The Canada-based Diagnos Inc, a leader in healthcare technical services, has created a new Indian subsidiary Diagnos Healthcare (India) Private Limited and has opened a new office in Platinum Techno Park, Navi Mumbai.

In this regard the Canadian company had signed an LOI with a major global pharmaceutical company in India recently. The new company will support and coordinate deployment and usage of CARA in India. This subsidiary is incorporated under the Indian Companies Act, as a private limited company.

"The Mumbai office will serve as a coordination centre for Mumbai, and New Delhi mobile screening units (comprising our CARA platform, screening van, licensed optometric screener, and driver), which will initially cover territories with 500km radius around the respective cities, and traveling to cities, towns, and villages in the designated coverage areas to conduct mobile screening camps in association with participating primary and tertiary healthcare institutions. Our India office will also serve as a coordination point for activities in the broader region, which will comprise India and the Middle East," said Peter Nowacki, Diagnos' vice-president - Healthcare.

CARA is a tele-ophthalmology platform that integrates with ophthalmic imaging equipment (hardware and software) and processes at the point of care (POC) and comprises: image upload, image enhancement automated pre-screening, grading by a specialist, and referral to a specialist. CARA's image enhancement algorithms make standard retinal images sharper, clearer, and easier to read. CARA is accessible securely over the internet, and is compatible with all recognized image formats and brands of fundus cameras, and is EMR compatible. CARA is a cost-effective tool for screening large numbers of patients, in real-time and has been approved by regulatory authorities including Health Canada, US Food and Drug Administration, and the European Union.

Diagnos is a publicly traded Canadian corporation with a mission to commercialize technologies combining contextual imaging and traditional data mining thereby improving decision making processes. Diagnos offers products, services, and solutions to clients in a variety of fields including healthcare and natural resources.