19-May-16 Panasonic Healthcare Indonesia, a Panasonic subsidiary producing medical equipment, plans to increase sales by 70% over the next four years on the back of growing exports. The company eyes USD88 mn in sales by 2020, up from USD51 mn in 2015. Panasonic acquired Bayer Diabetes Care earlier this year, opening up opportunities for the Indonesian unit to tap offshore markets. [image: Jakarta Globe]

18-May-16 China's big three Internet giants, Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent, and several tech startups, are getting involved in healthcare. Digital healthcare is becoming big in China. In 2014 approximately USD700 mn in venture funding poured into digital healthcare in China, with investors supporting everything from e-commerce, online physician-patient communication services, to disease management apps. [image: CKGSB Knowledge]

17-May-16 Already one of the world’s most popular tourist spots, Bali is now aiming to become a medical tourism destination. The Bali administration is constructing a new 176 bed Bali Mandara Hospital for IDR199 bn (USD15 mn), targeted for completion in 2016. The hospital is designed as an integrated cancer treatment center with facilities for radiodiagnostics, radiotherapy and nuclear medicine. [image: Balicsd / Google Earth]

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13-May-16 With the Philhealth mandate to cover 100% of the population, demand for quality, affordable healthcare is on the rise. The largest private provider, Metro Pacific, counts eleven hospitals with 3,000 beds. A relatively new entrant is the Qualimed Health Network, owned by Mercado Hospital Group and Ayala Land. Qualimed has seven facilities with four more scheduled to open in 2016. [image: Inquirer]