Esco Group acquires AT Medical UAB

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Jun, 2018

Esco Group has entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining shares in AT Medical UAB, an Esco Ventures portfolio company. AT Medical UAB is the developer of innovative IVF medical de...Read more

New ways to understand how body fights cancer

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Jun, 2018

Singapore – Researchers from A*STAR’s Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) and Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Singapore General Hospital (SGH), National Cancer Centre Singa...Read more

Macrogen establishes a subsidiary in Singapore

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Jun, 2018

Macrogen, Inc., a precision medicine biotechnology company, announced that it has established Macrogen Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary in Singapore in March and is hard at work on fi...Read more

Philips, SAM open regional oncology centre in Singapore

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Jun, 2018

Singapore-  Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, and the Singapore Institute of Advanced Medicine Holdings (SAM) officially opened the Advanced Medicine Imaging (AMI) c...Read more

SGInnovate delves deep into tech at ARISE

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Jun, 2018

Singapore- SGInnovate is presenting ARISE, Southeast Asia’s preeminent deep tech event at innovfest unbound 2018. ARISE 2018 will provide a platform for researchers, en...Read more

Scientists use nanoparticles to study wound scarring

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Jun, 2018

A group of scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a new way of seeing when heavy wound scars are forming, and thereby providing doctors the ...Read more

Lion TCR raises $20 million in a Series A funding round

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 29 May, 2018

Lion TCR, a Singapore-based clinical stage biotech firm has raised $ 20 million in a Series A funding round from new investors Yashang Capital and US-based early stage investor Westlake Ven...Read more

Agendia, Angsana partner for cancer treatment in Southeast Asia

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 24 May, 2018

Agendia, Inc., a world leader in personalized medicine and molecular cancer diagnostics, and Angsana Molecular & Diagnostics Laboratory Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Parkway Pantai, announce...Read more

Mundipharma to launch web-based chat bot for feminine care

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 24 May, 2018

Singapore- BETADINE, which is produced by multinational healthcare organisation Mundipharma, is the first ever consumer healthcare brand to launch a web-based chat bot for feminine care. A...Read more

Singapore, France to set up virtual biotech lab jointly

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 24 May, 2018

Researchers in Singapore and France are setting up a joint virtual laboratory to deepen collaboration in the field of biotechnology, as part of efforts to ramp up innovation and research li...Read more

Aenco unveils blockchain venture for healthtech startups

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 24 May, 2018

Global blockchain solutions company, Aenco Solutions Limited, has recently unveiled its latest blockchain venture - the world's first blockchain-based healthtech financial solutions platfor...Read more

Singapore researchers offer new hope for stem cells

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 22 May, 2018

A group of researchers from the National Cancer Centre Singapore, National University of Singapore (NUS), Duke-NUS Medical School, and the Singapore General Hospital has discovered a labora...Read more

HistoIndex, CymaBay to advance NASH drug development

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 21 May, 2018

Histoindex Pte. Ltd., with the world’s first stain-free Genesis200 multiphoton digital pathology system, is collaborating with CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. to evaluate the efficacy of s...Read more

Health start-up UCARE.AI raises $8.2M

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 21 May, 2018

UCARE.AI, a Singapore-based healthcare startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to optimise healthcare resources and reduce healthcare costs across the industry, has raised $8.2 milli...Read more

Controlling hypertension: inaction will be costly

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 17 May, 2018

Singapore- In Singapore, about a quarter of people with hypertension are unaware and therefore remain untreated. In addition, about a third of those diagnosed on treatment have uncontrolled...Read more

NUS scientists discover a new way to control BP

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 16 May, 2018

New and better ways to fight hypertension and other related health issues like stroke, diabetes and heart diseases may be in the offing, thanks to the National University of Singapore (NUS)...Read more

Plano partners with HPB to address childhood myopia

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 15 May, 2018

Singapore- Recently, plano, a myopia screening tool and parental management application, has partnered the Health Promotion Board (HPB) to reduce the onset and progression of childhood...Read more

Excessive hygiene increases risk of respiratory illnesses in Singapore

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 15 May, 2018

Singapore- Growing up in an environment that is too clean or sterile can increase the risk of developing asthma and allergic rhinitis, warned prominent international specialists who gathere...Read more