This article was originally featured on Medtech Intelligence. As Asia’s prostate cancer burden grows, so do opportunities for Western medical device companies with products to diagnose and treat the disease. Leading Western medical device firms are moving into markets across the Asian... Read More
This article was originally published on MedTech Intelligence. How are Augmented and Virtual Reality Technologies Used in Healthcare? Augmented reality (AR) superimposes computer-generated images, sounds, or other sensory experiences on a user’s view of the real world. Virtual reality (VR) takes the... Read More
Social media platforms including Facebook and Japanese competitor Line would be prohibited from airing advertisements for medical devices in Taiwan, under legislation introduced in October. As written, the legislation would require that medical devices be approved by Taiwanese government authorities before they... Read More
With rates of hepatitis B infection higher in Asia than anywhere else on the globe, deaths from liver cancer are an overwhelmingly Asian phenomenon. Almost 80 percent of cases and deaths from liver cancer occur on the Asian continent, according to the... Read More
The incidence of stroke is on the rise in Taiwan, driven by unhealthy eating habits, the prevalence of cigarette smoking and high alcohol consumption. A new study presented at the ASEAN Federation of Cardiology Congress in September found the disease that affects... Read More
As the pharmaceutical industry’s expansion into emerging markets meets the desire of Asian governments to speed approval of innovative products, demand for clinical trials is soaring in the Asian region. By 2021, the global market for clinical trials is expected to reach... Read More
Taiwan’s Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) is the government ministry responsible for the country’s healthcare regulations. The MOHW has a broad mandate to improve the quality of healthcare, prevent and control infectious diseases, ensure food and drug safety, and facilitate technological... Read More
An alarming jump in mental illness in some of Asia’s fastest developing countries has made the region the third largest market in the world for mental health therapeutics, even as social stigma and lack of professional services leave a majority of the... Read More
This article was originally published on MedTech Intelligence. Driven largely by hepatitis in its various forms, liver disease has long been a fixture of life in China and Southeast Asia. Over the past three decades, public health programs in the region have... Read More
Taiwan’s parliament has passed a bill that establishes new protections for the intellectual property of pharmaceutical companies. The new “patent linkage” system, modeled on the U.S. “Orange Book” approach, is aimed at preventing licenses from being issued for drugs that infringe on... Read More