The developing world is experiencing more Western diseases as they consume more Western products such as fast food, leading to a rise in the cardiology, orthopedics, and cancer rates. This means that the developing world is seeing a growing demand for devices... Read More
Joko Widodo was inaugurated as the new President of Indonesia on October 20, 2014. One of the tough challenges Widodo’s administration will face is reforming the healthcare system. Indonesia has a complicated, decentralized healthcare system that spreads responsibility from the national level... Read More
There is a wealth of opportunities for healthcare companies looking to expand to the Asian markets. This presentation provides an overview of important business and regulatory issues to consider for medical device companies interested in Asia. To view these presentation slides, please... Read More
Sourcing medical devices in Asia has become a common practice as more companies are taking advantage of the lower overhead, lower labor costs and increasing technical capabilities available in the Asian countries. Medical device companies can buy and manufacture a wide array... Read More
This report on Asian CROs provides a comprehensive list of contract research organizations in Asia. The countries covered include: Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, India, China, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. Included for each CRO are contact information, description of... Read More
The ten nations that make up the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) -- Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam -- together have a population of over 610 million, almost twice the population of the U.S.... Read More
Indonesia, a country of more than 6,000 inhabited islands, has a population of over 250 million people -- the fourth most populous country in the world. Indonesia's GDP grew slightly less than 6% in 2013, and is forecast to grow between 5-6%... Read More
Indonesia has introduced updates to its electronic registration platform for medical devices, in preparation for its integration with the regulatory system of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in January 2015. It has also clarified rules for customs integration and declaring... Read More
印度尼西亚引入医疗器械电子注册系统，此举是为其于2015年1月融入东南亚国家联盟（ASEAN）法规体系做准备。同时对于医疗器械及相关附件的海关申报也出台了明确规定。 Read More
Together, the ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have a combined GDP of $2 trillion and a population of more than 600 million. Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam made up... Read More