South Korea’s GC Holdings will launch a gene and cancer diagnostic center in Vietnam in partnership with Phenikaa Group, marking its official entry into the Vietnamese healthcare sector. According to Korea IT Times, the project will feature GC Green Cross...
According to an economic forecast by TMBThanachart Analytics, Thai private hospitals are projected to generate over THB 322 billion (USD 8.8 billion) in revenue in 2024, marking a 4% increase from 2023. The private hospital sector in Thailand has expanded by more than...
Fullerton Healthcare Corp. Ltd., a Singapore-based healthcare provider, has made a significant foray into the Philippine market with the opening of a premium executive health screening and diagnostic imaging center in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. The move signals...
Synapxe, Singapore’s national HealthTech agency, has launched HEALIX, a cloud-based analytics platform aimed at transforming the public healthcare sector. HEALIX is designed to deploy advanced AI models to enhance patient care by consolidating data needs onto a...
Dontia Alliance (DA), Asia-based dental solutions company has introduced its first Advanced Implant Strategies Centre of Excellence or CoE (AIS Centre) in Penang, Malaysia. This launch marks the first step in DA’s vision to establish a vast and robust AIS Centre...
Japan’s Watakyu Vietnam, a textile product supplier for the healthcare industry, inaugurated a USD 33 million factory in Dong Nai province in June 2024. The opening ceremony for the new facility at Amata Industrial Park occurred about a year after construction...
In June 2024, Daewoong Pharmaceutical revealed its plans to collaborate with Indonesia’s Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), highly regarded for its veterinary research expertise, to establish a specialized primate research institute in the Southeast Asian...
South Korean health-tech company Kakao Healthcare has entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Universitas Indonesia Hospital (RSUI) to collaborate on localizing and disseminating its AI-driven blood sugar management solution, PASTA. The collaboration is part...
In May 2024, Cleveland Clinic and Vinmec Health System announced the inclusion of Vinmec Central Park International Hospital in the Cleveland Clinic Connected network. Located in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and part of Vingroup, Vinmec Central Park is a 178-bed...
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is set to open a USD 1.5 billion cancer drug manufacturing plant in Singapore, as part of its global expansion strategy. The new factory highlights a growing trend among pharmaceutical companies to establish production facilities in...
According to research conducted by Siriraj Hospital and Mahidol University, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in Thailand, accounting for over 10% of all cancer cases in the country. It is the only malignancy with an increased incidence in both...
Malaysia’s Health Ministry announced that a total of 401 projects aimed at upgrading health clinics and other healthcare facilities across the country are currently underway in 2024, with an estimated cost of MYR 150 million (USD 31 million). Particularly in...
