Dubai Health and Johnson & Johnson MedTech sign MoU to advance healthcare innovation

Dubai Health and Johnson & Johnson MedTech have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing a collaborat...

February 27, 2026 | Friday | News
Japan's Shimadzu Future Innovation Fund invests in cardiac healthcare startup A-wave

Japan-based Shimadzu Corporation has invested in A-wave Inc., a startup originating from The University of Osaka, throug...

February 20, 2026 | Friday | News
Innovative Digital Institute of Medical Science to open in South Korea

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) recently announced that the Graduate School of Medical Scienc...

February 20, 2026 | Friday | News
Israel's Ibex Medical Analytics accelerates global momentum in AI-powered pathology

Israel-based startup Ibex Medical Analytics has announced continued commercial momentum and expanding global adoption al...

February 19, 2026 | Thursday | News
Global Harmonization Working Party re-elects Taiwan FDA to Chair medical devices regulation

The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) has been re-elected as Chair of the Global Harmonization Work...

February 18, 2026 | Wednesday | News
QuidelOrtho enters strategic supply agreement to expand global immunoassay portfolio

QuidelOrtho has entered a long-term strategic supply agreement with China's Lifotronic Technology, to expand QuidelOrtho...

February 16, 2026 | Monday | News
Australia's OncoRes Medical secures $27 M to advance real-time breast cancer surgery technology

Australia-based medtech innovator OncoRes Medical has secured $27 million in private funding, which will help progress c...

February 13, 2026 | Friday | News
Korean startup Sky Labs unveils world's first ring-type wearable BP monitoring solution for hospital wards

Sky Labs has launched 'CART ON', the world's first ward-specific blood pressure (BP) monitoring solution that utilises a...

February 12, 2026 | Thursday | News
MakeO announces acquisition of Zenyum to build Asia’s largest consumer dental tech platform

MakeO (parent company of the leading Indian clear aligner brand, Toothsi) has entered into a definitive agreement to acq...

February 11, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Insulet launches automated insulin delivery system in Middle East to transform diabetes care

Insulet Corporation, the global leader in tubeless insulin pump technology with its Omnipod® brand of products, has ...

February 6, 2026 | Friday | News
Sky Labs inks distribution agreement with Otsuka Pharma for 'CART BP pro' in Japan

South Korea-based startup Sky Labs Inc. has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with Otsuka Pharmaceut...

February 6, 2026 | Friday | News
Cambridge Health Group advances specialised neurological rehabilitation in UAE

Cambridge Health Group, the GCC's leading provider of post-acute care, has renewed its long-standing partnership with th...

February 2, 2026 | Monday | News
Japan's Medical Corporation Nasukai forms strategic alliance with Daibi Medical Aesthetics

SBC Medical Group Holdings Incorporated, a global provider of comprehensive consulting and management services to medica...

February 2, 2026 | Monday | News
Researchers in Australia open ‘window to the brain’ with powerful cancer tech

Researchers have opened a ‘window to the brain’ with a new diagnostic device that can tell how deadly brain ...

February 2, 2026 | Monday | News
Japan develops monitoring technique for early diagnosis and treatment of glaucoma

Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness among people who are unable to monitor and manage their intraocular pressure (I...

January 31, 2026 | Saturday | News
Baird Medical accelerates global commercial roadmap in partnership with Stonewood Key Capital in New Zealand

China-based Baird Medical Investment Holdings, a market leader in minimally invasive Microwave Ablation (MWA) technology...

January 29, 2026 | Thursday | News
Roche launches AI-enabled predictive CGM solution for diabetes management in Middle East

Roche Diagnostics Middle East presented a landmark launch event revealing Accu-Chek SmartGuide, a breakthrough Continuou...

January 28, 2026 | Wednesday | News
PGxAI and Novo Genomics scale AI‑enabled pharmacogenomics across Saudi Arabia

Palo Alto‑based PGxAI, a leader in AI-powered pharmacogenomics, and Saudi Arabia’s Novo Genomics ...

January 23, 2026 | Friday | News
Sisram Medical partners with Sinmait Medical Technology to build manufacturing hub in China

Sisram Medical, a global wellness group offering Energy-Based Devices (EBD), injectables, and other complementary soluti...

