11-May-17 Following the price-cap placed on stents, the Indian government wants to put more medical devices under price control and proposes to change the Indian Medical Council Act to make it mandatory for doctors to prescribe generic medicines. [image: ET Healthworld]

06-May-17 India's government has decided to come up with guidelines to deal with medical tourists. "I feel the need of having a standard operating procedure which would help prevent things turning negative," Health Minister Deepak Sawant said. [image: ET Healthworld]

29-Apr-17 Medical-technology companies plan to tell Indian officials that further price control measures would risk future investments. The lobbying effort by Abbott, Boston Scientific, J&J and others comes after the government set a cap for stents, slashing prices by 75 percent. [image: ET Healthworld]

20-Apr-17 As China develops, it struggles to deal with wrenching healthcare challenges. It produces few breakthrough innovations in medicine and healthcare technology. New investments and policy reforms, however, could transform China into one of the top R&D hubs. The Chinese government recently enacted new programs to stimulate entrepreneurship, bolster domestic research institutions, and promote innovative approaches to upgrading the healthcare system. [image: Techonomy / Shutterstock]

18-Apr-17 The Korean government, with the assistance of bio health industry companies, will build a “distributed bio big data system” using healthcare information accumulated at medical institutions. The system seeks to develop new personalized medicines based on patient level data as well as help develop medical devices that leverage artificial intelligence and augmented reality technologies. [image: Business Korea]