Singapore sets global first by reaching WHO’s highest classification for medical device regulation

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has...

March 11, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Singapore to establish Biological Data Centre prototype

National University of Singapore (NUS) Medicine is collaborating with DayOne, a Singapore-headquartered global data cent...

March 11, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Charles River Signs Strategic MOUs To Strengthen APAC Biomanufacturing Ecosystem

Charles River Laboratories reinforced its commitment to strengthening the Asia Pacific biomanufacturing ecosystem by sig...

March 10, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Overcoming Regulatory And CMC Barriers To Accelerate Global Cell And Gene Therapy Development

Cell and gene therapies are transforming the therapeutic landscape, offering the potential to treat prev...

March 10, 2026 | Tuesday | News
DayOne and Cortical Labs to develop Singapore’s First Biological Data Center

DayOne, a Singapore-headquartered global data center developer and operator and Cortical Labs, a biological computi...

March 10, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Analytical Characterisation Strengthens Biologics Development From Molecule To Market

At the APAC Biomanufacturing Leadership Summit 2026 presented by Charles River, Zelle Biotechnology Managing Director An...

March 10, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Charles River Led Panel Examines How APAC Can Strengthen Global Competitiveness In Biomanufacturing

As global demand for biologics, advanced therapies, and complex biopharmaceuticals continues to expand, the conversation...

March 10, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Sam Chuang Highlights Strategic Foundations And Regulatory Innovation Shaping Global Biomanufacturing

In the session titled Strategic Foundations Regulatory Innovation And Global Outlook, Sam Chuang, Execut...

March 10, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Heath Coats Highlights Evolving FDA Inspection Expectations At Charles River APAC Biomanufacturing Leadership Summit

In his keynote session, Heath Coats shared practical regulatory insights drawn from his experience both ...

March 10, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Pengfei Chen Highlights Singapore’s Opportunity In The Next Phase Of Biomanufacturing

Opening the keynote session of the APAC Biomanufacturing Leadership Summit 2026, Pengfei Chen highlighted the rapid tran...

March 10, 2026 | Tuesday | Analysis
Bioinnovation APAC 2026: Advancing Industrial Biomanufacturing in the Asia-Pacific Region

The Bioinnovation APAC 2026 forum, held in Singapore on March 4-5, was a landmark event that brou...

March 9, 2026 | Monday | News
Cytek Biosciences expands Singapore facility with US$3 million investment

Cytek Biosciences, a leading flow cytometry company, has invested US$3 million in its Singapore facility as part of it...

March 9, 2026 | Monday | News
More Preventive Healthcare Professionals Through Technical Diplomas

 As the population ages and chronic diseases become more prevalent, healthcare strategies are increasingly centred ...

March 9, 2026 | Monday | News
Forging a sustainable healthcare future in APAC through coordinated, equitable, and integrated efforts

Jorge Sahlieh, President of International Medical Products and Distribution for Cardinal Health The healthcare and bios...

March 6, 2026 | Friday | Opinion
Singapore launches postgraduate fellowship in biomedical ethics

National University of Singapore (NUS) Medicine has launched the MOH–NUS Postgraduate Fellowship in Biomedical Eth...

March 9, 2026 | Monday | News
Terumo introduces cell & gene therapy ecosystem blueprint for APAC region

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies (Terumo BCT) has announced the launch of its new cell & gene therapy (C&...

March 6, 2026 | Friday | News
Singapore's ImmunoScape announces MoU for clinical trial with US-based cancer centre

Singapore-based startup ImmunoScape, an A*STAR spin-out backed by Amgen Ventures and EDBI that is developing next-genera...

March 5, 2026 | Thursday | News
Singapore launches new MOH–NUS Fellowship to strengthen everyday ethics in Singapore’s healthcare sector

Singapore's Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of  Singapore (NUS Medicine) launched the MOH&ndas...

March 4, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Singapore & Hong Kong deepen partnership to advance precision eye health

The Department of Ophthalmology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), and t...

March 4, 2026 | Wednesday | News
IDEM 2026 Ushers in the Next Era of Smart, Sustainable, Digital Dentistry

International Dental Exhibition & Meeting 2026 (IDEM 2026), Asia-Pacific’s leading dental exhibition and confe...

March 3, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Tackling growing diabetes burden in Asia-Pacific through innovation and coordinated goals in pharma manufacturing

Diabetes prevalence in the Asia-Pacific region is rising rapidly, bringing increased focus on scaling treatments such ...

