Healthcare
TPG Capital Asia snaps up Gribbles Pathology as part of US$200m acquisition
                                                                                 
                    
                    
  It has 37 facilities across Malaysia.
                
                                
            TPG Capital Asia snaps up Gribbles Pathology as part of US$200m acquisition
                                                                                                                 
                            
                            
  It has 37 facilities across Malaysia.
                        
                                                
                        
    
                    India unveils world's largest free health insurance programme
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  The scheme will cover over half a billion people.
                    
                                        
                    
                Foreign drugmakers hit pay dirt as China rolls out healthcare reforms: Fitch
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Pharma sales will surge as new policies kick in.
                    
                                        
                    
                China's Ping An Good Doctor forays into Southeast Asia with Grab
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  It will bring online healthcare services to the region.
                    
                                        
                    
                Singapore government health insurance MediShield Life payouts hit $800m in 2017: PM Lee
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  About 200,000 Singaporeans benefited from the payouts.
                    
                                        
                    
                Government subsidy upgrades could uplift Raffles Medical
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  All of its clinics are approved to provide the Community Health Assist Scheme in Singapore.
                    
                                        
                    
                Governments rush to revamp regulations as costs rise
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Asian countries are rolling out multi-pronged strategies to boost their healthcare sectors and keep attracting investments.
                    
                                        
                    
                Malaysia's fledgeling elderly care pressured to cater to booming silver pool
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Nursing homes are run mostly by charitable groups providing final stages of care to the elderlies.
                    
                                        
                    
                Healthcare breaches top Australia data offenses in April-June
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Healthcare cyberincidents beat financial and education sector offenses.
                    
                                        
                    
                Singapore public hospitals cave under pressure of overcrowding
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Average daily bed occupancy rates for public hospitals is at 85%.
                    
                                        
                    
                UAE healthcare provider Aster pioneers Asia's new liver transplant technique in India
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  The new technology enables a liver to be kept alive outside of the human body.
                    
                                        
                    
                Here's why Singapore's healthtech landscape looks promising
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  The country's Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2020 (RIE 2020) allocated $4b for R&D developments from 2016 to 2020.
                    
                                        
                    
                Singapore secured US$16m of healthtech investments in H1 2018
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  It ranked next to China and India as a hotspot for healthtech investments.
                    
                                        
                    
                IHH could pay up to $1.47b for controlling stake in Fortis Healthcare
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  It was chosen as the bidder to buy the controlling stake at 31.1% to 57.1%.
                    
                                        
                    
                Raffles Medical Q2 profit rose 0.8% to $16.9m
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Operating expenses increased amidst the building of the new Raffles Specialist Centre.
                    
                                        
                    
                Muscat Private Hospital- Oman bags two awards at the Healthcare Asia Awards 2018
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  The hospital won the Patient Safety Initiative of the Year and the ICT Initiative of the Year.
                    
                                        
                    
                Foreign investments to boom as China's elderly population skyrockets
                                                                                                 
                        
                        
  Elderly population is set to hit 400 million in 2035.