Singapore's Healthtech Start-Up PLANO to support Tech Era to address myopia in Africa

Tech Era, a technology-based social enterprise in Ghana, and Plano Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based healthtech start-up, hav...

September 14, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Enabling digital transformation to redefine ubiquitous access to quality healthcare

Innovations in the industry are, demonstrably, supporting hospitals and healthcare workers in planning for safer and mor...

September 13, 2021 | Monday | Opinion
Singapore brings therapies that stimulate healing in chronic wounds

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), the Skin Research Institute of Singapore (S...

September 9, 2021 | Thursday | News
Cryoviva Singapore expands Cord Blood Banking services to Bahrain

Local family cord blood bank Cryoviva Singapore is continuing with its rapid geographic growth plans with an entry ...

September 8, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore deploys AI for glaucoma screening

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), in collaboration with clinicians at Tan Toc...

September 8, 2021 | Wednesday | News
TIBCO and NUHS improve patient diagnoses with healthcare AI in Singapore

TIBCO Software Inc., a global leader in enterprise data, announced a collaboration with Singapore's National University ...

September 7, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore discovers novel way to study progression of degenerative brain diseases

Tiny brains-in-a-dish that mimic the major pathological features of Parkinson’s disease have been made for the fir...

September 7, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore recommends additional dose of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for seniors, immunocompromised

The Expert Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination (EC19V) in Singapore has been closely reviewing the data regarding the need...

September 6, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore builds 3D model to study cardiovascular diseases

A Singapore team of scientists and clinicians from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Tan T...

September 3, 2021 | Friday | News
TECHINNOVATION Returns from 28 to 30 September 2021

IPI’s flagship event, Techlnnovation returns for its 10th edition as a digital event which will run for 24 hours a...

August 27, 2021 | Friday | News
Researchers statistically demonstrate therapy for cardiac failure

Full results from the landmark EMPEROR-Preserved Phase III trial demonstrated that empagliflozin showed an impressive 21...

September 2, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore's rapid T-cell test tracks immune response to COVID-19

Researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School, together with collaborators from the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (...

September 2, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore-based startup Intellect to scale mental healthcare across Asia

Singapore-based mental health startup Intellect has secured $2.2 million (S$3 million) in Pre-Series A funding. This fol...

September 1, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Cochlear launches World’s smallest off-the-ear implant sound processor in Singapore

Cochlear Limited, the global leader in implantable hearing solutions, launched the Nucleus® Kanso® 2 Sound ...

August 31, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Doctor Anywhere raises S$88 M to deepen Southeast Asia expansion

Doctor Anywhere (DA), a regional tech-led healthcare company headquartered in Singapore, has raised its Series C fi...

August 31, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Chinese Bio-pharma firm to authorize recombinant arthritis biosimilar drug in Singapore

Mabwell (Shanghai) Bioscience Co. Ltd and Singapore's FEGO Biotech Pte Ltd have jointly entered into a co...

August 27, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore explores two classes of potential candidates against drug resistant-TB

Scientists from the Experimental Drug Development Centre (EDDC), the national platform for drug discovery and ...

August 27, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore turns pollen into 3D printing ink for biomedical applications

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found a way to use sunflower pollen to de...

August 26, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (SAPI) elect new President and Vice President

The Singapore Association of Pharmaceutical Industries (SAPI) board of directors has elected Mr Guillermo Frydman (Manag...

August 25, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Rapid hydrogen peroxide-based sterilisation test launches in APAC

US-headquartered Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP) hasannounced that the STERRAD VELOCITY™ Biological Ind...

August 25, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore to enhance national mental health strategy

The COVID-19 Mental Wellness Taskforce (CoMWT), which was convened in October 2020, has completed its review of the psyc...

August 24, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Menarini to commercialize Japanese drug in Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines

Singapore-based Menarini Asia-Pacific Holdings, a part of the leading Italian global biopharmaceutical company Menarini ...

August 23, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore improves affordability of cancer treatment

The Singapore government has accepted the MediShield Life Council’s recommendations to create a list of clinically...

August 20, 2021 | Friday | News
New study at Singapore could underpin a 'dream' vaccine for future outbreaks

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) in Singapore have found that ...

August 19, 2021 | Thursday | News
First-of-its-kind clinical trial network in Asia to fight drug-resistant infections

Wellcome Trust has provided a grant of S$2.5 million to the National University of Singapore (NUS) to establish the Asia...

August 18, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Johnson & Johnson vision to pioneer Integrated eye health ecosystem in Singapore

Johnson & Johnson Vision, a global leader in eye health and part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Compan...