March 3, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Cirrus Therapeutics expands global footprint to Singapore with ocular immunology business

Cirrus Therapeutics announced several business and pipeline updates to support its growth as a leading global ocular imm...

March 3, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Australia-Singapore study advocates role of intranasal vaccine booster against sarbecoviruses

Researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and Monash Universit...

March 2, 2026 | Monday | News
NUS launches Singapore’s first concurrent nursing-informatics degree to build a digitally ready nursing workforce

The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of  Singapore (NUS Medicine) today launched Singapore&rsqu...

February 27, 2026 | Friday | News
Foundation Healthcare Holdings and UOB partner to extend healthcare management solutions in Singapore

Image Caption: Liaw Yit Ming, Chief Executive Officer, Foundation Healthcare (L) and Paul Kan, Country Head, SME ...

February 9, 2026 | Monday | News
Singapore researchers develop rapid iron measurement to enhance cartilage repair via cell therapy

Researchers from the Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP), an interdisciplinary r...

February 26, 2026 | Thursday | News
Optimizing Pharmaceutical Operations Through Water Purity Management and Advanced Technologies

As pharmaceutical companies strive to remain competitive in the market, optimizing operations, productivity, efficiency,...

March 3, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's NUHS partners with GSMA Foundry to drive 5G and AI innovations in healthcare

The GSMA announced a strategic agreement between GSMA Foundry, the mobile industry’scollaborative innovation hub, ...

February 25, 2026 | Wednesday | News
UiPath unveils Agentic AI to break administrative & financial bottlenecks in clinical and healthcare operations

UiPath, a global leader in agentic automation, announced new agentic AI solutions for the healthcare...

February 25, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Multi-stakeholder partnership to build Quantum Hub strengthening life science cluster in Singapore

QAI Ventures the leading global investor and ecosystem builder in quantum and advanced computing technologies, is launch...

February 25, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Singapore launches first set of menopause management guidelines

The KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) Maternal and Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI) has launched Singapore...

February 24, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Expecto Health Science And Southern Star Research Forge Strategic Investment Partnership To Strengthen Asia Pacific Clinical Development

Expecto Health Science, a Singapore-headquartered, Asia-focused clinical research organization (CRO), and Southern Star ...

February 20, 2026 | Friday | News
Singapore presents holistic approach to stroke recovery aims to fast-track return to work for stroke survivors

An international study led by researchers from Singapore's National University Health System (NUHS) analyzed data from n...

February 16, 2026 | Monday | News
Singapore researchers pioneer neural blueprint for human-like intelligence in soft robots

Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology’s (SMART) Mens, Manus & Machina (M3S) interd...

February 16, 2026 | Monday | News
Singapore's iX Biopharma secures $41 M contract from US govt for development of non-opioid pain treatment

Singapore-based iX Biopharma has been awarded a $40.95 million development contract by the United States Government to f...

February 16, 2026 | Monday | News
Zuellig Pharma acquires brands from Bayer to strengthen consumer healthcare portfolio

Singapore-headquartered Zuellig Pharma has acquired all rights, title, and interest in and to the Zam-Buk® and Vapex...

February 10, 2026 | Tuesday | News
MakeO announces acquisition of Zenyum to build Asia’s largest consumer dental tech platform

MakeO (parent company of the leading Indian clear aligner brand, Toothsi) has entered into a definitive agreement to acq...

February 11, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Precision for Medicine broadens global footprint with new office in Singapore

Precision for Medicine, a global leader in biomarker-driven clinical research and development, has announced the opening...

February 6, 2026 | Friday | News
New regional centre to tackle ageing, climate, and chronic disease risks across Southeast Asia

NUS Medicine in Singapore and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington School of...

February 3, 2026 | Tuesday | News
DHL expands capabilities in Singapore to elevate life science & healthcare logistics

DHL Group has announced the expansion of its life sciences arm—DHL Health Logistics—with the development of ...

February 2, 2026 | Monday | News
Singapore explores use of AI tools to improve diagnostics in resource-limited healthcare settings

After a cardiac arrest, families and doctors are often faced with agonising uncertainty about a patient’s chances ...

January 31, 2026 | Saturday | News
The Race to Build Singapore’s Biotech Unicorns

Singapore has one of the most advanced biotechnology industries. Singapore began building its biomedical sciences ecosys...

