Future Market Insights
The report delves into market trends, challenges faced, and key drivers shaping the future of sports medicine. This report provides a strategic roadmap for industry leaders, offering valuable insights into the corporate landscape, technological advancements, and the collaborative efforts for the market.
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Technology in healthcare is advancing, and that's a good thing. Here are 9 technological trends that are influencing both the present and future of patient care so that you can stay on top of what's new and developing.
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Vickers Venture Partners’ Dr. Xinhong Lim explains how the digital health ecosystem flourishes in Singapore despite global trends.
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Delve into this article as Market.us navigate through the various key trends, drivers, and challenges in the Marketing Aesthetics market through these reports.
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CNA
Industry observers said these technological innovations are saving caregivers’ time, and enabling nurses to provide better medical services to the elderly under their care.
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On 26 July 2023, the Ministry of Health (MOH) launched the Industry Transformation Map (ITM) 2025 for healthcare. The ITM 2025 refreshes the ITM for healthcare, which was first launched in 2017.
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KrAsia
Current and upcoming generations of seniors are able to enjoy their golden years better thanks to technology specifically catered to them.
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Owing to those inconveniences that finger pricking approach for managing blood sugar levels causes to patients, it is no wonder that some diabetics have adopted wearable prick-free devices that provide continuous glucose monitoring. But are their readings accurate? Do patients still have to fall back on the finger-prick test? Read more to find out.
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BIOCOM
German biotech companies have never been doing so well. Last year, they reported record funding, sales growth, more employees, and huge increases in investment in research and development.
The rapid growth of all economic indicators was significantly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
BIOCOM
Record numbers wherever you look: In the field of life sciences, Austria is in outstanding shape. This year BIOCOM once again compiled statistics of the biotech sector in Austria – with welcome results.
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Asian Hospital and Healthcare Management
Given that the mind defines our behaviours, and the matters that drive it, our environment becomes one of the most important factors of our well-being. The Pandemic has affected our environment in unprecedented ways, and although it is not the first or the last time such an event shook the world, it has definitely been one of the most impactful and definitive, because of the global nature of the impact.
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Southeast Asia’s healthcare access ecosystem is now at a critical juncture. To improve access for the long term, Joseph shares why healthcare stakeholders in the public and private sectors must enhance sustainability around the key aspects of finance, treatment and health systems.
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Asian Hospital and Healthcare Management
Arriving at an era of focused healthcare operations, single specialty hospitals allow for a healthcare delivery structure that is nimble and efficient thus enabling hospital networks to optimise their performance. They help to ensure continuity of patient care and that urgent medical care is available for all those in need.
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With the versatile Amadeo R motorised, OR Technology is expanding its product range for the inpatient sector in human medicine.
The X-ray system, consisting of a bucky table and grid wall stand, offers many advantages for medical staff and ensures fast, comfortable care for all patients.
Asian Hospital and Healthcare Management
World is understanding the role of pro-active and preventive health in this era of pandemic. The need for nutrition, preventive medicines and nutraceuticals is becoming a focal point of better health. On the other hand, there is a thought of making Indians healthy and not just disease free. Hence, the number of govt. initiatives are aiming at a Pathy-agnostic approach of integrated medicines.
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Precision medicine has gained momentum ever since the human genome was mapped in 2003. However, patient genomic data can be difficult to access at the point of care with its complex vocabularies. This is where cloud-based technology can step in, to strengthen and empower the delivery of healthcare that can better place genomic insights at its core.
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INFOMEDIX
Since the outbreak of the global CORONA Virus pandemic, we all find ourselves in a difficult situation that no one could have imagined.
To help curb the spread and to reduce the rate at which infections spreads, drastic measures are taken that limit our daily life to unprecedented levels.
The Business Times
HEALTHTECH startups in Singapore attracted US$105 million across 21 deals in 2018, according to a report published by healthtech researcher Galen Growth Asia in collaboration with Singapore's Economic Development Board. Singapore's deal value made up 24 per cent of total deal value in Asia excluding China and India.
Singapore Business Review
Singapore’s ageing population is rising rapidly and elderly healthcare support is top of the government’s agenda with several major steps already taken over the years to minimise the impact on the economy, society and national healthcare expenditure.
