06-Jan-16 Welcome Cure, the Indian alternate medicine platform focused on homeopathic treatments, launched physical e-clinics in Dec-15. The company plans to open over 150 e-clinics across India over the next 18 months as a part of its expansion and to cater to the high Internet non-savvy population in the country. [image: Welcome Cure]

06-Jan-16 The UK’s International Hospitals Group and China’s Wanda Group have unveiled a 10 year exclusive global hospital partnership that includes involvement in building and managing the new 200 bed IHG Qingdao International Hospital and future projects in Shanghai and Chengdu. [image: GOV.UK]

05-Jan-16 Indonesia's largest pharmaceutical company, Kalbe Farma, is constructing a biopharmacy raw material manufacturing plant in Cikarang, West Java, scheduled to commence operations in late 2017 or 2018. State-controlled company Kimia Farma also announced recently that it would start constructing a INR100 bn (USD7 mn) raw materials plant in the same location. [image: Kalbe Farma and Kimia Farma]

05-Jan-16 Thailand has seen more than 2 mn foreign patients at 37 hospitals since 2012, compared with Singapore's 850,000. Bangkok Hospital Group, Thailand's largest private hospital operator, has a target of 50 hospitals, up from the existing 42. Bumrungrad International, is moving into Myanmar, and Samitivej Hospital Group plans to expand throughout ASEAN and into Japan and the Middle East. [image: Dr Prem Global Healthcare]

04-Jan-16 The Chinese government has been easing the strict regulatory process for foreign investment in the healthcare sector, and has set a goal for private hospital services to increase their contribution to the sector. As quality of care and long waiting times are significant issues for public healthcare providers, private players have an opportunity to grow thanks to their strong international branding. [image: Singapore Business Review]