Singapore deepens interest in dengue virus transmission

Software-analysed high-resolution videos have revealed that dengue-infected mosquitos are more attracted to mammals and ...

January 17, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore welcomes first HSA-registered e-pharmacy, WellAway by Hyphens Pharma

Hyphens Pharma International Limited, Singapore’s leading specialty pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare group, ...

January 13, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore's SCG Cell Therapy acquires technology from A*STAR for novel cancer treatment

Singapore-based SCG Cell Therapy has acquired the rights to human “induced pluripotent stem cell” ...

January 13, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore's ConnectedHealth launches Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus care digital health system

Singapore-based digital health company ConnectedHealth has launched SugoSure, a digital health system supporting care fo...

January 13, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore-based JN Medsys develops PCR test kit for Omicron detection

Singapore-based biotech firm JN Medsys has developed a new PCR kit that detects for SARS-CoV-2 and identifies if the Omi...

January 13, 2022 | Thursday | News
Medical education in Singapore goes ‘Holographic’ with mixed reality from Microsoft

From April 2022, medical and nursing students at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in Singapore will be using three-di...

January 12, 2022 | Wednesday | News
GSK Singapore launches Shingrix vaccine against shingles (herpes zoster)

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Singapore has launched a new vaccine to help protect against shingles, Shingrix, in...

January 10, 2022 | Monday | News
US-based Allay Therapeutics expands operations in Singapore

Allay Therapeutics, a US-based clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering ultra-sustained analgesic products to tra...

January 7, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore recommends booster dose at no later than 9 months

The Expert Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination (EC19V) in Singapore recommends that all vaccinated persons aged 18 years a...

January 6, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore sets stringent regulations for COVID-19 test kits for professional use

With effect from 1 January 2022, only COVID-19 tests that have received full-fledged registration with Singapore's Healt...

January 5, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore inks MoU with Russia for research opportunities

National University of Singapore (NUS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Russia’s Skolkovo Insti...

December 24, 2021 | Friday | News
One antibody to neutralise both Zika & Dengue viruses in different ways: Singapore study

A research team from the Department of Biological Sciences and the Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singa...

December 21, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops algorithm to assess immunotherapy benefit in stomach cancer patients

Recent clinical studies indicate that patients with stomach cancer treated with a combination of immunotherapy and chemo...

December 20, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore establishes pancreas transplantation service as national programme

With the approval by the Ministry of Health (Singapore) for the pancreas transplantation service as a national programme...

December 17, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore deploys 3D printing to make knee brace for elderly

A lighter, yet more robust knee brace for the elderly who suffer from knee problems has been developed locally by Singap...

December 16, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore explores link between Zika virus infection and birth defects

The Zika virus shunts carbon atoms away from the important glucose metabolism pathway in infected foetuses, leading to a...

December 15, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore identifies new bacteria to better understand infections

  Singapore scientists have identified and named a new species of bacteria, Staphylococcus singaporensis sp.nov, n...

December 14, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore extends use of Pfizer vaccine for children of age 5 to 11

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has extended the authorisation of Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer-...

December 13, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore develops anti-coagulant drugs from tick parasite

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a series of thrombin inhibitors to b...

December 10, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore develops COVID-19 saliva amplified antigen rapid test

A potentially game-changing Antigen Rapid Test (ART) technology to diagnose COVID-19 has been developed by scientists in...

December 9, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore reveals why chemotherapy fails for some blood cancer patients

Mutations in a crucial gene are the key reason that chemotherapy fails in some patients with blood cancer, a study by Na...

December 8, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore secures additional supply of mAb sotrovimab for COVID-19 treatment

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Singapore has announced an agreement with the Government of Singapore to supply additional doses o...

December 7, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Hilleman Lab establishes a pilot manufacturing facility for vaccine development in Singapore

Hilleman Laboratories, an organisation with a mission to develop affordable vaccines and biologics against infectious di...

December 7, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's Delta launches UV light disinfection series against bacteria and viruses

Singapore's Delta Electronics Int’l, has found an effective disinfectant way to inactivate viruses and b...

December 7, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore launches supercomputer resource to support national AI Healthcare Initiatives

On Dec 3rd, 2021, Singapore's NSCC (National Supercomputing Centre Singapore) and NUHS (National University Health Syste...

December 3, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore start-up uses a realistic 4D model of human skin as an alternative to animal testing

Singapore start-up Revivo BioSystems receives investment from German specialty chemicals company Evonik supporting the d...

