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]

16-Jun-17 25 Japanese companies including Eisai, Takeda and Kitahara International Hospital plan to develop business in emerging economies, leveraging a government partnership to take on Western competitors. The group aims to kick off in Vietnam and Thailand in fiscal 2019. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]

15-Jun-17 Six out of the top 30 companies in the Nikkei Asia300 list are healthcare players, including Indian and Indonesian pharma companies, and two Malaysian rubber glove makers. Overall, Indian players held 10 of the top 30 spots. [image: Reuters]

29-May-17 Can Asian countries adapt to a new era of healthcare, with more elderly and longer life expectancy? Investors are beginning to place their bets. In 2016, VC firms invested USD37 bn in Asian healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotech ventures. [image: OECD]

23-May-17 The Malaysian healthcare travel sector recorded a significant increase in revenue from RM527 mn (USD124 mn) in 2011 to RM1.1 bn (USD258 mn) in 2016, resulting from collaborations with markets such as Indonesia, Vietnam, and China. [image: Yusof Mat Isa]