ET launches CD on healthcare

hyderabad: the economic times ‘healthcare 2002’, a times multimedia cd-rom on the pharmaceutical industry and the hospital segment was launched by dr reddy’s laboratories limited director dr a venkateswarlu here on tuesday. the interactive cd-rom is a complete guide to the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare delivery business and is a part of the economic times knowledge series.the cd-rom deals with trends in the rs 20,000 crore pharma industry, r&d activities, policy issues, future trends and opportunities. the cd-rom also contains topical information about providers of health care, including hospitals, nursing homes, ancillary areas like health insurance, software in health care and investment potential. it also contains video interviews with the leading players in this segment: pfizer managing director hocine sidi said, glaxo managing director and vice chairman v thyagarajan and apollo hospitals group chairman dr prathap reddy. speaking after launching the economic times ‘healthcare 2002’, dr venkateswarlu said the cd was of great educational value for people who were in the pharmaceutical industry and also for students, researchers and doctors. “the ‘healthcare 2002’ has been brought out by the economic times at the right time, as india was at crossroads in the pharmaceutical industry with globalisation and new intellectual property rights promising to bring about drastic changes,� he added.