17-Aug-17 Metropolis Healthcare, a global chain of pathology labs and diagnostic centres, has announced a plan to invest INR1 bn (USD15 mn) to open 20 laboratories and add 1,000 collection centres pan India, including in cities like Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi. [image: Metropolis]

16-Aug-17 The Indian city of Amaravati will be home to the headquarters of the Indo UK Institute of Health. The proposal to set up 11 UK Indo institutes for Health involves an investment of INR17,600 crore (USD 2.7 bn). [image: The Indian Express]

14-Aug-17 Asian healthcare fund Quadria Capital has announced it will invest an undisclosed sum in FV Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7, to help transform the hospital into a leading multidisciplinary tertiary care provider in Vietnam. [image: FV Hospital]

09-Aug-17 New Horizon Health, a Chinese precision health start-up focused on developing early-stage cancer screening technologies, has raised USD20 mn in a funding round from companies such as Qiming Venture, Legend Capital, SoftBank China and others. [image: China Money Network]

07-Aug-17 Convergence of technology, mobility, big data and analytics has opened up avenues for innovative approaches to healthcare problems in Asia. Companies like JnJ and IBM, and investment groups are opening incubators to develop the next hot health tech. [image: Wikimedia]