EDITOR'S LETTER

EYE ON CHINA

• New births in China reached 18.5 million in 2016
• 2017 Future Science Prize winners announced: Yigong Shi, Jianwei Pan, Chenyang Xu
• Smart nano-pesticide to combat soil and water contamination
• Nanotech applications lag behind research output
• China plans to launch "brain project" by year end
• AliHealth builds up online pharmacy in China
• Internet of Things for better health solutions
• Knowledge sharing via the Digital Silk Road
• UNAIDS encourages Chinese to produce drugs for Africa

FEATURES

• A matter of the heart
• Discovering opportunities in China's cardiovascular market
• Improving outcomes and expanding indications with Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
• Community-based cardiac rehabilitation in Singapore
• The gift of life: 50 years of human heart transplant

SPOTLIGHTS

• Tackling emerging infectious diseases using an integrated One Health approach
• Mobile healthcare solutions help healthcare providers keep operations running smoothly

INSIDE INDUSTRY

• Vascular Dynamics receives FDA approval to begin conclusive and pivotal trial experimentation for treatment of chronic hypertension
• Orchard Therapeutics' OTL-101 granted Promising Innovative Medicine Designation for treatment of ADA-SCID
• Concept Life Sciences appoints John Handley as chief operating officer
• Oak Therapeutics completes Phase 1 of NIH grant to develop formulation for tuberculosis
• Relvar Ellipta significantly improves asthma control compared with usual care medicines
• Hematological disorders to benefit from significant level of first-in-class innovation
• Boehringer Ingelheim initiates Phase IIa study of Pharmaxis compound for treating NASH
• Ambrosus partners with Trek Therapeutics to develop blockchain method to track quality in pharmaceutical manufacturing
• Bosch subsidiary Valicare offers consulting in GMP-compliant development of cancer therapies
• Korea-Singapore Healthcare Incubator to support Korean firms in Singapore and Southeast Asia
• Newer oral anticoagulant recommended for reducing risk of stroke in patients with irregular heartbeats
• Korean start-up Sky Labs selected as one of the winners for Bayer Grants4Apps Accelerator
• Supplement: Could COMPASS be a game changer in managing stable artery disease?
• Supplement: Global study confirms positive benefit-risk profile of rivaroxaban for stroke prevention

BIOBOARD

JAPAN

• Nanomaterial wrap for improved tissue imaging

USA

• Test strips for cancer detection get upgraded with nanoparticle bling

SINGAPORE

• A*STAR's IMB discovers ELABELA protects against cardiovascular malformations in mice
• NUS scientists combine antimalarial drug with light sensitive molecules for promising treatment of cancer

INDIA

• A novel antifungal molecule discovered in bacteria

MALAYSIA

• Fermenting fish to reduce cholesterol

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