Sweden launches life science & healthcare platform in India
by The Daily Eye Team September 12 2014, 9:38 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 47 secsSweden on Tuesday launched a life science and healthcare platform in India with an aim to promote sustainable best practises in the sector. The platform will be an amalgamation of ideas within the Swedish model of healthcare – Symbiocare, Health by Sweden and best practises in India. “It is a start, and we will engage all the stakeholders to meet the challenges of healthcare in India. We will act as a facilitator,” Ambassador of Sweden in India Harald Sandberg said. Stressing on the need for such a partnership between the two countries, he said: “Health is an important area where India and Sweden have growing interest and there is a mutual intention to strengthen the bilateral ties and form strategic alliances.” The platform has been launched to further strengthen the existing memorandum of understanding in the field of healthcare and public health between the two countries signed in 2009.