Nutricia, a popular brand from Europe for early life and Medical nutrition, recently announced its plan to enter the Philippines before the year ends. Nutricia is under the umbrella of food and beverage company Danone. The company presented its portfolio, values,...
American fitness wearables company, Fitbit, announced a collaboration with Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (HPB) on 23 August 2019 on a healthy population project in support of Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative. HPB is a Singapore government agency that aims to...
The Thai Ministry of Public Health is ready to start distributing a cannabis-based traditional medicine formula, which will be given to around 4,000 patients who have not responded to conventional treatment. The Ministry received about 10,000 bottles of cannabis oil...
Doctor Anywhere, a Singaporean telehealth Startup and Bao Minh Insurance, one of the largest insurance groups in Vietnam have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to provide online health care services to more than 7 million Bao Minh customers in Vietnam. The...
As part of its smart city development plans, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) city departments, including health, have been asked to publish by the third quarter of 2019 their requirements for building databases and IT systems. Relevant IT companies will subsequently be...
Batam Development Authority (BP Batam), BP Batam Hospital and healthcare blockchain company, dClinic signed an agreement on 26 July 2019 creating BMB (Batam Medical Blockchain) , which is likely the largest blockchain project in the South East Asian region. dClinic...
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Health Ministries of Malaysia and the Philippines to foster collaboration in various areas of the healthcare sector in both countries. Through this MoU, both countries agreed to cooperate in the areas of:...
In August 2019, the Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines launched its first Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project that aims to strengthen the implementation the Universal Health Care (UHC) law. The PPP project is in collaboration with University of the...
The Ministry of Health (MOH) in Singapore has reviewed the income criteria for means-tested healthcare subsidy and assistance schemes. More than 365,000 Singapore Residents will benefit from higher subsidies when the revised means-test income criteria are implemented...
The first city-run hospital for the elderly is scheduled to open by late 2019 in Bangkok in Bang Khunthian district, aiming at treating the increasing number of old people in Thaland. According to the governor of Bangkok, the construction of Bang Khunthian Geriatric...
San Diego, California-based Viriom Inc. signed a licensing agreement with PT Lloyd Pharma Indonesia for Elpida as well as other drugs from Viriom’s HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and HBV (hepatitis B virus) portfolio. Viriom’s agreement with PT Lloyd will enable...
Malaysia’s Health Minister, Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, expects an open tender worth around MYR 1.5 billion (USD 365 million) to be announced this year for a project that will fully implement an electronic Medical record (EMR) system in all government hospitals and clinics in...
