Singapore invents interactive mouthguard for medical assistance and healthcare devices

A first-of-its-kind bite-controlled optoelectronic system has been invented by a research team led by Professor Liu Xiao...

October 17, 2022 | Monday | News
NHIC to accelerate local health tech innovations in Singapore with up to S$1M grant

The National Health Innovation Centre, Singapore (NHIC), on October 17, launched a "Clinical Innovation and Adoption Ini...

October 17, 2022 | Monday | News
StarHub launches digital health service in Singapore

On 14 September, Singapore's multinational telecommunications conglomerate StarHub launched LifeHub+, a digital health s...

October 14, 2022 | Friday | News
Galderma to expand manufacturing and innovation footprint in Asia-Pacific

Reaffirming its bold ambition to become the leading dermatology company in the world, Swiss pharmaceutical company Galde...

October 14, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore startup NousQ receives $175K grand prize for pediatric ear tube insertion device

MedTech Innovator, the largest accelerator of medical devices in the world, in partnership with Asia Pacific Medical Tec...

October 13, 2022 | Thursday | News
MUST.CONNECT 2022: Korean accelerator explores Singapore's bio startup ecosystem

Korea's Incheon-based startup accelerator MediaU held a global innovation road show MUST.CONNECT Singapore 2022 in Singa...

October 13, 2022 | Thursday | News
World Economic Forum acclaims Agilent manufacturing facility in Singapore

Singapore based Agilent Technologies Inc. has shared the latest recognision received from the World Economic Forum&rsquo...

October 13, 2022 | Thursday | News
Fujitsu Asia and A*STAR to advance AI-based healthcare & medical technologies

Singapore based Fujitsu Asia Private Limited (FAPL) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) ha...

October 12, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Revolutionizing healthcare fundraising by matching early-stage startups with potential medical investors

Meaningful partnerships and collaborations are indispensable to narrow the disparities among stakeholders in a multiface...

October 12, 2022 | Wednesday | Opinion
Zuellig Pharma Digital & Data launches healthcare metaverse to synchronise operations

Zuellig Pharma Digital & Data has launched ZP Metaverse, a first-of-its-kind healthcare metaverse experience that&nb...

October 12, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Allium Healthcare partners with Neurowyzr to leverage digital neuroscience solutions

Allium Healthcare has partnerned with Singapore's neuroscience-tech company Neurowyzr, to jointly develop...

October 12, 2022 | Wednesday | News
TVM Capital, Siemens Healthineers to advance healthcare access in Southeast Asia

TVM Capital Healthcare, an emerging-markets focused healthcare private equity firm headquartered in Singapore ...

October 12, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore discovers non-invasive method to predict relapse of childhood cancers

The most common form of solid tumour affecting children is neuroblastoma. It is known to be the cause of a disproportion...

October 11, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore focuses on providing pre-emptive genetic testing for adverse drug reactions

Raffles Medical Group (RMG) is collaborating with biotech startup NalaGenetics to offer pre-emptive pharmacogenomics tes...

October 10, 2022 | Monday | News
Merck Singapore M Lab collaboration center leverages ChromConnect initiative

On October 8, Singapore based Merck’s new M LabTM Collaboration Center brought Singapore's academic groups closer ...

October 8, 2022 | Saturday | News
UPS Healthcare launches healthcare packaging and shipments services in Singapore

The global healthcare logistics company, UPS Healthcare has launched "UPS Premier Gold" in Singapore, a s...

October 7, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore to incorporate health information bill next year

The Health Information Act will be introduced next year, Dr Janil Puthucheary,  Senior Minister of State for t...

October 7, 2022 | Friday | News
We are advancing two bivalent candidates for utilisation in global vaccination efforts

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

October 7, 2022 | Friday | Opinion
Singapore pumps in SGD19.2 M for novel liver cancer treatment trial

A multi-national, investigator-initiated and industry-backed clinical trial has been launched to test the efficacy of a ...

October 6, 2022 | Thursday | News
MSD to inject $500M over five years into new manufacturing facility in Singapore

Singapore will soon host a new MSD (Merck & Co., in the U.S. and Canada) secondary packaging facility to support the...

October 5, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Illumina unveils NovaSeq X Series to accelerate human genomic discoveries

Illumina, a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, has launched the NovaSeq™ X Series (Nova...

October 5, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore authorises Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for kids

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has authorised Pfizer’s Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine on 28 September 2022, for t...

September 30, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore-based AIM Biotech launches new system to model human disease

Singapore and US-based startup AIM Biotech has announced the launch of the organiX System, a lab tool to closely model h...

October 4, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Vuno's AI-based solution receives medical device certification from Singapore

South Korean startup VUNO has announced that its artificial intelligence (AI)-based fundus reading solution VUNO Me...

September 30, 2022 | Friday | News
Yourgene Health receives HSA approval for prenatal screening

Yourgene Health, a leading international molecular diagnostics group, has received Health Sciences Authority (HSA) appro...

September 30, 2022 | Friday | News
First Southeast Asian study to advance pulmonary hypertension early detection

MiRXES Pte Ltd, a Singapore-headquartered biotechnology company, has collaborated with National University Hea...

September 30, 2022 | Friday | News
DKSH & LEO Pharma to extend dermatology, thrombosis solutions in Asia

DKSH Business Unit Healthcare, a leading partner for healthcare companies seeking to grow their business in Asia an...

September 29, 2022 | Thursday | News
Bolstering digital healthcare platform adoption in Asia Pacific

On July 25, 2022, Healthcare Triangle, Inc (HCT), a healthcare information technology company focused on cloud innovativ...

September 28, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Biosyngen boosts cell therapy GMP capabilities in Singapore

Singapore-based startup Biosyngen has signed to set up a cell therapy GMP facility which will serve as a base to develop...

September 28, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Metabolon, NTU Singapore collaborate to study disease biomarkers

Metabolon has announced a new partnership with the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) at Nanyang Technologi...

September 27, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Hummingbird Bioscience opens research facilities at Singapore Science Park

Hummingbird Bioscience, a data-driven precision biotherapeutics company discovering and developing transformative biolog...

September 26, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore develops technology for intelligently triaging sepsis patients

Duke-NUS Medical School and TIIM Healthcare, in Singapore, have signed an exclusive IP licensing agreement that will ena...

September 23, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore develops quick test to detect immunity against COVID-19 & variants

A team of scientists from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterpris...

September 22, 2022 | Thursday | News
SCG Cell Therapy to establish research & manufacturing hub in Singapore

Singapore-based SCG Cell Therapy has announced the establishment of a state-of-the-art cell therapy research and manufac...

September 21, 2022 | Wednesday | News
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