22-Sep-15 Koe Koe Tech, a healthcare systems provider in Myanmar, created the country's first mHealth app. In a nation of 4 doctors per 10,000 citizens, mobile can overcome state capacity issues by providing healthcare information, advice and feedback in rural and urban areas. “Healthcare is broken in Myanmar and we are going to fix it." explains co-founder Michael Lwin. [image: Michael Lwin]

22-Sep-15 The Kuantan Specialist Hospital (KSH), a subsidiary of KPJ Healthcare Bhd, will open a RM100 mn (USD23 mn) hospital to upgrade its services and meet increased demand. The construction of the hospital started in 2012 and it is expected to start operations by year-end. It will have 188 beds. [image: Astro Awani]

25-Sep-15 GN ReSound, a leader in hearing technologies, has inaugurated a manufacturing and distribution facility in Johor, Malaysia. “The search... included a number of factors, including a favourable economic and political climate, a modern infrastructure that provides easy access to global markets, a well-educated and high performing workforce," the company said. [image: ScandAsia]

19-Sep-15 Columbia Asia is one of the more efficient hospitals in terms of cost because of its model and philosophy. The healthcare provider is now looking at building more hospitals in Klang, Johor Baru and Penang. Columbia Asia has 28 hospitals in the region, including 11 in Malaysia, with the rest spread across India, Indonesia, Vietnam and China.
[image: Columbia Asia]

16-Sep-15 Indonesia, home to the largest Muslim population in the world, wants to lead the way in developing a simpler halal certification pathway for pharmaceutical and biomedical products. Some observers worry, however, that laws that completely marry the needs of Muslim Sharia Law and traditional drug certification pathways may prove impossible. [image: Halal Certified Medicine]