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Marck To Enter Malaysia, S’pore & Indonesia Markets
The Ahmedabad based Pharmaceutical company Marck Biosciences Ltd. is all set
to foray into the Far East countries like Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesian
markets by the end of June 2008. The company is planning to offer 12 new
products in the existing therapeutic segment and these markets.
The company has wide therapeutic products in the domestic as well as
international market. Its large volume parenterals segment offers a complete
range of common solutions, electrolyte replacements, antibiotic solutions,
diuretics anti infective and anti fungal solutions. Whereas, its small volume
parentearls range provides diluents, ophthalmic and respiratory solutions.
In a telephonic interaction with Pharmabiz, Bhavesh Patel, MD, Marck Biosciences
Ltd, said, "We have filed 12 new dossiers in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia
and are expected to get approvals from the respective authorities by the end of
June 2008. All our 12 new products will be for the ophthalmic and injection
therapeutic segment.
(Ref: The Chronicle Pharmabiz dated April 3, 2008)
RG Stone Urology Plans Telemedicine, Satellite Centres In
India
The RG Stone Urology & Laparoscopy Hospital, the pioneer super specialty
urology institute in Delhi, is planning to set up telemedicine facilities and
satellite centres across the country within the year 2009. The hospital is
carrying out the expansion projects in India by setting up specialty centres in
various cities with a total investment of around Rs 80 crore (USD 20 million).
The institute is preparing a blueprint for the proposed telemedicine centres and
information - satellite centres expected to provide primary opinion and
information for the patients on urological related problems. The blueprint is
expected to be ready by the end of March 2008 and 18 to 20 satellite centres
would be launched within December 2008, said Hanish Bansal, executive director,
RG Stone Urology & Laparoscopy Hospital.
“We have already prepared a list of cities and states where the satellite
centres would be set up. All over India, there would be 25 to 30 satellite
centres, to be set up in two phases,” he informed. The telemedicine centres
would be ready to serve the rural patients in the country by 2009. “According to
our experience the rural patients have to travel long to the nearest cities even
to get an opinion on their problems. Our telemedicine service can approach these
patients for providing opinion and primary information,” he added. However, the
official declined to reveal the fund allocated for the project.
With its existing tie up with ICICI Venture, the institute is planning to open a
state-of-the-art super specialty hospital in Goa and four specialty centres in
tie up with leading hospitals, including S K Soni Hospital, Jaipur, Kamyani
Hospital, Agra, Saguna Hospital, Bangalore and Ivy Hospital, Mohali. The
projects, as the first phase of the institute's expansion plans with an
investment of more than Rs 40 crore (USD 10 million), are expected to be
complete in 2008. The hospital has already launched the specialty centres in
Bangalore & Jaipur recently while the other two projects are envisaged to be
operational by September 2008, informed Bansal. "Each hospital will have a team
of specialists in the field headed by a chief urologist and a chief
laparoscopist. The manpower of the institution will be strengthened to 850 900
by Dec 2008," he added.
A fresh investment of Rs. 40 crore (USD 10 mn) would be infused for the second
phase of expansion, expected to commence in March 2008. The expansion consists
opening of fifteen more specialized centres, in various cities including Nashik,
Mumbai, Surat, Aurangabad, Mysore and also in East and Central Delhi.
Besides, the institute, which has launched an information centre in Bangladesh
on November 2007, is currently planning to open up information centres in Sri
Lanka and Kenya due to the increasing demand and reference on the urological
problems from these countries. Keeping its mission to set new standards and best
practices in urology and laparoscopy, the institute envisages introducing
Robotic Surgery by 2010 in India, added the official.
(Ref: The Chronicle Pharmabiz dated April 3, 2008)
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