08-Oct-15 The Medical City (TMC), the largest healthcare network in the Philippines, has partnered with Kuwait’s SAMA Medical Services to open its first polyclinic in Dubai, with plans to expand its presence across the UAE and in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. [image: PASEI]

16-Oct-15 Malaysia based IHH Healthcare is teaming up with Shanghai Broad Ocean Investments to set up a 350-bed tertiary hospital in Chengdu, China, in a move to be a leading provider in Greater China. The new Parkway Health Chengdu Hospital will be IHH’s first tertiary facility in Western China. [image: Perennial]

15-Oct-15 Vetter, a global leader in aseptic manufacturing of drug-delivery systems, has announced a new business entity in Japan. As the second largest pharmaceutical single market, Japan is home to a number of leading global companies which offer a promising injectable pipeline. [image: Business Wire]

08-Oct-15 China will spend RMB9.8 bn (USD1.54 bn) to subsidise public hospital reform in 2016, the Ministry of Finance said. China's healthcare reform drive is facing a number of obstacles, including a perceived lack of support from central government and challenges of private firms working within the huge, fragmented public sector. [image: AFP / Ed Jones]

07-Oct-15 Thonburi Hospital Group (THG) has expanded its presence in China through two USD800 mn investments with three Chinese firms in recent weeks. In 2013-14, THG entered into JVs in Nanjing, Hangzhou, Hainan and Kunming, investing USD2 bn, but in a new strategy it will now find local partners for each part of China in order to expand more rapidly. [image: The Nation]