24-Mar-15 The Chinese University of Hong Kong will collaborate with London's Imperial College Institute of Global Health Innovation on medical data analytics, health policy education and research related to healthcare innovation and biomedical robotics. [image: Imperial College London]

18-Mar-15 Australian researchers have come up with a non-invasive ultrasound technology that clears the brain of neurotoxic amyloid plaques - structures that are responsible for memory loss and a decline in cognitive function in Alzheimer’s patients. [image: 3Dme Creative Studio / Shutterstock]

16-Mar-15 Korea's Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) has built a platform called "Dr M" that analyzes vital signs collected from smart sensors and sends data to healthcare providers. KAIST plans to test the service with wrist-worn terminals on 100 students, and then to work on projects with hospitals, silver towns, mobile carriers and device makers. [image: Business Korea]

16-Mar-15 China's domestic medical equipment industry has been growing rapidly, but at the same time it faces problems such as lack of scientific innovation the high-end market being dominated by foreign companies. The reality in China is that doctors spend all their available time with patients every day, and there is no time to engage in innovation. [image: China Daily]

24-Feb-15 GE Healthcare will double the size of its local healthcare team in ASEAN by the end of 2015. In Indonesia, its strategy is to increase access to higher quality healthcare, while reducing costs for patients, by developing innovative solutions designed specifically for the primary care market, and with the Indonesian user in mind. [image: The Pulse / GE Healthcare]