01-Feb-16 Parkway Pantai is set to open a USD70 mn, 250-bed hospital in Yangon, in a bid to capitalise on the largely untapped healthcare market of Myanmar. Parkway Yangon will be Parkway Pantai's first hospital in Myanmar, where demand for quality healthcare is growing. The hospital is expected to open in 2020. [image: IHH]

30-Jan-16 How big is the potential market for diabetes drugs in China? As big as the entire populations of Australia, Canada and Argentina combined. And it's growing. Only about half of China’s diabetics have been diagnosed, and only 15% of those diagnosed are receiving comprehensive treatment, said Jakob Riis, head of China at Novo Nordisk, the world’s largest insulin maker. [image: AFP / Getty Images]

26-Jan-16 Every research institution in Egypt will soon have access to resources from EBSCO due to a national project by the Presidential Council for Education & Scientific Research. The project, The Egyptian Knowledge Bank, selected EBSCO to provide easy access to information with the aim of furthering scientific research and the formation of Egypt's Knowledge Society. [image: EBSCO]

25-Jan-16 Wiley has announced the conversion of five of its leading journals to the Wiley Open Access Program. From Jan-16 all articles in Plant Biotechnology, GCB Bioenergy, Health Expectations, Atmospheric Science Letters, and Clinical & Translational Science will be free to read, download and share. This brings the total number of Wiley’s open access titles to 61. [image: Wiley]

22-Jan-16 The Health division of Wolters Kluwer announced the release of a complimentary e-book that demonstrates the critical role of integrated clinical decision support (CDS) to driving value and optimizing patient care in today’s healthcare environments. [image: Wolters Kluwer]