In today’s talking points: China’s healthcare reforms to be accelerated; $5 billion Chinese healthcare pharmaceutical deal; China’s health and fitness boom creating heated competition for wearable tech companies; World’s first tree top glass toilet hopes to boosts tourism China’s healthcare reforms to be accelerated China’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security announced last weekend that health insurance …
Healthcare & Lifesciences Talking Points | 23/09/2016
Australian vitamin giant to open luxury retail stores in Australia and China; China’s third largest winemaker invests $120 million in Australian vineyards; National gene bank launched in Shenzhen; China home to world’s largest number of Alzheimer’s patients
Healthcare & Lifesciences Talking Points | 2/9/2016
Fears over potential asbestos- contaminated material in WestConnex project; Increasing healthcare costs may see a rise in medical tourism; WHO release new guidelines to tackle antibiotic resistance for sexually transmitted infections; British study finds thousands of female heart attacks are misdiagnosed
Health & Lifesciences Talking Points 24-08-2016
In today’s Talking Points: Blackmores posts $100 million profit for the financial year, a 115 per cent increase year-on-year; E-commerce solution provider Azoya organises tour by Chinese e-commerce influencers of Australian pharmacies; Xi Jinping urges authorities at all levels to consider public health when drafting policies; Beijing based Berry Genomics and San Diego’s BioNano Genomics to partner to develop a next-generation …
Health & Lifesciences Talking Points | 16-08-2016
In today’s talking points, a series of articles about modern China’s problems with obesity and diabetes; also, a survey demonstrates wealthy Chinese citizens concern about end-of-life care. Diabetes China’s next big public health issue Chinese diabetes rates are climbing in what some medical experts are calling a ticking time-bomb for the country’s healthcare system. Diabetes, virtually non-existent in China …
Health and Lifesciences Talking Points 05-08-2016
In today’s Talking Points: Citic Group partnering with Japanese and Korean groups to expand its medical and health services in China; Canadian doctors use Chinese medical device technology in revolutionary heart surgery; Chinese scientists reducing mosquito population in Guangzhou in an effort to target Zika; Chinese scientists developing 3D-printing technology to produce skin grafts. Citic to …
Health & Lifesciences Talking Points | 20-07-2016
In today’s Talking Points: A study finds that Chinese consumers on average spend $213 over five years on air pollution removal; the elderly health care system expands as over-60s get set to make up one-third of the population by 2050; GlaxoSmithKline’s vaccine for HPV is approved by the China Food and Drug Administration for sale in …
Health & Lifesciences Talking Points | 12-07-2016
In today’s Talking Points: Chinese health and pharmaceuticals companies show increasing interest in purchasing 100% shares of Australian supplements companies; Tasmanian ‘tobacco-free generation’ bill declared to be legally sound; numbers of Chinese couples seeking IVF jump in 2015-16 after introduction of second-child policy; Chengdu leads innovation in healthcare space as trend of government support for …
Health & Lifesciences Talking Points 05-07-2016
In today’s talking points, The Children’s Hospital of Shanghai launches an initiative to provide donated breast milk; WHO receives report of cases of avian influence A(H7N9) from NHFPC; University students making up to $3000 a week selling baby formula and vitamins; Report finds Australia one of the most obese nations in the world. Shanghai’s first “breast …
Health & Lifesciences Talking Points 24-06-2016
In today’s talking points, Chinese authorities pull back on healthcare spending in light of slowing GDP growth. The Shanghai Institute of Medical Quality and Shanghai General Hospital partner with Telstra Health to introduce data analytic tools and share worldwide research on hospital best practice. The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention issues recommendations that …