Novartis partners with TB alliance

Singapore: Novartis has partnered with Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) for compounds to fight tube...

August 21, 2014 | Thursday | News
NUHS chief gets Singapore President's award

Singapore: Professor John Wong Eu-Li, currently chief executive of National University Health System (NUHS), Isabel Chan...

November 11, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Amgen unveils new plant in Asia

Singapore: US-based Amgen enters the Asian market with its new 'next-generation' biomanufacturing facility in Singapore....

November 24, 2014 | Monday | News
Singapore researchers get access to AstraZeneca drug compounds

Singapore: National Health Innovation Centre (NHIC) of Singapore has partnered with global pharmaceutical company, Astra...

September 4, 2015 | Friday | News
A*STAR, Japanese bank ink partnership

Singapore: Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporat...

August 20, 2014 | Wednesday | News
A*Star monitors drug resistant super bugs in real time

Singapore: Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have developed a technique to precisely monitor an...

March 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
Embryonic stem cells remain a sticky wicket

Dr Shinya Yamanaka and Sir John Gurdon's discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) has given the world an altern...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Urgent need arises for SARS vaccine

Singapore: The World Health Organization (WHO) reported four new cases of SARS-like virus in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, ...

November 29, 2012 | Thursday | News
Dialysis treatment on-the-go

The destiny of AWAK Technologies was defined in 2006 at the International Society of Nephrology in Los Angeles during a ...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
Quintiles acquires Encore Health Resources

Singapore: Global clinical research organization, Quintiles has acquired Encore Health Resources, a health-information a...

July 3, 2014 | Thursday | News
Takeda initiates Ph3 trial for Ixazomib in Asia

Singapore: Takeda Development Center Shanghai (TDC Shanghai) and Takeda Development Center Asia has commenced TOURMALINE...

January 28, 2014 | Tuesday | News
APAC robotic surgery touched $217.4 mn in 2013

Singapore: Asia-Pacific is a hotbed of investment activity owing to the booming economic growth in its emerging countrie...

February 14, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
Shimadzu launches i-series of HPLC system in Singapore

Singapore: Japan-based global analytics technology provider, Shimadzu (Asia Pacific), has launched i-Series of new indus...

August 19, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Scientists discover disease control mechanism

Singapore: A*STAR scientists from the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) and the Singapore Bioimaging Consor...

July 3, 2012 | Tuesday | News
FDA approves Avastin for cervical cancer

Singapore: US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new use for Genentech's Avastin (bevacizumab) to treat p...

August 18, 2014 | Monday | Regulatory
AYOXXA to develop ophthalmic diagnostic tools in Singapore

Singapore: Singapore start-up and Germany-based biotech firm, AYOXXA, has collaborated with Singapore Eye Research Insti...

February 4, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Evolving trends in clinical trial designs

In the current competitive era of drug development, establishing the superiority of a new medical intervention compared ...

October 9, 2014 | Thursday | Opinion
Strategic site selection could help reduce study delays

With surveys indicating that 70 percent of clinical trials across Asia, Europe, Canada and Latin America experience dela...

October 9, 2014 | Thursday | Opinion
Bloomage BioTech, GIC to invest in China

Singapore: Bloomage BioTechnology Corporation ("Bloomage BioTech" or "the Company"; together with its subsidiaries, coll...

November 9, 2015 | Monday | News
Potential replacement for antibiotics found

Singapore: A team of researchers at Nanyang Technology University, Singapore, have developed a new antimicrobial solutio...

May 22, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Molecular painting sparks biologics research

At the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Austria, Dr John Dangerfield and Dr Brian Salmons along with Dr Chri...

August 1, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
Lack of co-operations hinders antibody R&D in Asia

The antibody market has emerged as a hot segment at a time when pharmaceutical companies are facing a drying pipeline of...

October 2, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
Healthcare delivery revolution in APAC

Asian countries face the challenge of wide demographics, resource accessibility and disruptive connection between health...

May 30, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
Singapore stem cell firm initiates for ASX listing

Singapore: On Q Group, changing its name to StemCell United, a Singapore-based biotechnology company headquartered in Au...

July 15, 2015 | Wednesday | News
US diagnostic lab expands in China

Singapore: ACM Global Central Laboratory, US-based diagnostic central laboratory, has expanded in China with the opening...

September 10, 2014 | Wednesday | News