Healthcare

Gene therapy research in India sees growing investment

The country is still in the nascent stage of developing these therapies.

Gene therapy research in India sees growing investment

The country is still in the nascent stage of developing these therapies.

Apollo Hospitals acquire Gurugram hospital asset for $57m

The facility purchased from Nayati Healthcare has a potential of 650 beds.

Noncommunicable diseases cost Malaysia $2.17b in healthcare

Diabetes made up the largest share of healthcare costs.

7 in 10 of seniors in urban India lacked access to healthcare

More than half relied on home remedies instead of seeking medical help.

Parkway Life REIT's net income rises 1.1% to $56.0m in H122

The increase was driven by higher rents from its Singapore properties.

India-based ASG Eye Hospitals bags $189m funding

The transaction paves the way for an exit for one of the hospital chain’s investors.

How Japan’s pharma companies gain value from real-world evidence

The world's top 20 pharma firms can gain $300m a year using advanced analytics.

Raffles Medical H1 profit surges 54.4% 

Patient numbers had increased on the back of recovering medical tourism.

Tan Tock Seng Hospital develops remedy for overwhelmed hospitals

Its surgical care program via ambulatory setting cuts hospital stays from six to one day.

Using offline and online channels to counter misperceptions of hepatitis B – a ‘silent disease’ – in Singapore

Gilead Sciences’ US$1m grant will help NFDD and other community-based organisations across Asia battle public apathy towards liver disease.

Fullerton Health reaches settlement with directors

The settlement will allow Fullerton to complete a proposed merger.

India locally develops 35 previously imported pharma ingredients

The country is expected to remain keen to lessen pharma import dependency.

Singapore has a ratio of 1 hospital for more than 220,000 Singaporeans

It has the lowest hospital versus population ratio amongst 33 developed countries.

Remote hospital’s ‘smart’ move to weather storms and power outages

Koh Phangan Hospital saved millions of Thai baht in maintenance expenses after switching to a smart hospital.

Japan tops global survey for most number of hospitals

 Thirty-three of the most developed countries were part of the survey.

Apollo Hospitals integrates digital health tool in cardiovascular risk tool

This allows the tools to provide health assessments continuously at home.