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India needs to invest in resilient healthcare information infrastructure: report
19 Jan 21
Risk communication emerged as the weakest link during the pandemic.
India's home healthcare enjoys rapid growth as insurer acceptance grows
15 Dec 20
The market may soon serve more people than what some large hospitals currently can.
China's healthcare digitalisation to rapidly advance: Fitch
8 Dec 20
Authorities have pledged to advance the development of online diagnosis and treatment.
Thailand's cancer treatment demand on the rise
1 Dec 20
Amidst an ageing population, the country is building a factory for producing cancer drugs.
APAC urged to rethink healthcare financing system
24 Nov 20
Amidst ageing population, reliance on income tax and insurance contribution is no longer enough.
APAC's healthcare benefit costs to rise 8.5% in 2021
17 Nov 20
A fall in elective surgeries in 2020 slowed the upward trends in costs.
India's hospital footfall rises amidst non-COVID patient influx
10 Nov 20
The industry's footfall took a hit as non-emergency visits were discouraged.
Nine in 10 Singaporeans worry over costs of disability care
4 Nov 20
Over two in three felt they might not be able to afford healthcare if they become severely disabled.
Are India's underfunded hospitals equipped to deal with the pandemic?
1 Nov 20
The country is unable to raise healthcare expenditure by more than 3.8% of GDP, compared to the APAC average of 6.64%.
US, EU block India's proposal for IPR waiver of COVID-19 drugs
28 Oct 20
The decision from the WTO is expected to come by end-2020.
COVID-19 vaccine trials drive Chinese pharmas' expansion
21 Oct 20
Three of China's coronavirus vaccines are under trials in Asia and South America.
Fujitsu, Tokyo Shinagawa to develop AI-supported diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia
4 Sep 20
The system is expected to deliver early detection of cases, even when the probablity of infection is low.
COVID-19 jumpstarts Indonesia's telehealth industry
13 Aug 20
The government has quickly made digital health platforms available to address the pandemic.
Telemedicine on the rise in South Korea despite legal barriers
13 Aug 20
COVID-19 has forced the government to speed up the regulatort infrastructure around telemedicine initiatives.
Singapore researchers develop new COVID-19 test method
30 Jul 20
The method will speed up the testing procedure by up to four times.
Almost 70% of rare disease patients receiving poor medical attention
17 Jul 20
Funding for testing and treatment, among others, was cited as the reason behind the inefficiencies across Asia-Pacific.
Check out HKU's remote COVID-19 disease surveillance programme
1 Jul 20
The data collected through the program could be used to identify patterns for facilitating early detection of the disease.
Asia Pacific to ramp up investment on healthcare capacity
3 Jun 20
Even markets with better capacity faced issues such as manpower shortage.
Bigger healthcare spending in the cards for China
21 May 20
The country saw overwhelmed hospitals and disrupted routine services amidst the pandemic.
Telemedicine platform activity surges across Asia Pacific
6 May 20
It has been receiving government support as a way to control the spread of the pandemic.
Travel restrictions spur online healthcare services in China
22 Apr 20
Priorly, less than a quarter of the population had used telemedicine.
Asia-Pacific healthtech funding plunged 56% to $703m in Q1
8 Apr 20
Half of the clusters that outperformed the ecosystem were relevant to addressing COVID-19.
China's healthcare spending tipped to grow 12.6% to $926.8b in 2020
25 Mar 20
The government is expected to account for the majority of the spending.
APAC healthcare deal value dropped 29% to $11.5b in 2019
11 Mar 20
The total deal size in Southeast Asia surged to $2.4b.
Asia Pacific's medical inflation to hit 7.1% in 2020
24 Feb 20
Overuse of care by medical practitioners is one of the factors driving up costs.
China's API supply disruption worries pharma companies
11 Feb 20
A bulk of drug intermediates are sourced from China.
Asia Pacific healthtech funding crashed 27% to $4.95b in 2019
29 Jan 20
Healthtech investments in H2 slowed significantly.
Philippines ramps up healthcare budget for 2020
15 Jan 20
The country’s government has allocated $3.2b to the health sector.
PwC calls for public-private partnership for Singapore healthtech startups
18 Dec 19
Startups must be given access to clinical trials and early clinical input, it said.
Challenges plague Asia's health tech assessment programmes
4 Dec 19
Solutions focus on improving HTAs’ integration to current drug pricing schemes.
Hurdles persist in Southeast Asia's UHC push despite $160b healthcare spend
19 Nov 19
Universal healthcare still struggles to take off in Myanmar and the Philippines.
Philippines sighted to spend $17.16b on healthcare
6 Nov 19
The approval of the universal healthcare bill is speeding up expenses in the country.
Tokyo tops hospital city rankings
23 Oct 19
It got stellar scores for access and quality of care.
Smart visa driven medical tourism boom threatens to overwhelm Thai public hospitals
21 Oct 19
About 1.4 million international patients received medical treatment in 2012.
Can the Philippines implement national membership programmes in its UHC push?
21 Oct 19
The private sector can be tapped for its extensive expertise in delivering high-quality care.
10 in 11 APAC healthcare groups saw negative shareholder returns in 2016-2018: Bain
25 Sep 19
Rising costs, evolving regulations and reimbursement pressure eroded profits.
Asian healthtech deals hit $2.5b
28 Aug 19
$595m went to firms geared towards health management solutions.
Migrant workers gain access to universal healthcare in Thailand
14 Aug 19
An estimated 1.5 million undocumented migrants registered with the Ministry of Public Health in 2018.
New York-listed New Frontier to buy China's United Family Healthcare for $1.44b
31 Jul 19
UFH is expected to be given the exclusive right to manage New Frontier Group’s 64,000 sqm flagship Shenzhen city center hospital.
APAC's medical device markets to be further hit by tighter regulations and pricing controls
17 Jul 19
Medical device approvals in China plunged 38% in 2018 to 5,528 successful registrations.

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