January 31, 2026 | Saturday | Analysis
Singapore strengthens research and education for Traditional Chinese Medicine

Leading Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) healthcare group Gu Sheng Tang TCM, based in Hong Kong, and Nanyang Technolog...

January 29, 2026 | Thursday | News
Home Control teams up with NTU Singapore to explore AIoT home healthcare ecosystem

Singapore-based startup Home Control International has entered into a Strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) w...

January 28, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Singapore strengthens regulatory cooperation with Indonesia for medicine & health products

Singapore's Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and The Indonesian Food and Drug Authority have signed a Memorandum of Under...

January 28, 2026 | Wednesday | News
ŌURA and NUS open Joint Lab to advance research in personalised preventive health in Singapore

ŌURA, maker of the most scientifically validated smart ring, Oura Ring, and the Centre for Sleep and Cognition (CSC) at...

January 27, 2026 | Tuesday | News
HistoIndex teams up with Houston Research Institute to expand advanced MASH diagnostic services

Singapore based HistoIndex, a pioneer in AI-driven digital pathology solutions for chronic liver disease, has announced ...

January 23, 2026 | Friday | News
First fibrotic disease drug of Singapore advances into Phase II clinical evaluation

Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore has noted the announcement by Boehringer Ingelheim of a Phase IIa clinica...

January 21, 2026 | Wednesday | News
Kowa launches DWTI-licensed Ripasudil Combination Therapy in Singapore

D. Western Therapeutics Institute, Inc. (DWTI) has announced that Kowa Co., Ltd., to which DWTI out-licensed its in-hous...

January 19, 2026 | Monday | News
Singapore opens CBRNE@Changi near Changi airport to boost pandemic preparedness

Singapore has launched a new Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) laboratory near Changi ...

January 16, 2026 | Friday | News
Singapore's Industry-Academic Partnerships Augment Oligonucleotide Therapeutics Innovations

Dr. Peiqing Zhang, Scientific Director, Cytiva (Left) Dr. Timothy Tan, Associate Professor and Leading Investigator, NT...

January 16, 2026 | Friday | Opinion
Singapore’s NUH unveils new centre to advance predictive and accessible care for digestive health

Digestive health is central to overall well-being, influencing nutrition, immunity, and quality of life. Yet common cond...

January 16, 2026 | Friday | News
Global Young Scientists Summit 2026 Set to Inspire and Connect Emerging Global Researchers

Over 400 young researchers from 57 countries will gather in Singapore from 5-9 January for the Global Young Scientists S...

January 6, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Fullerton Health deepens specialty care capabilities by acquiring ENT Clinic in Singapore

Leading regional private healthcare provider group Fullerton Health has successfully acquired one of Singapore’s l...

January 8, 2026 | Thursday | News
Singapore approves AI software tool CystoSmart for bladder cancer detection

Intelligent Scopes Corp (ISC), specialising in state-of-the-art image enhancement and precision AI software solutions fo...

January 6, 2026 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's Hyphens Pharma out-licences Cerapro® MED to six European countries

Singapore-based Hyphens Pharma International has granted the rights to commercialise its innovative product, Cerapro®...

January 5, 2026 | Monday | News
Curie Oncology and Oncoshot deploy AI-powered clinical research tools

Curie Oncology, one of Southeast Asia's fastest-growing private oncology networks, has partnered with Singapore-based he...

December 17, 2025 | Wednesday | News
DKSH Healthcare unveils an overview of Asia Pacific's growing healthcare outsourcing potential

The healthcare industry in Asia Pacific (APAC), home to half the world's population, faces a dual reality: immense oppor...

December 11, 2025 | Thursday | News
UK and Singapore launch new regulatory innovation corridor to fast track health technologies

As part of this first-of-its-kind partnership between the UK’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency...

December 12, 2025 | Friday | News
Rhinocare Korea accelerates global expansion with Singapore joint venture

Rhinocare Korea, a medtech innovator specialising in drug-free respiratory care, has announced plans to establish a join...

December 11, 2025 | Thursday | News
Zuellig Pharma expands partnership with Lundbeck for commercialisation of neuro-psychiatric health solutions in Asia

Singapore-based Zuellig Pharma, a leading healthcare solutions company in Asia, has expanded its partnership with H...

December 16, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore approves Respiree's 1Bio™AI-Acute toolbox to support healthcare

Singapore-based health-tech startup Respiree has received approval from the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) for its...

