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31-Oct-17 Asia could account for a third of global medtech sales by 2025. "Asia-Pacific used to be very much about Japan, then China," says Fredrik Nyberg of APACMed. "About five years ago, Asia-Pacific started to represent 15-20% of global revenue." [image: Starnews / AFP /Getty Images]

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15-Oct-17 Chinese online travel booking site Ctrip revealed 500,000 Chinese travelled overseas for medical-related services in 2016. Bali become a hotspot with 150,000 visitors, and Indonesia has made it a priority to make the country a medical and wellness destination. [image:  Forbes / COMO Shambala Estate]

17-Oct-17 The medical device industry in Asia is facing an accelerated pace of change as it approaches an expected market size of USD88 billion in 2020, driven by an ageing population, a rise in non-communicable diseases, and increases in spending. [image: Pharma Intelligence]

30-Sep-17 IvWatch LLC, which has developed technology that continuously monitors intravenous sites for early signs of leakage, announced that Terumo Corporation, a medical device manufacturer and distributor, will be the distributor of the ivWatch in Japan. [image: PlasticsToday]