28-Nov-14 Lifetech, a medical device company from Shenzhen, is in one way a pioneer in the Chinese medical device industry. Its CeraFlex occluder will enter the mainstream Western market via Medtronic’s sales channels, the first Chinese class III medical device to gain such access. However, so far, only this one product has achieved the European CE mark standard. [image: ACN Newswire]

10-Nov-14 At a recent Bio Taiwan Commission meeting, it was announced that the government plans to cultivate at least two flagship medical equipment firms on the island. Each company is hoped to generate revenues over USD330 million. The government also wants to shape Taiwan into a clinical trial hub for Asia. [image: CENS]

08-Nov-14 Radiologists are hard to find in many places, and demographic trends in developing countries are only likely to exacerbate the talent gap. Lifetrack Medical Systems, a digital healthcare startup in the Philippines, wants to improve the situation by providing tele-radiology services that enable remote reading of medical images. [image: Forbes]

03-Nov-14 A research team from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) has succeeded in developing a surgical robot for extremely sensitive areas like the human brain and spinal cord, which is impossible to access with existing surgical robots. [image: Business Korea]

31-Oct-14 It will soon be easier and safer to wheel hospital beds around Singapore’s Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, with the roll-out of ‘robot’ beds which can be pushed by just one worker instead of the usual two. [image: The Straits Times]