December 10, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Heng Swee Keat, Chairman of the National Research Foundation unveils Singapore Scientific Conference 2025; 8-10 Dec 2025

Heng Swee Keat, Chairman of the National Research Foundation  The Singapore Scientific Conference 2025 happening f...

December 8, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
GITEX expands to Vietnam, igniting US$200bn National Digital Economy Potential

Vietnam’s burgeoning tech ecosystem is poised to ignite a vibrant new era of cross-continental collaboration and i...

December 9, 2025 | Tuesday | News
APAC Biomanufacturing Leadership Summit 2026

  Register Now   Asia Pacific’s biomanufacturing landscape is entering a defining decade, and the ina...

January 29, 2026 | Thursday | News
AI-for-science startup ChemLex raises USD 45M, launching self-driving lab for drug discovery in Singapore

ChemLex, a next-generation AI-for-science company, today announced the establishment of its global headquart...

December 5, 2025 | Friday | News
ESMO Asia 2025 highlights urgent medical need in platinum-resistant advanced ovarian cancer

At an AbbVie-sponsored symposium at the ESMO Asia Congress 2025, experts gathered to address platinum resistance in adva...

December 5, 2025 | Friday | News
NUS Medicine and Cyclotek to strengthen radiopharma capability in Singapore and across ASEAN region

Singapore-based NUS Medicine’s Clinical Imaging Research Centre (CIRC), a leading academic centre for advanced mol...

December 8, 2025 | Monday | News
Asia Pacific secures Malaria gains amid global setbacks

Asia Pacific recorded marked progress toward malaria elimination in 2024, with a reduction of over 725,000 estimated ca...

December 5, 2025 | Friday | News
Singapore unveils S$37 billion RIE2030 Plan to advance research and innovation

The Research, Innovation and Enterprise 2030 (RIE2030) plan was endorsed at the 15th Research, Innovation and Enterprise...

December 5, 2025 | Friday | News
Johnson & Johnson announces breakthrough in Lung Cancer treatment with combination therapy

A new combination therapy has shown promise in extending survival for patients with a specific type of lung cancer in As...

December 6, 2025 | Saturday | News
Santen and SERI to advance disease-modifying therapies for major eye diseases in Singapore

Japan's Santen Pharmaceutical and the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) have launched the Santen–SERI Open I...

December 6, 2025 | Saturday | News
Singapore's AI-Driven Digital Economy: Balancing Cyber Resilience alongside Bioscience Innovation

Wee Tee Hsien, CEO of FUJIFILM Business Innovation Singapore Singapore is rapidly emerging as a global hub for AI-d...

December 5, 2025 | Friday | Opinion
Biosparc advances China–Singapore collaboration with new strategic partnerships

Biosparc’s landmark project in Suzhou Industrial Park reached structural completion. On 20 November 2025 the firm ...

December 1, 2025 | Monday | News
Thermo Fisher Scientific Deepens Investment in Asia’s Biopharma Ecosystem with Expansion of Bioprocess Design Centers

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announced an expansion of its bioprocessing capabili...

December 3, 2025 | Wednesday | News
NTU Singapore leads new Southeast Asian consortium to tackle dementia in the region

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is leading 24 clinicians from the region and beyond to set u...

December 1, 2025 | Monday | News
Singapore's Patronus Biotech receives grant to evaluate novel malaria vaccine and adjuvant

Singapore-based startup Patronus Biotech has announced a grant from the Gates Foundation to accelerate the development o...

November 28, 2025 | Friday | News
“The next 5-years will see mRNA science evolve beyond infectious disease”

Your recent Singapore survey highlights persistent vaccine hesitancy among older adults, with only 51 per cent willing t...

December 1, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
Asia-Pacific Dengue Dialogue 2025: Regional Strategies for Prevention and Protection

Dr Mahender Nayak, Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific Countries, Takeda (left) Prof. Ooi Eng Eong, Professor in Emer...

November 28, 2025 | Friday | Opinion
Singapore's Prestige Biopharma to commercialise cancer drug Tuznue® in Latin America

Singapore headquartered Prestige Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company specialising in antibody therapeutics, has annou...

November 26, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Genesis MedTech inks strategic partnership with National University Health System in Singapore

Genesis MedTech Group and the National University Health System (NUHS) in Singapore have formed a strategic partnership ...

