12-Jun-15 In a string of measures to regulate the medical device industry the Indian government has recommended creating an autonomous body - the National Medical Devices Authority (NDMA). It may also announce a separate policy for regulating prices of certain medical devices and implement it through a separate medical devices control order. [image: The Times of India]

01-Jun-15 Columbia Pacific Management – one of the largest healthcare providers in Asia, with 28 hospitals in India and Southeast Asia and three senior care facilities in China – is entering the China hospital market with a major investment in a 200-bed orthopedic hospital in Shanghai. [image: Northwest Asian Weekly]

28-May-15 India-based Apollo Hospitals, a top healthcare provider, has unveiled a revolutionary knee replacement technique in the UAE, which can facilitate a replacement that lasts for more than 30 years and is suitable for patients between ages 45-55 and those suffering from obesity. [image: Trade Arabia]

28-May-15 India's Apollo has budgeted Rs1,700 crore to add 600 beds in the second and third quarters of 2016. It expects the investment to be profitable by 2018. By 2016-17, it plans to have 10,000 beds. [image: Money Control]

21-May-15 The Punjab Cabinet in India has given the nod to foreign players to invest in the healthcare sector, including setting up hospitals in the upcoming Medicity project at Mullanpur in Mohali. The amended policy allows 100% owned subsidiaries, and JVs by foreign health institutions. [image: The First Mail]