Our proficiency within the healthcare sector and expertise in technology and data protection advances our position to cater to the digital health or ‘health-tech’ ecosystem.
Health-Tech
Over the years, we have witnessed the enormous potential of health technology and the challenges that arise in this innovative sector. Our team comprises highly skilled and experienced lawyers with a diverse background in healthcare, technology, intellectual property, and data protection. Leveraging this deep technical expertise, we strive to provide practical and profitable solutions to help our clients capitalise on emerging opportunities.
Leveraging on India’s largest technology practice, our health-tech team has worked with some of the most cutting-edge players in the global market and has played a key role in shaping the transformative telemedicine and tele-surgery space.
U-Win: Digitising India’s Universal Immunisation Programme
INTRODUCTION In 2015 and late 2020, the Government of India launched the ‘eVIN’ (Electronic Vaccine…
Telemedicine in India: A New Era of Digital Health
INTRODUCTION In the era of social distancing, the concept of “digital health” is gaining traction.…
Software as a Medical Device: Processing Medical Data
WHAT IS A MEDICAL DEVICE? The import, manufacture, sale, and distribution of medical devices in…
Period tracking apps: Are they Medical Devices?
Menstruation or period tracking apps are widely used by menstruators across geographies to maintain a…
Work Highlights
Advised an AI/ML-powered telesurgery solutions provider on whether its product constitutes ‘software as a medical device’ under Indian laws on personal data protection that are applicable to its operations in India, and on import/export restrictions with respect to its expansion into India.
Assisted a B2B health-tech platform on the patentability of its cardiac risk assessment solution – a portable ECG machine that would capture and transmit information through cloud to a remote doctor for real-time analysis at home.
Assisted a digital diagnostic and health consultation app aimed at ‘high-net-worth’ individuals, with structuring and negotiating a suite of commercial agreements for its business activities including collaboration and partnership agreements with some of the largest hospitals and diagnostic centres in India.
Assisted a digital healthcare company focused on diabetes management with negotiating a technology-sharing agreement for the procurement and usage of patented technology to produce higher-quality wellness products.
Advised Prana Health, a prominent Indian health-tech startup, on its Seed and Series A fundraises from a club of investors, along with a flip to the United States.
Advised multiple corporates on evolving and implementing strategies to protect intellectual property.
