31-Oct-17 Asia could account for a third of global medtech sales by 2025. "Asia-Pacific used to be very much about Japan, then China," says Fredrik Nyberg of APACMed. "About five years ago, Asia-Pacific started to represent 15-20% of global revenue." [image: Starnews / AFP /Getty Images]

27-Oct-17 Malaysia proposed plans to increase healthcare spending to RM27 bn (USD6.4 bn) in 2018. One priority will be new hospitals and wards, such as new women and children wards in Hospital Tengku Ampuan Afzan and Putrajaya Hospital. [image: Yusof Mat Isa]

19-Oct-17 Diagnos, an international company that specialises in healthcare equipment, announced a new partnership with Garuda Health Services to cover Cambodia and offer a new eye screening service to patients as part of their annual physical check-ups. [image: Khmer Times]

18-Oct-17  Prices of cardiac stents and knee implants in India have been cut by 70-80%, a result of government price caps, sounding alarm bells for international players and potentially undermining future foreign investments in the sector. [image: Times Now]

18-Oct-17 The medical devices industry in India is valued at USD5.2 bn, says the Make-in-India survey, contributing 4-5% to the USD97 bn healthcare industry with its 800 medical device manufacturers, with an average turnover of INR500 mn (USD7.7 mn). [image: Reuters]