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Redefining Competition in Healthcare

Posted on July 21, 2010

A seemingly ubiquitous item on the reform agenda of most developed and now developing nations is “healthcare reform”. Whether we talk about the U.S. private/hybrid health care system or universal healthcare systems such as Canada’s, U.K.’s, Australia’s, and France’s, it appears the grass is much greener on the other side though as far as I [...]

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A bird’s eye view into Asia’s top opthalmic pharmaceutical suppliers

Posted on May 3, 2010

The top 3 suppliers in the ophthalmic markets in APAC are Santen, Pfizer and Alcon. These top suppliers usually compete in the premium prescriptive market with their innovative product offerings, while OTC products only contribute a minor percentage to the total sales revenue. Sales in the prescriptive hospital segment are supported by dedicated teams of [...]

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Asia Catalyst launches Asia Aids Law Database

Posted on April 21, 2010

HAT TIP to Damjan Denoble of Asia Health Care Blog in revealing this fabulous initiative. Asia Catalyst is an NGO with the professed mission of partnering with “activists in Asia to inspire, create and launch innovative, self-sustaining programs and organizations that advance human rights, social justice and environmental protection. We link up Asian community leaders, [...]

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God’s work

Posted on April 19, 2010

In a constant effort to innovate our beloved healthcare space, we at asiahealthspace have designed a new suite of products promising to add substantial value to the health of society. The first is the PDS . The PDS is otherwise known as the Patient Death or Disability Swap. This instrument allows physicians to purchase life [...]

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Talking Turkey and introducing Ray Dunn Ph.D.

Posted on March 25, 2010

Well, I apologize for the lack of blog postings recently but I have just returned from a very interesting business trip/meeting in Istanbul hosted by a very interesting company, United BioSource Corporation. UBC is a global medical and scientific affairs organization that partners with manufacturers of biopharmaceuticals and medical devices to develop and commercialize their [...]

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Clearstate launches new corporate website and associated blog platform: asiahealthspace

Posted on February 18, 2010

Clearstate, the asia-pacific authority on medical technology market intelligence, launched its new web site and upgraded blog platform today. Users can expect a fresh look, improved search capabilities, and a number of additional features on both the company Web site and the blog platform. “We worked directly with our clients to achieve a look-and-feel and [...]

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