US cybersecurity officials warned Siemens equipment used in water utilities and other critical infrastructure faces an active cyber threat.

The NHSA, in its explanation of the universal medical security ’15th Five-Year Plan’, said it will steadily expand national collective procurement of drugs and high-value medical consumables and promote province-led, nationwide-alliance purchasing. It will deepen procurement coverage in traditional Chinese medicine, biologics and medical consumables and gradually bring high-clinical-volume, excessively priced drugs and consumables into procurement to lower patient costs. The agency said it will optimize procurement rules, improve alignment between procured products and clinical demand, coordinate with drug regulators on quality assurance for winning products, promote fair competition and crack down on bid-rigging and collusion.

澳大利亞第二季度季調後薪資價格指數季率 0.8%，預期0.80%，前值0.80%。