02-Jun-17 Medical technology startups in Singapore are raising increasing amounts of capital from foreign investors, and linking with foreign organizations to bring products to market. But high development costs and no breakthrough local success could hold the sector back. [image: Endomaster]

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]

25-May-17 A Chinese consortium is buying Australian firm Ansell Ltd's condom division, the world's no.2 condom maker, for USD600 mn, betting on surging demand in China as more emphasis is placed on public health education. [image: Reuters / David Grey]

24-May-17 Israeli medical device company EarlySense, which markets systems for non-obtrusive monitoring of patients using a device placed under their mattress, has announced a cooperative venture with Chinese company Laxis. [image: Globes]

23-May-17 As other investment categories in China cool, investors are looking for new areas of investment. Hospitals are of interest to investors as they offer high returns on investment and can make use of otherwise low-value land. [image: Bloomberg]