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Bigger healthcare spending in the cards for China

Bigger healthcare spending in the cards for China

The country saw overwhelmed hospitals and disrupted routine services amidst the pandemic.

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Telemedicine platform activity surges across Asia Pacific

It has been receiving government support as a way to control the spread of the pandemic.

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Travel restrictions spur online healthcare services in China

Priorly, less than a quarter of the population had used telemedicine.

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Asia-Pacific healthtech funding plunged 56% to $703m in Q1

Half of the clusters that outperformed the ecosystem were relevant to addressing COVID-19.

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China's healthcare spending tipped to grow 12.6% to $926.8b in 2020

The government is expected to account for the majority of the spending.

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APAC healthcare deal value dropped 29% to $11.5b in 2019

The total deal size in Southeast Asia surged to $2.4b.

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Asia Pacific's medical inflation to hit 7.1% in 2020

Overuse of care by medical practitioners is one of the factors driving up costs.

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China's API supply disruption worries pharma companies

A bulk of drug intermediates are sourced from China.

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Asia Pacific healthtech funding crashed 27% to $4.95b in 2019

Healthtech investments in H2 slowed significantly.

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Philippines ramps up healthcare budget for 2020

The country’s government has allocated $3.2b to the health sector.

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PwC calls for public-private partnership for Singapore healthtech startups

Startups must be given access to clinical trials and early clinical input, it said.

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Challenges plague Asia's health tech assessment programmes

Solutions focus on improving HTAs’ integration to current drug pricing schemes.

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Hurdles persist in Southeast Asia's UHC push despite $160b healthcare spend

Universal healthcare still struggles to take off in Myanmar and the Philippines.

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Philippines sighted to spend $17.16b on healthcare

The approval of the universal healthcare bill is speeding up expenses in the country.

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Tokyo tops hospital city rankings

It got stellar scores for access and quality of care.

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Smart visa driven medical tourism boom threatens to overwhelm Thai public hospitals

About 1.4 million international patients received medical treatment in 2012.

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Can the Philippines implement national membership programmes in its UHC push?

The private sector can be tapped for its extensive expertise in delivering high-quality care.

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