16-Jun-17 25 Japanese companies including Eisai, Takeda and Kitahara International Hospital plan to develop business in emerging economies, leveraging a government partnership to take on Western competitors. The group aims to kick off in Vietnam and Thailand in fiscal 2019. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]

23-Jun-17 InterSystems Australia will soon begin an overhaul of the Northern Territory's core clinical systems, to create a single digital medical record. Estimated cost: AUD259 mn (USD197 mn). InterSystems vied for the contract with Telstra Health, Epic and Allscripts.

22-Jun-17 India's Global Gene Corp wants data from people in under-represented regions to be more accurately represented in global DNA databases and it is starting with South Asia, where DNA sequences make up only 0.2% of global genetic databases. [image: Getty Images]

22-Jun-17 Days before a formal announcement was expected, Malaysia's IHH, the world's second-largest healthcare group, pulled out of exclusive negotiations with the Singh brothers to acquire a controlling interest in Fortis Healthcare and Fortis Malar in India. [image: ET Healthworld]

21-Jun-17 Indian health tech startup Grow Fit raised USD4.5 mn in funding from investors lead by Manipal Education & Medical Group, for its app delivering customized dietary plans and nutrition advice to customers from users behavioural and lifestyle data. [image: ET Healthworld]