HealthTech

Hong Kong clinical-stage biotech Yicura BioMed has completed the first closing of a Series B led by Gobi Partners, with the amount undisclosed.

SeaX Ventures, a venture capital firm headquartered in San Francisco with office in Bangkok, has helped US medical technology company Skribe Medical run clinical research in Southeast Asia, connecting the startup with hospital partners and recruiting more than 100 patients for its studies.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), under the World Bank, seeks to make an equity commitment of $50 million to Navis Asia Fund IX, L.P., a private equity fund managed by Malaysia-headquartered Navis Capital Partners.

The National University Health System (NUHS), Singtel and Ericsson have on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), reinforcing their commitment to a strategic partnership to advance connected healthcare, 5G-Advanced and 6G technology, as well as connected intelligence.

OMRON Healthcare has started full-scale production at its first India factory near Chennai, targeting a tenfold capacity increase by 2028.

Genie Health, a Singapore health technology company, has raised $3 million in seed funding to expand its consumer health app and its clinic platform.

The UK-based Primary Health Properties expects about £0.5 billion ($670 million) in net cash from a joint venture with Singapore’s GIC, a sovereign wealth fund, and will use the money to cut debt.

Singapore's national precision-medicine agency (PRECISE) and Temasek-backed technology firm Temus will jointly build the data and computing systems for the next phase of the country's effort to sequence hundreds of thousands of residents' genomes.

Singapore's healthtech startup Zeya Health has acquired ConnectLah, a clinic-automation company, to expand its AI platform for booking medical appointments.

MIMS Group is expanding MIMS Pulse and eMIMS Plus across markets while growing its medical communications and AI-enabled content capabilities.