17-Oct-17 Pakistan startup doctHERs has won the World Health Summit Startup Track 2017. According to the jury, doctHERs "not only has a decisive influence on the healthcare system but also shows a contemporary and important direction for a social change." [image: Geo TV]

10-Oct-17 DocOnline, a virtual platform providing access to medical consulting services, plans to roll out services in five more Indian states and several Southeast Asian countries, and offer its digital healthcare services to consumers in 2018. [image: Startup Hyderabad]

20-Sep-17 MedAnt, a ground-breaking new patient information sharing app has launched on the WeChat platform in China, focusing mainly on oncology and ophthalmology. MedAnt is a social app where patients share experiences via paid Q&A and free group chats. [image: Weixin]

15-Sep-17 Japanese e-commerce company Rakuten has acquired a 10% stake in mattress maker Airweave for USD11 mn. It hopes to use Airweave's customer sleep data to develop products and services bespoke to the health needs of individual customers. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]

01-Aug-17 Click2Clinic Healthcare India, a tech-based home health services company, is planning to expand to Vietnam and Thailand as it rolls out its services in India and Malaysia and closes on a deal to provide funding from institutional investors. [image: The Financial Express]