August 17, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore’s NUHS embarks on holomedicine research to enhance medical diagnosis

Singapore's National University Health System (NUHS) has embarked on a research and development programme to explore the...

August 13, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore designs smart fabric as medical support for elderly

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the California Institute of Technology (...

August 12, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore discovers small molecule inhibitors for COVID-19

Currently, the only treatment for COVID-19 approved by the US FDA is Remdesivir, but it has to be administered via intra...

August 11, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Asia Pacific’s radiologists explores AI and telehealth to improve diagnosis

Eight in 10 radiologists in Singapore, Australia and South Korea (80%) believe that artificial intelligence (AI) wi...

August 10, 2021 | Tuesday | Analysis
Singapore's NUH manifest medical miracle by saving world’s smallest premature born infant

Singapore's National University Hospital (NUH) has set a world record by successfully discharging a 14-month-old prematu...

August 7, 2021 | Saturday | News
The "New Normal" - Reimagining healthcare in the post-pandemic world

COVID-19 has caused huge disruptions across industries, including healthcare. Healthcare systems overwhelmed by rising i...

August 6, 2021 | Friday | Opinion
Singapore scientists use AI to extract RNA modifications and functional variations

A team of researchers from Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research’s (A*STAR) Genome Institut...

August 5, 2021 | Thursday | News
APAC sponsors/CROs inclination to innovative and optimized DCT model trial designs

Clinical trials in a drug development process often face multiple hurdles around patient recruitment and management resu...

August 5, 2021 | Thursday | Opinion
Singapore-based startup Plano ties up with Huawei to tackle myopia

Huawei Technologies and Plano have announced their partnership to address the global problem of myopia. Through this par...

August 5, 2021 | Thursday | News
GenScript partners Allozymes to provide smart libraries for precision protein engineering

GenScript Biotech Corporation has collaborated with Allozymes, a synthetic biology company transforming ingred...

August 3, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore launches cPass™ Surrogate Virus Neutralisation Test (sVNT) kit

Singapore has launched a novel serological test "cPass™, or the surrogate virus neutralization test to detect the ...

July 30, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore cord blood bank Cryoviva establishes footprint in the UAE

Family cord blood bank Cryoviva Singapore has made a successful foray into the UAE market in line with its strategic gro...

July 29, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore's MCE invests in India-based MedTel for e-pharmacy business

Catalist-listed Metal Component Engineering Limited ("MCE"), through its subsidiary, Metal Precision Services Pte Ltd, e...

July 29, 2021 | Thursday | News
‘Hard-to-drug targets have become our prime focus’

Hummingbird Bioscience, an innovative clinical-stage biotech company with its APAC headquarter in Singapore, is focused ...

July 29, 2021 | Thursday | Opinion
Singapore to improve health and developmental outcomes of children

The Centre for Holistic Initiatives for Learning and Development (CHILD), established with a generous gift of S$30 milli...

July 29, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore, US assess risk of vascular inflammation for diabetes patients

A team of international scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Tan Tock Seng Hospi...

July 28, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore to issue digital verifiable COVID-19 breath test results

Singapore-based startups Accredify and Breathonix have announced their collaboration to supply an on-site COVID-19 rapid...

July 22, 2021 | Thursday | News
Indonesia to adopt Paspor Sehat as digital health credentials for travel

Knowledge Catalyst, a recognized provider of Digital Health Credentials, also known as HealthCerts in Singapore, an...

July 21, 2021 | Wednesday | News
PLife REIT, IHH Healthcare extend strategic partnership for hospitals in Singapore

Parkway Trust Management, as manager of Parkway Life Real Estate Investment Trust (PLife REIT), one of Asia’s larg...

July 19, 2021 | Monday | News
Product launches by Asian pharma cos can benefit antiviral drug makers in APAC: Graphical Research

    The global antiviral drugs market growth is stimulated by a growing focus toward therapeutic management ...

July 19, 2021 | Monday | News
'SEA and India's clinical diagnostics and life science space witnessing surge' says Everlife

Asia-Pacific holds the massive potential to expand the market by building a unique distribution network across the count...

July 16, 2021 | Friday | Opinion
Singapore's NUS and SUTD to collaborate on innovation and enterprise

The National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Singapore University of Technology & Design (SUTD) signed a Memor...

July 16, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore firms encourage startup community to signify mental wellbeing

Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE), the national advocate for Singapore’s startup ecosystem, partnered wi...

July 15, 2021 | Thursday | Analysis
Hummingbird Bioscience and MD Anderson collaborate to advance innovative immunotherapies

Hummingbird Bioscience, a US and Singapore-based innovative clinical-stage biotech company, and The University of T...

