22-May-17 The world’s second-largest healthcare group, Integrated Healthcare Holdings (IHH), has emerged as the front-runner to acquire Malvinder and Shivinder Singh's Religare healthcare assets, after the Malaysian hospital chain ended its decade-long association with Apollo. [image: Fortis Annual Report / Asia Samachar]

22-May-17 According to a poll conducted by Frontier Strategy Group, Brazil’s healthcare spending will only gradually return to pre-crisis levels. 69% of executives believe Brazil’s healthcare market would only return to its pre-crisis level after 2018. [image: DrPrem.com]

22-May-17 GE Healthcare has entered the Indian pharma sector with its biologics, biopharmaceutical targeted, single-use manufacturing platform called FlexFactory with Dr Reddy’s Laboratories as its first customer. The company so far, has installed the FlexFactory at 23 pharma companies worldwide. [image: GE Healthcare]

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]

22-May-17 A study carried out in Latin American countries concluded that most efforts of the health system concentrate on the higher income population while neglecting the needs of the lower income classes, driven by the high cost of drugs. [image: Global Health Intelligence]