January 23, 2026 | Friday | News
Dentalkart inks strategic partnership with NSK Japan to strengthen access to authentic dental technology in India

Dentalkart, India’s largest online marketplace for dental products, has announced a strategic partnership with NSK...

January 19, 2026 | Monday | News
China's Zylox-Tonbridge to acquire equity interest in European medical device company

Zylox-Tonbridge, a Hong Kong-listed medical technology company focused on neuro-and peripheral vascular interventional p...

January 16, 2026 | Friday | News
LivsMed completes largest KOSDAQ IPO of 2025, raising ₩135.9 B

LivsMed, a minimally invasive surgical device company, has completed an initial public offering on Korea’s KOSDAQ ...

January 19, 2026 | Monday | News
Teoxane opens first APAC regional academy for medical education in Bangkok

Teoxane opens its first APAC Regional Academy in Bangkok, Thailand this January, expanding its global medical-educa...

January 14, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Ajman University Medical Center opens in UAE to support healthcare development

Sheikh Rashid bin Humaid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of Ajman Municipality and Planning Department and Vice Chairman of Ajman Un...

January 12, 2026 | Monday | News
Australia injects $10.1 M to back next-generation of medical researchers

The Australian government is investing $10.1 million to support the next generation of health and medical researche...

January 9, 2026 | Friday | News
Korea's Sky Labs secures European approval for ring-type blood pressure monitor

South Korea based startup Sky Labs has announced that its ring-type blood pressure monitor, 'CART PLATFORM,' recent...

January 9, 2026 | Friday | News
Singapore approves AI software tool CystoSmart for bladder cancer detection

Intelligent Scopes Corp (ISC), specialising in state-of-the-art image enhancement and precision AI software solutions fo...

January 6, 2026 | Tuesday | News
NGD deploys integrated transmission detection system to largest medical centre in Middle East

NGD Infection Prevention, a global provider of real-time genomic transmission detection for hospitals, has dep...

January 2, 2026 | Friday | News
Korean startup KLMBio accelerates global expansion in bone graft market

South Korea-based KLMBio, a manufacturer and exporter of human tissue-based medical devices, is accelerating its global ...

January 2, 2026 | Friday | News
Momentum in Motion: What Will Shape APAC’s Life Sciences Landscape in 2026?

Asia-Pacific’s life sciences landscape has always been shaped by contrasts. It is a region where scale and sophist...

January 3, 2026 | Saturday | Opinion
Seeing Opportunity in Ophthalmology

The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that more than 2.2 billion people worldwide live with some form of vision ...

January 3, 2026 | Saturday | Analysis
Australia and Indonesia achieve WHO Listed Authority status in medical products regulation

The World Health Organization (WHO) has formally recognised the regulatory authorities for medical products of Australia...

December 26, 2025 | Friday | News
Singapore-based startup Aevice Health announces expansion into Australian market

AeviceMD Monitoring System, a non-invasive wearable respiratory monitoring solution developed by Singapore-based Aevice ...

December 23, 2025 | Tuesday | News
US-based Hyperfine receives regulatory approval of Swoop® System in India for brain imaging

US-based Hyperfine, Inc., the groundbreaking health technology company that has redefined brain imaging with the fi...

December 18, 2025 | Thursday | News
numares Health enters ASEAN region with regulatory approval in Malaysia

Germany-based numares Health, the transformative metabolomics company pioneering multidimensional biomarker insights tha...

December 18, 2025 | Thursday | News
GE HealthCare and Indonesia’s Ministry of Health expand access to advanced CT scanners

GE HealthCare will supply more than 300 CT (computed tomography) scanners under Indonesia’s Strengthening Indonesi...

December 17, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Merz Aesthetics launches XEOMIN® and RADIESSE® in China

Germany-based Merz Aesthetics, the world’s largest dedicated medical aesthetics business, has launched flagship pr...

December 17, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Aussie medtech startup Ferronova raises $6 M to advance image-guided cancer surgery

Australian startup Ferronova has raised a further $6 million to progress the commercialisation of a novel nano...

December 17, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Olympus triples Venture Capital Fund investment to strengthen MedTech leadership

Japan-based Olympus Corporation has announced an additional commitment to its corporate venture capital fund, ...

December 15, 2025 | Monday | News
Lunit partners with Daiichi Sankyo to advance AI-driven oncology research

South Korea-based Lunit, a leading provider of AI for cancer diagnostics and precision oncology, has announced a collabo...

