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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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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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10 in 11 APAC healthcare groups saw negative shareholder returns in 2016-2018: Bain

Rising costs, evolving regulations and reimbursement pressure eroded profits.

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Asian healthtech deals hit $2.5b

$595m went to firms geared towards health management solutions.

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Migrant workers gain access to universal healthcare in Thailand

An estimated 1.5 million undocumented migrants registered with the Ministry of Public Health in 2018.

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New York-listed New Frontier to buy China's United Family Healthcare for $1.44b

UFH is expected to be given the exclusive right to manage New Frontier Group’s 64,000 sqm flagship Shenzhen city center hospital.

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APAC's medical device markets to be further hit by tighter regulations and pricing controls

Medical device approvals in China plunged 38% in 2018 to 5,528 successful registrations.

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Medical device FDIs to extend slump in 2020

India’s foreign investments into the sector crashed 60% in 2017 and 2018 down to $67m.

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Bumrungrad International Hospital shocks the market with $15 telemedicine consultations

New and existing patients can use Bumrungrad Anywhere to access over 200 doctors at the touch of an app.

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Is Thailand, the poster child for universal healthcare, ready for telemedicine?

Bangkok’s heavy traffic is one of the factors heaping pressure on healthcare providers to implement on-demand digital care.

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