10-Dec-14 India’s fast-growing medical devices market is dogged by tax and regulatory anomalies and malpractices, making it difficult for local manufacturers. Good news: These problems will be addressed soon by the Drugs & Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill 2014, which is expected to be passed in the current parliament session. [image: PV Sivakumar_The Hindu Business Line]

10-Dec-14 Mergers and acquisitions in China’s healthcare sector rose to a record USD11.3 billion in the first 11 months of 2014, up 13% from a year earlier. A combination of ageing population and increasing affluence is driving the deal-making, coinciding with sweeping reforms by Chinese government. [image: Feucht Blog]

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09-Dec-14 Increasing numbers of hospitals in Vietnam are being equipped with modern technology and German companies are at the forefront: Siemens has been providing imaging and laboratory diagnostics since 1993, B. Braun is raising its investment in Vietnam to USD270 million, and other German firms doing well in Vietnam include Boehringer Ingelheim, Draeger, Rudolf Lietz, Fresenius Kabi, Bayer Schering and Merck. [image: Vietnam Investment Review]

04-Dec-14 GE Healthcare Life Sciences is planning to open a Technology Laboratory in Turkey which will feature the company’s latest tools for drug discovery, protein science and bioprocessing research. Turkey plans to transform its domestic manufacturing of devices and pharmaceuticals, with plans for 60% of demand to be met locally. [image: GE Healthcare Life Sciences]

28-Nov-14 Taiwan’s medical equipment industry output increased by over 5% in 2014 to USD2.8 billion, driven especially by demand for new and ‘smart’ applications. Demand for Taiwanese medical equipment will continue to increase in 2015, most notably in India. [image: Want China Times]