For the next week I will be away on holiday, but in my absence wanted to share some recent work that should be of interest to readers of AsiaHealthcareBlog. We have some exciting plans in store for the platform which we are eager to share with our reading community. Look for content expansion and new platform features early in 2013. In the mean time, some additional information for your reading and – in one case – listening pleasure.
China Economic Observer - “Podcast: Investing in China’s Aging Population … China’s massive population bulge that emerged under Mao and ended with the one-child policy is getting old. People over 60 years old currently make up about 13 percent of China’s population. That number is expected to double in the next 20 years and triple in the next 40. This rapidly aging population presents many challenges that require both government and business to pick up the slack.”
contextChina – a series that will cover China’s healthcare reforms, and the opportunities it will create for investors, operators, and life science companies. The first piece introducing the topic is here, and the second detailing which sectors appear most attractive today can be read here.
Forbes China – my ongoing healthcare column at Forbes has most recently discussed in more detail the question of what sort of products and enabling technologies might China deploy first, or with a larger base of customers, than in the US, and what sort of gains that could create for the Chinese healthcare system.
China Law Blog – the always useful CLB has a post up introducing a topic we’ll be writing about more here in the coming weeks, specifically the issues that a company must wrestle with when the consider deploying their healthcare business in China. The slide deck references will be available here shortly along with some narrative to explain the thinking that goes into a coherent and holistic appraisal of what is required to operate profitably and sustainably in China.
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