Singapore awards NRF grant to develop novel therapies for liver cancer

A team of multidisciplinary scientists has been awarded the prestigious National Research Foundation (NRF) Singapo...

September 21, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Sony Electronics launches new generation of 4K HDR 3D/2D surgical displays

Sony Electronics is expanding its line-up of surgical LCD displays with two versatile options, the LMD-XH550MT (55-inch)...

September 21, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore identifies role of 'harmless' bacteria in worsening lung diseases

A team of international scientists led by the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has discovered...

September 20, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore launches national registry to fight global severe asthma battle

A research network formed by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore’s (NTU Singapore) Lee Kong Chian School o...

September 19, 2022 | Monday | News
ClavystBio to accelerate life sciences commercialisation in Singapore

ClavystBio, a company established by CLA Real Estate Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek, has announced its l...

September 16, 2022 | Friday | News
The Demand for Affordable and Accessible Healthcare boosts Innovative Telemedicine services in Southeast Asia

The pandemic has made virtual healthcare a new normal in Southeast Asia and the world, as many patients and clinicians s...

September 15, 2022 | Thursday | Analysis
Juniper Biologics establishes global headquarters in Singapore

Juniper Biologics, a science-led speciality healthcare company focused on commercialising novel therapies, has...

September 15, 2022 | Thursday | News
Researchers advise vigilance over machine learning (ML) usage in healthcare research

An international team of researchers, writing in the journal Nature Medicine, advises that strong care needs to be ...

September 14, 2022 | Wednesday | Analysis
Singapore opens Centre for Microbiome Medicine to improve human health

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has launched the Centre for Microbiome Medici...

September 15, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore grants interim authorisation for first bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine

Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has granted an interim authorisation for the use of Moderna’s Omicr...

September 14, 2022 | Wednesday | News
ATTOPOLIS, a B2B International Medical Digital Platform pilot launched at the Welcome Networking Reception of Medical Fair Asia 2022

The platform allows sharing of latest global and local news and events for the MedTech industry. The AttoTrade and AttoS...

September 13, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore picks six innovations to strengthen healthcare transformation

Six innovations have emerged winners at Healthcare InnoMatch 2022 by the Centre for Healthcare Innovation (CHI), Ministr...

September 13, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore launches S$15 M BioMedtech incubator

To facilitate the clinical adoption of new technologies that will create value for patients, Nanyang Technological Unive...

September 9, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore develops robot to assist in physiotherapy for elderly

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) have develo...

September 8, 2022 | Thursday | News
APAC healthcare sector faces gaps in data and staffing: Philips Report

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

September 8, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore sets up world's first integrated pre-clinical & clinical ageing research institute

The National University Health System (NUHS) has established the NUHS Centre for Healthy Longevity &...

September 7, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Catalent invests $2.2M for Singapore clinical supply facility expansion

Catalent, the global leader in enabling biopharma, cell, gene, and consumer health partners to optimize development, lau...

September 7, 2022 | Wednesday | News
More trust in AI-enabled health apps with human touch: Singapore study

Researchers led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found that individuals show less tru...

September 6, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore-based startup Docquity raises $44 M in series C round

Singapore-based startup Docquity, Southeast Asia's largest community of healthcare professionals, has raised a total of ...

September 5, 2022 | Monday | News
Taiwan Excellence Pavillion unveiled at the Medical Fair Asia 2022 in Singapore

Medical Fair Asia 2022 brought 14th International Exhibition on Hospital, Diagnostic, Pharmaceutical, Medical & Reha...

September 2, 2022 | Friday | News
Swiss firm Helsinn Healthcare expands footprint in Asia and Middle East

Swiss firm Helsinn Group and Singapore's Juniper Biologics Pte Ltd, a science-led healthcare company focused on research...

September 2, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore-based breast cancer AI startup FathomX raises SGD$ 2.24 M

Singapore-based digital health startup FathomX, a spin-off company from the National University of Singapore(NUS) and Na...

September 1, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (SAPI) announces new leaderships

The Singapore Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (SAPI) announced that Ms Poh Hwee Tee (Country President, Singapo...

August 31, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore awards five-year NRF Grant to SMART Innovation Centre

The Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, has announ...

August 31, 2022 | Wednesday | News
ASLAN Pharma partners with Belle.ai for Atopic Dermatitis clinical trials

US-based BelleTorus Corporation and Singapore's ASLAN Pharmaceuticals have announced that ASLAN has licensed belleStudy ...

August 30, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore unveils School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has officially launched the School of Chemistry, Chemical En...

August 26, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore extends use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for kids

  The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has extended the authorisation of Moderna’s Spikevax COVI...