December 16, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Rhinocare Korea accelerates global expansion with Singapore joint venture

Rhinocare Korea, a medtech innovator specialising in drug-free respiratory care, has announced plans to establish a join...

December 11, 2025 | Thursday | News
Monash University advances medical breakthroughs with Victoria’s most advanced MRI scanner

Australia's Monash University is launching Victoria’s most advanced, research-dedicated Magnetic Resonance Im...

December 9, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Fapon andBio Farma partner to advance IVD localisation and innovation in Indonesia

PT Fapon Bioindustries Indonesia and the Indonesian state-owned pharmaceutical holding company PT Bio Farma (Persero) ha...

December 9, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea's Seegene establishes French subsidiary to expand European footprint

South Korea-based Seegene, Inc., a global leader in molecular diagnostics (MDx), has announced the establishment of...

December 6, 2025 | Saturday | News
Rise of Global MedTech Innovation in APAC

According to reports, the APAC MedTech market is valued at $16.3 billion in 2025, with a potential to reach $18.6 billio...

December 1, 2025 | Monday | Analysis
Life Sciences Trends 2026: From Regulatory Agility, AI and Investments to Digital Health Transformation

2025 was the year when China’s stratospheric rise on the global biotech stage continued. According to a report fro...

December 1, 2025 | Monday | Analysis
Precious Medical Group invests RM500 M for advanced cancer care infrastructure in Malaysia

Singapore-based healthcare provider Precious Medical Group has announced the launch of the Tunku Laksamana Johor Ca...

November 27, 2025 | Thursday | News
Genesis MedTech inks strategic partnership with National University Health System in Singapore

Genesis MedTech Group and the National University Health System (NUHS) in Singapore have formed a strategic partnership ...

November 24, 2025 | Monday | News
Teijin and BioVaram partners to expand Regenerative Medicine and Implantable Medical devices access in Japan and India

Teijin Limited and BioVaram, the brand name of the UR Advanced Therapeutics Pvt Ltd. (URAT), si...

November 20, 2025 | Thursday | News
Abbott acquires Exact Sciences in $21 B deal to transform cancer care

American firms Abbott and Exact Sciences have announced a definitive agreement for Abbott to acquire Exact Sciences, whi...

November 21, 2025 | Friday | News
DKSH, Topcon Healthcare and Medical Saigon Group partner to deploy advanced eye care technology across Vietnam

DKSH Business Unit Healthcare, a Strategic Healthcare Solutions Partner and leading provider of Market Expansion Servi...

November 17, 2025 | Monday | News
WellsCare teams up with SolnanoMed to launch wearable cold-laser therapy in Thailand

WellsCare Inc., a leading South Korean med-tech innovator in wearable cold-laser therapy, has signed a supply agreement ...

November 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
HKUST receives government's approval for establishing new medical school

The establishment of Hong Kong's third medical school at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has ...

November 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Avitia spearheads advanced liquid biopsy cancer testing ecosystem in Thailand

Canada-based startup Avitia, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cancer diagnostics company advancing access to...

November 12, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Bulacan leads way with Philippines’ first public-funded MRI facility

In a groundbreaking move for local healthcare, the Province of Bulacan...

November 12, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Kaneka expands global reach with launch of brain aneurysm embolisation coil in Europe

Japan's Kaneka Corporation has begun sales of its i-ED COIL™, a brain aneurysm embolisation coil, in Europe as of ...

November 10, 2025 | Monday | News
Mölnlycke establishes first wound care manufacturing site in China

Mölnlycke® Health Care, a global leader in MedTech, headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, is celebrating the com...

November 6, 2025 | Thursday | News
Policy Reforms Give India’s MedTech Sector a Global Edge

The MedTech sector in India represents a dynamic intersection of healthcare, engineering, and digital innovation, encomp...

November 2, 2025 | Sunday | Opinion
Mind Over Matter: Decoding China’s BCI Push

A Chinese man who lost all four limbs in a high-voltage electrical accident 13 years ago can now play chess and racing g...

November 1, 2025 | Saturday | Analysis
KLN Medical to distribute Siemens Healthineers' point-of-care testing products in Hong Kong

KLN Logistics has announced a strategic partnership between its healthcare subsidiary, KLN Medical and global medic...

