15-Dec-15 Despite recording gains in recent years, India continues to lag several health indicators such as mortality rates and malnutrition. A paper in The Lancet identifies seven structural problems: 1. A weak primary healthcare; 2. Unequally distributed human resources; 3. Large unregulated private sector; 4. Low public spending; 5. Fragmented information systems; 6. Irrational drug use and spiralling cost; 7. Weak governance and accountability. [image: Hindustan Times]

11-Dec-15 Pantai Holdings, part of IHH, is planning to expand its operations to Malaysia's east coast states as part of its strategy to make private healthcare services available nationwide. Chairman Datuk Annuar Abdullah said the company had yet to decide whether its first hospital on the east coast will operate under the brand name of Pantai or Gleneagles. [image: The Star]

10-Dec-15 The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has provided Vietnam with USD104 mn to finance the construction of ten hospitals. Costing USD120 mn, they are also funded by ministry and local budgets. The projects have been implemented since 2012, and are expected to ease overload at central level hospitals, and improve surgery, emergency and intensive care services. [image: JICA]

08-Dec-15 EBSCO Information Services has introduced a new resource for researchers in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Biotechnology Source provides access to full-text journals from a single platform, and is designed to help companies gain a competitive edge by providing fast access to relevant, current and accurate information. [image: EBSCO]

07-Dec-15 Thomson Reuters' Healthcare Intelligence app enables users to analyze drug pipelines, revenues and competitive landscape for a given indication and disease. For healthcare financial research professionals, this means less time collecting and curating drug data from various databases, and more time generating insights, formulating investment decisions and assessing opportunities. [image: Thomson Reuters]