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Strong state commitment boosts Hong Kong's healthcare sector
13 Apr 21
The government has allocated 15% of its 2021 budget to healthcare.
Singapore to revamp public health subsidy system
6 Apr 21
The basis for hospital subsidies will be changed to per capita household income.
Further investment urged for Western China's pharma sector
30 Mar 21
Human rights issues are seen to have discouraged investment in the region.
APAC's healthcare buyouts doubled to 156 deals in 2020
23 Mar 21
Deals in the biopharma sector tripled during the year.
Stronger R&D focus in sight for Vietnam's pharmas
16 Mar 21
Most local pharma firms hold the research on new drugs as their predominant strategy.
Malaysia's private hospitals to play bigger role in COVID-19 battle
9 Mar 21
The government is integrating public and private hospitals as the healthcare system is at its breaking point.
South Korea's biomedical R&D to flourish on state investment
2 Mar 21
Companies have also made investments in R&D as they shift away from generic drugs.
Digital expansion to improve affordability of India's healthcare
23 Feb 21
The government has recently encouraged the expansion of telemedicine.
India doubles healthcare spending for 2021
16 Feb 21
However, the overall spending is just about 1% of GDP.
Singapore emerges as best country in personalised healthcare in APAC
9 Feb 21
The transition to personalised healthcare is gaining momentum across most of Asia Pacific.
Opportunities for Indian pharmas await in Vietnam
2 Feb 21
Vietnamese pharmas are looking to cooperate with foreign companies and investors.
Is China's drug reimbursement program a win for pharmas?
26 Jan 21
Negotiating on price may have become obligatory for drugs to be included for reimbursement.
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.

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