August 24, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Hydrix receives approval for Guardian device in Singapore

Australia's Hydrix Limited has announced that the Health Services Authority of Singapore (HSA) has approved The Guardian...

August 23, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's Tessa Therapeutics appoints ex-Takeda VP as CEO

Singapore's Tessa Therapeutics, a clinical-stage cell therapy company developing next-generation cancer treatments for h...

August 22, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore develops chemotherapy and cancer treatment cost calculator

The National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS) has partnered with local artificial intelligence health techn...

August 19, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore's MiyaHealth raises additional funding for global expansion

MiyaHealth, a Singapore-based healthtech startup, has raised an undisclosed sum in additional funding from leading healt...

August 18, 2022 | Thursday | News
AstraZeneca signs MoU to empower the Breast Cancer Community in Singapore

AstraZeneca Singapore On Aug 17, 2022, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Breast Cancer Foundation (BCF) to...

August 17, 2022 | Wednesday | News
"Unique demands of CGT biomanufacturing necessitate an early-stage collaboration between suppliers and biomanufacturers"

A surge in pharmaceutical R&D has led to an increase in the number of Cell & Gene Therapy (CGT) candidates being...

August 11, 2022 | Thursday | Opinion
NHG, Tanoto Foundation spearhead diabetes reversal programme in Singapore

In line with nationwide efforts to combat diabetes, the National Healthcare Group (NHG) and Tanoto Foundation are spearh...

August 8, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore develops new compounds to kill multi drug-resistant TB

With multi drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) causing outbreaks in both developing and developed nations, new treatments a...

August 4, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore grants interim authorisation for AstraZeneca’s antiviral mAb Evusheld

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore, in consultation with its Medicines Advisory Committee, has, gran...

August 5, 2022 | Friday | News
Eppendorf opens new site in Singapore

The globally active Eppendorf Group continues its growth track in Asia in a targeted manner and has opened a new site in...

August 1, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore turns aquaculture waste into new biomaterial for tissue repair

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new biomaterial made entirely...

August 1, 2022 | Monday | News
2022 PDA Pharmaceutical Manufacturing & Quality Conference

Over the two-day conference, delegates will be updated on the evolving regulatory landscape and technological advancemen...

July 29, 2022 | Friday | News
Cariflex invests $350M to open polyisoprene latex plant for medical use in SE Asia

The global market leader in polyisoprene rubber latex for medical end markets, Cariflex broke ground at a 6.1 ...

July 28, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore launches first Hepatitis C elimination initiatives through a public-private partnership

In alignment with the World Health Organization (WHO)’s call to eliminate hepatitis C (HCV) by 2030, Singapore's H...

July 27, 2022 | Wednesday | News
NTU Singapore wins S$2.8 M grant for antiviral drug research

A team of scientists led by Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapo...

July 26, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Healthcare Triangle launches regional HQ in Singapore to bolster medical innovation in APAC

On July 25, 2022, Healthcare Triangle Inc, a leading provider of healthcare and life sciences cloud transformation, mana...

July 25, 2022 | Monday | Company results
Healthcare Triangle to invest up to $25 M in Singapore, create over 500 jobs

Healthcare Triangle Inc., a leading provider of healthcare and life sciences cloud transformation, managed services, and...

July 25, 2022 | Monday | News
Altera Digital Health signs new agreement with SingHealth to enhance healthcare delivery

Altera Digital Health, formerly the Allscripts Hospitals and Large Physician Practices business segment, a global leader...

July 21, 2022 | Thursday | News
Baxter Healthcare announces new APAC leader

Baxter International, a global medtech leader, has announced the appointment of Steven (Steve) Flynn to Senior Vice Pres...

July 21, 2022 | Thursday | News
New discovery in cancer progression paves way to combat cancer

Scientists from A*STAR’s Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) and Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), a...

July 20, 2022 | Wednesday | News
WuXi Biologics invests $1.4 B to build comprehensive CRDMO centre in Singapore

WuXi Biologics, a global leading Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), has announced a ...

July 19, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Intellect extends series A funding to $20M to scale mental healthcare for APAC workforces

Intellect, a Singapore-headquartered mental health startup, has raised an additional $10 million in a Series A extension...

July 20, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore develops drug molecule for treating atrial fibrillation

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Department of Pharmacy have developed an improved pharmaceuti...

July 18, 2022 | Monday | News
Oncoshot receives funding to expand cancer data sharing capabilities

Singapore-based startup Oncoshot has announced a pre-series A funding round led by MassMutual Ventures (MMV). Other inve...

July 15, 2022 | Friday | News
A*STAR, Johnson & Johnson establish eye health digital innovation consortium

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) wit...

