Monday, 09 November 2026

Asia Pacific

Farrer Park Hospital introduces Edge surgical robot to expand patient choice in Singapore

Hospital adds the MP1000 platform as part of its focus on access to minimally invasive surgery...

CMS Secures Singapore Approval for Ruxolitinib Cream to Treat Vitiligo

This approval fills a gap in the field of vitiligo treatment in Singapore...

Neurophet and RapidAI Partner to Expand Access to Alzheimer's and MS Treatment Monitoring

The partnership will accelerate the commercialization of the globally established Neurophet solution into the U.S. market ...

Why gold nanoparticles could make or break rapid diagnostic tests

Reliable rapid tests depend on more than detection technology, with nanoparticle quality, biological reagents and manufacturing consistency all shaping performance...

Indonesia’s medical device market to reach US$11 billion by 2030, with local partnerships key to success

Roland Berger report finds local manufacturing partnerships are increasingly important for multinational companies seeking access to Indonesia’s public healthcare procurement market...

Can Singapore’s healthcare AI move from development to clinical use?

Whee Teck Ong, Head of Kyndryl Consult, ASEAN & Korea, discusses the infrastructure, governance and workforce readiness hospitals need to bring AI into everyday care...

Mezoo: The Wonju Wearable Taking Patient Monitoring Beyond the Bedside

Born in Wonju's medical device cluster, Mezoo has turned a credit-card-sized chest patch into a monitoring platform used in more than 700 Korean hospitals and clinics. Fresh from a strong KOSDAQ debut and with approvals in nine countries, the company is now taking its HiCardi system to the world...

From Idea to Export: How Wonju Built Korea's Medical Device Launchpad

In Gangwon State, the Wonju Medical Industry Institute of Technology (WMIT) has spent more than two decades building something many regions talk about and few deliver: a single, connected system that takes a medical device company from its first idea to its first export contract...

Sectra One Cloud Goes Live at Meritus Health to Streamline Radiology Workflows

The solution enables radiologists to work in a single application throughout the whole workflow...

Google and Singapore deepen partnership to advance frontier AI for healthcare and scientific discovery

Initiatives include a Google Research hub, AI co-clinician evaluations with NUHS and a population health programme with NHG Health...