23-Mar-16 Foreign investors have turned their attention to multi-million-dollar projects in Myanmar’s healthcare industry after being shut out for years. Rising incomes, a budding middle class and opportunities in a market that currently relies on overseas medical care are enticing foreign companies to the country. Entrants include Malaysia's Parkway, Thonburi and Bumrungrad from Thailand, and Indonesia's Lippo Group. [image: Zarni Phyo / The Myanmar Times]

23-Mar-16 Huawei, a leading Chinese global information and communications technology provider, and WuXi AppTec, an open-access R&D platform, have announced the signing of a strategic framework agreement to support the China Precision Medicine Initiative through a cloud platform. [image: Asian Scientist]

23-Mar-16 iKang Healthcare Group, China’s largest private preventive healthcare services provider, has announced a joint venture with Guizhou Hearst Healthcare, marking iKang’s first in Guiyang. It will effectively expand its presence into the Southwest China market. [image: iKang Healthcare Group]

23-Mar-16 India's Primary Health Centres (PHCs) cater to the poorest of the population in remote areas, which can neither afford expensive treatment nor travel long distances to reach doctors in urban areas. With most of the MoUs with private agencies set for termination by this year-end, the government is racing against time to ensure the PHCs don't become non-functional. [image: Getty Images]

23-Mar-16 Malaysia based Top Glove Corp, the world's largest rubber glove producer by volume, is partnering with DHS Emergency Asia as it seeks to expand its footprint into medical services. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]