July 13, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Siemens Healthineers, HMI to jointly steer healthcare delivery across SEA

Health Management International (HMI Group) and Siemens Healthineers entered into a 5-year strategic partnership to...

July 12, 2021 | Monday | Opinion
FCGF explores post-COVID opportunities through ASEAN-China collaboration

The FutureChina Global Forum (FCGF) 2021, organised by Business China, a non-profit organization that aims to strengthen...

July 12, 2021 | Monday | News
QuantuMDx launches Q-POC rapid PCR point of care diagnostic system in the UK

QuantuMDx Group Limited, a UK-based developer of transformational point-of-care diagnostics, announces the launch of Q-P...

July 9, 2021 | Friday | News
Kyalio introduces Endo-Laparoscopic VR Surgical Library as a first in Asia

Singapore-based Kyalio and the Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia (ELSA), a leading surgical association with ...

July 8, 2021 | Thursday | News
Academic Medicine Innovation Institute opens in Singapore

Duke-NUS and SingHealth have announced the establishment of the Academic Medicine Innovation Institute (AMII). The new I...

July 7, 2021 | Wednesday | News
SE Asia's Austrianova secures significant investment from Japan's Real Tech Fund

Austrianova (the SG Austria group, Austrianova Singapore and Austrianova Thailand) announced that Real Tech Fund (m...

July 7, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore explores mindfulness-based sleep therapy to treat insomnia

Researchers from the Centre for Sleep and Cognition at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine found mindfulness-based t...

July 6, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore set to revolutionise heart valve surgery with personalised implant

A naturally-designed human-like personalised heart valve bioprosthesis developed by a team of clinician-scientists from ...

July 6, 2021 | Tuesday | News
TVM Capital Healthcare strengthens its leadership in Southeast Asia regions

TVM Capital Healthcare, a global specialist healthcare private equity firm operating in emerging markets, announced that...

July 5, 2021 | Monday | News
"Testing for new COVID-19 cases will now be a regular aspect of life in Singapore"

Advanced MedTech Holdings (AMTH), a global medical technology leader, has co-founded a Singapore-based venture, AbAsia B...

July 5, 2021 | Monday | Opinion
Singapore's Everlife Holdings appoints Ramesh Subrahmanian as Board of Directors

Everlife Holdings Pte. Ltd., a leading manufacturer and distributor of medical devices and laboratory equipment and cons...

July 2, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore prepares for future pandemics with hi-tech diagnostic lab

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Pathnova Laboratories, a medical diagnostic company back...

July 2, 2021 | Friday | News
National University Heart Centre, Singapore (NUHCS) announces leadership changes

Singapore's NUHCS announced that Professor Tan Huay Cheem will be relinquishing his role as Director of the Nationa...

July 1, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore focuses on immunosuppressive drug-resistant anti-cancer T-cells

Lion TCR, a Singapore biotechnology company, has signed an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with Duke-NUS Medical...

July 1, 2021 | Thursday | News
P&G launches health and hygiene institute in Singapore

Procter & Gamble, a leading fast-moving consumer goods company, on June 30, 2021, launched the Health and ...

June 30, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore to purchase Monoclonal Ab from GSK and Vir Bio to treat COVID-19

GlaxoSmithKline Singapore and Vir Biotechnology on June 30, 2021, announced an agreement with the Government of Singapor...

June 30, 2021 | Wednesday | News
World's first global hygiene summit to take place in Singapore in 2022

Established towards the end of 2020 with the mission of enabling and accelerating a portfolio of hygiene scien...

June 30, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Gut microbe secreted molecule linked to formation of new nerve cells in adult brain

The billions of microbes living in your gut could play a key role in supporting the formation of new nerve cells in the ...

June 29, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Experts suggest expediting life-course immunization in SEA to promote healthy aging

The EU-ASEAN Business Council, KPMG in Singapore, and Sanofi, with the support of the Western Pacific Pharmaceutical For...

June 29, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops malaria test kit that delivers results in 30 mins

A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a test kit for ...

June 29, 2021 | Tuesday | News
P&G launches its first BabyCare Innovation Lab at Singapore Innovation Centre

Procter & Gamble on June 28, 2021, announced the expansion of its research and development capabilities for its...

June 28, 2021 | Monday | News
Waters collaborates with Singapore’s Bioprocessing Technology Institute

Waters Corporation has announced an expansion of its joint work with the Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI), a res...

June 28, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore accelerates national vaccination programme

Singapore is accelerating its national vaccination programme, as it has been able to bring forward the delivery of the v...

June 25, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore-Based MedTech startup converts cashew waste into an organic anti-microbe solution

Singapore-based medtech startup N&E Innovations has partnered with Intersnack Group, a leading savory snacks produce...

