AI, robots, drones: How Amazon is working to ‘change’ how people buy medicines – ET HealthWorld

AI, robots, drones: How Amazon is working to ‘change’ how people buy medicines – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Amazon Pharmacy is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to significantly improve the speed and accuracy of their prescription fulfilment process. This translates to same-day medication delivery for customers in select cities. The AI technology automates tasks that previously took pharmacists hours to complete, reducing them to minutes or even seconds. This frees up pharmacists … Read more

Patanjali defends its medicines, claims they are clinically proven

Patanjali defends its medicines, claims they are clinically proven

Patanjali said in a press release that its products have helped thousands of people free from several diseases like blood pressure, sugar, thyroid, asthma, arthritis, obesity, liver and kidney failures, and cancer. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters A day after the Supreme Court warned Baba Ramdev-owned Patanjali Ayurved of imposing hefty fines if they do not … Read more

Dr Reddy’s selects AWS as preferred cloud provider to develop affordable, innovative medicines – ET HealthWorld

Dr Reddy’s selects AWS as preferred cloud provider to develop affordable, innovative medicines – ET HealthWorld

Hyderabad: Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced that Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Limited (Dr Reddy’s) has selected AWS as its preferred cloud provider to help provide access to affordable and innovative medicines. As part of the collaboration, the company has entirely migrated its SAP platform to AWS. By centralising the platform on the world’s leading cloud, Dr … Read more

India says Ukraine requested additional medicines, medical equipment

India says Ukraine requested additional medicines, medical equipment

Ukraine’s Deputy Foreign Minister Emine Dzhaparova speaks during an event on ‘Russia’s war in Ukraine: Why the world should care’, at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) in New Delhi on April 11, 2023. | Photo Credit: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR Ukraine has requested India for additional medicines and medical equipment, the South Asian country’s … Read more

MrMed launches mobile app for access to affordable super-specialty medicines – ET HealthWorld

MrMed launches mobile app for access to affordable super-specialty medicines – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: MrMed, an online pharmacy for super- speciality medicines, has announced the launch of its mobile app. Available on Android and iOS platforms, the app allows patients and caregivers to purchase speciality medicines at affordable prices easily. With this launch, patients and caregivers across India (including tier-2 and 3 cities, towns and villages) will … Read more

Prices of essential medicines set to see a hike from April 1

Prices of essential medicines set to see a hike from April 1

A senior Health Ministry official said that the price hike was to ensure that there would be no shortage of medicines in the market, and that manufacturers and consumers mutually benefit. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Prices of 384 essential drugs and over 1,000 formulations are set to see a hike of over 11%, due … Read more

36km in 30 minutes: Drone for medicines delivery in Uttarakhand hills – ET HealthWorld

36km in 30 minutes: Drone for medicines delivery in Uttarakhand hills – ET HealthWorld

Dehradun: In a bid to boost overall health facilities in Uttarakhand, AIIMS-Rishikesh has started a drone service to deliver and pick medicines. The facility will be especially useful for the six-month long Char Dham yatra in Uttarakhand, considering that 300-plus pilgrims lost their lives during the annual pilgrimage last year and all the four holy … Read more