Singapore, Korea become WHO-listed regulatory authorities

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Singapore; the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), Republic of Korea; and the ...

November 8, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Japan-Singapore partnership to accelerate innovation in drug discovery

Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) in Singapore and IPGaia, Inc. (IPG) in Japan have signed an agreement to jointly adva...

November 7, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Singapore pledges S$3 million to drive Sustainability OpenInnovation Challenge 2023

Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) launched the fifth edition of theSustainabilityOpen Innovation Challenge (SOIC) on 3...

October 31, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
Qatar Research, Development, and Innovation (QRDI) Council Elevates Qatar's Open Innovation Status at SWITCH 2023

The Qatar Research, Development, and Innovation (QRDI) Council, and Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG), announced the Q...

November 2, 2023 | Thursday | Company results
Enterprise Singapore expands Global Innovation Alliance for Singapore’s tech startups to connect with innovation hubs in Mumbai, Melbourne and Sydney

Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) announced the addition of three new Global Innovation Alliance (GIA) nodes on 31 Oct...

October 31, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
Hisamitsu Pharma launches Salonpas® Diclofenac Patch 1% in Singapore for pain relief

Japan-based Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical has launched the Salonpas® Diclofenac Patch 1% in Singapore. It is the first in...

November 3, 2023 | Friday | News
Austrianova announces German subsidiary and new location in Singapore

SG Austria (“Austrianova”), a leading provider of cell biological products and services, on 31st Oct an...

November 3, 2023 | Friday | News
Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore receives $6 M funding to foster tomorrow’s healthcare leaders

The Ngee Ann Kongsi, a charitable foundation in Singapore, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Duke-NUS ...

November 2, 2023 | Thursday | News
J&J Innovation launches Singapore QuickFire Challenge with the Singapore Economic Development Board

Johnson & Johnson International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. announced on 31 Oct at the Singapore Week of Innovation and Te...

November 1, 2023 | Wednesday | Company results
Singapore-based startup Engine Biosciences raises $27 M for precision oncology medicine development

Engine Biosciences, a venture-backed Singapore and Silicon Valley based startup leveraging machine learning and high-thr...

November 1, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Mesh Bio's predictive health-tech tool HealthVector® Diabetes approved in Singapore to detect renal disease

Singapore-founded health technology startup, Mesh Bio announces a dual milestone: regulatory approval of its HealthVe...

October 30, 2023 | Monday | News
Strides Pharma sells Singapore manufacturing facility for $15 M

Indian firm Strides Pharma Science has announced that its step‐ down wholly owned subsidiary, Strides Pharma Global, S...

October 27, 2023 | Friday | News
New discovery in T-Cell Research could lead to improved treatment of Solid Tumours

A local study led by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) discovered that by inhibiting the function...

October 25, 2023 | Wednesday | Analysis
Singapore discovers novel insights into transplanted retinal cells to treat degenerative vision in elderly

A team of scientists in Singapore has discovered new behaviour in transplanted stem cell derived retinal pigment epithel...

October 16, 2023 | Monday | News
Singapore's NUH launches Global Fellows Alliance to foster international healthcare collaboration

(From left) Professor Yeoh Khay Guan, Chief Executive, National University Health System; Professor Quek Swee Chye, Chai...

October 24, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
65LAB enters Singapore biopharma landscape to advance Drug Discovery in Singapore

Lightstone Ventures, ClavystBio, Leaps by Bayer, Polaris Partners, and the Polaris Innovation Fund, along with global li...

October 5, 2023 | Thursday | News
Prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) risk to alleviate the financial burden during hospitalisation

Surgical Site Infection (SSI) is one of the most common nosocomial concerns associated with surgeries whi...

October 24, 2023 | Tuesday | Opinion
Singapore's deep tech startup Mesh Bio secures investment from Indonesia-based East Ventures

Mesh Bio, a Singapore-based health deep tech startup in transforming chronic disease management through predictive analy...

October 23, 2023 | Monday | News
Singapore furthers cooperation with China in traditional chinese medicine

Singapore will further its cooperation in several areas of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with the People’s Re...

October 23, 2023 | Monday | News
Singapore develops innovative magnetic gel to heal diabetic wounds faster

Diabetic patients, whose natural wound-healing capabilities are compromised, often develop chronic wounds that are slow ...

