15-Jan-16 IHH Healthcare, Asia's largest hospital operator by market capitalization, is expanding its footprint in China, the largest emerging economy on its radar. IHH said it has signed a lease with Perennial Real Estate on a 48,000 sq m plot in in Chengdu to build a 350-bed hospital. From Chengdu, IHH plans to make "inroads" into central China. [image: IHH / Singapore Trading Online]

15-Jan-16 Singapore based traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) retailer Eu Yan Sang Intl (EYSI) has inked a deal to receive up to SGD60 mn (USD35 mn) in funding from HCare Investments Holding, an investment vehicle managed by Hong Kong based CareCapital Advisors, as it widens its footprint in China. [image: Eu Yan Sang]

13-Jan-16 Electronics giant Philips and the Singapore Economic Development Board have agreed jointly to invest in digital health companies, especially in the area of population health management. The companies will be selected based on their ability to drive innovations in areas like telehealth and healthcare informatics. [image: AFP / Koen van Weel]

13-Jan-16 Public hospitals in Hong Kong will get an additional 5,000 beds and 90 operating theatres in the next 10 years as part of a HKD200 bn (USD26 bn) bundle of development projects to cope with a rapidly ageing population, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying has said. [image: SCMP Pictures]

11-Jan-16 Australian VC firm OneVentures has committed AUD3 mn to facilitate the expansion of dementia technology company Find-Me Technologies. Aged care assessment software developed by University of Queensland has been licenced to healthcare company Raisoft. And retirement village operator Living Choice has partnered with Tunstall Healthcare to provide residents more choice at a reduced cost. [image: Tunstall Healthcare]