09-Feb-17 Medical device manufacturer Cook Medical Australia has officially opened a new commercialisation and development centre in Brisbane, designed to assist businesses, entrepreneurs and researchers from across Asia Pacific to bring innovative medical products and health related technologies to market. Cook Medical Australia is committing AUD4 mn to establishing the Asia Pacific Commercialisation and Development Centre (ACDC). [image: Cook Medical Australia]

06-Feb-17 China's Vincent Medical Holdings has made a $3 million investment for a 15 percent stake in Isreal's InovyTec Medical Solutions, a company that makes medical devices for emergency medicine and trauma care. Vincent Medical Holdings, a Chinese holding company does research and development and manufacture and sale of medical devices. [image: Vincent Medical]

03-Feb-17 The Korean government will invest KRW315.7 bn (USD276 mn) to secure original technologies for bio sectors such as new drugs, medical devices, future medical care, genomics and brain science in 2017. This includes KRW263 bn for bio-medical technology development projects. This year's budget is 31% more than last year’s. [image: Business Korea]

14-Dec-16 India’s healthcare providers are planning to increase technology investments over the coming years in the hopes of boosting quality of patient care. The UK's Elsevier plans to help by giving patients the ability to self-diagnose and seek expert consultation using telemedicine, providing clinical reference at point-of-care and integrated decision support to care teams, and offering online medical training for nurses. [image: Elsevier / iStock]

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26-Jan-17 London’s King’s College Hospital (KCH) will open its first full-fledged branch outside the UK in Dubai in 2018. The 100-bed multi-speciality facility will be located at Dubai Hills, and will be built at a cost of USD200 mn. Dr Layla Al Marzouqi, director of the Dubai Medical Tourism Project, hailed the move as a major boost to Dubai’s medical tourism. [image: Kings College Hospital]