28-Mar-16 Hospital operator PT Siloam International Hospitals, part of the Lippo Group, will set up 13 new hospital chains across Indonesia within two years. The plan will see Siloam's full-service hospitals increase to 33 from 20 at present. Each hospital is estimated to consume an average investment of USD8 mn. [image: ANTARA / Sahrul Manda Tikupadang]

23-Mar-16 Foreign investors have turned their attention to multi-million-dollar projects in Myanmar’s healthcare industry after being shut out for years. Rising incomes, a budding middle class and opportunities in a market that currently relies on overseas medical care are enticing foreign companies to the country. Entrants include Malaysia's Parkway, Thonburi and Bumrungrad from Thailand, and Indonesia's Lippo Group. [image: Zarni Phyo / The Myanmar Times]

23-Mar-16 Malaysia based Top Glove Corp, the world's largest rubber glove producer by volume, is partnering with DHS Emergency Asia as it seeks to expand its footprint into medical services. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]

21-Mar-16 Johnson & Johnson has seen the profitability of its consumer and medical device sectors flag in recent years, prompting activist investor Artisan to put pressure on the firm. The company’s executives recently shared their vision for growing its medical device business with a six-pronged plan that includes boosting its consumer medical devices business and expanding into emerging markets. [image: Johnson & Johnson]

21-Mar-16 The company rolling out the National Broadband Network (NBN) across Australia has released a research paper on e-health, spruiking the benefits of monitoring health and telehealth with doctors. 50% of respondents use telehealth for its convenience; 34% for better managing their health; and 21% in place of going to a doctor when they are unable to get an appointment. [image: NBN]