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 …
Health & Lifesciences Talking Points 07-06-2016
China establishes target dates for family doctor access In a newly released guideline that aims to improve healthcare, a targeted date of 2020 has been set for all people in China to have readily available access to a family doctor. This comes in light of the ever-increasing number of problems presented by the steadily aging population …
Health & Lifesciences Talking Points 27-05-2016
Call for Comments on Catalogue of Medical Devices Exempted from Clinical Trials On the 19th May the China Food and Drug Administration initiated a Public Consultation on the Draft “Catalogue of Medical Devices Exempted from Clinical Trials (second batch)”. For the full text, click here. Public Consultation on the Draft Regulatory Guidelines on Medical Device …
Health & Lifesciences Talking Points 19-03-16
China to increase organ transplantation hospitals as voluntary donation tops Asia China seeks to increase the number of hospitals habilitated to carry out organ transplant surgeries from 169 to 300 in the upcoming five years. The number of donation coordinators, whose role is to convince relatives of potential donors to help with the donation process …