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...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health (MoH) has recently launched its public services portal, offering an integrated and better public access to online health-related administrative procedures. The portal which can be accessed at dichvucong.moh.gov.vn, provides...
Indonesian healthtech startup, Alodokter, successfully raised USD 33 million in Series C funding in October 2019. The round was led by Sequis Life, with the participation of Philips, Heritas Capital, Hera Capital and Dayli Partners, among the few. Previous round...
The Malaysian government has allocated a total of MYR 30.6 billion (USD 7.37 billion) in its budget for healthcare in 2020. The allocation was tabled during the Budget 2020 presentation in Parliament in October, and represents an increase of 7% from last year’s...
The proposed bill that aims to establish the Philippine eHealth System and Services in the Philippines has passed the initial phase in the House of Representatives. The technical working group (TWG) of the House committee on health approved the bill following the...
The Health Minister of Indonesia, Dr. Nila F Moeloek, has shared the results of a recently conducted family survey revealing that the lifestyles of 82% of Indonesian households can be considered to be unhealthy. The Ministry uses 12 indicators to determine the...
NewWave Health Sdn Bhd (NHSB), a joint venture company between state-owned Johor Corporation’s (JCorp) subsidiary, N2W Corporation Sdn Bhd (NCSB) and UK-based Smartmed Global Ltd (SGL) will spend MYR 20 million (USD 4.7 million) under its digital healthcare business...
