German Multinational Pharmaceutical company Bayer AG has reported that it is in considerations to expand its presence in Singapore and the wider ASEAN region. Plans to achieve this involve building a new production facility, to support cell and gene therapies it is...
Malaysia and the UK signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to allow Malaysian doctors and healthcare workers to work and accelerate their expertise in the UK. The agreement was inked during a meeting between Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, Foreign Minister...
KT Corporation, a South Korean telecommunications company, signed an MOU with Vietnam’s National Cancer Center in December 2021 to promote early cancer diagnostic technology utilizing medical artificial intelligence (AI). Accordingly, the medical AI will be...
Singapore’s rapidly growing Medical Technology (MedTech) firm, UNO Technologies, has just announced its expansion into Malaysia by teaming up with Aetos Pharma, a local emerging pharmaceutical start-up, to jointly push the digital transformation of Malaysia’s private...
In October 2021, Vietnam’s National Innovation Center (NIC) signed an agreement with Genetica to build Southeast Asia’s largest gene decoding center in Vietnam, which is expected to be inaugurated before the end of 2021. The new gene decoding center in the...
10x Genomics, a life sciences leader focused on mastering biology to advance human health, has opened its Singapore manufacturing facility and commercial hub. The addition of the company’s first manufacturing facility outside the U.S. is part of 10x...
The Board of Investments (BOI) has approved incentives for a PHP 603 million (USD 12 million) hospital project that will cater to COVID-19 patients in the Cagayan Valley region. Aiming to augment the high-demand hospital capacity and cater to COVID-19 patients with...
Indonesia´s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has established a genomics facility at the Cibinong Science Center (CSC), in West Java, that will be used for whole-genome sequencing, life science and environmental research. The genome research building...
Switzerland-headquartered BC Platforms (BCP), a global leader in healthcare data management and analytics, has announced an expanded partnership with Thailand’s Bumrungrad International Hospital, one of the largest private hospitals in Southeast Asia and a world...
Rey Assurance, the first dedicated and integrated health, life and critical illness Insurtech company in Indonesia, has received approximately USD 1 million worth of seed funding from the Trans-Pacific Technology Fund. The funds would be used to launch its AI-based...
Owing to the growing need for ventilators throughout the world to manage the COVID-19, K-One MediTech Sdn Bhd (KOM), the wholly-owned subsidiary of K-One Technology Bhd (KTB), will design and manufacture ventilators in Malaysia. KOM has successfully secured the...
On September 28, 2021, regional telehealth platform Doctor Anywhere and Philippine conglomerate Equicom Group, announced a joint venture (JV) to launch a telemedicine platform and develop a comprehensive digital healthcare ecosystem in the Philippines. Key features of...
