This post captures the key takeaways from the British High Commission – Ikigai programme on ‘building bridges on regulatory approaches to artificial intelligence/ machine learning (AI/ML) enabled health tech’. Background: India and the United Kingdom (UK) are pursuing a common vision for strategic partnership through an ambitious India-UK Roadmap to 2030. A key pillar ofRead more
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In this blog post, we take a look at the key highlights from the Union Budget 2022-23, as tabled by the Union Finance Minister in the Parliament of India on 01 February 2022. On 1 February, Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman (FM) announced the Union Budget (Budget) for FY 2022-23 and described its key takeawaysRead more
Propelled by the Covid-19 crisis, the government recently released “telemedicine practice guidelines”. Tanya Sadana and Sreenidhi Srinivasan of Ikigai Law hosted a webinar to discuss the legal and practical challenges of telemedicine. They were joined by Dr. Guriqbal Singh Jaiya (co-author of Fundamentals of Telehealth and Telemedicine, 2019) and Dr Manuj Garg (co-founder of healthcareRead more
The Covid-19 crisis has brought up several challenges. With India under lockdown, one such challenge is ensuring people can consult doctors and access medicines with ease. This week, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare took two steps in this direction: (1) telemedicine guidelines recognising remote consultations; and (2) a notification allowing doorstep delivery ofRead more