GE Healthcare and Boston Scientific Collaborate in Southeast Asia to Offer Interventional Cardiac Care Portfolios

January 5, 2022—GE Healthcare in Singapore announced a collaboration with Boston Scientific to provide a comprehensive solution offering for cardiac care centers in Southeast Asia—from diagnostic to percutaneous coronary interventions.

According to GE Healthcare, this is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between the two companies in Southeast Asia. Boston Scientific’s medical devices and capabilities coupled with GE Healthcare’s medical imaging systems, including cardiac catheterization lab and related software, support diagnosis to treatment and monitoring of the cardiac patient care pathway.

The company noted that as the continent with the greatest diversity of health care systems, cultures, and socioeconomic status, Asia continues to face many challenges in terms of prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease (CVD). CVD is the leading cause of death, despite progress in the availability of effective and safe prevention strategies worldwide. Among the 18.6 million deaths globally in 2019, 58% occurred in Asia, stated GE Healthcare.

Chris Khang, President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Healthcare ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), commented in the company’s press release, “Bridging the industry gap in providing an end-to-end cardiac care center for health care providers, this partnership will see the integration of cardiac care solutions, from cath labs to intravascular ultrasound, serving as a comprehensive portfolio for heart surgeons. These solutions will be crucial in unlocking the potential of interventional cardiology and is a step forward in delivering precision health to the region.” The ASEAN includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Min Hang Heo, Vice President and Managing Director of Boston Scientific Korea and ASEAN, added, “Our mission to transform lives through innovative medical solutions has played a key role in driving this collaboration with GE Healthcare, where we look forward to offering the broadest suite of solutions for today’s interventional cardiologist in Southeast Asia. By integrating access to the latest medical innovations and cutting edge technology for our joint customers and the patients they care for, we can ensure treatment of patients of all degrees of complexity is readily available.”