TE Asia Healthcare Partners, a healthcare group backed by US private equity firm TPG Capital, and Altrui Investment Management are investing USD 50 million in two medical projects in Indonesia. The facilities are a Heartology Cardiovascular Center in the Brawijaya...
Tessa Therapeutics Ltd. (Tessa), a clinical-stage cell therapy company developing next-generation cancer treatments for hematological malignancies and solid tumors, is collaborating with the Agency for Science Technology and Research’s (A*STAR) Institute of Molecular...
Thailand is developing a 5G-powered intelligent medical information system in cooperation with five organizations including Mahidol University’s Faculty of Engineering, the Medicine and Engineering Faculties of Naresuan University, the Permanent Secretary Office...
Indonesian Health Startup Prixa has just secured USD 3 million of funding from Telkom Indonesia’s MDI Ventures, Trans-Pacific Technology Fund and Siloam Hospitals Group. Since its founding in 2019, Prixa has raised a total of USD 4.5 million. The new funds will be...
Naluri Hidup, a Malaysia-based digital health service provider, has secured MYR 20.6 million (USD 5 million) in a new fundraising round headed by Singapore’s Integra Partners. The successful round marks the Malaysian government’s first match of private capital...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has approved the conduct of six flagship R&D projects that will serve as foundation studies of the proposed Virology and Vaccine Institute of the Philippines. The DOST has allocated PHP 284 million (USD 5.83 million)...
The SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Centre (AMC) has launched a research institute and disease center that will help in the advancement of regenerative medicine and bring together multidisciplinary expertise and efforts in research and its application for diagnostics and...
American multinational technology company NVIDIA just announced the installation of an NVIDIA DGX™ A100 system and NVIDIA Clara Parabricks sequencing analysis software at the National Biobank of Thailand. The aim is to accelerate genomic sequencing as part of the...
As the significant shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) in many countries has impacted the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic over the past 18 months, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is supporting PPE manufacturers in developing nations...
The National Heart Association of Malaysia (NHAM) has partnered with AstraZeneca Malaysia to launch ‘Spotlight on Heart Failure’, a public educational website aimed at increasing awareness of heart failure among Malaysians, especially among patients and high-risk...
In response to increasing demands for specialty care, specifically in oncology, cardiology, and orthopedics, TE Asia Healthcare Partners plans to invest USD 90 million over the next 18 months to support plans to expand its offering in Singapore, Malaysia, and...
Leading hospital group The Medical City has partnered with Ascent for the provision of air medical evacuation (medevac) services. Ascent is a Singapore-based on-demand air mobility, tech-powered service provider for booking helicopters and planes in Asia. Ascent has...
