20-Feb-15 Columbia has announced new price regulations for medical devices from Mar-15. Medicated coronary stents will be the first device to be affected, followed by cochlear implants, hearing aids and orthopedic devices. The move is expected to result in 36% reduction in prices and USD14 billion in annual savings for the national health system. [image: mashmedical]

18-Nov-14 Singapore’s Tan Tock Seng Hospital has become the first in Southeast Asia to fit patients with customised total knee replacement implants, which are moulded based on the unique size and shape of each patient's knee. [image: Mediacorp News Group]

08-Nov-14 Radiologists are hard to find in many places, and demographic trends in developing countries are only likely to exacerbate the talent gap. Lifetrack Medical Systems, a digital healthcare startup in the Philippines, wants to improve the situation by providing tele-radiology services that enable remote reading of medical images. [image: Forbes]

23-Jan-14 A large proportion of the medical device market in Vietnam is supplied by imports and the sector is growing rapidly