Maximum Retail Prices (MRP) and Maximum Wholesale Prices (MWP) of more than 130 types of drugs will eventually be regulated as a result of Executive Order 104 or “Improving Access to Healthcare through the Regulation of Prices in the Retail of Drugs and Medicines”...
Singapore’s leading public sector research organization, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Tan Tock Seng Hospital have developed a diagnostic test kit for the Coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), has received provisional authorization...
Chulalongkorn University handed over three telemedicine robots for deployment at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, Rajavithi Hospital and Central Chest Disease Institute. The robots will help with the assessment and treatment of infectious diseases....
As a part of the project to turn Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) into a smart city, pilot models of operation centers for smart health and smart education, were launched in February 2020. The smart health operation center will connect, gather and integrate data from relevant...
The Bali provincial government is on its way to upgrade the island’s health services. The goal is to create an online database for local residents and integrate Bali’s public health system and management into one system. Besides system integration, the government is...
The University of Science Malaysia (USM) and Penang International Halal Hub (PIHH) Development Sdn Bhd (Halal Penang) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch the world’s first halal pharmacopeia in 2020. The halal pharmacopeia would list...
The Department of Health (DOH) in the CALABARZON Region (covering the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon) has rolled out a telemedicine program, in collaboration with Innove Communications Inc (Innove), with the aim of improving health service...
In December 2019, Tessa Therapeutics (Tessa), a Singapore-based clinical-stage cell therapy company focused on the development of innovative cell therapies to treat cancer, announced plans to open a 90,000 square foot (8,361 sq meter) commercial-scale cell therapy...
Chinese healthcare ecosystem platform, Ping An Healthcare and Technology Company Limited (Ping An Good Doctor) has partnered with Thailand’s largest private healthcare group, Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS) to launch an overseas video consultation service for...
The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has announced that a central database will be created for the city’s health facilities by 2025, storing electronic Medical records of all city residents. The records will be compiled during the period from 2019 to 2025....
Scientists and clinicians from several research institutions in Singapore have established a new genetic databank containing the completed whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data of close to 5,000 Singaporeans. The study, published in Cell on 17 October 2019, is the...
The Thailand Centre of Excellence for Life Sciences (TCELS), a public organization under the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation and an American healthtech company, PhenoMx have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop strategic...
