Good Doctor Technology Thailand (GDTT), the subsidiary company of regional digital healthcare service provider Good Doctor Technology has recently announced its intention to strengthen its partnerships across the country’s healthcare ecosystem. By further...
The Department of Health (DOH) is establishing seven subnational laboratories (SNLs) for the detection of vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs) in the Philippines. The laboratories will serve as confirmatory testing hubs for common vaccine-preventable diseases such as...
The Indonesian government estimates that some two million Indonesians travel overseas every year for medical check-ups, treatment and other medical services, spending around IDR 97 trillion (USD 6.8 billion) annually. In a bid to help reduce this outflow, the...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a USD 600 million policy-based loan to help the Philippines provide quality and equitable health services for all Filipinos as part of its Universal Health Care (UHC) reform program. The Build Universal Health Care Program...
Thailand’s Office of The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), Siriraj Hospital, and Huawei Technologies (Thailand) Co., Ltd. have jointly launched the “Siriraj World Class 5G Smart Hospital”. This is branded as the first and largest 5G smart...
The Social Health Insurance Administration Body (BPJS Health) has formed a partnership with PT Good Doctor Technology Indonesia, a local company that provides online health consultation through a telemedicine application. The partnership was marked by the signing of...
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...
