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Australia's SkyGen, CosMediTour offer cheap surgery in Asia

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02-Sep-16 Creating an avenue for Australians who feel “kind of stuck”, medical tourism agencies in Australia such as SkyGen and CosMediTour offer to help people find orthopedic, cosmetic and spinal surgery overseas. Every health stakeholder is worried about rising costs at home. But the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons warns of paperwork, unidentified implants, fragmentation of care and misleading advertising. [image: Lyndon Mechieslen]

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Chinese-owned Bricon acquires renowned German medical device company

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15-Jun-16 Bricon GmbH, part of China's Naton Medical Group, has acquired the manufacturing site of Zrinski AG in Germany and has re-formed it as Zrinski GmbH. Naton, with more than 3,500 employees, is one of China’s leading medical technology manufacturers. It intends to expand its position in the premium segment of the Chinese market with products “Made in Germany”. [image: Zrinski]

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Medical tourism startup MEDIGO exceeds USD 10 mn funding

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19-Jan-16 Medical tourism facilitator Medigo has secured an additional EUR3.35 mn in capital after closing an extension round with CL Ventures, and now reports total funding at USD10 mn. MEDIGO opened its Australian office in late 2015, and is starting one in Singapore. “We are committed to supporting MEDIGO as it enters the Chinese market,” said CL Ventures CEO, Hong Zhou. [image: MEDIGO]

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India's Apollo to focus on knee revision surgeries

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06-Sep-15 With thousands of knee replacement surgeries performed in India annually, about 10% require revision surgery. In view of the need for revision surgeries, Apollo Hospitals has entered into an understanding with Orthopaedic Clinic Lindenlohe, Germany. Under the agreement, Indian surgeons will get be trained in Germany and a professor from the clinic will visit Apollo Hyderabad twice a year. [image: Money Control]

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