Healthcare in the post-COVID era: accessible, rapid and tech-driven

The permanent shift in consumer preferences, rising expectations for enhanced customer experiences (CX) and digital tran...

March 7, 2022 | Monday | Opinion
Nvidia teams with NSCC, SingHealth to Advance Singaporean HPC, Medicine

Singapore has worked hard to make its mark in the supercomputing world, predominantly through its National Supercomputin...

March 7, 2022 | Monday | News
Bayer unveils guideline for diagnosis and early management for Endometriosis in Asia

In the lead-up to Endometriosis Awareness Month, Bayer, together with clinical experts across the region, has unvei...

March 4, 2022 | Friday | Influencers
Asian real-world data critical for global life science research

Swiss firm BC Platforms (BCP), has announced expansion of its R&D operations in Singapore, which spearhead...

March 3, 2022 | Thursday | News
Intellect offers free access to healthcare workers

Singapore-based mental health platform Intellect is providing three-month premium access to healthcare workers in S...

March 3, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore's Singtel unveils Paragon platform for 5G network, edge computing and services orchestration

Singtel (Singapore Telecommunications Limited) on 22 Feb 2022 launched Paragon, a revolutionary platform that enables en...

February 22, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore grants interim authorisation for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

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

February 18, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore discovers unique lysin capable of killing deadly multi drug-resistant bacteria

Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-M...

February 17, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore finds why Alzheimer’s disease females face faster memory decline

A joint study by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and National University of Singapore (NUS) ...

February 16, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore develops method for creating promising new sulphur-based medicines

A key technical challenge in creating new sulphur-based medicines has been overcome by scientists at Nanyang Techno...

February 15, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Asia Healthcare Holdings secures $170 M from Singapore’s GIC

Asia Healthcare Holdings (AHH), a platform backed by TPG Growth, has raised $170 million from Singapore-based sovereign ...

February 14, 2022 | Monday | News
Zimmer Biomet drives robotics and medical technology transformation in Singapore

US-based Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. has announced the opening of the ZBEdge Customer Experience Centre (CEC), a unique...

February 11, 2022 | Friday | News
GenScript strengthens manufacturing capability with new facility in Singapore

GenScript Biotech Corporation has announced the opening of a new facility for highly automated protein and gene pr...

February 10, 2022 | Thursday | News
Coloplast launches novel technology for stoma care in Singapore

Coloplast launches its latest product innovation, the SenSura® Mio in Singapore this year. ...

February 9, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore-based Genesis MedTech creates new structural heart franchise

Singapore-based Genesis MedTech Group has completed the acquisition of JC Medical (JCM), a  structural heart compan...

February 7, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore offers scalp cooling therapy to counter chemo side effects

The National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS) at the National University Hospital (NUH) is now offering sca...

January 31, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore enhances medical advice and treatments for colorectal & general surgery

Advanced Colorectal and General Surgery in Singapore has recently launched a new website to provide honest and tran...

January 28, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore approves INDICAID COVID-19 rapid antigen test as self-test

PHASE Scientific International LTD has announced that its INDICAID™ COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test&nbs...

January 27, 2022 | Thursday | News
Agilent and A*STAR’s SIFBI inks research collaboration to advance Singapore Agri-Food Industry

Agilent Technologies Inc. has signed a Research Collaboration Agreement (RCA) with the Singapore Institute of ...

January 27, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore develops new therapeutic approach to treat metabolic disorders

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new therapeutic approach to o...

January 25, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Intellect closes $10M Series A to scale mental healthcare across Asia

Asia’s largest and fastest-growing mental health startup, Intellect, announced the closing of $10 million in Serie...

January 25, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore explores use of wearables to help detect depression

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

January 24, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore leverages serious games and simulation in healthcare education

Dr Koh Poh Koon, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Health & Ministry of Manpower has unveiled the new SingHealth...

January 21, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore finds link between hearing, vision loss and mortality

A team from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) has found that pe...

January 20, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore enhances support to people with disabilities

The Seniors’ Mobility and Enabling Fund (SMF) and Assistive Technology Fund (ATF) in Singapore will be enhanced to...

January 19, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore finds antibody capable of neutralising major SARS-CoV2 variants of concern

In a study jointly conducted by the Bio-Safety Level 3 (BSL3) Core Facility at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (...

January 18, 2022 | Tuesday | News
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