December 2, 2021 | Thursday | News
Tackling onerousness drug development process through cost-effective genomic analysis platforms

The limitations of the existing drug discovery paradigm reveals that there are still no effective prevention or real cur...

December 2, 2021 | Thursday | Opinion
New study in Singapore provides fundamentals of memory formation

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered that the little-known CA2 hippocampal, a small...

December 1, 2021 | Wednesday | News
NUHS Builds AI Production Platform Using NVIDIA DGX A100 For Better Healthcare Predictions

NVIDIA today announced that National University Health System (NUHS) has built an AI production platform based on an NVI...

December 1, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore finds new insights on sexual dysfunction among midlife women

A large-scale study led by the National University Health System (NUHS) on sexual activity in midlife women in Singapore...

November 30, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Data-driven population health management in Asia-Pacific

Asia Pacific faces a growing prevalence of chronic diseases, or non-communicable diseases (NCDs), prompted by ...

November 29, 2021 | Monday | Opinion
Global pharma industry convenes at Shimadzu 8th Global Pharma Summit 2021

The Shimadzu 8th Global Pharma Summit 2021, the global flagship pharma event of Shimadzu was organized on...

November 30, 2021 | Tuesday | Influencers
Gilead Sciences releases grants worth $1.5 M to help end HIV epidemic in APAC

US-based Gilead Sciences has announced the recipients of its 2021 Gilead Asia Pacific (APAC) Rainbow Grant, a regional g...

November 29, 2021 | Monday | News
Mapping The Future of Healthcare: Role of Big Data and Technology

Special Ministerial Conference for ASEAN Digital Public Health A special Ministerial Conference was held in October 202...

November 29, 2021 | Monday | Opinion
Singapore links increasing air pollution to rise of particular lung cancer

An international team of scientists, led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has linked incr...

November 25, 2021 | Thursday | News
Philips Foundation announces partnership with Singapore Heart Foundation

Philips Foundation, with its mission to provide access to quality healthcare for disadvantaged communities through innov...

November 23, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops wound infection sensor based on DNA hydrogel

A team of researchers in Singapore has reported a flexible, wireless, and battery-free sensor that provides smartphone-b...

November 22, 2021 | Monday | News
Holistic drug development strategy improves probability of success in oncology therapeutics

AUM Biosciences is a global clinical-stage biotech company, focused on discovering and developing novel target...

November 22, 2021 | Monday | Opinion
Singapore launches first 3D-printing point-of-care lab

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has launched a 3D Printing Point of Care collaboration within the National Uni...

November 19, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore inks MoU with Chile for ageing issues

Singapore Minister for Health, Ong Ye Kung, and Chile Minister of Social Development and Family, Dr Karla Rubilar, have ...

November 17, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Overcoming Cloud Networking Challenges: Building secure foundation for Pharmaceuticals

In recent years there has been an explosion of cloud connectivity options, including a variety of private cloud, public ...

November 16, 2021 | Tuesday | Opinion
Labcorp strengthens bioanalytical services in Asia-Pacific

Labcorp, based in the US, has announced the expansion of its global offerings and its footprint in the As...

November 15, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore develops new glaucoma implant that reduces eye pressure

A new glaucoma implant developed by a National University Health System team in Singapore reduces patients’ eye pr...

November 12, 2021 | Friday | News
AstraZeneca, Lucence offer new hope to ovarian cancer patients in South-East Asia

AstraZeneca Singapore and Lucence have entered into an agreement to provide improved access to Homologous Recombination ...

November 10, 2021 | Wednesday | News
SingHealth and SGInnovate partner to advance health science innovations in Singapore

Singapore's SingHealth and SGInnovate announced a three-year partnership to build and scale up health science innovation...

November 9, 2021 | Tuesday | News
1st APAC Bioprocessing Symposium is here!

And it’s happening on 16, 17 and 18 November from 13:00 - 16:30 hrs. SGT Your Time: 10:30 - 13:00 hrs. (Asia/Ca...

November 8, 2021 | Monday | News
Singaporean startup designs unique LED disinfection solutions

Singapore-based Ecosparks has designed a first-of-its-kind LED UV-C Air Disinfection Solution capable of killing the COV...

November 8, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore suggests new treatment option for aggressive forms of breast cancer

Researchers from the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in Singapore have discovered that combining one of the most wid...

November 5, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore assembles world’s largest and highest-resolution atlas of gastric cancer

Scientists in Singapore have assembled the world’s largest and highest-resolution atlas of gastric cancer, a leadi...

November 2, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab opens in Singapore

AMD and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), with the support of the Singapore Economic Developm...

