China leads the world in attention to eye health

World Sight Day is an annual day of awareness held on the second Thursday of October, to focus global attention on ...

October 14, 2020 | Wednesday | News
GCC states Aster DM Healthcare honored for its CSR and COVID-19 efforts

Aster DM Healthcare, the largest private healthcare service providers operating in multiple GCC states has bee...

October 14, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Honeywell emphasises on improving occupants health in Malaysia

Honeywell has recently launched an integrated set of solutions in Malaysia to help building owners improve the...

October 13, 2020 | Tuesday | News
BenQ launches eye-care monitor to protect consumers' eye health

Singapore-based BenQ, the world-leading provider of digital lifestyle innovations, has announced the launch of GW2780T E...

October 12, 2020 | Monday | News
Santen, Orbis to tackle increasing burden of eye diseases in Asia

Japanese firm Santen Pharmaceutical and Orbis International in the US have announced a long-term, ten-year partnership t...

October 9, 2020 | Friday | News
Australia moves ahead with aged care research project

Flinders University has been awarded the contract to develop the first stage of the Australian Government’s new $3...

October 9, 2020 | Friday | News
WHO calls for stronger collective efforts to curtail COVID-19

With the increase in COVID-19 cases in most countries of WHO South-East Asia Region, World Health Organization has calle...

October 8, 2020 | Thursday | News
GENE Life to leverage anti-pandemic supplies and COVID-19 kits in China

Amuse Group Holding Limited and Grand View Bio Tech announced the establishment of their joint venture GENE Life Company...

October 7, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Mercy Ships announces world's largest NGO hospital ship

US-based Mercy Ships that uses hospital ships to deliver free, world-class healthcare services, capacity building, and s...

October 6, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Australia delivers $115.5 B in 2020–21 budget for healthcare

The Australian government is delivering a record $115.5 billion in 2020–21 and $467 billion over the for...

October 6, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's younger healthcare professionals resilient despite COVID-19

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, has announced findings from its study of 15 countries, the Future H...

October 6, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Researchers find MiRNA biomarker to detect early-stage pulmonary hypertension (PH)

MiRXES a leading microRNA (miRNA) diagnostic company headquartered in Singapore, in collaboration with Actelion&nbs...

October 6, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Healthcare consulting firm Nordic expands its reach to Europe and Asia

Nordic, a top-rated healthcare consulting firm, on 2 Oct 2020 announced its acquisition of Tasman Global, a healthc...

October 5, 2020 | Monday | News
New Zealand changes prescribing rules for medicines

A change to prescribing rules will make it easier for New Zealanders to get the medicines they need, according to both t...

October 5, 2020 | Monday | News
APAC Health and Finance Ministers commit to building stronger health systems

Building on the learnings from the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, in mid-September, Ministers of Health and Fin...

October 2, 2020 | Friday | News
APFFA's toolkit assist physicians to aid secondary osteoporotic fractures

The Asia Pacific Fragility Fracture Alliance (APFFA) on 28 September 2020 launched a comprehensive educational tool...

October 2, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore reveals novel study on International Day for Older Persons 2020

The fear of falling is a common problem in countries with fast ageing populations. Certain activities such as bending do...

October 1, 2020 | Thursday | News
GVN's virus experts to identify promising advanced strategies to battle COVID-19

The Global Virus Network (GVN), a coalition of the world's leading medical and basic virology research centers working t...

October 1, 2020 | Thursday | News
Sharp Corp develops air purifying device to fight COVID-19

A device, developed by Japan headquartered Sharp Corporation, equipped with Plasmacluster technology, which exposed an a...

September 30, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's EDDC to discover new AI-driven COVID-19 therapies

Auransa, Inc., an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven pharmaceutical company, on 29 Sep 2020 announced a resea...

September 30, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Catheter Ablation can delay Atrial Fibrillation Progression by 10x than drug therapy

Biosense Webster, Inc., part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies*, has published a report, Atria...

September 30, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Asian Copperline mask claims to kill SARS-CoV-2

Yappie Pte. Ltd. announced that Korea's Copperline Mask has been independently verified to be the first face mask in&n...

September 30, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Singapore commits $2.2B to support residents with MediShield Life premiums

The MediShield Life Council has made preliminary recommendations for the MediShield Life benefits to be enhanced, and fo...

September 30, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Institut Pasteur Korea focuses on natural treatment for NTDs

Spain-based Fundacion MEDINA, the Drugs for Neglected diseases initiated (DNDi) and Institut Pasteur Korea have bee...

September 28, 2020 | Monday | News
Australia announces first strategic action plan for blood cancers

As part of the 2020/21 Budget, the Australian government will provide more than $600,000 to the Leukaemia Foundation as ...

September 28, 2020 | Monday | News