Born in a lab, startup Nalagenetics joins fight against ancient disease

Singapore gene testing company sees opportunities in Asia's health tech industry

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Nalagenetics won its first major contract from the Indonesian health ministry to distribute 1,000 genetic test kits in five villages in Papua and West Papua.

ERWIDA MAULIA, Nikkei staff writer

JAKARTA -- Leprosy was mostly wiped out in Indonesia two decades ago, but because it remains prevalent in some far-flung regions, the archipelago nation ranks third in cases of the disease after India and Brazil.

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