healthcare industry

Global healthcare player IHH aiming for capital-efficient growth.

Cordlife extends reach and expands breadth.

“I’m not particularly affected by the share price since investors’ reluctance to invest will not be permanent as seen during SARS,” says Barry Thng, executive chairman of Alliance Healthcare.

SINGAPORE (May 29): Healthcare veteran Lim See Wah's rejection from medical school more than three decades ago turned out to be a significant pivot in his entrepreneurial journey.

SINGAPORE (July 3): Acromec, the specialist engineering provider, has secured three new contracts amounting to about $6.2 million.

SINGAPORE (May 18): Aoxin Q&M Dental Group has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with an individual, You Zhongjiang, to acquire 100% of the shareholdings in Youxin Dental Clinic in China for RMB19.6 million ($4.13 million).

SINGAPORE (May 18): More than a decade after ceasing hospital operations in Singapore, Health Management International (HMI) is making a comeback.

SINGAPORE (May 16): UCARE.AI, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare startup, has recently concluded its Series A funding, bringing total investment to $8.2 million to date.

(Jan 31): Amazon.com Inc, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Tuesday they will form a company to cut health costs for hundreds of thousands of their US employees, setting up a major challenge to an inefficient US healthcare system.

SINGAPORE (March 31): At least one observer has held up Singapore’s healthcare system as a model for the developed world. But the system is not without its own issues.