Medtech innovation

Blue Purpose Founder Don Glidewell Secures Third US Patent for BOOMBOX Emergency Communications Technology

The milestone reflects more than two decades of Glidewell's work at the intersection of healthcare, technology and emergency preparedness...

AI drug discovery must deliver repeatable value beyond hype: Insilico Medicine’s Feng Ren

Feng Ren discusses AI’s impact on target discovery, R&D productivity and clinical development, and Asia’s role in translating computational predictions into new medicines....

Clinical judgement remains central to robotic surgery: Dr Catherine Teh

Dr Catherine Teh discusses how robotics, fluorescence imaging and clinician-led innovation can support complex liver surgery, and what wider adoption across Asia will require....

Longevity Medicine Must Move Beyond Hype to Evidence-Based Preventive Healthcare: Longevitix

Longevitix Co-Founders Effie Arditi and Dr Neil Panchal discuss the limitations of biological-age testing, the clinical promise of GLP-1 therapies, and how AI-powered continuous care, validated biomarkers and regulatory standards could reshape the future of healthy ageing....

Okami Medical Receives Expanded Indication for LOBO Vascular Occluder

LOBO's expanded indication brings venous embolization into the next generation, providing quick and confident occlusion ...

Healthcare technology must be designed for scale, not just successful pilots

Dr Kamonlawan Chomchopbun of KPMG in Singapore, Dr May-Anne Cheong of SingHealth’s A.L.I.C.E. and Lars Wismer of Messe Düsseldorf Asia discuss why promising healthcare technologies struggle to move into routine care, what hospitals should measure before scaling, and how Southeast Asia can turn innovation into everyday implementation....

Terumo launches K-Pack Embrace active safety needle globally

The needle combines hard-shell packaging for automated co-packing with an integrated hinged safety shield designed to reduce needlestick injuries....

Asia must shift from treating illness to preventing disease: Kelvin Loh, AIA

Kelvin Loh, Group Chief Healthcare Officer at AIA, discusses how insurers, digital health, AI and behavioural science can help Asia's ageing populations live healthier lives while improving healthcare access and affordability....

How Virtual Nursing and AI Are Transforming Clinical Workflows

AI-enabled capabilities are also opening new possibilities for ambient documentation, predictive monitoring and intelligent workflow routing...