Of restricted drugs, cost cuts, and strong denials

More: TuSimple lays off staff and Byju’s denies allegations of buying data. [Read from your browser]( Daily Newsletter --------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Tech in Asia's free Daily Newsletter! Get full access to our subscribers-only Daily Newsletter and other insightful analysis on the big and messy topics of Asia’s tech and startup community by [registering here](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Hello {NAME} Happy Boxing Day! I hope you had a great time over the Christmas weekend. My family has a tendency to overeat during these festivities, so I’m grateful that antacids are easily available over the counter and even online - it makes preparing for the consequences of our actions a little easier. In the age of ecommerce, a lot of medicines are readily available on the internet, although there are many more that are strictly controlled and require a doctor’s prescription. This is for good reason, of course - many of these substances have powerful effects and misusing or abusing them can lead to tragedy. But the internet has created opportunities for people to slip past or sidestep restrictions. And in Indonesia, telehealth platform Halodoc is being put under the microscope for allowing that to happen. By the way, this is the last edition of our Daily Newsletter for the year - we’ll be back on January 3, 2023. Here’s to the rest of 2022! -- Stefanie  ---------------------------------------------------------------  THE BIG STORY [Temasek-backed Halodoc enabled sale of restricted drugs]( Tech in Asia also found that some prescription-only medicines could be bought without due process. --------------------------------------------------------------- TRENDING NEWS [Flipkart completes separation from PhonePe]( Walmart will remain a majority shareholder in both companies. [A deep dive into Grab’s approach to app design]( Grab’s design team operates on four key principles to meet the diverse needs of over 700 million people in Southeast Asia. [ByteDance employees accessed user data of journalists on TikTok]( The employees, who are no longer work at ByteDance, were reportedly attempting to investigate leaks of company information. [Behind Grab’s push for efficiency and how it benefits partners and consumers]( Order batching, reduced wait times, and hyperlocalized strategies help the super app’s driver-partners be more productive. [Samsung inaugurates US$220m R&D center in Vietnam]( Half the global supply of Samsung mobile phones is produced in the country. [SG-based Alchemy Foodtech bags $3m in extended bridge round]( The company will use the fresh funds to pursue growth in China and expand to other countries like Thailand, Indonesia, Korea, Japan, and the US. ---------------------------------------------------------------  WHO'S HIRING You can post a job [here]( or search for jobs [here](. - [Senior Python Developer (0xplain)]( at Deall Jobs Hongkong, China - [IT Test Manager]( at SIGMATECH Tangerang, Indonesia - [Senior Tech Recruiter]( at Avows Technologies Jakarta, Indonesia - [Marketing Specialist]( at Female Daily Network Jakarta, Indonesia - [IT Project Management Officer]( at Melkhior Teknologi Jakarta, Indonesia - [Quality Assurance Engineer]( at Worlder Team Pte Ltd Jakarta, Indonesia [ADVERTISE]( | [SUBSCRIBE]( P.S. Don't miss out on the biggest tech news and analysis. Add newsletter@techinasia.com to your address book, contacts, or safe sender list. Or simply move us into your inbox. Too many emails? Switch to a different frequency or get new content through our [preference center]( or [unsubscribe](. You can also break our hearts and remove yourself from all Tech in Asia emails over [here](  ---------------------------------------------------------------  Copyright © 2022 Tech in Asia, All rights reserved. 63 Robinson Road, Singapore 068894