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NextLevel Pharma’s Speaker Series: Sue Caleo-Naeyaert
As part of the upcoming NextLevel Pharma “Market Access in Key Asian Markets” event, the organizers have graciously connected AsiaHealthcareBlog with several of the industry experts who will be presenting and participating in panel discussions during the May 2012 event. The first up in this series is Sue Caleo-Naeyaert, the Regional Pricing and Market Access [...]
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What To Watch for During 2012 in China’s Eldercare Market
As 2012 gets off to a start, eldercare operators with an interest in accessing the China market are paying close attention to what many believe are a handful of key issues that will define how the market evolves in the coming years. Each of the individual questions that remain to be answered are subordinate to [...]
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US Hospitals Continue to Explore Ways to Work with China
Across the United States, hospital executives are eagerly seeking out ways they can tap into the lucrative China market. As we shared in late 2011, the prestigious Wharton Business School published an article which suggests that the opportunity for western expansion into the Chinese hospital market may finally be opening; however, the shifting sands that [...]
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NextLevel Pharma Event
If you are active in the Asian pharma, medical device or general bio-sciences markets, make a point of visiting the NextLevel Pharma site to learn more about their upcoming “Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Market Access in Key Asian Markets”. The panels look extremely interesting, and the panelists who will be leading and participating in the [...]
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Bag of Links – the pace of change is speeding up
The best links about healthcare investment and public health in Asia from around the web.
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The New York Times “Room for Debate” Looks at China’s Healthcare System
Posted November 23, 2011 by
If you have not already, head over to the New York Times and their “Room for Debate” section. It has been covering the topic of China’s healthcare system with a series of columns attempting to answer the question “Is China Facing a Health Care Crisis?” The answer, in case you’re not sure, is an unequivocal [...]
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A PAIR OF EVENTS: Ritz Carlton, Singapore, and Global Health Symposium, Beijing
Posted November 23, 2011 by Damjan Denoble
For anyone able to attend, there will be a discussion at the Ritz Carlton, Singapore, hosted by Solidiance, an Asia focused growth strategy consulting firm. The following is a blurb for the event: The next event of interest is The Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, an event being put together by the ‘Who’s [...]
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Differences Between Cybermedicine and Telemedicine, and why it matters.
Posted November 22, 2011 by Damjan Denoble
I have a new article up on the blog of the UN Foundation hosted initiative Health Unbound called “The mHealth alliance is concerned with cybermedicine AND telemedicine. There is a difference. Here’s why it matters.” The title is a mouthful, but only because I go into some detail on the differences between cybermedicine and telemedicine [...]
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EVENT: “Disability and Cerebral Palsy in Rural China,” A talk with Fulbright researcher Kait Szydlowski
Posted November 17, 2011 by James Flanagan
Beijing Healthcare Forum is proud to present: “Disability and Cerebral Palsy in Rural China” A talk with Fulbright researcher Kait Szydlowski Wednesday, November 23rd, 8:00pm LOCATION: Veggie Table, 东城区五道营胡同19号 (Take either exit A or D from Yonghegong station, and it is No. 19 in Wu Dao Ying hutong) This event will be an intimate discussion [...]
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Pharma Gets a China Booster
Posted November 17, 2011 by
Today’s Asia Times has my column on the challenges and opportunities pharma is facing in China. One of the earliest industries to see the need to sell into the domestic Chinese market (versus seeing China as a source of low-cost production), pharma is also one of the most dynamic sectors in China. Some of the [...]
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How Hong Kong Approaches Eldercare
Posted November 15, 2011 by
Last Friday I had the pleasure of touring Cheerful Court, one of the two model eldercare facilities in Hong Kong operated by the Hong Kong Housing Society (HKHS). I want to be sure and publicly thank Joe Christian, Partner at DLA Piper in Hong Kong who specializes in the China eldercare market, for making the [...]
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JP Morgan: New Report on China Healthcare Reform
Posted November 9, 2011 by
“Medicine for the Masses — China’s Healthcare Reform: Progress and Future Steps” A new report was recently published last month by JP Morgan on China’s Healthcare Reform. The report is a review of the state of healthcare in China as it approached the end of a three year reform initiative, where many impressive changes to [...]