10-Dec-14 Mergers and acquisitions in China’s healthcare sector rose to a record USD11.3 billion in the first 11 months of 2014, up 13% from a year earlier. A combination of ageing population and increasing affluence is driving the deal-making, coinciding with sweeping reforms by Chinese government. [image: Feucht Blog]

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05-Dec-14 India produces a third of the world's medicines, mostly in the form of generic drugs. But more than 80% of the raw materials for these drugs are imported from China. That gives its neighbour a virtual monopoly over pricing and supply - so much so that there are now no domestic Indian producers of many essential medicines, a situation that worries the Indian government. [image: The Insider]

03-Dec-14 Barco has been selected by China’s Shandong Provincial Hospital group to implement a comprehensive telemedicine system across 204 hospitals and clinics in the province. [image: Barco].

28-Nov-14 Lifetech, a medical device company from Shenzhen, is in one way a pioneer in the Chinese medical device industry. Its CeraFlex occluder will enter the mainstream Western market via Medtronic’s sales channels, the first Chinese class III medical device to gain such access. However, so far, only this one product has achieved the European CE mark standard. [image: ACN Newswire]

26-Nov-14 China plans to scrap retail price caps on all drugs as early as the start of 2015, giving market forces a larger role in an industry where price controls have contributed to supply shortages. A recent crackdown on high prices pushed some Chinese firms out of business and forced global drug-makers to rethink their China strategy. [image: My Jungle Blog]