October 20, 2023 | Friday | News
Reinforcing healthcare equity, access, and resilience by fine-tuning the pharma supply chain in ASEAN market

As the world is progressively rebounding from pandemic impact, Moderna is constantly developing next-generation combinat...

October 19, 2023 | Thursday | Opinion
Leica Microsystems invests $60 M to open next-gen facility in Singapore

Leica Microsystems, a global leader in microscopy and scientific instrumentation, has announced the official opening of ...

October 19, 2023 | Thursday | News
SDTA showcases 8 Deep-Tech ventures from the Innovate UK Global Incubator Program

Sustainability-focused deep tech venture builder, Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance (SDTA) and Innovate UK hosted their first...

October 18, 2023 | Wednesday | Company results
New module in Singapore to better prepare medical students in diagnosing gastrointestinal diseases

US-based startup GigXR, Inc., a global provider of holographic healthcare training, has announced its partnership with t...

October 25, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore explores genetic glycoengineering to advance vaccines & therapeutics technology

A novel glycoengineering platform, created by the researchers at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of...

October 17, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Singapore-Korea partnership for new ovarian cancer therapy

Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics Asia Pte Ltd (ST) has signed a license deal with Kore...

October 16, 2023 | Monday | News
Singapore and Japan join forces in pioneering telesurgery trial

Singapore's National University Hospital (NUH) and the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Sin...

October 13, 2023 | Friday | News
Recent real estate trends shaping Singapore’s burgeoning biomedical hub infrastructure

Life sciences facilities and biomedical hubs throughout Asia are booming, including Singapore, which has led to an extra...

October 11, 2023 | Wednesday | Opinion
Singapore’s first consumer centric e-pharmacy Glovida-Rx unveils

Glovida-Rx, Singapore’s first consumer-centric e-pharmacy, was launched on 9 Oct. Backed by WellChem Pharmaceutica...

October 11, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Taiwanese firm TaiGen Biopharma to develop and commercialise new drug in Malaysia and Singapore

TaiGen Biopharmaceuticals Holdings has announced that TaiGen Biotechnology, a subsidiary company of TaiGen, has signed a...

October 11, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's Changi General Hospital offers advanced mass spectrometry testing to diagnose hypertension

Changi General Hospital (CGH), through the Shimadzu-CGH Clinomics Centre (SC3), has successfully started performing clin...

October 11, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Tech Trailblazers: TechInnovation 2023 spotlights leading Innovators

TechInnovation 2023, IPI’s flagship event, returns for an eleventh edition as Asia’s premier technology-matc...

October 10, 2023 | Tuesday | News
TechInnovation 2023, Asia's premier tech-matching event, returns to Singapore for its 11th edition

TechInnovation 2023, IPI’s flagship event and a premier technology-matching platform, returns for its eleventh edi...

September 2, 2023 | Saturday | News
Singapore launches national mental health and well-being strategy

The Inter-agency Taskforce on Mental Health and Well-being has launched Singapore’s National Mental Health and Wel...

October 10, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Acrometa enhances co-working lab space operations for life sciences in Singapore

Acrometa Group has announced that its 70% owned subsidiary company Life Science Incubator (LSI) has entered into a Manag...

October 9, 2023 | Monday | News
First-of-its-kind partnership in Singapore to advance drug discovery

Lightstone Ventures, ClavystBio, Leaps by Bayer, Polaris Partners, and the Polaris Innovation Fund, along with global li...

October 6, 2023 | Friday | News
Hitachi's first proton therapy system to start treatment in Southeast Asia

Japanese firm Hitachi has delivered to National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) a proton therapy system, with which NCCS ...

October 5, 2023 | Thursday | News
New lab in Singapore to advance studies of complex diseases with spatial genomics

A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), NanoString Technologies, Inc., and Next Level Genomics (NLG), h...

October 4, 2023 | Wednesday | News
French health tech startup VirtualiSurg arrives in Singapore for surgical education

Founded in 2017, Paris-headquartered health tech startup VirtualiSurg has launched its Singapore office, marking its int...

October 2, 2023 | Monday | News
Leveraging data intelligence for precision drug development

The life sciences industry is entering a digital renaissance. Organizations are increasingly exploring and investing in ...