July 14, 2022 | Thursday | News
EVERSANA expands service across Asia Pacific region

EVERSANA, a pioneer of next-generation commercial services to the global life sciences industry with its Asian regional ...

July 13, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore nurtures R&D talents in AI for healthcare & other areas

To nurture R&D talents in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and other related areas, Alibaba Group and Nanyang Technologi...

July 12, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Cordis names Bryan Loo as President of Asia-Pacific Region

Cordis, a global leader in cardiovascular technologies, has announced that Bryan Loo will assume the role of President o...

July 12, 2022 | Tuesday | News
iGene Lab launches Monkeypox PCR test for South East Asian region

Singapore-based iGene Laboratory, the molecular diagnostics laboratory subsidiary of INEX Innovate, has announced the la...

July 8, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore accelerates integration of AI-powered solutions into clinical care

ASUS and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) have inked a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalise ...

July 7, 2022 | Thursday | News
MiRXES launches world’s first research project for a multi-cancer screening test

MiRXES Pte Ltd, (HQ: Singapore) has launched the world’s first large-scale clinical research Project,  CADENC...

July 7, 2022 | Thursday | News
Proteintech Group Inc. opens new Singapore office

Proteintech, a leading manufacturer of antibodies, proteins, Nanobodies, and immunoassays, has announced the opening of ...

July 6, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore develops thermogel to prevent retinal scarring

Scientists from A*STAR’s Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) and Institute of Materials Research and En...

July 5, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore-based startup Mesh Bio addresses chronic metabolic diseases within Asia

London-based MultiOmic Health, an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled drug discovery company, and Mesh Bio, a digi...

July 1, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore approves GSK's new cancer therapy for ovarian cancer

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Singapore has announced that Health Sciences Authority has approved Zejula&nbs...

July 4, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore sheds new light on unsolved genetic diseases in children

The development of an embryo is a well-orchestrated string of processes, ensuring correct formation and positioning of v...

June 29, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore develops AI tools to detect underlying health issues using eye photos

Scientists from the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) have developed two novel screening tools for detecting chron...

June 28, 2022 | Tuesday | News
First-ever gut microbiome banking service launches in Southeast Asia

Cordlife Group, a Singapore Exchange mainboard listed consumer healthcare company, and AMILI, have announced a strategic...

June 22, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Livingstone Health lays focus on 3D-printed solutions for bone and tissue healing

SGX Catalist-listed Livingstone Health Holding has announced that it will collaborate with Australian Securities Exchang...

June 22, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Johnson & Johnson opens first satellite centre for Global Health Discovery in APAC

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has announced the launch of the new J&J Satellite Centre for Global Health Discovery...

June 21, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops method to detect microbial contamination in cell cultures

Researchers from the Critical Analytics For Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP) Interdisciplinary Research G...

June 20, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore enables doctors to optimise personalised chemotherapy dose

A team of researchers from National University of Singapore (NUS), in collaboration with clinicians from the Natio...

June 17, 2022 | Friday | News
Takeda's dengue vaccine proves protection through 4.5 yrs of clinical trials

Japanese pharmaceutical firm Takeda has announced that its dengue vaccine candidate, TAK-003, prevented 8...

June 15, 2022 | Wednesday | News
DIA CoRE Singapore Annual Meeting 2022 set to discuss regulatory frameworks and drug development

DIA CoRE Singapore Annual Meeting 2022 is set to unravel from 12-13 July 2022 on account of the 5th-year anniversary. Th...

June 15, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore launches new centre to strengthen pandemic preparedness across ASEAN

Leveraging the research, collaborations and commercialisation successes that have contributed to Singapore’s fight...

June 14, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Exploring untapped potentials at the Asia-Pacific digital pathology market

The synergy of AI and digital pathology has opened a world of image-based possibilities that can transform disease diagn...

June 14, 2022 | Tuesday | Opinion
Singapore proposes new treatment for bleeding peptic ulcers

Scientists led by Professor Joseph Sung, Nanyang Technological University or NTU’s Senior Vice President (Health a...

June 13, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore to receive APAC's first-of-its-kind Digital Brain Health Screening

Singapore's Parkway Shenton becomes the first primary healthcare provider in the Asia Pacific to provide digital brain s...

June 13, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore uses nanotechnology to destroy, prevent relapse of solid tumour cancers

In a breakthrough development, a team of scientists led by Nasrat Muzayyin Chair Professor Chen Xiaoyuan from the Nation...

June 10, 2022 | Friday | News
“It is Abcam's goal to fuel R&D in the APAC region”

What are the major plans in store for the new APAC hub at Singapore? For a company like Abcam which strongly believes t...

