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Prime Minister <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/topic/Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</a> has expressed his support for a law that mandates doctors to prescribe medicines with their <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Indias-famous-for-its-cheap-generic-drugs-but-this-region-doesnt-want-Made-in-India-medicines/articleshow/46914880.cms">generic names</a> instead of brands. However, not everyone from the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Scary-real-incidents-show-how-unethical-Indian-doctors-have-become-But-these-Doctors-tell-you-just-how-to-figure-fake-from-real/articleshow/52223528.cms">medical fraternity</a> is happy about the proposed law. Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Why-Indias-core-healthcarestartups-havent-received-much-funding/articleshow/52399093.cms">Why India's core healthcare startups haven't received much funding</a> A survey done by <keyword id="2717439" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Curofy">Curofy</keyword>, the social networking app for <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/A-team-ofdoctors-has-formed-a-start-up-to-take-lead-in-Indias-skincare-front/articleshow/56702226.cms">doctors</a>, 73% doctors from across India have opposed the decision, citing that they are concerned about patient’s health because of the quality of drugs available. Doctors who oppose the decision say that it seems to be made in a hurry and lacks a well thought-out plan. They think that the government should not overlook the quality of generic medicines and the qualification of the person who sells these medicines at retail pharmacies. Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/A-shocking-survey-reveals-rural-areas-in-India-are-spending-more-on-liquor-than-healthcare/articleshow/55155016.cms">A shocking survey reveals rural areas in India are spending more on liquor than healthcare</a> The government wants doctors to write generic names on their prescriptions because unbranded generic medicines come at relatively cheaper prices than their highly-promoted branded counterparts. "Generic medicines are excellent low-cost options, provided pharmacological properties of these medicines are standard and quality-controlled, and all good manufacturing practices are followed according to international norms. Unfortunately, this is not the case for many medicines (even branded) in India mostly due to lack of stringent quality control measures and absence of punitive actions for faulty manufacturing standards. If low quality generics are use in a widespread manner; drug resistance (antibiotics), inability to control diseases (diabetes, hypertension), and worsening of many diseases may occur," Dr Anoop Misra, Chairman of Delhi-based Fortis C-DOC (Centre of Excellence for Diabetes, Metabolic Diseases and Endocrinology) told TOI. Also read: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Heres-how-your-doctor-can-help-you-keep-medical-costs-down/articleshow/58154901.cms">Here's how your doctor can help you keep medical costs down</a> Mudit Vijayvergiya, co-founder of Curofy said, "Doctors are concerned about prescribing generic medicines and rightly so. It will give power to chemists and pharmacists and might deteriorate the already deficient trust between doctors and patients."

Three out of four doctors oppose prescribing generic medicines, reveals survey

Seven <keyword id="982553" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-startups">Indian startups</keyword> recently became a part of the third edition of <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Google-Brings-Its-Startup-Mentorship-Programme-Google-Launchpad-To-India/articleshow/40474207.cms">Google Launchpad Accelerator</a>, a six-month long intensive mentoring program by the search giant that is meant for mid to late stage startups. 
 
The list includes furniture rental startup RentoMojo, online learning HashLearn, wardrobe rentals service Flyrobe, the Kapture Mobile CRM app that helps businesses to do better lead management, a platform for doctors to discuss medical cases called Curofy, a desi word game Jalebi and Playment that lets you earn money for playing games. 
 
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The program will kick-off with a two-week all-expenses paid boot camp starting 30 January 2017 onwards at Launchpad Space in San Francisco, where these firms will join those from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. 
 Each startup will get $50,000 in equity-free funding. The seven start-ups from India will also receive expert guidance from <keyword id="6355629" type="CITY" weightage="100" keywordseo="Google">Google</keyword> engineers, product managers and other mentors from top technology companies and VCs in <keyword id="6357722" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="silicon-valley">Silicon Valley</keyword>. They will also receive equity-free support credits for <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Heres-where-Googles-first-21-employees-are-now/articleshow/55552145.cms">Google </a>products and work closely with Google for six months in their home countries. 
 
Google's accelerator program has proved extremely beneficial for startups in the past. Over the last one year, the thirteen Indian startups which were a part of the program have successfully raised funding. 
 <keyword id="2766908" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nestaway">Nestaway</keyword> was part of Google's first batch from India and it closed a $30 million Series C investment. MagicPin that offers deals and discounts on Restaurants, Spas, Salons implemented a progressive web app that helped them to drive over 10% of their total daily transactions. 
 
"We are hoping the next batch will continue to find value in the programme and help them to succeed,” Paul Ravindranath G, programme manager of the Launchpad Accelerator, said.

