13-Sep-17 Golden Equator business group signed a MoU with a Korean contract research organization, C&R Healthcare Global, to launch the Korea-Singapore Healthcare Incubator. The Incubator will help 10-15 Korean health companies expand into Singapore and Southeast Asia. [image: image@Buro Ole Schreeren]

13-Sep-17 US IT company UST Global has made a strategic investment in MyDoc, a Singapore-based digital disease management and health data tracking company, to expand its digital offerings in the healthcare sector, primarily in Asian and European markets. [image: EFC Ink]

11-Sep-17 Boston Scientific has launched operations at its Penang (Malaysia) facilities, the medical device company's first Asian manufacturing site. The plant is designed to produce both cardiovascular and endoscopy products, with plans to expand into urology products in 2018. [image: Boston  Scientific]

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]

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]