This article was originally published on MedTech Intelligence. With patients and medical providers across Asia and around the world forced by the global pandemic to rely on online platforms more than ever before, the medical device industry is finding itself uniquely vulnerable... Read More
Sales of diagnostic mammography equipment in the Asia-Pacific region is expected to rise significantly over the next eight years, according to two recently published studies. The reports by Globalcan and GlobalData vary in their specific findings. But both project compound annual growth... Read More
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), a fast-developing technology that uses radio waves to collect and transfer data, is increasingly being adopted in healthcare markets across the Asia Pacific region and around the globe. A study by Precedence Research found sales of the technology,... Read More
With the COVID-19 pandemic bringing into focus the need for better collection and use of data in healthcare, health authorities in Vietnam are pushing to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence platform and technologies. In June, the Ministry of Health announced an... Read More
Western investors are increasingly investing in Chinese biotechnology firms, driven by a surge in demand for cutting edge treatments for the novel coronavirus and other new therapies being developed in China. Over the past five years, Chinese firms have moved away from... Read More
This article was originally published on Medtech Intelligence Fueled by an urgent need for diagnostic testing to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, the in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) market is experiencing explosive growth across Asia and around the globe. Already expanding for the... Read More
With more than 55 people dying in China of cancer every ten minutes, the country is innovating treatments and pushing to close deep gaps in fundamental care to meet its oncology crisis. Compared with the United States, the death rate from cancer... Read More
South Korea is pushing to standardize international regulations on medical devices fueled by artificial intelligence technologies and to eliminate structural barriers to marketing those and other innovative medical device technologies. In July, Eui-Kyung Lee, who heads Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, pushed... Read More
An aggressive push by healthcare providers in Thailand to integrate high tech data, information, and artificial intelligence services into their operations has significantly improved the accuracy of diagnoses and the treatment of major diseases, according to a report by GlobalData. The analysis,... Read More
Moving to increase the provision of critical healthcare services throughout its vast territory, China’s National Health Commission plans to convert hundreds of community health clinics around the country into hospitals. Under the plan, the community health centers will continue to serve... Read More