According to a report in the Jakarta Post, the Indonesian government is considering a plan to develop medical tourism in the country in an effort to provide high quality health care to the public and create a new source of national income. According to a 2018 report...
Malaysia’s first oncofertility referral center or known as the Advanced Reproductive Centre (ARC) has been formally established at the Canselor Tunku Mukhriz Hospital of National University of Malaysia (HCTM), Kuala Lumpur. It is part of the Malaysian...
Singapore General Hospital (SGH) is working together with Royal Phillips, a leading health technology company, to establish the Digital and Computational Pathology Center of Excellence. The SGH Center of Excellence aims to advance pathology practice by implementing a...
Bangkok-based Bumrungrad International Hospital (BIH), one of the largest private hospitals in South East Asia, has teamed up with real estate developers to set up luxury wellness centers for wellness tourism. The move is aligned with the Thai government’s intention...
Researchers from Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) collaborating with researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and also with local institutions such as the Singapore General Hospital, Duke-NUS and Tysana Pte Ltd have developed an antibody...
Following the 2019 approval from the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Committee of a plan to set up a genome sequencing facility aiming to raise Thailand’s competitiveness in the medical industry, Thailand Genomics Sequencing Center was established as a...
On July 16, AIA launched its Personal Medical Case Management Service (Song Hanh Y Te) in Vietnam along with global healthcare services provider Medix Group to support customers suffering from cancer and other illnesses. When diagnosed with a serious or complex...
The development of COVID-19 has put the issue of medical waste in Indonesia in the spotlight. According to the Indonesian Environmental Scientists Association (IESA), there has been a surge of 70% of medical waste, ranging from PPE, syringes and intravenous lines,...
Malaysia is constructing the first commercial halal biosimilar production facility to be completed in 2024, which is primarily aimed at creating access to more affordable treatments especially for chronic diseases in the country. Three companies, namely VentureTECH,...
A bill that will develop and expand telemedicine and electronic health (eHealth) in the Philippines has been filed at the House of Representatives. The Philippine E-Health and Telemedicine Development Act of 2020 will enable the delivery and access of medical and...
Singapore-based Docquity, described as South East Asia’s largest professional network of doctors, has partnered with the Indonesian Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ikatan Dokter Indonesia (IDI) to address the increase needs of doctors required to combat the COVID-19...
DexCom, a global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems for people with diabetes has selected Batu Kawan Industrial Park in Penang state as their third manufacturing site and the first manufacturing site outside of the United States. The San Diego-based...