Today Online
SINGAPORE — The Ministry of Health (MOH) will invest close to S$12 million over the next four years to attract more new entrants to join the community care sector, and support current staff in developing their careers, said Senior Minister of State for Health Amy Khor yesterday.
Mobihealth News
The Asia Pacific region will generate more than $7 billion in revenues from mHealth services in 2017, according to a new study by the GSM Association (GSMA) and PricewaterhouseCoopers. The majority of that revenue will come from telemonitoring services, which the report estimates will make up about 55 percent of the market, followed by diagnostic services, which will make up 24 percent.
HIMSS Asia Pacific
The market for elderly care would soon enjoy greater opportunities for robotics companies, ICT companies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, nutraceuticals and several other providers in the support service. This sector would also require all such service providers who can operate both long-term and short-term care homes.
Today Online
SINGAPORE — Giving patients easy access to personal care services, medical transport, meals-on-wheels and therapist services, or letting them can get advice and intervention on how to manage their conditions without having to schedule an appointment to visit the hospital - these are some projects in the works in the healthcare sector's latest push to go digital.
The Business Times
The Ministry of Health (MOH) will ramp up efforts to improve Singapore's healthcare system in the long term and with it, the ministry will shift its focus beyond hospital care to community care, beyond quality to value, and move beyond health care to health.
Dotmed Healthcare Business Daily News
MEDICAL FAIR ASIA and MEDICAL MANUFACTURING ASIA 2016, two of the region’s leading exhibitions for the medical, healthcare and MedTech was officially opened today by Mr. S Iswaran, Minister for Trade and Industry (Industry). The events will take place concurrently from August 31 – September 2, 2016 at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Singapore.
HealthCare Asia Daily
South East Asia’s (SEA) tragic history of natural disasters which have included some of the most destructive typhoons, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions in recent times made it the obvious choice for organisers of the first Disaster and Military Medicine (DiMiMED) conference to be held outside of Germany; where the specialist conference series began in 2013.
Hospitals Management
Exercise is known to be an effective way to reduce the risk of some cancers, but what about exercise as a way to rehabilitate cancer patients?
In the United States, a 2008 study conducted by the Centres of Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that exercise is beneficial to cancer patients, reducing mortality from breast cancer and the risk of recurrent breast cancer by approximately 50 percent*.
Dotmed Healthcare Business Daily News
MEDICAL FAIR ASIA in Singapore, the International Exhibition on Hospital, Diagnostic, Pharmaceutical, Medical & Rehabilitation Equipment & Supplies, continues its sustained growth course in 2016 thereby providing impressive proof of its role as South East Asia’s leading showcase for medical device technology and health care.
HealthCare Asia Daily
IHT has been found to have positive effects on coronary heart disease (CHD) patients
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Joseph Moore was inspired to invent something to protect himself from allergens when his own allergies almost killed him.
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The inaugural Medical Fair Asia Medicine + Sports Conference, organized by Messe Düsseldorf Asia (MDA), will be held on the September 1and it will be co-located with Medical Fair Asia, the region’s premier medical trade fair at The Sands Expo & Convention Centre at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.
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A promising preclinical study of two Zika vaccine candidates has been completed by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) and collaborators at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, suggesting that an effective human vaccine is feasible.
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An approach, known as fractional dosing, is under consideration as a short-term measure in case of yellow fever vaccine shortages for use in emergencies.Experts agreed with the proposal at a meeting convened by WHO to consider potential shortages in yellow fever vaccine due to the outbreak in Angola and Democratic Republic of theCongo.
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A series of Dutch experiments linked aerobic exercises that are completed four hours after a memorization to improved recall. According to the study team, newly-learned information turns into long-term knowledge through a process of stabilization and integration of memories. This requires certain brain chemicals that are also released during physical exercise, including dopamine, noradrenaline (norepinephrine) and a growth factor called BDNF.
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According to British scientists from the University College London’s genetics, evolution and environment department, they have developed a model that can predict outbreaks of zoonotic diseases – those such as Ebola and Zika that jump from animals to humans – based on changes in climate.
