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Johnson & Johnson inaugurates 24 Acuvue Eye Health Centres
Johnson & Johnson Vision recently recognised 24 optical centres as Acuvue Eye Health Centres. Supported by the Association of Malaysian Optometrists (AMO), the Acuvue Eye Health Centre status recognises eye health centres in Malaysia that uphold quality, professional eye care services according to national guidelines and in doing so are well positioned to lead the [...]
Healthcare leaders gather to discuss the future of medtech in Singapore
More than 700 healthcare professionals convened at the Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore for the fourth annual Asia Pacific MedTech Forum, organised by the Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed). APACMed is the regional trade association for the medical devices and in vitro diagnostics industry. This year’s forum was reported to be [...]
City Cancer Challenge addresses urban cancer issues
The Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) recently launched the next phase of its global initiative, City Cancer Challenge, inviting cities from across Asia to take steps to increase access to quality cancer services. Speaking at the World Cancer Congress in Kuala Lumpur, Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired of Jordan, current President of UICC [...]
World Cancer Congress 2018: Global leaders come together to fight cancer
At the recent World Cancer Leader’s Summit (WCLS) in Kuala Lumpur, global health leaders from across UN agencies, the non-profit and private sectors, and academia came together to discuss calls to action in increasing access to, and investment in, and affordable cancer services to improve early detection, treatment, care, and public health data. With new [...]
World Alzheimer’s Day 2018
Named after German pathologist and psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer in 1906, Alzheimer’s disease affects approximately 50 million people worldwide, but World Alzheimer’s Day,held on the 21st of September every year, calls attention to the tragic effects of the neurodegenerative disease. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive and chronic neurodegenerative disease that destroys memory and other critical mental [...]
Medical show in Singapore closes on a high note
This year’s Medical Fair Asia and Medical Manufacturing Asia shows were the largest editions to date, with more than 14,000 trade visitors from 72 countries visiting the two symbiotic trade exhibitions for the medical, healthcare and medtech sectors – a 16% increase from 2016. Medical Manufacturing Asia 2018 registered some 6,000 visitors from 56 countries [...]
MedTech forum to explore technological advancements in healthcare
Over 600 senior leaders in the healthcare sector, including global and regional leaders of medical device manufacturers, healthcare providers, policy-makers, regulators, government representatives, clinicians, startups, and SMEs, are expected to attend the upcoming Asia Pacific MedTech Forum. The theme “Technology in Healthcare: Empowering Patients; Driving Outcomes” will see a range of high profile speakers discuss [...]
Medical Fair Asia 2018: Digital “smart” underwear to aid incontinence
Innovations from European companies have been given support to expand into Asian markets through a programme known as EU Business Avenues in Southeast Asia, an EU-funded initiative for several markets including Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand. The programme promotes collaborations with local companies, in the form of joint ventures, distributorships, or licensing agreements, [...]
Medical Fair Asia: Singapore poised to grow in medtech sector
Singapore’s medtech manufacturing sector is important for the country, having generated S$11.3 billion in 2016, said Dr Koh Poh Koon,Senior Minister of State for Trade & Industry, at the opening of the Medical Fair Asia show recently in Singapore. This was affirmed by Philip Kia, Deputy Chairman of Singapore Precision Engineering and Technology Association (Speta), [...]
New Zealand’s healthcare ties to Malaysia on the rise
The recently concluded Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM) International Healthcare Conference and Exhibition, held from 31 July to 2 August at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Malaysia, featured a pavilion from New Zealand for the first time ever. HCA spoke to New Zealand Trade Commissioner to Malaysia and Brunei, Simon Hearsey, to find [...]
