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...
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...