June 9, 2022 | Thursday | Opinion
“80% of premature heart attacks and strokes are preventable”

  What were the key highlights at Bayer Pharma APAC in FY 21-22? Looking back at the last decade, Bayer has grown...

June 9, 2022 | Thursday | Opinion
Singapore organizations outline Genomics in developing drugs, vaccines, and precision medicine

A new whitepaper, commissioned by Lenovo & Intel, led by IDC highlights key challenges and drivers transforming the ...

June 8, 2022 | Wednesday | Analysis
Singapore's Us2.ai expands multi-modality echocardiography AI analytics reach

Us2.ai, a Singapore-based medtech firm has received CE Mark clearance for Us2.v1, a completely automated decision suppor...

June 8, 2022 | Wednesday | News
GE Healthcare collaborates with National Cancer Centre Singapore

GE Healthcare has announced a new collaboration with National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), which focuses on how artif...

June 7, 2022 | Tuesday | News
BC Platforms drives data enablement to accelerate precision medicine in Asia

Swiss firm BC Platforms (BCP) is hosting a key, day-long, Precision Medicine and Data Science Conference ...

June 6, 2022 | Monday | News
Boehringer Ingelheim partners with A*STAR in Singapore for targeted cancer therapies

German firm Boehringer Ingelheim and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore have announce...

June 3, 2022 | Friday | News
World's first contactless blood pressure and vital sign measurement comes to Singapore

Leading HealthTech AI company NuraLogix has introduced its 30-second contactless blood pressure and vital sign measureme...

June 2, 2022 | Thursday | News
Amgen, NSG Biolabs to boost Singapore’s Biotech Ecosystem

Amgen, a leading global biotechnology company, and NSG BioLabs, Singapore's largest and leading biotechno...

June 1, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore discovers new clues to liver cancer progression

A team of researchers from the College of Design and Engineering, the N.1 Institute for Health and the&nb...

June 1, 2022 | Wednesday | News
MiRXES opens Southeast Asia’s first industry 4.0 IVD manufacturing facility

MiRXES Pte Ltd, a Singapore-headquartered biotechnology company, and A*STAR spinoff, focused on s...

May 30, 2022 | Monday | News
PRECISE-Illumina project to monitor long-term health outcomes of Singaporeans

Precision Health Research, Singapore (PRECISE), the central entity implementing Singapore’s National Precision Med...

May 31, 2022 | Tuesday | News
GenScript Biotech collaborates with Singapore Institute of Technology

GenScript Biotech and the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to dev...

May 27, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore links fatty liver with increased risk of cardiovascular disease

Patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease, because NAFLD prom...

May 26, 2022 | Thursday | News
Pharmacy-based startup SwipeRx secures $27 M to accelerate growth across Southeast Asia

SwipeRx (formerly mClinica Pharmacy Solutions), Southeast Asia's (SEA) leading platform for pharmacies, announ...

May 24, 2022 | Tuesday | News
World-first Expert Bone Health Resource launches in APAC

More than 50 per cent of the world's hip fractures are expected to occur in the Asia Pacific over the next two decades. ...

May 23, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore develops transparent medical masks for speech therapists

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Sengkang General Hospital (SKH), and local masks manufacturer ...

May 19, 2022 | Thursday | News
HistoIndex brings Life Sciences Visionary David John Jeans CBE on Board

Singapore's HistoIndex, a global leading artificial intelligence digital pathology (AI-DP) provider, is very please...

May 19, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore researchers enable early-stage detection of microbial contamination in cell therapy

Researchers from Critical Analytics for Manufacturing Personalized-Medicine (CAMP), an Interdisciplinary Res...

May 19, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore finds biomarkers to predict primary liver cancer patients’ response to immunotherapy

A research team from Singapore has identified novel biomarkers that not only predict a patient’s response to immun...

May 20, 2022 | Friday | News
Doctor Anywhere chooses Vonage to power telehealth services in Southeast Asia

Vonage has been chosen by Doctor Anywhere, a regional omnichannel healthcare company headquartered in Singapore, to...

May 17, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore announces new collaborative project for cardiovascular disease research

The Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s (A*STAR) Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Bioinformatics ...

May 13, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore unveils White Paper on responsible data sharing in healthcare

Building on the rich discussions and conversations at the Precision Public Health Asia 2021 Conference on the importance...

May 12, 2022 | Thursday | News
INEX Innovate set to launch ovarian cancer detection test in Southeast Asian markets

Known as a pioneer in Asia's women's and foetal health industry, Singapore-based diagnostics developer, I...

May 11, 2022 | Wednesday | News

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