In early April 2020, the Department of Health (DOH) and the National Privacy Commission (NPC) in the Philippines developed a framework for telemedicine services in a bid to decongest hospitals, minimize risks posed by unnecessary patient traffic and be able to provide...
Doctor Anywhere, a telehealth company founded in Singapore in 2015, recently raised USD 27 million in a series B round to drive its international expansion plans. With this investment, Doctor Anywhere will be scaling its technology infrastructure, building big data...
In early April 2020, insurer AIA Thailand in collaboration with True Digital Group, a subsidiary of leading telecommunications firm, True Corporation and hospital operator Samitivej launched a free telehealth initiative called “Virtual COVID-19 Clinic by AIA | True...
The Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology’s Military Medical Academy has developed a robot called Vibot Version 1a (Vibot-1a) that can reduce the risk of exposure for healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients. On 7 April 2020 a team of experts from the...
Guardion Health Sciences, a US-based ocular health sciences company and its recently acquired subsidiary NutriGuard, have been contracted by Malaysia’s Ho Wah Genting Berhad (HWGB) to design, develop and manufacture a proprietary immune support nutraceutical formula...
Omron Asia Pacific Pte Ltd., a Japan-based global automation company, through its representative office in Manila established in 2013, has signed a distribution deal with Metro Drug Inc. (MDI), a distribution company for medicines and healthcare products. Omron aims...
The EU-ASEAN Business Council, KPMG in Singapore and SANOFI have joined hands to launch a paper on sustainable financing for healthcare in ASEAN on 9 March 2020. The report talks about the burden faced by ASEAN healthcare systems due to evolving demographics,...
Thai pharmaceutical company Siam Bioscience Group confirmed with the Bangkok Post that by 2022 the company plans to produce and sell three new drugs for cancer, kidney failure, and autoimmune diseases, both in Thailand and abroad. Established in 2009, Siam Bioscience...
With the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) expected to come into effect in July 2020, German healthcare multinationals and SMEs operating in Medical technology, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology are expressing a growing interest in the Vietnamese healthcare...
The Indonesian federal government is planning to relax standards on drug patents with an omnibus bill on job creation to support the country’s pharmaceutical manufacturers and encourage patent-sharing. The government aims to strengthen the...
The Indonesian government has established a pharmaceutical holding company to supply feedstock for local pharmaceutical sector and reduce dependence on imports. The holding company brings together three state-owned company, PT Bio Farma, PT Kimia Farma and PT...
VentureTECH, a Malaysia-based investment company that is a subsidiary of the Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT) has announced plans to expand its investments in Cell Tissue Technology Sdn Bhd (CTT). This move is primarily targeted to help...
