Solidiance examines key factors in the Asia healthcare industry that are transforming the way medical and medtech sectors are today.

1. preventive healthcare
changing the face of
asia’s medical sector

2. very old China
By 2050, China's population above age 65
is expected to grow beyond 320 million.
This will create a tremendous need for
cardiac disease prevention and control

3. from disease-centric to
prevention-centric
By2020 focus will shift from disease to
prevention-centric services, driving greater
technology needs in software, information
sharing and healthcare IT solutions

4. With a billion
Telemedicine, internet users
always on the and 1.8 billion
Asia network mobile users in
Asia,
telemedicine is
gaining fast
popularity for
real-time low-
cost, high-quality
teleconsultation

5. saving a patient
from cancer
before it strikes
Asia's cancer rate may jump by
nearly 60% to 7.1 million new
cases a year by 2020. This will
create a greater need for
predictive diagnostics methods
such as genetics testing

6. Healthcare IT spending
accelerating rapidly in Asia
Asia healthcare IT market was US$3.4 billion in
2008 and is expected to reach US$5 billion in
2010 due to increased regulations, privacy
restrictions, development of private care sector
and replacement of obsolete infrastructure

7. Asia nanotech, small is the new big
In Asia, about 70,000
patients are diagnosed
with prostate cancer every
year. Nanotech in
medicine could spare 80%
of patients unnecessary
surgery or chemotherapy
by using nanosensors to
detect, target and kill off
cancerous cells

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