Health Holding Livingstone, a Singapore-based multidisciplinary healthcare group, has recently partnered with the National Phytopharma Joint Stock Company and Truth Assets Management (TAM) to evaluate healthcare project opportunities in Vietnam. One of Vietnam’s...
Fujifilm Malaysia, a subsidiary of Japan’s leading camera and photography company, Fujifilm Corporation, has partnered with the University of Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) to establish the first endoscopy training center in Malaysia. As part of Fujifilm’s ongoing...
Optum Global Solutions Philippines, an American healthcare services and innovation company and a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, is celebrating its tenth year of operations in the Philippines. It has also announced plans to expand its operations in the country. The...
Over 1,000 Vietnamese will have their genomes analyzed and compiled into a gene database to use for genetic research and practices for the first time in Vietnam. The project by VinBigData sets out to help with the diagnosis and treatment of genetic diseases as well as...
Insurance company AIA Philippines has partnered with The Medical City (TMC) through its Cancer Institute and corporate foundation, Akbay Ginhawa Foundation, Inc., to make cancer care services more accessible and affordable for Filipinos. AIA welcomes the partnership...
Thai hospital Meta Med is collaborating with Synphaet Hospital and Metaverse Thailand to launch a new alternative center for medicine, the first of its kind in Thailand. The collaboration is being undertaken to enhance medical services that respond to the upsurge in...
The Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics Research and Training Unit (N²RTU) has been launched in Malaysia, specializing in knowledge and technology transfer in the field of nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics. The project is led by the UK-based University of Reading and...
GenScript Biotech, the world’s leading life science research tools and services provider, opened a USD 15 million 30,000-square-feet manufacturing facility in Singapore for highly automated protein and gene preparation services. It is the company’s first...
Indonesia’s government will expand its free telemedicine program for COVID-19 patients outside Jakarta. By using the government website, COVID-19 patients outside of Jakarta who are self-isolating with minimal symptoms or even asymptomatic can access the...
Alexander Hospital is the first healthcare institution in Singapore and Asia Pacific to use Google Glass headsets, a wearable technology that provides doctors with real-time information, allowing them to join home visits virtually and to diagnose patients immediately....
Over the past two years, the Covid-19 pandemic has spurred capital inflow into Vietnamese start-ups operating in the medical technology, medicine, and healthcare sectors. Doctor Anywhere has recently confirmed that it has raised USD 65.7 million in a funding round...
The Malaysian government is targeting a direct revenue of MYR 800 million (USD 191.09 million) and MYR 1.7 billion (USD 410 million) from the medical tourism sector in 2022 and 2025 respectively via the initiatives outlined in the country’s Healthcare Travel Industry...
