Insights

30-Sep-17 IvWatch LLC, which has developed technology that continuously monitors intravenous sites for early signs of leakage, announced that Terumo Corporation, a medical device manufacturer and distributor, will be the distributor of the ivWatch in Japan. [image: PlasticsToday]

28-Sep-17 In Jun-17 Myanmar relaxed prohibitions on foreign trading, allowing 100% foreign-owned companies to sell certain hospital equipment. Myanmar needs to be less reliant on offshore manufacturing. With the increase in private medical insurance, opportunities abound for investors. [image: The Myanmar Times]

27-Sep-17 Livanova and MicroPort Scientific have announced that the companies’ Shanghai-based joint venture MicroPort Sorin Cardiac Rhythm Management obtained approval for its family of Rega pacemakers, from the China Food & Drug Administration. [image: Shine]

26-Sep-17 The Indian government has ordered knee implant makers and importers to continue to supply of all brands of the device they were marketing in India before the country's drug pricing regulator slashed prices by up to 69% in August. [image: ET Healthworld]