14-Aug-15 The Abraaj Group, a leading investor group operating in global growth markets, has announced it acquired a stake in Yü-Ce Medical, a disposable medical supplies manufacturer in Turkey. Abraaj will focus on increasing Yü-Ce's production capacity, expanding its sales and distribution network and further enhancing the company’s product offering. [image: Abraaj Captial]

31-Jul-15 Sleep disorder device supplier ResMed has signed a definitive agreement to acquire its Chinese counterpart Curative Medical. The announcement follows ResMed’s acquisition of CareTouch, a provider of internet-based solutions and therapy-focused resupply programs for home medical equipment providers, earlier in July. [image: ResMed]

20-Jul-15 In a bid to boost further Malaysia's burgeoning medtech sector, the country's investment authority has approved 11 medtech projects worth USD122 mn. Nine of the 11 projects are domestic investments by local companies, which include ABio Orthopedics, Straits Orthopedics, UWC Healthcare and Top Glove. [image: BioSpectrum]

14-Jul-15 Malaysia is being positioned the ASEAN hub of medical device manufacturing. It hosts more than 190 medical device manufacturers with investments worth RM13.2 bn (USD3.5 bn), including Ansell, Ambu, Bard, B.Braun, Haemonetics and St. Jude. The industry has been identified as one of five intended to re-energise the manufacturing sector. [image: Site Selection]

01-Jun-15 Columbia Pacific Management – one of the largest healthcare providers in Asia, with 28 hospitals in India and Southeast Asia and three senior care facilities in China – is entering the China hospital market with a major investment in a 200-bed orthopedic hospital in Shanghai. [image: Northwest Asian Weekly]