24-Apr-17 Herbal health and personal care firm Himalaya Drug has launched mom and baby stores in Bengaluru to take on market leader Johnson & Johnson which holds more than 50% market share in the baby care segment in India. The company plans to open 25 such stores over a span of 12 months. [image: ET Healthworld]

21-Apr-17 Xinjiang isn't widely regarded as a medical tourism destination by Chinese. But for people from Central Asia, it's a different story. Xinjiang's medical industry has become a promising part of the Belt & Road Initiative. As the regional capital, Urumqi boasts dozens of medical institutes and diversified traditional medical resources, including Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Uygur medicine, and Mongolian medicine. [image: news.cn]

21-Apr-17 Australia's IPN Medical Centres announced it will roll out Precedence Health Care's MediTracker app to its 180 practices, allowing two million patients to have access to a summary of their data held on their regular GP's medical record. CEO Gerard Foley said the app was the first to strike the right balance between privacy and providing the right information. [image: MediTracker]

20-Apr-17 India's Midmark, medical equipment manufacturer, expects first mover advantage, thanks to opening its first experience centre for the southern region in Chennai. The outlet will showcase its barrier-free OPD room, advanced motorised patient positioning systems and digital diagnostic solutions. [image: Midmark]

20-Apr-17 Taiwan is closely following the lead of the US in the field of precision medicine. In Sep-16 the US government invited Taiwan to join its Cancer Moonshot Plan. Medical experts anticipate precision medicine will become a disruptive technology, clinics in the future will no longer require medical staff, and medical diagnosis might be conducted online based on the patient's profile. [image: BioTaiwan]