28-Oct-17 Innovate UK and Shanghai's Science & Technology Department announced they will fund UK and Shanghai companies to work together on innovation, including in healthcare. For example Oxford-based Genefirst and Fosun Med-Tech are developing a non-invasive test for cancer gene mutations. [image: GOV.UK]

27-Oct-17 AugmentCare, a complete healthcare app in Pakistan with approximately 30,000 registered patients which connects patients with doctors, pharmacies and laboratories, has raised USD1 million in seed capital to increase its team and expand its operations nationwide. [image: AugmentCare / Techjuice]

27-Oct-17 Malaysia proposed plans to increase healthcare spending to RM27 bn (USD6.4 bn) in 2018. One priority will be new hospitals and wards, such as new women and children wards in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan and Putrajaya Hospital. [image: Yusof Mat Isa]

27-Oct-17 Malaysia has announced that RM30 mn (USD7 mn) will be allocated to boost the nation’s healthcare travel industry. "The allocation will further spur the growth of medical tourism industry in the country," CEO of the Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council said. [image: NSTP/ Rasul Azli Samad]

24-Oct-17 Iran’s Ministry of Health signed an investment and cooperation MoU with UK’s International Hospitals Group. Based on the deal, IHG will invest EUR1.8 bn (USD2.1 bn) in the construction of a network of modern cancer treatment centers in Iran. [image: Financial Tribune]