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2014年不包括日本在内的亚洲经济增长将接近6%。同期欧盟增加1.5%，美国增加2.5%。 在亚洲，中国的增长最快，其增长率超过 7%。预计印度，菲律宾和越南的经济增长约6%，印度尼西亚紧随其后，为5.5%。 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

It is projected that infectious diseases in South and Southeast Asia will increase in the future, as rapid economic growth has led to rising air travel and urbanization — with growing people-to-people and people-to-animal interactions. SARS, bird flu and swine flu are... 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

The Philippines, a Southeast Asian country made up of more than 7,000 islands, has a population of over 100 million people -- making it the 12th most populous country. 2013 Philippine GDP growth was among the fastest in Asia, at almost 7%.... Read More

All Filipinos will now be eligible for coverage under the country’s national health insurance scheme, PhilHealth. At the end of June 2013, Filipino President Benigno Aquino III signed a law expanding national healthcare coverage to all Filipinos, including the indigent and those... 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

On April 22, 2013, The Philippines Food and Drug Administration (FDA) adopted a harmonized Post-Marketing Alert System (PMAS) for unsafe medical devices and other products within the scope of the FDA. Read More

The forthcoming ASEAN Medical Device Directive (AMDD) will cover harmonization for a Common Submission Dossier Template (CSDT) and will govern requirements of product registration. Read More