28-Aug-17 Big pharmaceutical companies are using smartphones, AI, and big data to improve their clinical trials. Companies such as Novartis are using technologies like Apple's Research Kit to get real-time and highly accurate data from patients during drug trials. [Image: Business Korea]

21-Aug-17 Singapore's National Neuroscience Institute and Nanyang Technological University are collaborating to develop innovative technologies better to diagnose and treat patients with neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease and brain injuries. [image: NTU Singapore]

24-Aug-17 According to Manipal Hospital, "AI generated Watson technique made it possible to virtually navigate through the body parts like a test-drive. Technology is no longer an expense but an investment," offering cost savings and efficiencies to hospitals. [image: Business World]

28-Aug-17 Close to 900 investors sealed health-tech deals in 2015 in Asia, up 25% from 2014. The National University of Singapore Business School forecasts tech-based healthcare start-ups that reduce costs for patients will continue to do well. [image: ST / Lau Fook Kong]

21-Aug-17 Scientists in Japan have developed a super thin electronic sensor that can attach directly to skin, with uses in medicine, nursing and sports science. The technology is stretchable and light, and has a wide range of heath-tech applications. [image: Takao Someya Group / University of Tokyo]