Newsletter 9

Indian MedTech|AI Innovation: Forus Health

Forus Health is a Bengaluru-based MedTech startup revolutionizing eye care accessibility in India and beyond. Founded in 2010 by Dr. Ranganath, an ophthalmologist with a vision to combat blindness through affordable diagnostics.

Forus Health develops portable, AI-powered devices for diabetic retinopathy screening and other retinal disorders. Their flagship product, the 3nethra Classic, is a handheld fundus camera that captures high-resolution images of the eye's retina in under a minute, without the need for pupil dilation. 

Integrated with AI algorithms, it detects early signs of diabetic retinopathy with over 90% accuracy, enabling timely interventions to prevent vision loss.

Interested in exploring their Innovations? Yes!

Welcome to all the supporters of Agenda+Health, here’s is what to expect:

• What if Max & Medanta merge in the North against Apollo in the South!!

• Our Upcoming Podcast: Dr Karen Pierce, UC SanDiego - Autism & Get SET Early

• Top 5 Healthtech | Medtech Startups

• AI in HealthCare: Innovations in Diagnostics

• Corporate Updates: Indian Healthcare

Read time: 5 minutes

1/ Interesting duel to Imagine: What if Max Healthcare & Medanta merge in the North against the boss Apollo Hospitals in the South?

Below are some numbers to help you build your opinion. Combined with your experience,

• Would it be good?

• How can it impact the future of expansion?

• Will such monopoly be beneficial or harmful?

• What should smaller hospital do to preserve their USP?

• Is the major money in Cardiac, Oncology & Transplants?

An interesting discussion happened on our Linked Post, where Diverse view points showed up while some fearful it would lead to monopolizing the Indian healthcare sector, others questioning the feasibility of such an integration of two different value based hospital ecosystems.

2/ Our Upcoming Podcast: Dr Karen Pierce, UC SanDiego - Autism and Get SET Early

It was a profound honour to sit down with Dr. Karen Pierce. Her technology has reduced the AUTISM Detection age from ~𝟒 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 to as less 𝐚𝐬 𝟏𝟐 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬., hence, its called Get SET Early Model & is now making its way to India through Butterfly Learnings.

A Professor at the Dept of Neurosciences at UC San Diego & Co-Director of the its Autism Center of Excellence (ACE), She, in our podcast discussion, explained how its not just the technology; it was about a revolution in 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

Being a Doctor, would you like to take a demo of this technology:

You can also join our PREMIUM WhatsApp Community made for Paediatricians, Parents & Schools. Click WA Community

You may also look at the Deep Dive of the product Get SET Early.

3/ Top 5 Healthtech | Medtech Startups

Epigeneres Biotech Specializes in advanced AI-driven cancer diagnostics by combining genomics and multi-omics data to enable early, non-invasive detection

Trackleo Provides wearable devices with AI-powered real-time health monitoring and geolocation tracking for safety applications.

DoseTap Delivers a smart pillbox platform that uses AI to improve medication adherence and optimize dosing schedules

Sputnik Brain Develops non-invasive neural interfaces using AI to monitor and alleviate stress by tracking pleasure system activity.

Curium Life Tech Builds AI-assisted intraoperative decision-support tools, empowering surgeons with real-time data during surgical procedures

4/ AI in HealthCare: Innovations in Diagnostics

Piiko.io

Neuranics Lab

5/ Corporate Updates: Indian Healthcare (by Anshul Agrawal)

Rainbow Children’s Medicare expands in Andhra with new 100-bed hospital in Rajahmundry (Source)

Yatharth to acquire 100% of 150-bed Shantived Hospital, Agra, for Rs2.6bn (Source)

Manipal Hospitals plans to raise Rs 53.1bn through sale of bonds (Source)

SPARSH Group of Hospitals opens 250-bed super-specialty facility on Sarjapur Road, Bengaluru (Source)

Metropolis completes Ambika Pathology acquisition for Rs 17 crores (Source)