31-Oct-17 China plans to build a USD1 billion super-sized DNA sequencing platform in Jiangsu Province aimed at storing genetic information of millions of its ethnic Chinese population, Lan Qing, Deputy Director of the provincial Health and Family Planning Commission said. [image: ET Healthworld]

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28-Oct-17 Innovate UK and Shanghai's Science & Technology Department announced they will fund UK and Shanghai companies to work together on innovation, including in healthcare. For example Oxford-based Genefirst and Fosun Med-Tech are developing a non-invasive test for cancer gene mutations. [image: GOV.UK]

27-Oct-17 AugmentCare, a complete healthcare app in Pakistan with approximately 30,000 registered patients which connects patients with doctors, pharmacies and laboratories, has raised USD1 million in seed capital to increase its team and expand its operations nationwide. [image: AugmentCare / Techjuice]

27-Oct-17 Malaysia proposed plans to increase healthcare spending to RM27 bn (USD6.4 bn) in 2018. One priority will be new hospitals and wards, such as new women and children wards in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan and Putrajaya Hospital. [image: Yusof Mat Isa]