Asian countries are growing more concerned by rising obesity levels among their populations. While Asia still has some of the lowest rates worldwide of people classed as overweight or obese, the region has seen an alarming increase in recent years. The trend... Read More
This article was originally published on MedTech Intelligence. Asian governments have decided that developing new and more medical device products will bring growth (and profits) to their countries and enhance their domestic healthcare systems. Thus, we now see many new Asian governments... Read More
Singapore announced plans on November 8, 2017 to introduce new legislation making it compulsory for medical providers to contribute data to the country’s National Electronic Health Record (NEHR). The NEHR was set up in 2011, but contributions of medical data have so... Read More
This article was originally published on MedTech Intelligence. In recent decades, Asia’s aesthetics medicine market has grown very quickly. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, global cosmetic procedures have increased by nearly 40% over the past five years, with... Read More
Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) is deliberating making it mandatory for the private sector to join the national health database. The MOH has been trying to get the private sector to participate in the National Electronic Health Records (NEHR) but has not... Read More
Following the example of the U.S. FDA's Orphan Drug Act established in 1983, some Asian countries have developed orphan drug legislation, such as Singapore's Orphan Drug Exemption to the Medicines Act and Japan's Orphan Drug Amendment to the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law. While... 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 in the world. The population grows by approximately 1.5 million people each year. The... Read More
Introduction Cambodia is a developing nation in ASEAN with a recent history of political stability. Cambodia gained independence from France in 1953 but was devastated by a war with Vietnam. The Cambodian-Vietnamese War ended in 1991, but the country only achieved political... Read More
Introduction Laos was a French colony until 1953 and then underwent a civil war. Laos achieved political stability in 1975 when the war ended. Then, beginning in the late 1980s, Laos’ communist government started market reforms and opening up to the world.... Read More
Introduction In 2016, Malaysia’s economy expanded 5% and the population was at 30 million. The country also has the third highest GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power pairty (PPP) in ASEAN at $27,000, behind only Singapore and Brunei (International Monetary Fund,... Read More