October 28, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Olympus launches new surgical energy device for hemostatic cutting and Vessel Sealing

Japan-based medtech company Olympus Corporation has announced the launch of THUNDERBEAT™ II, the next generation h...

October 28, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea announces 5th Comprehensive Plan for high-tech medical complexes

The Ministry of Health and Welfare, South Korea government, has announced the the launch of the 5th Comprehensive Plan f...

October 27, 2025 | Monday | News
Shaping the Future of Health Technology : Automation; Augmentation; Agility powered by Artificial intelligence (AI)

Shez Partovi, Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Business Leader of Healthcare Informatics, Royal Philips Artifici...

October 21, 2025 | Tuesday | Opinion
Thailand launches newborn genome sequencing project

The Center of Excellence in Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, has launched one of the wor...

October 17, 2025 | Friday | News
Singapore Eye Research Institute and Eyexora to advance minimally invasive glaucoma surgery

Y.ora Vision, Inc., a new ophthalmic medical device company and spoke company of Eyexora, has announced the signing of a...

October 17, 2025 | Friday | News
Vision Science and Technology invests HK$5 M for myopia and presbyopia management

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has received funding support of HK$5 million from Vision Science and Techno...

October 21, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Owlet secures approval for infant health monitoring tech in India

US-based Owlet, Inc., the pioneer of smart infant monitoring, has announced that the Central Drugs Standard Control...

October 15, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Optain Health sets up Asia-Pacific HQ and expands R&D hub in Australia

A world leader in artificial intelligence-enabled medical technologies is expanding its global footprint in Victoria, Au...

October 15, 2025 | Wednesday | News
AccuGenomics and 1Cell.Ai team up to bring ultra-sensitive liquid biopsy testing across Asia

AccuGenomics, Inc., a US-based leader in next-generation sequencing (NGS) quality standards, and 1Cell.Ai, a US-based pr...

October 14, 2025 | Tuesday | News
South Korea selects PacBio HiFi Technology for National Pangenome Project

PacBio, a leading developer of high-quality, highly accurate sequencing solutions, has announced that its HiFi sequencin...

October 14, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Gunze Medical and HistoSonics enter into distribution agreement in Japan for non-invasive ultrasound therapy devices

Gunze Limited has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Gunze Medical Limited and US-based HistoSonics, Inc. have ...

October 10, 2025 | Friday | News
New initiative to connect Japanese medtech startups with Singapore-based venture capital firms

Campus Create, one of Japan’s largest university-affiliated Technology Licensing Organisations (TLOs), has launche...

October 8, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Kubota to introduce myopia management device in Thailand

Japanese pharmaceutical company Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. will introduce Thailand to its ground...

October 7, 2025 | Tuesday | News
SGH and Johnson & Johnson MedTech partner to optimize robotic surgery potential in South East Asia

Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and Johnson & Johnson MedTech are collaborating to explore innovative surgical appr...

September 30, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore General Hospital opens CoE for robotic-assisted surgery

Singapore General Hospital (SGH) has announced the launch of a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for robotic-assisted surgery, ...

October 3, 2025 | Friday | News
Singapore boosts medtech regulatory support and market access

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and the Singapore Manufacturing Federation Medical Technology Industry Group (SMF MT...

October 6, 2025 | Monday | News
China approves first and only Remote Electrical Neuromodulation based migraine treatment

Pier 88 Health, a digital health company dedicated to reshaping chronic pain management and bringing breakthrough global...

October 3, 2025 | Friday | News
Japan approves world's first iodine-treated total hip replacement system

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., a global medical technology leader, has announced that the Pharmaceutical and Medical Devi...

October 6, 2025 | Monday | News
Japan's Olympus launches AI-powered endoscopy in US & Europe markets

Japan-based medtech company Olympus Corporation has announced the commercial launch of its OLYSENSE™&nbs...

September 30, 2025 | Tuesday | News
HMI Medical introduces Malaysia’s first Japanese Robotic-Assisted Systems (RAS) revolutionizing surgical excellence and empowering precision healthcare

HMI Medical Group is revolutionizing healthcare standards in Malaysia and Southeast ASEAN with the introductio...

September 25, 2025 | Thursday | News
Korean startup Sky Labs unveils ring-type cuffless blood pressure monitor

Sky Labs has announced the official launch of CART BP, a ring-type personal blood pressure monitor designed for eve...

