Aging populations and increased incidences of chronic diseases across the Asia-Pacific region are spurring rapid growth in demand for in-vitro diagnostic (IVD) testing. That presents major marketing opportunities for the diagnostics industry in China, India, Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, and Indonesia. ... Read More
China is increasingly emerging as a global leader in cell and gene therapy innovation, with the government granting thousands of patents in the field, and Chinese laboratories already conducting or scheduled to begin more than 1,000 clinical trials over the next two... Read More
This article was originally published on MedTech Intelligence. With the COVID-19 pandemic shuttering physician offices and walk-in clinics, patients and doctors across Asian markets have turned increasingly to telehealth solutions. The surge is creating a short-term boom—and the likelihood of a long-term... Read More
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Driven by the urgent need to develop more and better ventilators and other devices to treat Covid-19 patients, South Korea plans to bolster private-sector medical device research in the country with an infusion of government cash and expertise. The research and development... Read More
This article was originally published on MedTech Intelligence. Led by Chinese Internet commerce giants Tencent and Alibaba, internet providers have been offering a vast array of cloud computing services free to researchers and clinicians, while hiking their investment in advanced technologies, since... Read More
To ensure hand sanitizers and medical masks remain available to the public, Thai authorities in April placed price controls on both items considered critical to the welfare of citizens and in high demand. Under a notification published by the Thai Central Committee... Read More
With U.S. medical personnel and institutions facing key supply shortages in fighting the COVID-19 virus outbreak, trade officials in March removed tariffs on dozens of medical items imported from China. The tariff exemptions on face masks, exam gloves, surgical drapes, protective gowns,... Read More
This article was originally published on Medtech Intelligence. Artificial intelligence devices or products, known popularly as AI, imitate intelligent behavior or mimic human learning and reasoning. In its more basic forms, artificial intelligence has been used in the healthcare field to perform... Read More
This article was originally published on MedTech Intelligence. Driven by an aging population with growing needs for new medical technologies—and more means to pay for them—governments and hospitals in China, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and Korea are joining forces to purchase an increasing... Read More