September 29, 2023 | Friday | Opinion
Singlife collaborates with AIC and Homage to support National Focus on Longterm Care in the community

Singapore's financial services company Singlife has embraced two strategic collaborations with the Agency for Integrated...

September 25, 2023 | Monday | News
Singapore promotes Early Screening for Breast Cancer Detection to commemorate BCAM in October

Singapore’s national prevention health initiative, Healthier SG, is involving general practitioners (GPs) to creat...

September 29, 2023 | Friday | News
Junshi Biosciences receives IND approval in China’s for DotBio's first multi-target oncology candidate

Singapore headquarterd biopharmaceutical company DotBio, excelling in antibody therapeutic modalities announced tha...

September 7, 2023 | Thursday | News
Singapore's Center for Healthcare Innovation Evaluation Framework (CHIEF) strives to accelerate innovation adoption

Healthcare InnoMatch 2023 has awarded three technology startups with innovative near-market solutions that will help Sin...

September 29, 2023 | Friday | Company results
“By harnessing the power of single-cell analysis, we can gain deeper understanding of various NCDs”

How is the single cell analysis market evolving in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region and contributing to life sciences rese...

October 3, 2023 | Tuesday | Opinion
Singapore drives research into range of diseases with new funding by Tanoto Foundation

Tanoto Foundation has announced the launch of a new Medical Research Fund that will provide up to S$5 million per year i...

September 29, 2023 | Friday | News
JLABS collaborates with EDB to transform Singapore’s Life Science Innovation Ecosystem

Johnson & Johnson International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. has collaborated with the Singapore Economic Development Board...

September 26, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
Singapore launches nationwide preventive heart health translational research programme

Supported by a newly awarded S$25 million grant from the National Research Foundation, Singapore and the Singapore Minis...

September 28, 2023 | Thursday | News
Singapore sets up new research centre to address lung diseases in Asian context

To better tackle respiratory diseases in Singapore, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has set ...

September 21, 2023 | Thursday | News
Singapore's HealthTech agency, Synapxe inaugurates HealthX Startup Day in collaboration with AWS

Singapore's HealthTech agency, Synapxe, inaugurated HealthX Startup Day in conjunction with Amazon Web Services (AWS) an...

September 19, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
Singapore's Synapxe launches first HealthTech Co-Innovation Lab with Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Singapore's HealthTech agency, Synapxe, launched Singapore’s first HealthTech Co-Innovation Lab with Amazon Web Se...

September 19, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
Agilent partners with National Cancer Centre Singapore for genomics research

American firm Agilent Technologies has recently signed a Research Collaboration Agreement (RCA) with the National Cancer...

September 19, 2023 | Tuesday | News
AWAK closes one of Southeast Asia's largest MedTech fundraises in 2023

AWAK Technologies (AWAK), a pioneering medical technology company focused on dialysis using regeneration technology for ...

September 14, 2023 | Thursday | News
Singapore announces S$75 M investment for commercialisation of deep tech ventures

The Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), the National University of Singapore (NUS), and Temasek...

September 14, 2023 | Thursday | News
Singapore-based startup AWAK Technologies raises $20+ M for readying wearable dialysis device

Singapore-based startup AWAK Technologies, focused on dialysis using regeneration technology for end-stage renal disease...

September 13, 2023 | Wednesday | News
The 23rd edition of ISPE Singapore Affiliate’s Conference and Exhibition 2023 unravel in Singapore

The 23 rd edition of ISPE Singapore Affiliate's Conference and Exhibition 2023 was held on 24-25 August at Suntec Singap...

September 11, 2023 | Monday | Company results
Beyond Air and Getz Healthcare partner to commercialise nitric oxide therapy in APAC

US-based Beyond Air has entered into an agreement with Singapore headquartered Getz Healthcare to commercialise the Lung...

September 11, 2023 | Monday | News
Agilent and ACTRIS partner to accelerate Cell and Gene Therapy in Singapore

Agilent Technologies Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Advanced Cell Therapy and Research Ins...

September 10, 2023 | Sunday | News
Singapore National Eye Centre receives S$ 1 M to combat age-related macular degeneration

Tanoto Foundation has announced a donation of S$1 million to the Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) to support a three...

