10-Sep-17 Funding of AED370 mn (USD101 mn) has been raised for the Saudi German Hospital in Dubai. The Sharia compliant financing will be used to fund both operations and expansion, allowing the hospital to offer more specialised treatments. [image: Cobone]

10-Sep-17 Korean tech startup Sky Labs has set out to increase early detection of arrhythmia, or an irregular heartbeat, with a smart ring that continuously tracks a person’s pulse with high precision and stability. [image: Park Hyun-koo / The Korea Herald]

09-Sep-17 Chilean healthcare company Banmedica SA, which operates health insurance, clinics and other services in the sector, has signed a non-binding agreement to sell all of its shares to US-based UnitedHealth Group Inc. [image: Empresas Banmedica]

08-Sep-17 Australia’s Macquarie University announced a strategic collaboration with Apollo Hospitals of India to facilitate long-term academic exchanges that will see students from Macquarie’s Doctor of Medicine program attend five months of clinical learning at Apollo Hospitals in Hyderabad. [image: ET Healthworld]

08-Sep-17 The Chinese FDA has announced changes to medical device classifications, introducing a new new three-level structure with more detailed examples, and reducing the risk level of 40 different categories. The changes are set to go into effect in Aug-18. [image: Mass Device]