ASIA News

According to a recent BT report, the VereCoV detection kit is expected to be commercially available by Feb 1 this year.

Prudential Myanmar, the wholly-owned business unit of Prudential Corporation Asia and MyanCare, a telemedicine company, announced last week a first-of-its kind partnership to improve healthcare access for people across the country.

New investors Alternate Ventures and KDV Capital, together with existing investor HealthXCapital also joined the round.  

Medirom, a healthtech company based in Japan, has announced that at CES 2020 it will be working with MATRIX Industries, a Silicon Valley material science company, to deliver the world’s first health monitoring smartband named MOTHER that never requires charging.

A interview with Prof Yasushi Goto, Department of Thoracic Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Japan. 

A study led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) found that most (93%) mobile apps for suicide prevention and depression management do not provide all the six suicide prevention strategies that are commonly recommended in international clinical guidelines.

A wrap-up of the key healthtech developments in the APAC region for 2019.

China’s Ping An Good Doctor and Thailand’s largest private medical group, Bangkok Dusit Medical Services (BDMS), yesterday announced the launch of a video consultation service.

Students and teachers can effortlessly switch between VR and the real world with just one click in laboratory lessons, learning from the virtual human body and real cadavers simultaneously.

Both companies will also jointly explore how to break down the barrier between online and offline healthcare by means of innovative retail models connecting retail pharmacies, hospitals and primary healthcare in rural areas.