September 8, 2023 | Friday | News
NTU Singapore refreshes medical school curriculum with new injections in AI and data analytics

From 2024, students enrolling in the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) at Nanyang Technological University...

September 7, 2023 | Thursday | News
Bristol Myers Squibb inks $50 M deal to treat immune-mediated diseases in Asia

US-based startup Zenas BioPharma has entered into a license and collaboration agreement with Bristol Myers Squibb Compan...

September 6, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Health Innovations acquires Singapore-based digital health startup AskDr

Health Innovations, a consortium of practising medical doctors from GP+ cooperative, has announced its acquisition ...

September 6, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Japan's RaQalia introduces GERD drug Tegoprazan in Singapore

Japan's RaQualia Pharma has announced that one of its sublicensees, United Italian Trading Corporation (UITC) has ...

September 5, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Yourgene Health launches MagBench automated DNA extraction instrument and kit for NIPT workflows

UK-headquartered Yourgene Health plc, a leading international molecular diagnostics group, has launched the Yourgene&nbs...

September 6, 2023 | Wednesday | News
World's first public hospital's healthy longevity clinic opens at Singapore

The National University Health System (NUHS), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Alexandra Hospital (AH) in Singapo...

September 2, 2023 | Saturday | News
National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS) announces new leadership

Right: Adjunct Associate Professor Chee Cheng, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS) &nb...

August 30, 2023 | Wednesday | Company results
Singapore’s SingHealth Polyclinics launches the Primary Care Research Institute

Singapore's SingHealth Polyclinics (SHP) launched the Primary Care Research Institute (PCRI) on 29 August, where multidi...

August 29, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
US-based BioSkryb Genomics brings single-cell technologies to Singapore and Southeast Asia

US-based BioSkryb Genomics, a company transforming single-cell analysis by enabling the most complete multiomic view of ...

August 30, 2023 | Wednesday | News
“To diagnose and treat early dementia, digital screening tools and interventions have become a rising trend"

Could you provide an overview of DRCS?  Dementia Research Centre Singapore (DRCS), is a research centre focusing o...

September 1, 2023 | Friday | Opinion
“There are many challenges in treating AD that research is trying to address, including higher-risk safety profiles and cost barriers”

Can you provide an overview of TauRx Therapeutics? TauRx is dedicated to research in neurodegenerative diseases and is ...

September 1, 2023 | Friday | Opinion
Singapore's NUHS launches first AI-driven supercomputer to empower healthcare projects

Singapore’s National University Hospital (NUH) has launched a petabyte scale edge supercomputing infrastructure na...

August 17, 2023 | Thursday | Company results
Singapore's INEX Innovate launches epiHERA® to detect Early Endometrial Cancer

INEX Innovate, Singapore’s pioneering Women’s Life Science Health Innovations group, has launched epiHERA&re...

August 29, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
IHH Healthcare increases stake in Gleneagles Global Hospitals in India to meet growth strategy

IHH Healthcare Bhd (“IHH”), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Gleneagles Development Private Limited, has ...

August 28, 2023 | Monday | News
EY Center for Sustainable Supply Chains launches in Singapore

The EY, has launched new EY Center for Sustainable Supply Chains in Singapore. The Center is dedicated to...

August 22, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
Singapore-based Specialised Therapeutics acquires rights of new oral MND therapy in Australia & NZ

Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics Asia (ST) will partner with Netherlands-based biotech...

August 28, 2023 | Monday | News
New study in Singapore highlights need for refreshed vaccination strategies

Scientists led by a team from Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore have identified three distinct serotypes of SARS-rela...

August 25, 2023 | Friday | News
S$15 M biomedtech incubator co11ab Novena opens in Singapore

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and N...

August 23, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Mirxes inks new deals to scale adoption of early cancer detection solutions in APAC

Mirxes, a Singapore headquartered RNA technology company that is making diagnostic solutions for the early detection of ...

August 22, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Singapore and Australia sign MoU for health cooperation

Singapore's Minister for Health Ong Ye Kung and Australia Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler have signed a Me...

August 21, 2023 | Monday | News
PDA Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Quality Conference 2023 strives to optimize guidelines and practices

The PDA Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Quality Conference was held in Singapore on 15 and 16 August 2023. To achieve...

September 29, 2023 | Friday | Regulatory
Singapore builds pressure sensing technology to transform healthcare and surgical robots

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a novel aero-elastic pressure sensor, called &l...