November 1, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore explores use of novel respiratory monitor to detect lung sound abnormalities

Aevice Health, Singapore-based MedTech company dedicated to improving the lives of 545 million people with chronic respi...

October 29, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore creates device that uses ‘light tweezers’ to trap viruses

A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has created a laser-powered devi...

October 27, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore announces first co-working medical space

Singapore Medical Group (SMG), a regional multi-disciplinary specialist healthcare services provider and Aurum Land, a s...

October 28, 2021 | Thursday | News
10x Genomics opens manufacturing and commercial hub in Singapore

US-based 10x Genomics has marked a major Asia Pacific (APAC) expansion with the grand opening celebration of i...

October 26, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore grants interim authorisation for Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has granted an interim authorisation under the Pandemic Special Access ...

October 25, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore develops wearable sensor to detect multiple chronic wound biomarkers

A research team led by Professor Lim Chwee Teck from the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Department ...

October 22, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore embarks on first-of-its-kind collaboration for pilot health district

The Housing & Development Board (HDB), the National University Health System (NUHS) and the National University of S...

October 20, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Global leaders to foster best practice osteoporosis care in the Asia Pacific

More than 50 percent of the world’s hip fractures are expected to occur in the Asia Pacific by the year 2050. In a...

October 20, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore performs first-in-man trial for vision repair using regenerative therapy

With the advent of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) and embryonic stem cell (ESC) technology, regenerative stem cell...

October 19, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Medtronic launches Open Innovation Platform for healthcare in Singapore

Medtronic plc has announced the launch of the Medtronic Open Innovation Platform (OIP) in Singapore. The OIP will b...

October 18, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore explores cost-effective method to reduce dengue

A team of experts led by the National Environment Agency in Singapore has suggested that dengue could be suppressed...

October 15, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore to revolutionise therapeutics for cancer & infectious diseases

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School have partnered with Singapore biotechnology company Xylonix ...

October 14, 2021 | Thursday | News
The UK approves umbilical cord lining stem cell therapy by a Singapore firm

Singapore's CellResearch Corporation (CRC) has received an ‘Innovation Passport’ for its stem cell therapy C...

October 13, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's Ngee Ann Polytechnic launches Robotics Research & Innovation Centre (RRIC)

Singapore's Ngee Ann Polytechnic launches Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s (NP) Robotics Research & Innovation Centre (R...

October 13, 2021 | Wednesday | News
AUM Biosciences raises $27M “Series A” fund to advance precision cancer therapies

Singapore's AUM Biosciences (AUM) has completed of $27 million series A funding round to develop a drug pipeline focused...

October 13, 2021 | Wednesday | News
International study reveals the future landscape of Breast Cancer treatment

HER2+ metastatic breast cancer (HER2+ mBC) is an aggressive type of breast cancer with poor prognosis. Whilst various ta...

October 13, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore-US to develop cellular therapeutics for age-related diseases

RxCell, a US-based biotechnology company focused on therapeutic applications of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), t...

October 12, 2021 | Tuesday | News
EU-ABC forges trade, commerce and investment between Europe and ASEAN region

The EU-ASEAN Business Council (EU-ABC), a primary and sole voice for European business in the ASEAN region, enhances&nbs...

October 29, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore recommends booster dose of mRNA vaccine for healthcare workers

The Expert Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination (EC19V) in Singapore recommends that the healthcare and frontline workers; ...

October 11, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore uses indoor air sampling surveillance to sniff out COVID-19

A team of scientists and doctors from the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) at Nanya...

October 8, 2021 | Friday | News
"The future of patient care could potentially be on a completely remote basis"

BioSpectrum Asia spoke to Benjamin Low, Vice-President, Asia Pacific, Milestone Systems, on how Singapore and APAC can m...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | Opinion
EVYD Technology launches community platform to empower scientific policymaking for public health

EVYD Knowledge Hub by EVYD Technology announced the launch of Day Two of the Special Ministerial Conferen...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | Influencers
"IVF genetic testing to prevent birth defects in older women"

With an increasing trend of late motherhood, many women across Asia and worldwide are choosing to postpone childbea...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | Opinion
Singapore scientists discover a novel strategy to tame aggressive breast cancer

A team of clinicians and scientists from the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), Singapore General Hospital (SGH) a...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
CellVec to strengthen manufacturing and supply capacity of lentiviral vectors

Southeast Asia’s first GMP-compliant CDMO for viral vector manufacturing CellVec Pte Ltd has entered a strate...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore to strengthen biopharma sector with new vaccine facility

To boost Singapore’s biopharmaceutical sector, Australia-based Lendlease is commencing construction of a large-sca...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore highlights 'screen time' as risk factor for myopia in children

A major global study linking the use of digital smart devices (smartphones and tablets) with myopia in childre...

