Healthcare
Japan's healthcare analytics market to boom as ageing population soars
Japan's healthcare analytics market to boom as ageing population soars
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Better tech adoption will stimulate business growth.
                    
                                        
                    
                Healthtech startup GOQii bags $30m Series B funding from Mitsui
                                                                                                 
                        
                          It will expand into Japan next year.
                    
                                        
                    
                IHH Healthcare succumbed to $24.81m loss in Q3
                                                                                                 
                        
                          It was hit by foreign exchange losses.
                    
                                        
                    
                Higher insurance coverage to boost Vietnam's healthcare sector
                                                                                                 
                        
                          The plan to cover the health insurances of 84% of the population could drive investment growth.
                    
                                        
                    
                APAC's healthtech venture capital set to exceed US$5.5b in 2018
                                                                                                 
                        
                          China raised more than US$1.1b in Q3.
                    
                                        
                    
                Ping An Good Doctor forms tie up to promote family doctor services
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Doctors who pass its GOLD training programme will provide online and offline services across China.
                    
                                        
                    
                High chronic diseases on the rise in Hong Kong's ageing population
                                                                                                 
                        
                          5 in 10 deaths in 2016 were caused by stroke, cancers, diabetes, and respiratory diseases.
                    
                                        
                    
                SLF Management Systems launches homecare app in the Philippines
                                                                                                 
                        
                          It will connect facilities and patients with over 23,000 healthcare practitioners.
                    
                                        
                    
                Hong Kongers pin hopes on healthcare industry as economy weakens: survey
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Residents believe it has higher growth potential over IT and e-commerce.
                    
                                        
                    
                APAC healthcare benefit expenses may climb 7.8% in 2019: study
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Vietnam, Malaysia and Philippines could witness over 10% increases.
                    
                                        
                    
                Medical inflation in Singapore to hit 10% in 2019
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Cancer and cardiovascular issues are pushing the medical plan costs up.
                    
                                        
                    
                Singapore's Thomson Medical Group spins off real estate business
                                                                                                 
                        
                          It intends to become a pure healthcare platform.
                    
                                        
                    
                Chinese pharma firms suffer as generic drug crackdown gathers pace
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Only 58 drugs have been approved.
                    
                                        
                    
                Japan's healthcare expenditure hits all-time high of $36b in 2017
                                                                                                 
                        
                          This is due to demand for costly anti-cancer drugs.
                    
                                        
                    
                Analysts alarmed over Indian hospitals' looming debt crisis
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Liquidity is stretched due to rising capital costs.
                    
                                        
                    
                Gulf states lure Chinese medical tourists with visa-free travel, other perks
                                                                                                 
                        
                          Some hospitals even offer traditional Chinese medicine.
                    
                                        
                    
                Malaysia beefs up health tourism budget in bid to attract more patients
                                                                                                 
                        
                          It allocated $4.77m in 2019.