04-Sep-17 Dental health company Arrail Group has raised USD90 mn from Goldman Sachs and Hill House Capital, and has officially launched its "1,000 clinics" project, that will see it expand its high-end dental service across China. [image: 2017 Qujing Ironman 70.3]

04-Sep-17 In 2017 Korea granted 1,560 medical institutions licenses to treat foreign patients, nearly half the 2,840 in 2016. 1,515 institutions did not seek a license because they failed to meet new strengthened safety requirements. [image: IMTJ]

04-Sep-17 India's ASG Eye Hospital raised INR75 crore (USD11.7 mn) in funding and has plans to utilise the funds to expand in the nine states where it currently has a presence, as well as enter nearby states. [image: Aniruddha Chowdhury / Mint]

04-Sep-17 Korea's LG CNS has been selected to establish Bahrain’s new national health insurance system, which will allow Bahrain to monitor people’s medical costs, prescriptions, medical treatment appropriateness and the like, in real time. [image: Business Korea]

03-Sep-17 Eyewear prices are rising in Japan as retailers cater to an increasingly glasses-needy population. Yasunori Kitagaito of retailer Jins Inc said "a growing number of customers in their 40s and 50s are buying bifocals and other high value-added lenses." [image: Nikkei Asian Review]