29-May-17 Can Asian countries adapt to a new era of healthcare, with more elderly and longer life expectancy? Investors are beginning to place their bets. In 2016, VC firms invested USD37 bn in Asian healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotech ventures. [image: OECD]

25-May-17 A Chinese consortium is buying Australian firm Ansell Ltd's condom division, the world's no.2 condom maker, for USD600 mn, betting on surging demand in China as more emphasis is placed on public health education. [image: Reuters / David Grey]

24-May-17 Israeli medical device company EarlySense, which markets systems for non-obtrusive monitoring of patients using a device placed under their mattress, has announced a cooperative venture with Chinese company Laxis. [image: Globes]

23-May-17 As other investment categories in China cool, investors are looking for new areas of investment. Hospitals are of interest to investors as they offer high returns on investment and can make use of otherwise low-value land. [image: Bloomberg]

22-May-17 The world’s second-largest healthcare group, Integrated Healthcare Holdings (IHH), has emerged as the front-runner to acquire Malvinder and Shivinder Singh's Religare healthcare assets, after the Malaysian hospital chain ended its decade-long association with Apollo. [image: Fortis Annual Report / Asia Samachar]