24-Nov-16 IHH Healthcare, the largest hospital operator in Malaysia has reported net profit up 46% to MYR173 mn (USD39 mn) for the third quarter ended in Sep-17. The healthcare provider recorded a 18% spike in revenue in the corresponding quarter from a year ago. Hospital operator Parkway Pantai contributed 63% of revenue and its Turkey subsidiary 33%. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]

24-Nov-16 Korean biotech and healthcare companies are expanding their business in Japan. Macrogen recently established in Kyoto to provide a genome analysis service. Medipost set up a JV in Japan to release its stem cell therapy product Cartistem. MediTox is supplying anti-aging products in the Japanese market and Tego Science exhibited its anti-wrinkle cell therapy product TPX-105 at Bio Japan. [image: Business Korea]

24-Nov-16 In Indonesia, the Coordination of Benefits (COB) provision is changing the country’s healthcare landscape. While the COB is not new, its ability to now be combined with the JKN national health insurance and private insurers should benefit the industry. From the perspective of insurance users, this can pave the way for higher productivity by using private medical providers. [image: Wikipedia / Shawn M. Spitler / U.S. Marine Corps]

23-Nov-16 Ctrip announced it has invested in IVF USA, a US-based IVF company. IVF USA has partnered with seven eminent reproductive health centers in the United States. The company has aided nearly 1,000 Chinese families in conceiving. Ctrip said that it has a good chance of venturing into medical tourism as it has 250 mn registered users. [image: IVF USA / China Travel News]

23-Nov-16 With over 2,600 beds, 2,300 doctors and 13 hospitals across several states in India, Max Healthcare is one of the leading healthcare service providers in the country. Max has selected IBM’s Mobile Client Care solution to transform and personalize its IT infrastructure into an intelligent, scalable and secure environment. [image: ET Healthworld]