10-Oct-17 DocOnline, a virtual platform providing access to medical consulting services, plans to roll out services in five more Indian states and several Southeast Asian countries, and offer its digital healthcare services to consumers in 2018. [image: Startup Hyderabad]

09-Oct-17 With the highest rate of hepatitis C globally, Egypt has developed an expertise in treating it. Now it is looking to share its know-how, as well as locally produced low-cost drugs, with foreigners having trouble getting treatment at home.[image: Mohamed El-Shahed, AFP]

09-Oct-17 Altibbi, the Middle East digital health platform, announced USD6.5 mn new funding, led by Middle East Venture Partners and DASH Ventures. Altibbi aims to expand its offering to the Arab world: real-time, round-the-clock telehealth and access to high quality local doctors. [image: Arab News]

09-Oct-17 China will allow the use of some drugs and medical devices based on approval by foreign regulators, in a move to increase access to its healthcare market, improve access to treatments, and streamline the approval process. [image: Think Advisor]

09-Oct-17 China will move forward public hospital payment and reimbursement reform to optimize resources for public health, in an effort to have medical expertise better reflected in prices and values, according to a decision at a State Council executive meeting. [image: Xinhua]