As demand skyrockets for healthcare in Southeast Asia, remote medical provider technologies are becoming increasingly popular. The technologies, which include app-based medical consultations and other telehealth options, allow doctors to reach more patients, especially in remote areas where access to healthcare providers... Read More
Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration is tightening requirements and raising fees for the registration of new drugs. The changes were published in Thailand’s Government Gazette in April as Drug Act (No. 6) B.E. 2562 and go into effect in October, 2019. They... Read More
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
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
Spending on healthcare is expected to balloon by more than 70% over the next two decades in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, according to a report presented at the World Economic Forum. Total healthcare spending in the six nations... Read More
This article was originally published on Medtech Intelligence. This article is a continuation of the two-part series on the hospital sector in Asia. Last month’s article focused on China’s hospital growth. This month’s article will expand on the status and prospects of... Read More
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which is comprised of the countries Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia, was established in 1967 to promote peace and stability in the region, facilitate collaboration and mutual assistance among 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
The rise of more advanced treatments and medical facilities in Asia is driving strong growth in the market for endoscopic devices, according to a report by Transparency Market Research. The use of endoscopic devices in the diagnosis of various diseases and infections... Read More
The Asia-Pacific medical imaging market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of about 10 percent from 2017 to 2021, according to a report by Technavio. The growth is being driven by technological advancements such as 4-D medical imaging,... Read More