30-Jun-17 Korea's exports of medical equipment grew 7.7 percent in 2016. The US was the biggest buyer, followed by China and Germany. Exports to the UAE and China increased 52 and 34 percent respectively. Ultrasound ranked top, followed by dental implants. [image: Business Korea]

31-May-17 The Indian medical device industry is having to manage the complexities of low-priced Chinese imports flooding the market and issues of perceived quality from Indian providers in tenders for procurement of medical devices and electronics. [image: ET Healthworld]

26-May-17 Agappe Diagnostics, the diagnostic reagents and equipment manufacturer, has tied up with Japanese company Hitachi Chemical through technology licensing, to manufacture fully automatic specific protein and clinical chemistry analysers in India. [image: Agappe Diagnostics Ltd]

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]