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<keyword id="164916" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Alok-Mittal">Alok Mittal</keyword> as a full-time entrepreneur and a part-time investor says that his early investments were obviously non-tech related as he was a Cannan Partner. By 2014, he was back at his own game and his style of investing is non-intrusive, where he doesn’t take advisory positions in the companies. “If the entrepreneur needs me then I’m available but I think you should let the founder do their job; I don’t mind losing money for a good cause,” says <keyword id="6367997" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mittal">Mittal</keyword> who has been an angel investor in many other <keyword id="6362513" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Startups">startups</keyword>, and will continue to participate in further rounds if the company is viable. 

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Mittal has acted as an angel investor in over 40 companies including edtech startup Cue Learn, online meal-booking platform for train passengers TravelKhana; SaaS-based training and recruitment startup Capabiliti; car rental startup JustRide; Envoged, a social platform for buying and selling pre-owned luxury fashion products, and many others varied investments such as StayClose, Supafoods, Autoflik, Cardback, Moneyview, Curofy, Wishberry, Qikwell, Bite Club, Globalthen, Taxspanner, Knowcross, Adda52, among others. The Big <keyword id="6354859" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="IIT">IIT</keyword> Startup Theory In regards to his IIT entrepreneurial roots, Mittal says he tries to contribute to debunking the myth that only IITians start great companies and even though he has network commitments only 15% of his portfolio companies are founded by people hailing from the IITs. 

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Mittal says that he is not swayed by the sector-specific approach but yes, if a sector is suddenly the talk of the market, he is biased to invest in that sector-specific startup. “Now that I’ve started <keyword id="3082456" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indifi">Indifi</keyword>, the momentum of investments has gone down but I will never stop investing as I can be hands-off,” says <keyword id="19142" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="alok">Alok</keyword>, who says that his passion is borne from commitment. 

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 Lending as an Investor vs. as a Founder Indifi has a sector-based approach to lending business, which is unique in this arena which means that every client gets a unique solution. Lenders like what they do and so do online businesses like MakeMyTrip, Paytm, Shopclues etc. who use this startup to find easy lending options for their vendors. Mittal says that his entrepreneurial journey seems long and arduous as lending might be a $400 Million business but the demand is endless, with new opportunities opening up every other week. Mittal says that his journey is never-ending as India needs entrepreneurs and founders need capital; every person who is trying to create employment, even if it’s just his own, has no lesser objective than the start-up founder who is trying to create the next billion dollar tech company.

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With healthcare becoming one of India’s largest sector in 2016, it is bound to draw interest. 
 
For doctors, making decisions can be very difficult as you navigate the healthcare system, especially when you need to choose between several treatment options. Curofy – India’s largest community of verified doctors, lying in the subset of healthcare IT, conducted a research to find out the most discussed diseases digitally by doctors this year. 
 
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Over the year, doctors have discussed over 80,000 cases around the spectrum of diseases. We have listed down the diseases most discussed in 2016 and here they go: 
 
 
1) Dengue was a major health concern this year. With the onset of hot and humid conditions across the country, discussions around infectious diseases namely- dengue (Rank 3) and malaria (Rank 8) increased rapidly during the months May-September 2016. In the segment of infectious diseases caused by mosquito bite, the screening played a pivotal role in the management of patients with dengue or malaria. 
 
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2) Dermatology managed to garner maximum attention amongst HCPs, majorly around diseases; herpes zoster (Rank 1), tinea corporis (Rank 2), psoriasis (Rank 6), to name a few. In addition to it, relevant screening and treatment options were discussed to accurately manage the patients with dermatological disorders, which included blood profiling, biopsy, and fluconazole, itraconazole, ketoconazole, azithromycin, respectively. 
 
3) <keyword id="6359018" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="diabetes">Diabetes</keyword>: Being the diabetic capital of the world, a consistent pattern was observed in the discussion around one of the major metabolic disorder- Type 2 diabetes mellitus (Rank 4), which became the fourth most talked about disease amongst HCPs from varied specialties. 
 
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4) Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD-Rank 5): With the rise in pollution to harmful it was no surprise that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD-Rank 5) was the only respiratory disorder, which managed to become one of top discussed disease amongst HCPs, majorly from specialties- Pulmonology, General Practice, and Internal Medicine. Parallel to COPD and Psoriasis, the highly informative conversations around the diagnosis and treatment of cancer (Rank 7), either surgically or therapeutically, assisted in making malignancy to the list of top discussed diseases as well. 
 
5) Cardiomegaly (Rank 9) and hypertension (Rank 10) were equally discussed by HCPs over the year. The patients with cardiovascular diseases were often presented with comorbidities that led to comprehensive discussions around the management and treatment options for the same diseases, majorly by cardiologists.

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