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]

22-May-17 GE Healthcare has entered the Indian pharma sector with its biologics, biopharmaceutical targeted, single-use manufacturing platform called FlexFactory with Dr Reddy’s Laboratories as its first customer. The company so far, has installed the FlexFactory at 23 pharma companies worldwide. [image: GE Healthcare]

19-May-17 The Ministry of Food & Drug Safety of Korea has announced medical device output reached USD5 bn in 2016 with annual growth of 12 percent, lead by dental implants, ultrasonic imaging and tissue repair filler. [image: Business Korea]

14-Apr-17 Healthcare reform in China could be a major boon to Medtronic, says CEO Omar Ishrak who told the China Daily "in 10 years, probably, the Chinese market would have outpaced the US market." Ishrak added, Medtronic would open a heart-valve manufacturing site in Shanghai, saying "the facility would help relieve the shortage of such valves in China and globally." [image: Medtronic]

11-Apr-17 The North American Free Trade Agreement has led to the transformation of Tijuana to become one of the world capitals in the manufacture of medical devices. The manufacturing units located in Tijuana make millions of medical devices from intravenous bags to artificial respirators. Many American med-device companies have manufacturing facilities in TiJuana, including Medtronic, Carefusion, and DJO Global. [image: John Francis Peters / New York Times]