Thailand develops personalised probiotics machine to enhance immune system

MED-CU has invented a Personalised Probiotics (Dispensing) Machine to deliver live microorganisms that have health benef...

February 16, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Wellx.ai with WHOOP to bring hyper-personalised insurance to the UAE

WHOOP, the human performance company, and Wellx.ai announced a new partnership that will integrate physiological data in...

February 14, 2022 | Monday | News
Asia Healthcare Holdings secures $170 M from Singapore's GIC

Asia Healthcare Holdings (AHH), a platform backed by TPG Growth, has raised $170 million from Singapore-based sovereign ...

February 14, 2022 | Monday | News
NZ links paracetamol during pregnancy with childhood depression

New Zealand-based University of Auckland study shows a 'small but significant' statistical association. Profe...

February 11, 2022 | Friday | News
Japan's Sharp Naturizer sanitizer solution proves effectiveness against COVID-19

SHARP Business Systems (India), a wholly owned Indian subsidiary of SHARP Corporation Japan, has announced a significant...

February 10, 2022 | Thursday | News
Australia links low testosterone levels in women with double risk of cardiac events

Australia's Monash University study has challenged the view that testosterone is bad for women’s hearts, showing t...

February 9, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Australia presents novel study to help kids with severe epilepsy

New research from the University of South Australia could deliver a breakthrough for children suffering from o...

February 8, 2022 | Tuesday | News
$24 M for research to reduce pressure on emergency departments in Australia

The Australian Government will invest up to $24 million in research to improve acute care systems and reduce waiting tim...

February 7, 2022 | Monday | News
‘Click M' for Mental Health

Mental health problems are rising worldwide and Asia Pacific is no different, with anywhere between 4 per cent and 20 pe...

February 4, 2022 | Friday | Analysis
Boom or Bust for Asian Healthcare?

Being the largest pharma market hub and the land of innovative therapeutics, Asian countries have always been leading th...

February 4, 2022 | Friday | Analysis
NZ discovers link between high blood pressure and diabetes

Scientists at the universities of Auckland and Bristol are preparing to test a novel medication on patients with a poten...

February 2, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Polygenic risk scores for prediction of breast cancer risk in Asian populations

A team of researchers led by University of Nottingham Malaysia and Cancer Research Malaysia has developed ...

February 1, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Eastern Asia's lung cancer incidence and mortality highest in world: Study

Lung cancer is the most common cancer and the most common cause of cancer death in Hong Kong. Researchers from The Chine...

January 28, 2022 | Friday | News
NFID urges action to reduce burden of respiratory syncytial virus

The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) has issued a Call to Action urging stronger public health focus a...

January 28, 2022 | Friday | News
Intellect closes $10M Series A to scale mental healthcare across Asia

Asia’s largest and fastest-growing mental health startup, Intellect, announced the closing of $10 million in Serie...

January 25, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Japan approves VYVGART for treatment of generalised Myasthenia Gravis

Netherlands-based argenx SE has announced that Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has approved ...

January 20, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore finds link between hearing, vision loss and mortality

A team from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) has found that pe...

January 20, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore enhances support to people with disabilities

The Seniors’ Mobility and Enabling Fund (SMF) and Assistive Technology Fund (ATF) in Singapore will be enhanced to...

January 19, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Seoul Semiconductor shows myopia improvement using 'SunLike Lighting'

South Korea-based Seoul Semiconductor has confirmed SunLike lighting’s effect on improving myopia, along with...

January 17, 2022 | Monday | News
Australia invests $44 M to expand health and medical research capability

The Australian government is investing in the future competitiveness of Australian health and medical research with more...

January 12, 2022 | Wednesday | News
China proposes action plan to focus on disability prevention

China is planning to strengthen disability prevention efforts by promoting premarital healthcare and healthy lifestyles,...

January 10, 2022 | Monday | News
Mental health clinical trials receive funding worth $14.8 M in Australia

Seven clinical trials testing the use of potential breakthrough combination therapies to treat debilitating mental illne...

January 7, 2022 | Friday | News
China approves Yiling Pharma's patent depression-resolving drug

Yiling Pharmaceutical's depression-resolving and restlessness-relieving capsules have been approved for marketing via th...

December 24, 2021 | Friday | News
China introduces whole course management system for osteoporosis patients

Ping An Healthcare and Technology Company has entered into a strategic partnership with a leading Japanese pharmaceutica...

December 22, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia using ‘manikin' to track COVID-19 within indoor spaces

Using a breathing manikin (one of a kind in Australia), together with an inert, traceable gas that simulated SARS-CoV-2 ...

December 20, 2021 | Monday | News