China: Temasek and Hillhouse take stake in Aier

Singapore government investment company Temasek and Hillhouse Capital have both taken a 1% stake in Beijing-based Aier Eye Hospital Group for Rmb1.9bn (US$267.9m). They were...

Singapore: Aier Eye to take 35% stake in ISEC for S$67.1m

Beijing-based Aier Eye Hospital Group has emerged as the third party purchaser planning to take a 35% stake in ISEC Healthcare. News that a significant...

Why rural healthcare matters

Inez Mikkelsen-Lopez, health specialist in the Pacific Department at the Asian Development Bank, looks at the expansion of community health posts across rural Papua...

The little red dot

Milind Sabnis, director of healthcare, Asia Pacific, Frost & Sullivan, looks at how Singapore has become Southeast Asia’s hub for healthcare and maintains its...

Sky-high thinking: Ageing in Asia

How to cater for an ageing population is big business across Asia. Alistair Kleebauer looks at some of the products and services that are...

Israel: InMode shares trade above issue price

Shares in medical device company InMode slipped on their first day of trading on Nasdaq last week, but have since recovered to settle just...

With telemedicine, there’s no place like home

Mike Griffiths, regional director of healthcare at Howden Insurance Brokers, unpicks the regulatory and liability implications of telemedicine in Singapore. Here’s a puzzle for you:...

Focus on efficiency

Healthcare chief executives need to make sure that their businesses develop and execute clear value creation, argue Andrew McKechnie, PwC strategy & healthcare leader,...

China: Aier and OAL to develop acuity vision tests

China’s Aier Eye Hospital Group and New Zealand’s Objective Acuity (OAL) have signed a cooperation agreement to develop and commercialise objective acuity vision tests...

Dialling it up

The global dialysis market is under pressure to adapt to thrive. Ploy Radford reckons that thinking big is key to survival.  The kidneys perform two...
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