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Rapidly growing and aging population, rise of the middle-class and lifestyle changes are all predominant factors creating significant opportunities but also pose as challenges for India strained healthcare sector.

Transition from infectious diseases to rise of chronic diseases, with more than 2.2 Million new cases of cancer annually, and 1 in 5 adults suffering from cardiovascular disease. Home to a population of 1.3 billion people, China is now the world’s largest economy after the US. China’s healthcare and disease profiles are undergoing significant changes [...]

A highly heterogeneous region, Asia is one of the most exciting and challenging markets, even more so for medical products and services. Beyond price affordability issues, logistical challenges, and the regulatory labyrinths, many parts of Asia are also plagued by cultural barriers, especially for women’s health management in a highly paternalistic society.

Lower limb peripheral artery disease (PAD) or peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is a cardiovascular disease that leads to narrowing and hardening of arteries found outside the coronary, aortic arch and brain. With an estimated 10 million people in these markets who are diagnosed with lower limb PAD annually, another 76% (Taiwan) to 98% (India) of [...]

The more developed countries such as Japan, Australia and Singapore have greater capabilities to perform advanced laparoscopic surgeries such as laparoscopic colectomies. Over 50% of colectomies are performed laparoscopically in these developed countries, compared with under 20% in the less developed countries. In contrast, basic procedures such as cholecystectomies are performed laparoscopically in over 90% [...]

The ability to own your imaging data and effectively sharing them (with ability to normalize the DICOM images) across the different clinical disciplines and allowing access of these medical images to enable collaboration across the medical image life-cycle does not only help your facility save cost and streamline workflow but it also have a direct [...]

The role of medical imaging in modern healthcare is without doubt, a vital one as almost every clinical discipline utilizes it to a certain aspect. Rapid proliferation of lifestyle diseases like obesity, diabetes and hypertension due to poor diet and lack of exercise has resulted in the increasing reliance on medical imaging both for diagnostics [...]

There are an estimated 1,700 urology specialists throughout India of which 50% practice in the private sector. Of these, almost 80% are trained locally and only 20% are trained abroad. Indians mostly prefer to seek treatment within India as well trained and capable doctors are readily available, however, due to the increasing demand for urological [...]

Urology is a rather developed specialization in China with many universities and hospitals’ undertaking extensive research in this field. The level of technological advancement is also increasing with more hospitals now able to do robotic surgery. There are an estimated number of at least 2000 urologists in China, and almost all of them are trained [...]

India’s medical imaging sector is poised for a new accelerated phase of growth fuelled by the availability of advanced technology and digital information. This market continues to be one of the more progressive markets in Asia in terms of technology adoption. The enhancements in technology have seen the growing adoption of new imaging technology that [...]