29-Oct-15 The medical contract manufacturer BIT Group has established a second Chinese manufacturing operation in Shenzhen, China, as a joint venture with EDAN Instruments, a Shenzhen-based patient monitoring technology company. “The Chinese medical technology market is expected to grow at double digit rates in the coming years,” said Marius Balger, BIT CEO. [image: Invetech].

29-Oct-15 India's Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has sanctioned grants amounting to more than INR17 crore (USD2.6 mn) towards upgrading and strengthening trauma care facilities in government hospitals in the state of Himachal Pradesh. [image: Fortis Healthcare]

29-Oct-15 Malaysian healthcare provider IHH Healthcare Bhd is going to open its RM400 mn (USD93 mn) Gleneagles Medini Hospital in Nusajaya, Johor. The 300-bed tertiary hospital is IHH's 14th hospital in Malaysia, following the opening of Gleneagles Kota Kinabalu in May by Parkway Pantai, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IHH Healthcare. [image: The Star]

28-Oct-15 Healthcare funding provided by Russia's Sverdlovsk Region as part of the obligatory medical insurance package might be reduced 14% to RUB3.8 bn in 2016. The healthcare sector is reported to be on the brink of collapsing, and some clinics might simply go bankrupt. [image: Quartz]

28-Oct-15 A month after launching in Indonesia, Practo, a healthcare platform headquartered in India, has entered the Malaysian market, with products available for both doctors and patients to use. Doctors across more than 350 clinics and 500 doctors listed in Kuala Lumpur are listed on the platform. [image: Notey]