November 24, 2025 | Monday | News
Australian healthtech firm Heidi unveils its Southeast Asia hub in Singapore to drive healthcare AI innovation

Heidi, the Australian healthcare AI company, announced the launch of its regional hub in Singapore, follo...

November 20, 2025 | Thursday | News
Singapore approves first needle-free flu vaccine FluMist Trivalent by AstraZeneca

A new intranasal influenza vaccine has been launched in Singapore, offering a needle-free option for individuals aged ...

November 19, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Singapore advancing industry–academia alliance to nurture the next generation of innovative MedTech talents

MedTech firms BD Medical Products and Terumo Asia Holdings have come on board to strengthen Duke-NUS Medical School&rsqu...

November 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Apriori Bio and A*STAR ink strategic partnership to advance next generation influenza vaccines

US-based Apriori Bio and Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research Infectious Diseases Labs (A*STAR IDL) h...

November 21, 2025 | Friday | News
Singapore NUH unveils new one-stop orthopaedic surgery and hand & reconstructive microsurgery centres

The National University Hospital (NUH) has launched the new Orthopaedic Surgery and Hand & Reconstructive Microsurge...

November 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore launches Phase III of National Precision Medicine (NPM) Programme

Precision Health Research Singapore (PRECISE) marked the launch of Phase III of the National Precision Medicine (NPM) pr...

November 14, 2025 | Friday | News
Singapore's ImmunoScape partners with Cue Biopharma to advance solid-tumour cell therapy

ImmunoScape, an A*STAR spin out backed by Amgen Ventures and EDBi that is developing next-generation TCR-based cancer im...

November 17, 2025 | Monday | News
World Diabetes Day 2025: Emerging Strategies and Collaborative Interdisciplinary Efforts in Global Diabetes Care

Anand Shetty, Corporate Vice President, Southeast Asia, Novo Nordisk (left) Dr Abel Soh, Consultant Endocrinologist f...

November 14, 2025 | Friday | Opinion
Agilent partners with National Heart Centre Singapore to advance metabolic heart failure research

Agilent Technologies Inc. has announced the signing of a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Heart...

November 14, 2025 | Friday | News
TechInnovation 2025 : Assessing potentials and barriers of Healthtech innovations to drive preventive, personalized care delivery models

(From From left to right) Moderator: Dr Nelson Lau, CEO & Co-Founder, HealthBridge AI Dr Goh Su-Yen, Se...

October 30, 2025 | Thursday | Influencers
Meiji to establish Singapore subsidiary to expand biz in ASEAN region

Japan's Meiji Seika Pharma has decided to establish a local subsidiary in Singapore to strengthen its presence and exp...

November 13, 2025 | Thursday | News
Singapore approves Boehringer Ingelheim's MetalyseR (tenecteplase) for thrombolytic treatment of acute ischemic stroke

Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world’s leading research-driven pharmaceutical companies, has announced that the&...

November 11, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Redefining the Global Shared Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance

Across the Asia Pacific, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing public health challenge with far-reaching implicati...

November 10, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
Singapore, Korea researchers harness AI to tackle male infertility

Researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and CHA Univ...

November 10, 2025 | Monday | News
Singapore builds detailed map of developing human brain, opening new pathways for Parkinson’s treatment

Parkinson’s disease is Singapore’s second most common neurodegenerative disorder, affecting about three in e...

November 6, 2025 | Thursday | News
Oxford Instruments introduces witec360 Raman Microscope with Hexalight Spectrometer across South East Asia

Oxford Instruments has announced the launch of its witec360 Raman microscope with the Hexalight spectrometer, setting a ...

November 4, 2025 | Tuesday | News
SWITCH 2025: Singapore Hosted a Global Journey Through Healthcare Innovation, Startups, and Deep Tech

SWITCH 2025, the 10th edition of SWITCH kicked off with its largest-ever gathering of startup and innovation enthusiasts...

October 31, 2025 | Friday | News
Innovation, Digitalization, and Collaboration: TechInnovation 2025 Shaping the Future of Bioscience Businesses

TechInnovation 2025 concluded on an inspiring note as leaders from long-standing industries shared how they are transfor...

October 31, 2025 | Friday | News
TechInnovation 2025: Advancing Asia-Pacific Innovations Through Collaboration and Standardization to Achieve Global Impact

TechInnovation 2025, organised by IPI Singapore, continued to Day 2 at Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Level 3,...

October 30, 2025 | Thursday | News