28-Aug-17 Chinese patients from medium to small sized cities are now looking to India for medical treatment because the country provides good value for money and easier access to some pharmaceutical products, say Indian health experts. [image: Global Times]

28-Aug-17 Big pharmaceutical companies are using smartphones, AI, and big data to improve their clinical trials. Companies such as Novartis are using technologies like Apple's Research Kit to get real-time and highly accurate data from patients during drug trials. [Image: Business Korea]

03-Jul-17 Japan's Konica Minolta plans to acquire Ambry Genetics of the US, which uses genetic data to screen for cancer, in an acquisition expected to cost JPY100 bn (USD889 mn), the office equipment maker's most expensive acquisition ever. [image: Konica Minolta]

28-Jun-17 When the news spread that the cost of seeing a doctor would quintuple, many Beijing residents rushed to stock up on prescriptions. Along with reforms abolishing drug markups, the new fee aims to reduce over-prescription and overcrowding at hospitals. [image: Sixth Tone]

27-Jun-17 Only 14% of the pharmaceutical and healthcare companies in India use digital platforms to address customers' queries. Apollo Diagnostics takes the top spot, followed by GE Healthcare and Pfizer. Amongst hospitals, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital leads. [image: ET Healthworld]