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Singaporean telehealth company Doctor Anywhere has fully acquired Catalist-listed Asian Healthcare Specialists, a multidisciplinary medical care group.
The latter offers a wide range of specialist services, including anaesthesia, dermatology, family medicine, gastroenterology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, otorhinolaryngology, rehabilitation and urology, across 12 clinics in Singapore.
Its 14...
A study from Singapore has evaluated the effectiveness of mental health chatbots in helping alleviate symptoms of depression.
Previous studies have pointed out chatbots' potential in helping people with depression in treating their symptoms.
This new study by clinician doctors from the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at Nanyang Technological University Singapore set out to evaluate the...
South Korean medical AI company Coreline Soft has obtained medical device certifications from Singapore's Health Sciences Authority for its line of AI diagnostic support solutions.
Founded in 2012, the company develops AI imaging diagnosis solutions, specialising in thoracic disorders.
It gained approvals from Singapore's HSA for the following nine software solutions:
AVIEW LCS, an AI-based...
Singapore-based insurtech Aktivolabs gains $10M in Series A funding
Aktivolabs, a Singaporean health tech startup, has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round led by Mitsui & Co., Adaptive Capital Partners and Enterprise Singapore's investment arm SEEDS Capital. The investing round was also joined by HH Investments and Govin Capital.
Founded in 2017, the company provides individualised...
Mobile telemedicine app DrGo by telecommunications provider HKT has released a new atrial fibrillation screening feature.
The app has added into its app the a-fib screening technology called FibriCheck by Belgian company Qompium. The technology, which has been cleared in the United States, Australia, and Europe, has sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive values of more than 90%.
On...
Indian AI imaging company In-Med Prognostics has received $2.13 million in investment from Exxora and other angel investors.
WHAT IT DOES
Established in 2018, the company leverages deep learning and machine learning algorithms to generate brain scan analyses to aid the assessment and early detection of neurological disorders, including dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease.
It...
Singapore-based health tech company SmartFuture has launched a new software development kit for remote patient monitoring.
According to a press release, its RPM SDK allows the integration of a white-labelled RPM functionality into existing apps and web portals.
The software kit has the ability to connect with over 400 regulated wireless medical devices from around 40 brands, including Omron,...
Japanese health tech startup Ubie has snapped up $19 million more in an extended Series C funding round.
The round was joined by Sogo Medical Co., AAIC Investment, Japan Impact Investment II Limited Partnership, Rakuten Capital, Shoko Chukin Bank, Japan Finance Corporation, and Mizuho Bank.
This adds to the $26 million raised in its first Series C round in August, which now totals $45 million. To...
Singaporean tech startup Neeuro and the Institute of Mental Health have unveiled their home-based attention training programme.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
The digital therapeutic programme called Cogo seeks to solve inattentiveness in children aged 6-12 years through a 24-session guided game that is paired with the SenzeBand 2 EEG headband by Neeuro. It was developed based on Neeuro's Brain-Computer...
Taiwan clears VUNO's AI fundus analysis tool
South Korean firm VUNO has gained the approval of Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration to market its AI fundus analysis software.
VUNO Med-Fundus AI analyses images of the fundus to quickly detect locations of lesions indicative of retinal diseases, including diabetic retinopathy, macular disease and glaucoma.
This latest certification follows Taiwan...
![[Left-Right] Travis Seet, CFO, and Dr Chin Pak Lin, CEO, Asian Healthcare Specialists; Lim Wai Mun, CEO and founder, and Edwin Basuki, CFO, Doctor Anywhere Credit: Doctor Anywhere](https://www.mobihealthnews.com/sites/default/files/styles/230x130/public/Photo_Doctor Anywhere acquires Singapore-listed Asian Healthcare Specialists%2C secures additional US%2438.8 million funding.jpg?itok=ezduK7jd)
