02-Jun-17 Medical technology startups in Singapore are raising increasing amounts of capital from foreign investors, and linking with foreign organizations to bring products to market. But high development costs and no breakthrough local success could hold the sector back. [image: Endomaster]

29-May-17 Can Asian countries adapt to a new era of healthcare, with more elderly and longer life expectancy? Investors are beginning to place their bets. In 2016, VC firms invested USD37 bn in Asian healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotech ventures. [image: OECD]

22-May-17 Singapore eDevelopment has initiated research on a new universal therapeutic drug platform, known as Linebacker, to combat a range of diseases including Alzheimer's, diabetes and cancer. The research will be led by two-time Nobel Prize nominee Daryl Thompson. [image: ET Healthworld / BBCL]

17-May-17 As Asia develops, many countries are gaining the skills, capital and desire to be part of an unfolding genomics revolution. Recent advances are allowing us to screen for previously hidden disease risks and develop personalized treatments. [image: Wikimedia Commons / Scotted 400]

16-May-17 At 20 tertiary hospitals in China, radiologists are using AI technology from Infervision to improve medical diagnosis in reading CT scans and x-rays and to identify suspicious lesions and nodules in lung cancer patients. [image: Infervision]