Healthcare
QT Vascular downplays competitor’s patent claim
It will not affect the group’s profitability.
Q&M Dental to acquire TP Dental for $28.6m
It will be paid in cash and shares.
Raffles Med braces for muted earnings as expansion plans gain steam
Higher staff costs are on the horizon.
Raffles Medical Group names Eric Ang Teik Lim as director
He is currently managing director and senior executive advisor at DBS Bank.
Raffles Med’s net profit up 2.9% to $15m in Q1
On back of higher patient load.
Raffles Med's Q1 results under threat from lacklustre tourist arrivals
Indonesian tourist arrivals slipped 16%.
A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore discovers why psoriasis is less prevalent in ethnic Chinese
10 out of 44 genes found only in Caucasians.
Tech giant Intel teams up with SPRING to develop wearable health devices in Singapore
Nine startups are part of the initiative.
ISEC Healthcare’s Novena centre fails to hit profit targets
It might take another 6 months for it to break even.
Arthur Ng Boon Chye retires as Asiamedic director
He is also chairman of the nominating committee and a member of Renumeration Committee and Audit and Risk Management Committee.
How will Raffles Med cope as medical tourists vanish?
Local patients are now key.
Biosensors’ recent progress yet to realise full impact
Its earnings performance is still weak.
Q&M to ramp up China acquisitions with $60m MTN: analyst
The MTN has 4.4% interest due Mar 2018.
Daily Briefing: Lee Kuan Yew's condition has deteriorated; Singtel, Gushcloud apologise for smear campaign
And eight illegal health products contain prohibited ingredients.
Chart of the Day: Singapore’s healthcare stocks experience two-year trading highs
Valuations on a broad-based level do not seem attractive.
Singapore’s private hospital market to grow by 13% between 2015 and 2020
The government plans to add at least 1,700 acute beds in 5 years.