ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS partners with ISL to expand TROP T Rapid assay in India

Troponin-T is used to measure damage to the heart muscle and to differentiate between non- cardiac chest pains and heart attacks.

Roche Diagnostics India Pvt. Ltd. enters into an agreement with Ind-Swift Limited; a Chandigarh based pharmaceutical company to promote its test for detecting heart attack, TROP T rapid assay, in India. Roche Diagnostics India Pvt. Ltd. is part of Roche Group, a worldwide leader in the field of Medical Diagnostics and Pharmaceuticals.
Roche Diagnostids TROP T rapid assay is a point of care test which can detect whether a patient is having a heart attack through a simple whole blood test.
Troponin-T is used to measure damage to the heart muscle and to differentiate between non-cardiac chest pains and heart attacks. The TROP T rapid assay gives a reliable qualitative result within 15 minutes. Ind-Swift Ltd. has a Cardio Specific Field Force, CARDIASWIFT which has been marketing cardio & anti-diabetic products for the last 8-10 years. Over the years, CARDIASWIFT has established a sound presence in the minds of cardiac and diabetic specialists and consulting physicians.
Ind-Swift Limited will promote TROP T to cardiologists / diabectologists / consulting physicians/general practitioners all over the country with its 225 Strong Field Force. This collaboration with Roche Diagnostics India Pvt. Ltd. will give ISL a big chance to develop a strong presence in the cardiac field with some of the most established and renowned specialists and hospitals", said an elated Dr. Gopal Munjal, M.D & C.E.0, Ind-Swift Group.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Bhuwnesh Agrawal, Chairman and Managing Director, Roche Diagnostics India and South Asia said, "With a strong commercial partner like Ind-Swift Limited we are confident to penetrate in our target markets and reach out to doctors and patients throughout India and therewith reduce the burden of cardiovascular mortality in our country".

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Reforms Espoused In Education System

Polytechnic education and industrial training commissioner Mrs. Usha R Sharma addressing a gathering during a panel discussion at PHD Chamber in Sec-31, Chandigarh, on Friday.
A daylong discussion on the subject ‘Are Reforms required in the Education System in India’ organised by the Indo-Swift evoked thought-provoking and pragmatic deliberations.
Stressing the need to give education a broader connotation than it being mere literacy, the speakers, most of them educationists, supported the idea of finishing school of education.
Mrs. Usha R Sharma, commissioner, polytechnic education and industrial training, chaired the function. The other panelists included Dr. SS Gill, vice-chancellor, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences;Mr. DK Dhawan, professor of department of biophysics, Panjab University; and Videocon vice-president Mr. Prem Ojha. Mr.Vivek Atray, additional transport commissioner, Haryana, was the moderator for the event.
Mrs. Usha advocated counseling of the students at an initial stage in schools itself, in terms of the career option they wanted to choose. "Proper education and career of choice would enhance students’ productivity," she added.
Mr.Atray said the purpose of education is to ultimately prepare students to compete and grow in the professional world so it should involve real-world exposure and activities.
Mr.Ojha said practical and feasible ways for better education are by arrainging frequent interactions with experts or role models from industry or other fields.
Mr.Dhawan said foreign direct investments must be encouraged in educational institutes for exposure to fair competition and international faculty.
Dr. G Munjal, managing director and CEO, Ind-Swift, espoused the need for finishing schools where the students can be transformed into the best product in terms of individual personalities and contributing elements to society.
He concluded the discussion by saying that stern rules and regulations and their strict implementation could usher in positive results in government and private educational institutes.
The purpose of education is to ultimately prepare students to compete in professional world, so it should involve real-world exposure.

- Vivek Atray