August 18, 2023 | Friday | News
Mirxes receives US FDA’s Breakthrough Device Designation for blood-based cancer detection test

Mirxes Corporation USA, the wholly owned subsidiary of Mirxes Pte Ltd, a Singapore-headquartered RNA technolog...

August 16, 2023 | Wednesday | News
ACTRIS unveils its new cell therapy facility to boost Singapore’s cell and gene therapy capabilities

The Advanced Cell Therapy and Research Institute, Singapore (ACTRIS) launched a new 2,000 sqm cell therapy facility...

August 4, 2023 | Friday | Company results
Experts get together to co-create new era for organoids in Singapore

From August 7 to 8, 2023, the International Society of Organoid Research (ISoOR) held its inaugural annual meeting ...

August 10, 2023 | Thursday | News
Partnership between Singapore & Thailand to advance neurovascular care

The National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) in Singapore has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Siriraj Hospi...

August 8, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops gene editing technology to fight RNA viruses

A team of scientists from A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, Na...

August 4, 2023 | Friday | News
Singapore unveils Industry Transformation Map 2025 for healthcare

The Ministry of Health (MoH) in Singapore has launched the Industry Transformation Map (ITM) 2025 for healthcare. The He...

August 3, 2023 | Thursday | News
Healthcare2.0: Unleashing the power of disruptive innovations

As a world-leading integrated healthcare provider, IHH aims to create value across its healthcare eco-system while maint...

July 31, 2023 | Monday | Opinion
Zuellig Pharma and GSK establish vaccine distribution hub in Singapore

Zuellig Pharma, one of the largest healthcare services groups in Asia, has entered into an agreement with global biophar...

August 1, 2023 | Tuesday | News
“Making mRNA vaccines in Asia can potentially bring more affordable vaccines to the world”

What are the key opportunities and challenges for APAC vaccine manufacturers in adopting and utilising mRNA technology?&...

August 2, 2023 | Wednesday | Opinion
Singapore Life Sciences Market: Salaries, Trends, and Expectations

With Singapore's population projected to grow and age substantially by 2030, the government anticipates a significant in...

August 2, 2023 | Wednesday | Opinion
Singapore develops antibodies to potentially prevent future coronavirus outbreaks

Exceptionally potent antibodies that can neutralise virtually all known variants of the COVID-19 virus—including O...

July 31, 2023 | Monday | News
Exploring Synergies: How Biotech Companies and Startups Can Drive Breakthrough Therapies

Leading global biotechnology company Amgen and NSG BioLabs, Singapore’s largest provider of biotech co-working lab...

July 28, 2023 | Friday | Company results
Singapore’s HealthTech agency relaunches as "Synapxe" expressing a new identity

IHiS, HealthTech Agency for Singapore's Public Healthcare launched its new identity, Synapxe, on 27 July at its 15th Ann...

July 27, 2023 | Thursday | News
APAC’s healthcare embracing new care delivery model to tackle financial pressures and staff shortages

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, has released the Asia Pacific (APAC) findings of its Future Health ...

July 26, 2023 | Wednesday | Analysis
PDA Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Quality Conference to unravel in Singapore (August 15-16 )

The upcoming PDA Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Quality Conference is schedule for 15-16 August 2023 in Singapore to...

July 26, 2023 | Wednesday | Company results
Cariflex relocates HQ in Singapore to start production at Polyisoprene Latex Plant

The global market leader in polyisoprene rubber latex for medical-end markets, Cariflex has relocated its glob...

July 26, 2023 | Wednesday | News
East Ventures backs Aevice to bring next-gen remote respiratory platform to Southeast Asia

Singapore-based startup Aevice Health has raised undisclosed funding from Indonesia-based East Ventures, a pioneering an...

July 25, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Singapore makes efforts to build up nursing manpower & expand hospital bed capacity

The Ministry of Health (MoH) in Singapore will further strengthen nursing manpower, by introducing a new sign-on bonus f...

July 24, 2023 | Monday | News
National Dental Research Institute Singapore launches global consortium for oral diseases

National Dental Centre Singapore’s research arm, the National Dental Research Institute Singapore (NDRIS) has esta...

July 25, 2023 | Tuesday | News