Ritu Jha- Prasun Mishra, PhD, founding President and CEO of the American Association for Precision Medicine (AAPM), says the demise of his elder sister to pancreatic cancer led him to this work to create awareness about precision (personalized or individualized) medicine. “It was a kind of a calling for me,” Mishra told Indica at the […]
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Google-Fitbit deal: Should Apple be wary?
Krishna SinhaChaudhury(IANS)- San Francisco-headquartered activity trackers and wearables maker Fitbit is being acquired by Google’s parent company Alphabet, which is paying $7.35 per share in cash for the company, valuing it at about $2.1 billion. But the question is: Will the acquisition be profitable for Fitbit and Google, and should Apple be wary of the […]
Pioneers test frontiers of wearable tech
Participants at a conference focusing on engineer-driven healthcare describe the pains involved and the promise of the new industry Ritu Jha Physicians need to prescribe wearable devices before the market for them can thrive. That was Mir Imran, chairman, and CEO of Rani Therapeutics, and who was one of the speakers at […]