China approves use of Roche arthritis drug for some coronavirus patients

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Mar, 2020

China will use a Roche Holding AG arthritis drug to treat some coronavirus patients in severe condition, health authorities said on Wednesday (March 4), as the country seeks to bu...Read more

HY Medical AI, You'an Hospital battle against NCP

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Mar, 2020

Professor Li Hongjun, Chairman of the Professional Committee of Infectious Disease Radiology of the Chinese Medical Association Radiology Branch and Director of the Department of Radiology ...Read more

Call for Ideas: Innovative technology to reduce visual impairment & blindness

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Mar, 2020

US based Seva Foundation has announced a call for ideas to identify innovative technology-based solutions to improve eye care delivery. It is committing $250k to spark innovation in te...Read more

Enso partners with My Life Centre to open 2 more ECP Centres

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 28 Feb, 2020

Enso S&A Health House Sdn. Bhd. (Enso) has just entered into a partnership with My Life Centre (MLC) to open 2 more new ECP Centres in Johor Bahru & Kota Bahru for alterna...Read more

Cigna Provides Special Extension Coverage Measures for COVID-19

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Feb, 2020

Cigna Corporation’s Singapore business, on 27 Feb 2020 announced the special extension coverage measures for its customers in response to the ongoing COVID-19, novel coronavirus outbr...Read more

Oliver Healthcare Packaging Strengthens Presence in Southeast Asia

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Feb, 2020

Oliver Healthcare Packaging, a global leader in medical packaging, is proud to announce an expanded presence in Southeast Asia. With a larger team and a brand-new office & technical dev...Read more

Maybank, Etiqa Singapore bring insurance coverages for COVID-19

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Feb, 2020

In light of the on-going threat of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and recent developments and rise of dengue fever cases in Singapore, Maybank and its insurance arm Etiqa Sing...Read more

Samsung Biologics confirms 'No Impact' of COVID-19 with business continuity plan in Effect

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 25 Feb, 2020

Samsung Biologics has been monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely since the initial outbreak in late January and taking proactive measures company-wide to ensure a safe working environme...Read more

Singapore uncovers biological clock mechanisms

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 25 Feb, 2020

Surveys show that Singaporeans are among the world’s most sleep-deprived people, insomnia being a common sleep disorder that about 15.3% of Singaporeans face. A new study led by scien...Read more

Predicting Immunotherapy Success

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Feb, 2020

One of the frustrations with anti-cancer therapy is that no one drug fits all: Most work well in some people but have little effect in other patients with the same type of cancer. This is a...Read more

Taiwan offers India co-operation to enhance healthcare industry

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Feb, 2020

Even as the world is closely monitoring the healthcare situation in China, this is the time that countries need to work in an integrated way to deal with the situation. For countries like ...Read more

Chengdu medical city set to create new waves

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Feb, 2020

In 2019, with the continuous advancement of "three medical integration", China's Chengdu Medical City's three medical innovation center, as "Western China Biomedical Innovation Center", sub...Read more

Vietnam funds research projects to fight COVID-19

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Feb, 2020

Vietnam based Vingroup Innovation Foundation (VINIF) - Vingroup Big Data Institute (VINBDI) signed the sponsorship agreement for three research projects to respond quickly to the severe acu...Read more

NATMA seeks Taiwan membership status to join WHO

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Feb, 2020

The North American Taiwanese Medical Association (NATMA) will send a delegation to the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva in May to plead Taiwan’s case for joining the World Health...Read more

Holista, GICC LCC to co-develop nasal sanitising balm

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Feb, 2020

Australia headquartered Holista CollTech announced on 20 Feb 2020 that it will co-develop and produce in Malaysia the world's first nasal sanitising balm using Path-Away(R), a plant-based a...Read more

USFDA, India join hands against illegal drugs

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Feb, 2020

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that its first bilateral enforcement operation with the Government of India, stopped approximately 500 shipments of illicit, and potentia...Read more

Singapore reveals real cost of being critically ill

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Feb, 2020

A new Manulife study on critical illness found that close to 40% of respondents have spent all or most of their savings battling illness. Furthermore, Singaporeans who become seriously ill ...Read more

Thailand recommends travel control measures for COVID-19

Healthcare |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Feb, 2020

On Thursday, 30 January 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (P...Read more