In late May, the Singapore Government announced that it was embarking on a project to map the DNA and the complete set of genes of 100,000 Singaporeans, which could potentially help to pinpoint the underlying causes of cancer and chronic ailments and identify new ways...
The government of Thailand has announced its strategy to promote the country’s medical tourism and healthcare to attract foreign visitors in the post-Covid-19 era. In this context, the June-to-September period, normally a low season for Thai tourism, will witness an...
On April 19, MGI, a world-leading life science company, announced partnership with Nalagenetics (NALA). The aim of the partnership is to co-develop low coverage whole genome sequencing for risk prediction and pharmacogenomics through optimizing Next Generation...
Drug companies’ earnings have surged during the first quarter of 2022 due to high demand for Covid-19 medicines and other relevant products. DHG Pharmaceutical JSC, the country’s largest pharmaceutical firm, recorded a 25% increase in profits, topping at VND 255...
The Philippines’ digital healthcare system gets a boost from Australia after the Philippines’ Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) forged a partnership towards conducting joint...
Malaysia’s leading healthcare industry supply chain management provider, Hong Seng Group through its subsidiary, HS Bio Sdn Bhd, has agreed to collaborate with Mediven Innovation Ventures (Mediven) to jointly work on the supply of healthcare products and services. The...
In April, Sanofi officially commenced its Evolutive Vaccine Facility (EVF), in the presence of Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies, Heng Swee Keat, and Sanofi’s Executive Vice President, Head of Vaccines, Thomas Triomphe....
In April, Singapore’s Minister for Health Mr. Ong Ye Kung officially launched a new national consortium, the Consortium for Clinical Research and Innovation, Singapore (CRIS). This new consortium is expected to bring together 5 key national R&D, clinical...
Thailand’s public research university, Thammasat, is collaborating with state and private players to create a ‘Medical Valley’ in Pattaya under the Eastern Economic Corridor for the medical hub scheme (EECmd). One notable partner is the Japan-based...
According to Deal Street Asia, PT Saratoga Investama Sedaya Tbk, a publicly listed Indonesian investment company, is now in talks to sell its stake in Primaya Hospital ahead of the latter’s possible initial public offering (IPO) in 2022. Primaya Hospital owns and...
Thai government agencies have just revealed that they are cooperating in an effort to enhance public health and medical services. As part of the initiative, Thailand will see the establishment of a centralized system where patient information can be stored and shared...
Singapore’s National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC), SingHealth, and American chipmaker Nvidia have just announced the co-development of a supercomputer that will speed up healthcare research using large and complex sets of patient data. The machine is scheduled...
