#35: SPF Scandals & Syrup Shocks: A Global Health Wakeup Call

• 📱 Healthy Mode is live! Zomato bets big on India’s calorie-conscious crowd. The new update lets users track calories and filter healthier meal options. (BS)

• 🚁 Flying to the Rescue: Aeromed and Sarla Aviation partner to bring next-gen air ambulances to India. (BioSpectrum)

• 🕶️ Hands off, brains on! With Cognixion + Apple Vision Pro, people with ALS, stroke, or mobility issues can run devices using pure thought, gaze, and head tilts. (MobiHealth)

• ❤️ On World Heart Day, Roche debuts its sixth-gen Troponin T test, spotting heart attacks with an impressive 99.7% accuracy. (Pharmabiz)

• 🌌  Like spotting stars in daylight, researchers finally visualize Parkinson’s protein clumps. The breakthrough could explain how the world’s fastest-growing brain disease spreads. (NewsMedical)

• 🧬 From skin to kin? Scientists just made human eggs out of female skin cells, and even fertilized them into embryos. This tech could one day rewrite fertility care. (Wired)

• 🤖 AIIMS Delhi brings robotic precision to cancer care with new surgery program. (ETHealthWorld)

• 💊 First Zealand, then PhRMA, now Novartis goes direct-to-patient, cutting out middlemen to lower costs. Trump won’t be left on the shelf; rolling out TrumpRx with Pfizer to cash in on the D2C wave. (BBC) (Reuters) (PharmaBiz)

• 📦 No more loose sachets rolling around, pharma is swapping silica gel packets for built-in “smart sorbents” that block moisture, oxygen, and odor, keeping meds safer. (BS)

• 🚑 Health insurance renewals hit record highs, driven by rising medical costs, smarter policy options, and growing health awareness. (TOI)

🇮🇳 India

• ⚖️ National Medical Commission (NMC) under spotlight: Health Ministry probes after 162 patient appeals were unfairly dismissed, sparking concerns over accountability. (MD)

• ✍️ Your chemist wont need detective skills anymore! An Indian court says clear writing is a patient’s right after years of dangerous mix-ups. (BBC)

• 🧴 Six kids die in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh after cough syrup use, with more falling ill. No toxins found, so the crackdown shifts to doctors, pharmacists, and regulators. (PharmaBiz) (ETHealthWorld)

🌏️ Global

• 🏛️ Washington goes dark! Republicans push to defund Obamacare, calling it costly and government-heavy, while Democrats refuse any budget without it. Insurance coverage caught in crossfire. The stalemate could spike premiums by 75% and millions might lose insurance, virtual care and hospital-at-home services. (TOI) (HealthcareIT)

• ☀️ Australia’s sunscreen scandal just got hotter: 18 products yanked after tests showed some ‘SPF 50+’ creams barely clocked in at SPF 4. (BBC)

🇮🇳 India

• 📈 Fabtech Technologies IPO worth ₹230 crore opens with strong profit growth but big risks in global projects and supply chains leave investors wondering to subscribe or skip. (CNBCTV18)

• 💉 InvAscent invests ₹265 crore in Apex Hospitals as Somerset exits. Expansion may boost access, but foreign PE in healthcare sparks cost and quality worries. (ET)

• 📢 PE-backed Indegene is snapping up US marketing agency BioPharm for $106 million, adding AI-powered ad-tech to sharpen pharma’s digital play. (VCCircle)

🌏️ Global

• 👁️ Lupin invests €190M on Europe’s eye care with VISUfarma takeover. The pharma giant grabs 60+ eye health products to conquer EU markets. (BS)

• 💰 $8B mega deal: The Danish drugmaker Genmab acquires Merus for its late-stage cancer therapy, marking one of the biggest global M&A in the pharmaceutical industry. (PharmaBiz)

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