October 6, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore opens third unit under National University Polyclinics

Built over three years, Bukit Panjang Polyclinic has been officially opened by the Minister for Health, Ong Ye Kung toda...

October 4, 2021 | Monday | News
Securing interoperability from cyber threats in healthcare organisations

As hospitals and healthcare ecosystems continue to grow in sise and complexity, adopting digitised operation models is i...

October 1, 2021 | Friday | Opinion
TechInnovation 2021: Collaboration, Innovation, and Sustainability at entrepreneurship

  TechInnovation 2021, IPI’s flagship technology matching event, was held as a fully digital ...

September 30, 2021 | Thursday | Company results
Healthcare leaders convene to empower women in digital health across APAC

On the occasion of World Contraception Day, healthcare professionals, policymakers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs...

September 30, 2021 | Thursday | Analysis
Singapore opens joint lab to understand role of microbes for skin health

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and L’Oréal Singapore have launched a new joint...

September 29, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore approves an innovative medication for patients with high cholesterol

Singapore has approved Leqvio® (inclisiran) from Novartis for the treatment of adults with hypercholesterolemia...

September 29, 2021 | Wednesday | News
AstraZeneca revolutionizes health experiences through unique partnerships

The first of two AstraZeneca events with Slush brought together global health tech innovators and diverse patient perspe...

September 27, 2021 | Monday | Company results
Experts unravels the future of connected healthcare in Southeast Asia

Digital-first patient services and experiences are paving the way to Southeast Asia’s future healthcare landscape,...

September 23, 2021 | Thursday | Analysis
Livinguard develops antiviral and antibacterial masks

Livinguard, a Swiss-based company has developed protective face masks with antiviral and antibacterial properties. ...

September 23, 2021 | Thursday | News
Takeda invests $14 M to expand first ‘Zero Carbon Emissions’ biotech unit in Singapore

Takeda Pharmaceutical building is preparing to follow the Singapore Green Mark Zero Energy certification scheme fir...

September 24, 2021 | Friday | News
Asia Pacific MedTech Forum 2021: Health Futures by 2025

The seventh annual medical technological forum held by the Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed) is all ...

September 23, 2021 | Thursday | News
Life Science Incubator launched at the German Center Singapore

An official launch of the "Life Science Incubator" was held on 22 September 2021, at German Center Singap...

September 23, 2021 | Thursday | News
APAC study reveals impact of COVID-19 on hepatocellular carcinoma management

The COVID-19 pandemic has altered healthcare priorities which may adversely impact cancer management. A recent study by ...

September 23, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore approves new therapy to treat advanced small cell lung cancer

Patients in Singapore with an aggressive form of lung cancer (metastatic small cell lung cancer) can now acces...

September 22, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore deploys vending machines to distribute antigen rapid test kits

The Ministry of Health (MOH) in Singapore is deploying 100 vending machines across 56 locations islandwide, for distribu...

September 20, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore explores cognitive dysfunction of lupus patients

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tiss...

September 17, 2021 | Friday | News
EU-ASEAN Health Summit explores emerging trends in the healthcare industry

The EU-ASEAN Business Council (EU-ABC), the primary voice for European business interests in ASEAN, held its i...

September 15, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Astrea Bioseparations makes critical infrastructure investments in Cambridge, UK and Singapore

The investments include an expansion of the company’s research and development facility in Cambridge, United Kingd...

September 17, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore approves brand names for Pfizer & Moderna COVID-19 vaccines

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has approved the application by Pfizer to introduce the branded version...

September 16, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore receives extra 101,000 doses of SINOVAC COVID-19 vaccines (CoronaVac®)

SINOVAC Biotech Ltd. is supplying 101,000 doses of the inactivated COVID-19 vaccine (CoronaVac®), to Singapore. ...

September 15, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore designs computer model to reduce COVID-19 infections and deaths

A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a predictive compute...

September 15, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's iGene Laboratory donates 25,000 SARS-CoV-2 PCR Kits to Indonesia

Singapore's iGene Laboratory Pte. Ltd donates 25,000 SARS-CoV-2 PCR Kits to Indonesia to assist the gover...

September 15, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore develops software to connect RNA modifications with tumour formation

A team of researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singa...

September 14, 2021 | Tuesday | News

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