


National Pavilions Highlight Importance of ASEAN Market Emphasising its preeminent status in Asia, MEDICAL FAIR ASIA has continually received the staunch support from national pavilions and groups, such as Australia: Australian Trade Commission Austria: Austrian Federal Economic Chamber China: Shenzhen Association of Medical Devices France: The French Chamber of Commerce in Singapore Germany: Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology India: Indian Trade Promotion Organisation Japan: Japan External Trade Organization South Korea: Korea Medical Devices Industrial Coop. Association Singapore: Singapore Manufacturers' Federation Taiwan: Taiwan Medical and Biotech Industry Association Many of these countries enjoy strong exports track records in ASEAN; hence, they consider this region as high importance and having tremendous potentials. Japan, for example, is a leading supplier of ultrasound, CT, and X-ray equipment to the region, whereas Germany also has a strong record for CT and X-ray equipment and various other types of medical hardware. Innovative Offerings for Healthcare Sector Here are some of the leading companies you can expect to meet at MEDICAL FAIR ASIA 2010. Diagnostics - The focus of Finnish diagnostic company ANI LABSYSTEMS is on an area of major interest to the healthcare sector in Singapore and elsewhere in the region. Their core business is fluorescent enzyme immunoassay and enzyme immunoassay for infectious diseases, neonatal screening and other disorders. Chinese companies BEIJING BIOD BIOTECH and AUTOBIO DIAGNOSTICS are additional exhibitors focused on this important sector. Also active in diagnostics is Japan's CLARO, which has developed and will showcase its digital slide scanners for automatic cancer diagnosis machines. Medical consumables - Sino-Italian joint venture NANJING MAIDIXIN MEDICAL DEVICE supplies surgical instruments, such as disposable linear cutters, biopsy instruments and circular staplers, the credentials of which are underlined by its Chinese SFDA, ISO13485:2003 and CE certifications. Also exhibiting is TOUCHSTONE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL SCIENCE, manufacturer of single-use surgical devices, such as circular and linear staplers, linear cutters and string clamps. Medical imaging - CHISON MEDICAL IMAGING from China will display its latest ultrasound systems, whereas EDAN INSTRUMENTS will highlight its foetal, ultrasound and transcranial Dopplers. Another medical imaging player is UMC (BEIJING) TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, which will feature its colour and black-and-white Doppler ultrasound systems. Patient monitoring - Another important facet of healthcare not only in Asia but also globally. Here, local Asian companiesjordan Release Dates