Spurred by the coronavirus crisis, China is moving for the first time to permit first-time medical diagnoses to be conducted online. The move by China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) is part of a major new push to move many healthcare... Read More
China’s punishing experience with COVID-19 is likely to push forward deep reforms already underway in the nation’s healthcare system, shifting medical diagnosis and treatment away from large hospitals, furthering digitalization and telehealth, etc. That is the conclusion of a new report by... 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
This article was originally published on FDLI. Introduction China’s drug market has exploded over the last few years, and future growth is estimated at 6-7% over the next five years. Valued at about $140 billion, it is now the second-largest drug market... Read More
As health care firms in China and Hong Kong race to respond to the challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic, they are experiencing sustained investment (mostly from China funds and wealthy Chinese investors), and are benefiting from recent regulatory changes and technological... Read More
This article was originally published on MedTech Intelligence. For the past several years, the companion technologies, which allow users to mirror reality, have been emerging as strong players in the medical field in Asia and beyond, given their potential to simulate surgery,... Read More
More cancer patients are being diagnosed in China than in any other global market in the world. Cancer is rampant in China due to a number of factors including an aging population, smoking, air pollution, as well as other poor lifestyle choices.... Read More
As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) takes hold in Asia’s healthcare industry, researchers are collecting detailed health profiles of citizens and using the data to test treatments, monitor adverse drug reactions in patients, detect the risk of cognitive issues in children... Read More
Driven by the needs of its growing number of aging adults, the Japanese healthcare industry is rapidly adopting digital technology to bolster the work of physicians, nurses and medical researchers. Increasingly, Japanese doctors are digitizing medical records and consolidating metadata health data... Read More
This article was originally published on MedTech Intelligence. The use of artificial intelligence in healthcare is accelerating rapidly, as devices and products that mimic human learning and behavior are on track to get regulatory approval in the United States, Europe and increasingly,... Read More