Hong Kong

Logo of FuturSelf
By  Adam Ang 05:28 am June 22, 2022
Deep Longevity, a unit of Hong Kong-listed Endurance RP Limited, has developed a web-based psychological test powered by a deep learning model. WHAT IT DOES The online application called FuturSelf uses a novel AI model of human psychology that estimates a user's psychological age and creates a personalised mental health programme based on their psychological profile. The web service is based on...
Noah and Zoey products
By  Adam Ang 10:10 pm May 12, 2022
Singaporean digital health startup Ordinary Folk has bagged $5 million in pre-Series A funding from Monk’s Hill Ventures. Founded two years ago, Ordinary Folk runs two telehealth platforms: Noah, an online healthcare service dedicated to men, and Zoey, which focuses on women's sexual wellness, fertility, mental health and wellbeing. WHAT IT'S FOR According to a media release, Ordinary Folk will...
Dr. HK logo
By  Adam Ang 05:26 am May 5, 2022
Telecommunications firm China Mobile Hong Kong, together with health tech company Heals Healthcare, has unveiled its mobile health app for teleconsultations in Hong Kong. Available on Android and iOS devices, the new app called Dr. HK offers a mix of online and offline health services, including access to electronic health records, online outpatient clinic appointments, video consultations, and...
Belun remoVital remote monitoring system consisting of Belun ring and medical IoT with temperature sensors and data transmitters
By  Adam Ang 03:50 am February 24, 2022
One of Hong Kong's biggest property developers, Sino Group, through its philanthropic arm Ng Teng Fong Charitable Foundation, has started distributing 500 units of a remote monitoring system by Belun Technology Company to residential care homes handling mild COVID-19 cases. The group partnered with the Hong Kong Council of Social Service (HKCSS) and the Social Welfare Department to deliver Belun'...
Qumata logo
By  Adam Ang 04:14 am February 17, 2022
Qumata, an insurance technology company based in London and Hong Kong, has received $13 million more in its extended Series A funding round which has now reached $23 million in total. Following the initial round last year in June, several existing investors, including MMC Ventures which led the financing event, pledged more involvement with the company in the recent extension. WHAT IT DOES...
Noah has gone live in Hong Kong
By  Adam Ang 11:17 pm February 14, 2022
Health tech firm Ordinary Folk from Singapore has introduced its online clinic for men, Noah, in Hong Kong. Noah is a telehealth service focused on men's sexual health. It offers a discreet and simplified process of seeking guidance and treatment for men's health-related issues, such as erectile dysfunction (ED) and premature ejaculation (PE). Users first have to fill out an online evaluation...
Two elderly persons using a tablet computer
By  Adam Ang 02:11 am January 13, 2022
A digital brain assessment tool by ASX-listed neuroscience tech company Cogstate is coming to Taiwan and Hong Kong.  On Thursday, the Cogstate announced that CogMate, the global multilingual version of its NouKNOW digital tool for self-assessment of brain performance, will be distributed by pharmaceutical firm Eisai in the two Asian markets. WHAT IT DOES Accessible via web and mobile devices,...
Facade of the HelloLyf HX hospital in Nagaland, India
By  Adam Ang 01:42 am December 10, 2021
New York-based UpHealth brings patient management software to India's Nagaland  HelloLyf, a patient management, digital health and decision support software by New York-listed digital health firm UpHealth, has come to the state of Nagaland in India with the opening of the company's latest health facility there. The digital hospital HelloLyf HX provides outpatient care, emergency care, radiology...
One of the fulfilment centres of 111 in China.
By  Adam Ang 03:27 am August 20, 2021
111 to build a disease management platform with Bayer Chinese healthcare platform 111 has expanded its existing partnership with global drug maker Bayer Healthcare Co.  The two companies first entered into a strategic partnership last year in September to market innovative drugs and healthcare products for chronic disease management. A digital platform was also built to provide online pharmacist...
A screenshot of the Cigna website.
By  Adam Ang 03:18 am August 10, 2021
Hong Kong-headquartered health service firm Cigna International announced today the launch of a digital tool that can evaluate a person's stress level. The company has partnered with AI medical technology company Ellipsis Health to develop the Cigna StressWaves Test, which is touted to be the world's first voice-activated stress test.  WHAT IT DOES Based on a press statement, the StressWaves Test...