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In 1985, only 1% of the boys and 1% of the girls under the age of 19 in China were obese. But a 29-year study that was published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology found that in 2014, these numbers escalated to 17% of the boys and 9% of the girls. The study involved nearly 28,000 students in Shandong province. It also used a stricter cut-off of the Body Mass Index (BMI) than the World Health Organization standard.
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The world is facing an “unrelenting march” of diabetes which now affects nearly one in 11 adults, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
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The asthma therapeutics market in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region will grow from $3.5 billion in 2014 to $5.6 billion by 2021, at a strong Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 7.2%, according to business intelligence provider GBl Research.
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The global market for peripheral vascular interventions, including lower extremity stents, percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) balloons, PTA drug-eluting balloons (DEB), carotid stents, and renal starts, will rise from $2.1 billion in 2015 to $3.4 billion by 2022, says research and consulting firm GlobalData.
Read more on page 18Healthcare Asia Magazine
Private players will have to splurge on robotics too.
Private hospitals in Singapore will be up against stiffer competition after the government revealed that healthcare spending will rise to a staggering $11b in 2016, according to a report by OCBC.
HealthCare Asia Daily
Adding stress management treatment in their treatment could cut the risk of a repeat heart attack in half, according to research from Duke Health.
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An estimated 12.6 million people died as a result of living or working in an unhealthy environment in 2012 – nearly 1 in 4 of total global deaths, according to new estimates from WHO. Environmental risk factors, such as air, water and soil pollution, chemical exposures, climate change, and ultraviolet radiation, contribute to more than 100 diseases and injuries.
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Hongkong prolonged exposure to fine air pollutants is linked to a higher risk of dying by any cancer, a study that tracked more than 66,000 seniors in Hong Kong has found.
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Rising obesity in children and young adults will push up the rate of diabetes in Singapore – already among the highest in the developed world – going by recent studies.
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With Asia projected to make up 45% of the world’s population by 2050, with 810 million from south east Asia by 2020, constant pressure remains on both doctors and healthcare providers to keep the levee from breaking.
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Half the world’s population, or nearly 5 billion people, will be nearsighted by 2050. Up to one-fifth of them at a significantly increased risk of blindness if current trends continue, says a study published in the journal Ophthalmology.
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Regional competitors are no match for local healthcare providers.
According to a report by OCBC, Singapore healthcare providers need not be fazed right now by regional competitors. Local healthcare players remain strong contenders thanks to their established brand and reputation and their focus on enhancing expertise offering. Also, Singapore healthcare providers target premium-end patients.
HealthCare Asia Daily
A deadly and hard to detect disease called Melioidosis is present in more countries than previously though. A study predicts that that melioidosis is present in 79 countries, including 34 that have never reported the disease.
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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) confirm that dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, the first-line treatment for malaria infection in Cambodia, failed in certain provinces due to parasite resistance to artemisinin and piperaquine.
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A new study from WHO (World Health Organization) has shown that the number of people with diagnosed diabetes is dramatically increasing worldwide especially in developing countries. Diabetes, even known as the Silent Killer because of its easy-to-miss syntomps, will be the 7th leading cause of death in 2030.
Article Courtesy of: Infomedix International 1/2016 “What is Diabetes” © Infodent Srl
HealthCare Asia Daily
BANGKOK – The estimated number of adolescents dying of AIDS in the Asia Pacific region has more than doubled since 2005, experts said on Monday (Nov 30), warning of a “hidden epidemic”.
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The value of the multiple sclerosis therapeutics market will rise slowly from $17.2 billion in 2014 to approximately $20 billion by 2024, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 1.5%, according to research and consulting firm GbbalData.
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The global medical plastics market is expected to reach more than US$6.9 billion by 2020, driven by the ageing population and increasing the demand for existing and new medical technologies as well as growing application sectors globally. This is an overarching finding from the new report by industry research firm Markets and Markets titled Medical Plastics Market by Type, by Application, and by Region – Forecast to 2020.
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Market growth will be driven primarily by increasing immigration from medium and high-prevalence countries, says report 'Global Hepatitis B Therapeutics Market Value to Grow Slowly to $3.5 Billion by 2021", says GBI Research NEW YORK (GBI Research).
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While Asia’s health industry must address a host of vital issues, analysts agree hospital coffers need the most attention.
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