Hong Seng's eMedAsia, CLEA partner to provide virtual COVID-19 screening for international travel
Malaysian digital health platform eMedAsia has started offering online COVID-19 testing services through its partnership with CLEA Technology.
Its partner provides virtual COVID-19 RTK and PCR screening services via the CLEADOC mobile app. It serves travellers who are seeking COVID-19 tests as a pre-...
Flipkart Health+, the digital health business of e-commerce platform Flipkart Group, has launched its mobile health app.
This comes three months after the company first entered the healthcare space by acquiring a minor stake in e-pharmacy startup SastaSundar.
According to a press statement, the Flipkart Health+ app is providing access to medicines and other healthcare products and services. It...
Indian fitness technology company GOQii has scored another $10 million in an extended Series C equity funding round from Hong Kong-based game software and venture capital firm Animoca Brands.
This time, the investment will support the development of its health metaverse, according to a press statement.
Founded in 2014, GOQii is a health tech company that offers a wearable fitness tracker and a...
Indian digital health startup MFine has added blood pressure and glucose monitoring tools on its mobile health app.
Three weeks ago, the health tech startup launched its latest vital measurement features for beta testing after two years of development and clinical trials involving around 3,000 patients.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
According to a press statement, these health monitoring features are built...
NDR Medical launches Japan office
Singaporean medical device maker NDR Medical has opened a new office in Tokyo, Japan, its fourth location in Asia-Pacific. The company also operates in China and Malaysia.
Alongside its opening, the company will also conduct a multi-site trial for its Automated Needle Targeting with X-ray (ANT-X) system with two Japanese university hospitals. The trial is...
CureSkin, an AI-enabled beauty and personal care app in India, has snapped up $5 million in a Series A investing round led by JSW Ventures.
The latest fund adds to the $500,000 that the startup has raised in January 2020 in a funding round led by AI venture fund SenseAI.
WHAT IT DOES
Founded in 2017, CureSkin is a dermatology app that uses AI to provide expert and personalised treatment plans...
Indian digital health startup MFine has rolled out a new heart monitoring feature on its mobile app.
As with its blood oxygen saturation app MFine Pulse, this heart rate tool makes use of a smartphone camera and flash to detect blood volume changes. A machine-learning algorithm then calculates the levels of absorption of red, blue, and green light signals as seen through a user's fingertip to...
Amrita University, a private university in India, has launched a wearable health monitoring device for home use.
WHAT IT DOES
Developed by Amrita's Centre for Wireless Networks and Applications, Amrita Spandanam is a wearable device that uses a finger clip to measure six body parameters: blood glucose, blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen, respiratory rate, and 6-lead ECG. According to a...
Mental health startup heyy has raised $555,000 in a pre-seed funding round led by Wavemaker Partners, an early-stage institutional investor from Southeast Asia.
The investing round was also joined by angel investors, such as Sairee Chahal of Sheroes and Anjan Bhojarajan of HealthifyMe.
WHAT IT DOES
Launched last year, the startup operates an app that provides preventive mental health care for...
Spry, a developer of physiatry technologies from India, has launched its latest tool that enables self-assessment of a person's readiness to engage in physical activities.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
Its digital platform delivers a comprehensive assessment of a person's mobility and flexibility, as well as their strength and endurance levels. It first collects basic information about a user's movement health...
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