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07-Dec-17 Singapore's Finance Minister expects government expenditure on healthcare to "rise quite sharply" in the next three to five years, predicting that by 2020, government spending will go up by "at least SGD3 billion" (USD2.2 bn). [image: Timoghy David / ST Photo]
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03-Dec-17 India's healthcare market may see a threefold jump in value to USD372 bn by 2022 from USD110 billion in 2016, driven by growing incidence of lifestyle diseases and rising demand for affordable healthcare delivery systems. [ET Healthworld]
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22-Nov-17 Consumer healthcare brand Portea Medical on Tuesday announced Series C funding of USD26 mn led by new investors Sabre Partners and MEMG CDC. Portea's existing investors Accel, IFC and Qualcomm Ventures also participated. [image: Portea Medical]
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04-Nov-17 Tougher testing of senior drivers in Japan has spotted some 30,000 with signs of dementia in six months, the National Police Agency said, providing yet another reminder of the challenges facing the rapidly ageing country. [image: Reuters]
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23-Oct-17 With a quarter of Singapore's population 65 or older by 2030, there is a rush to empower seniors with assistive technology so they can age independently, but one of the larges hurdles is getting ageing citizens to embrace it. [image: The New Paper]
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