13-Sep-17 Golden Equator business group signed a MoU with a Korean contract research organization, C&R Healthcare Global, to launch the Korea-Singapore Healthcare Incubator. The Incubator will help 10-15 Korean health companies expand into Singapore and Southeast Asia. [image: image@Buro Ole Schreeren]

13-Sep-17 US IT company UST Global has made a strategic investment in MyDoc, a Singapore-based digital disease management and health data tracking company, to expand its digital offerings in the healthcare sector, primarily in Asian and European markets. [image: EFC Ink]

13-Sep-17 The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons reported a 40% drop in visits to high-end UK facilities in 2016, as patients increasingly go abroad to locations such as Thailand and Dubai for low cost, high quality, patient-focused care. [image: The Telegraph]

11-Sep-17 Boston Scientific has launched operations at its Penang (Malaysia) facilities, the medical device company's first Asian manufacturing site. The plant is designed to produce both cardiovascular and endoscopy products, with plans to expand into urology products in 2018. [image: Boston  Scientific]

07-Sep-17 Voting 222-7, the Philippines House of Representatives approved the bill providing universal healthcare for all Filipinos. Under the bill, inpatient and outpatient health services will be made available at zero co-payment, for those who opt for basic accommodation. [image: EPA / Manila Bulletin]