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Healthcare firms tie AI adoption to clinical results

Healthcare firms tie AI adoption to clinical results

IHH says AI should cut the admin burden and support patient care beyond hospital walls.
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Awareness gap on myopia risk stalls early intervention in children

CooperVision entered Japan and is equipping clinicians with talk tracks to convert myopia awareness into action.
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Singapore ranks first globally as childhood myopia surges

Mount Elizabeth now uses atropine MiSight lenses and near-work devices to slow progression in children.
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Myopia care lacks tools to flag poor treatment responders

Repeated multi-country approval studies are slowing new myopia treatments from reaching patients worldwide.
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Hong Kong CDMO gap delays GenEditBio samples

Hetao could fund shared CDMO capacity for first-in-human gene editing samples.
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Device cuts PCR complexity with 45-pathogen detection in 90 minutes

The system identifies 27 viruses, 15 bacteria and three fungi in one device cutting complexity for space-limited clinics.
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EEG tool detects language delay in infants from birth to age 2

Regulatory barriers in mainland China are limiting the product to private hospitals until an MPA license is secured
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Biologics adoption to fuels trillion-dollar injectable market expansion

China and India are emerging as key manufacturing and consumption centres.
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Mirror Caring targets knee health gap with non-invasive wearable

A wearable patch tracks knee swelling and motion after exercise giving users an early warning before serious damage sets in.
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Hong Kong health costs outpace GDP as prevention remains underfunded

Poor diets undertreated patients and underpaid public health workers are pushing Hong Kong costs beyond GDP growth.
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Five-year health plans no longer work, UNSW fellow warns

Davidson warns health systems to brace for pandemics supply chain risk and workforce strain simultaneously.
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Singapore heart centre deploys photo-counting CT for complex cardiac cases

Cardiovascular disease accounts for nearly one in three deaths in the country.
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Rising elderly cancer burden to expand T-cell malignancies market

Advances in molecular profiling help improve the understanding of these diseases.
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NZ budget 2026 commits $400m to hospital upgrades, health minister says

This forms part of a 10-year Health Infrastructure Plan launched in 2025.
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Global point‑of‑care testing market to hit $64.8b by 2031

This will be driven by increasing demand for quick testing.
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Rising demand for rapid diagnostics drives cardiac marker market toward $9.6b

Point-of-care testing is expected to be the fastest-growing segment.