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Singapore to revamp public health subsidy system

The basis for hospital subsidies will be changed to per capita household income.

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Singapore to revamp public health subsidy system

The basis for hospital subsidies will be changed to per capita household income.

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Further investment urged for Western China's pharma sector

Human rights issues are seen to have discouraged investment in the region.

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APAC's healthcare buyouts doubled to 156 deals in 2020

Deals in the biopharma sector tripled during the year.

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Stronger R&D focus in sight for Vietnam's pharmas

Most local pharma firms hold the research on new drugs as their predominant strategy.

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Malaysia's private hospitals to play bigger role in COVID-19 battle

The government is integrating public and private hospitals as the healthcare system is at its breaking point.

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South Korea's biomedical R&D to flourish on state investment

Companies have also made investments in R&D as they shift away from generic drugs.

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Singapore emerges as best country in personalised healthcare in APAC

The transition to personalised healthcare is gaining momentum across most of Asia Pacific.

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India needs to invest in resilient healthcare information infrastructure: report

Risk communication emerged as the weakest link during the pandemic.

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Are India's underfunded hospitals equipped to deal with the pandemic?

The country is unable to raise healthcare expenditure by more than 3.8% of GDP, compared to the APAC average of 6.64%.

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Fujitsu, Tokyo Shinagawa to develop AI-supported diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia

The system is expected to deliver early detection of cases, even when the probablity of infection is low.

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COVID-19 jumpstarts Indonesia's telehealth industry

The government has quickly made digital health platforms available to address the pandemic.

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Telemedicine on the rise in South Korea despite legal barriers

COVID-19 has forced the government to speed up the regulatort infrastructure around telemedicine initiatives.

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Singapore researchers develop new COVID-19 test method

The method will speed up the testing procedure by up to four times.

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Almost 70% of rare disease patients receiving poor medical attention

Funding for testing and treatment, among others, was cited as the reason behind the inefficiencies across Asia-Pacific.

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Check out HKU's remote COVID-19 disease surveillance programme

The data collected through the program could be used to identify patterns for facilitating early detection of the disease.

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Asia Pacific to ramp up investment on healthcare capacity

Even markets with better capacity faced issues such as manpower shortage.

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Bigger healthcare spending in the cards for China

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

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