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]

31-May-17 The CEOs of DocDoc HomeGP.asia agree there are three factors driving the boom in health startups in Southeast Asia: 1. Real needs being addressed; 2. Consumers want them; 3. Right product at the right time. [image: Vulcan Post]

02-Jun-17 Singapore’s Stendard, an online service helping medical device manufacturers fulfill regulations documentation, has announced pre-seed funding. Stendard’s cloud-based software allows subscribers to generate the documentation they need to comply with industry standards, in only 10 hours. [image: Stendard]

30-May-17 Singapore’s Ministry of Health has ambitious plans for transforming the healthcare system by leveraging technologies such as predictive analytics for identifying readmission risks, personalised information based on life journey points, artificial intelligence and robotics-assisted home care. [image: IHiS Facebook Page]

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]