September 26, 2025 | Friday | News
Japan's Hitachi partners with ELITech for molecular testing for infectious disease

Japan's Hitachi High-Tech Corporation, and Italy-based ELITechGroup S.p.A. have entered a Collaboration, Manufacturing a...

September 26, 2025 | Friday | News
Hanahealth partners with Kai Health to bring AI-powered embryo tech to IVF labs across India

Hanahealth, the IVF vertical of DSS Imagetech, has recently partnered with South Korea’s Kai Health to enable IVF ...

September 22, 2025 | Monday | News
China’s Healthcare Investment Climate: Rebalancing Global and Local Innovation

With a healthcare market as vast as its population, China is rapidly evolving into a powerhouse for biopharma and medtec...

September 19, 2025 | Friday | News
Singapore-based healthcare firm UltraGreen.ai raises $188 M

UltraGreen.ai, a Singapore-based player in fluorescence-guided surgical technologies and precision healthcare solutions,...

September 18, 2025 | Thursday | News
Baxter introduces Hemopatch Sealing Hemostat in New Zealand

After its global launch in Europe, Baxter has introduced Hemopatch Sealing Hemostat in New Zealand.&...

September 17, 2025 | Wednesday | News
US-based Co-Diagnostics introduces Co-Dx™ PCR platform to Middle East

Co-Diagnostics, Inc., a US-based molecular diagnostics company with a unique, patented platform for the development of m...

September 17, 2025 | Wednesday | News
China's MGI Tech unveils next-gen 'Data Mining Machine' for genomics

China-based MGI Tech Co., Ltd. (MGI), a company dedicated to developing core tools and technologies that drive innovatio...

September 16, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Healthcare robotics & innovation centre opens in Sydney

New South Wales' (NSW) capability for robotic, artificial intelligence (AI), digital and remote healthcare has received ...

September 9, 2025 | Tuesday | News
University of Sydney partners with Siemens Healthineers on $9 M MRI research capability

Australia's University of Sydney has unveiled a $9 million partnership with Siemens Healthineers centred on the opening ...

September 13, 2025 | Saturday | News
Japan to revolutionise Alzheimer’s Disease treatment with LIPUS-Brain Device

Japan's Sound Wave Innovation Co., Ltd. (SWI) and Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. (SHI) have announced the signing of a ...

September 9, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Johnson & Johnson introduces new lenses in Europe and the Middle East for astigmatic patients with presbyopia

Johnson & Johnson has announced the launch of two new products to meet the evolving needs of astigmatic patients in ...

September 5, 2025 | Friday | News
New Zealand's MARS Bioimaging to scale-up world-first colour CT imaging system

MARS Bioimaging, a New Zealand-headquartered medical device company specialising in spectral molecular imaging CT s...

September 4, 2025 | Thursday | News
Japan's PHC Holdings inks MoU to transfer Eversense® CGM distribution to strategic partner Senseonics

Japan-based PHC Holdings Corporation and its subsidiary Ascensia Diabetes Care, a global diabetes care company, have ann...

September 4, 2025 | Thursday | News
Hong Kong offers apparel-based anthropometric method to precisely measure tissue deformation

Soft tissue deformation during body movement has long posed a challenge to achieving optimal garment fit and comfort, pa...

September 3, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Neusoft Medical Systems launches China's first photon-counting CT with NMPA approval

Neusoft Medical Systems has announced that its NeuViz P10 photon-counting CT has received market approval from China's N...

August 28, 2025 | Thursday | News
HIRONIC expands presence of aesthetic medical devices in Indonesian market

South Korea-based HIRONIC, a leading provider of aesthetic medical devices, has obtained certification from the Indonesi...

August 27, 2025 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand-based medtech startup Avasa secures funding to proceed with US FDA clearance

Auckland-based medtech startup Avasa has secured the first close of its Pre-Series-A capital raise. The round was l...

August 28, 2025 | Thursday | News
QT Imaging inks exclusive distribution agreement with Gulf Medical for Saudi Arabia

QT Imaging Holdings, Inc. (QTI), a medical device company engaged in research, development, and commercialisation of inn...

August 26, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Malaysia and Singapore sign MoU to fast track medical device market access

The Medical Device Authority (MDA) of Malaysia and the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore have signed a Memora...

August 26, 2025 | Tuesday | News

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