15-Sep-15 Five ASEAN private hospital associations have endorsed the “Yangon Declaration” in a bid to enhance cooperation and jointly develop medical service standards in the region. The associations from Thailand, Myanmar, the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam reached an agreement to deepen cooperation during the Hospital Management Asia (HMA) 2015 held in Yangon. [image: Myanmar Business Times / TPHA]

01-Sep-15 Global logistics provider Agility has opened a Pharmaceutical Competence Center in São Paulo, Brazil. The dedicated facility will offer pharma companies world-class solutions and industry know-how in pharmaceutical and life sciences logistics. Brazil is in the midst of economic and healthcare reforms, making it vital for pharma companies to minimize risk and reduce their operating costs. [image: Agility]

04-Sep-15 Nine out of 10 physicians in Asia-Pacific use online search to aid clinical decision-making, yet searching for trusted and updated content is a key priority, reveals a new survey of healthcare professionals conducted for Elsevier by Global Growth Markets. 11% of 210 respondents indicated that there is too much information available, and 10% said they need more training on how to search. [image: CosMedicList]

14-Sep-15 In the next decade, the Philippines healthcare information management services (HIMS) sector targets to quintuple its revenues from US$1.3 billion last year to US$9.8 billion in 2020. The HIMS sector is transforming fast due to changes in the healthcare environment where patients now demand for more participation in their care management programs. [image: HIMS Conference]

01-Sep-15 Medidata, a provider of cloud-based solutions for clinical research, has collaborated with Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA) to provide cloud-based technology for streamlining clinical trial costs across Japan by focusing on the consistent budgeting of trial sites. [image: BioSpectrum]