Insights

06-Jul-17 Tony Fernandes, founder of AirAsia, is planning the launch of a new “affordable healthcare” business called Tune Care in Malaysia, later expanding throughout ASEAN. It will have its own hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, diagnostics centers and wellness programmes. [image: Investvine]

05-Jul-17 Israel's Zebra Medical Vision and India's Teleradiology Solutions have signed a partnership to bring Zebra-Med’s cloud based deep learning analytics engine to over 20 countries and 150 hospitals and healthcare organizations in India, Asia, and Africa. [image: Zebra Medical Vision]

03-Jul-17 Availability of surgeons, cost and equipment are all challenging the spread of robotic surgery in India. Distributor Vattikuti Technologies will showcase da Vinci technology in 20 tier 2/3 cities by mounting the surgical robot on a vehicle. [image: ET Healthworld]

03-Jul-17 Japan's Konica Minolta plans to acquire Ambry Genetics of the US, which uses genetic data to screen for cancer, in an acquisition expected to cost JPY100 bn (USD889 mn), the office equipment maker's most expensive acquisition ever. [image: Konica Minolta]

30-Jun-17 40 Chinese firms are interested in investing in a Special Economic Zone in Eldoret, Kenya, which will cost USD2 bn and is targeted at medical tourism, wildlife conservation, film industry, entertainment industry, and manufacturing, among others. [image: PSCU]