hypertension Drug

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The company's product is the generic version of Teva's Zebeta tablets, which are indicated for the management of high blood pressure.

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SECTOR | 10 Apr 2025

HIV spike stuns Uttarakhand hospital with 477 cases in just 15 months

Business Standard

According to reports, the majority of patients are men and few infected children likely contracted the virus from mothers

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SECTOR | 08 Apr 2025

Q4FY25 Earnings Preview - Pharma & Healthcare

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Axis Direct

We recommend BUY on Lupin, Aurobindo, Abbott India, Fortis, and Max Health.

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SECTOR | 07 Apr 2025

Indian Pharma, and two other sectors to perform better' than global peers amid Trump tariffs, says Geojit' Vinod Nair

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Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit Financial Services, sheds light on the geopolitical scenario amid the ongoing Trump tariff war, along with an outlook for the Q4 results and the Indian stock market.

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SECTOR | 28 Mar 2025

Decades of AIDS vax research imperiled by Trump's withdrawal of US funding

Business Standard

The US cut HIV vaccine funding, forcing IAVI to halt work and lay off staff, while the South African Medical Research Council will receive only $9 mn of its planned $45 mn for multi-country trials

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SECTOR | 19 Mar 2025, 08:27PM

Medical device body asks Centre to revisit import duty reduction talks

Business Standard

This comes just days after economic think tank GTRI had asked government officials to seek reciprocity and improve market access for the Indian medical devices sector