05-Feb-16 The global healthcare industry is estimated to grow at 4.3% from 2016 to 2019, according to Deloitte. The Middle East & Africa region is expected to report the fastest growth of 9.3%, followed by Asia at 6.6%. North America is forecast to grow at 4.8% and Latin America at 3.1%, while Western Europe is likely to grow at 1.4%. [image: Nova Ekonomija]

04-Feb-16 An acute shortage of doctors to treat children is taking a toll on public health services in China, and the recent policy shift to allow families to have two children will only make matters worse, say experts. The country has a shortfall of at least 200,000 paediatricians, said the National Health & Family Planning Commission. [image: Reuters]

04-Feb-16 SThe US and Europe are the traditional leaders in medtech, but others are hot on their heels. China's market is expected to grow at 7.4% until 2019. Medtech companies in Mexico save 19% on manufacturing costs compared with the US. Turkey's industry is expected to grow at 8.5% until 2018, and Malaysia supplies 80% of the world market for catheters. [image: MD+DI]

03-Feb-16 Italy's medical device companies are looking at the development potential in China, one of the markets where Italy's exports of medical devices have increased the most - by 24% in 2014 - with an export value of EUR310 mn (USD430 mn). Italian companies already present in China include DiaSorin, a biotech group specialized in in-vitro diagnostics. [image: Ambasciata d'Italia Pechino]

02-Feb-16 The cost of Australian healthcare has grown about 4% annually over a decade to AUD6,248 (USD4,449) per person. This was not due to either inflation or population growth rates, which were both factored in to the results. The growth was driven by a range of factors, including medical advances, the ageing population and an increase in people suffering chronic illnesses. [image: Alex Ellinghausen]