June 22, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Avantor recognized for advancing biopharmaceutical manufacturing and enabling efficiencies in upstream processes

Avantor, a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the life sciences and advan...

June 25, 2021 | Friday | News
Shimadzu launches world’s first of its kind lab business intelligence application

Shimadzu (Asia Pacific)’s Software Development Centre (SDC) in Singapore has launched words-first comprehensive we...

June 24, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore stresses on fertility preservation for reproductive-age female cancer patients

Farrer Park Hospital has announced its collaboration with Sincere Healthcare Group (SHG) and Icon Cancer Centre Sin...

June 23, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Global study by 3M unravels Singapore's hope and image of science

More than one year into the pandemic, the power of science has brought hope to Singapore and the world, and trust in sci...

June 22, 2021 | Tuesday | Analysis
Laser Clinics inks deal with Singapore's Privé Clinic

Laser Clinics has expanded its global network by entering a partnership with Singapore-based Privé Clinic. The ne...

June 22, 2021 | Tuesday | News
MedTech Innovator Announces 20 Premier Startups for Annual Asia Pacific Accelerator

MedTech Innovator, the largest accelerator of medical device companies in the world, in partnership with Asia Pacif...

June 22, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore suggests doxycycline can help prevent complications of 'Long TB'

In pulmonary tuberculosis (TB), the most common form of active TB disease, the Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria cause...

June 22, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Boehringer Ingelheim invests in a Singapore firm to progress gene therapy for cardiomyopathy

Boehringer Ingelheim has announced its investment in Nuevocor to accelerate the preclinical development of an adeno-asso...

June 18, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore discovers novel approach to liver recovery after paracetamol toxicity

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School and National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS), in collaboration with colleagues in Si...

June 21, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore advances ASEAN COVID-19 research collaboration

Singapore Minister of State, Ministry of Trade and Industry Alvin Tan and Deputy Chief Executive (Research) of A*STAR Pr...

June 18, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore's Genesis rapidly expands surgical device portfolio

Genesis MedTech Group, headquartered in Singapore, has completed the acquisition of Horcon, a China-based suture co...

June 18, 2021 | Friday | News
Ultrasensitive pressure sensors pave way for robot skin in Singapore

Researchers from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have invented a pressure sensor that c...

June 17, 2021 | Thursday | News
Avery Dennison to reinforce India's position for the next phase of growth in Asia Pacific

Avery Dennison, a global materials science and manufacturing company, announced two key appointments for its Label ...

June 17, 2021 | Thursday | News
Medidata extends a secure platform for Decentralization of Clinical Trials (DCT)

Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, announced the launch of the Medidata Decentralized Clinical Trials (D...

June 16, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's MoH grants $10 M for brain tumour research

A team of researchers from National Neuroscience Institute (NNI), National University of Singapore (NUS) and Duke-NUS Me...

June 15, 2021 | Tuesday | News
DIA-CoRE Singapore Annual Meeting to launch virtually on 7&8 July 2021

The 2021 DIA-CoRE Singapore Annual Meeting is all set to kick start virtually on 7 & 8 July 2021. The event is theme...

June 14, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore reviews occurrence of myocarditis and pericarditis in post-covid vaccination

The Expert Committee at Singapore government has been closely monitoring international reports that the second dose of m...

June 14, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore authorises four COVID-19 antigen rapid test self-use kits

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has granted interim authorisation for the following four antigen rapid ...

June 11, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore engineers devise a single source to re-charge multiple wearable devices

Advancements in wearable technology in the healthcare setting include devices such as wearable injectors, electrocardiog...

June 11, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore-UK team to develop a novel device to reduce Chemotherapy side effects

A team of clinicians and scientists from the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (NCIS) at the National Univ...

June 10, 2021 | Thursday | News
NTU Singapore designs reusable nanotech mask to block germs, particles

Materials scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) have developed a reusable “nanotec...

June 10, 2021 | Thursday | News
SAS delivers free analytics training for COVID researchers

Analytics leader SAS is increasing its support of COVID researchers through new, free analytics training options. A year...

June 9, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore develops world-first blood test to monitor cancer treatment success

Cancer patients who are undergoing targeted therapy can look forward to a new blood test that could tell their doctors w...

June 9, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore develops rapid, accurate method for detecting viruses

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

June 8, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Cytiva opens learning lab in Singapore to strengthen local biopharma ecosystem

Cytiva, a global life sciences leader, opens an experience and learning lab in Singapore to strengthen the cou...

June 8, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Is Singapore ready to become a global hub for biopharma?

Perhaps even more significant is how important the industry has proven to be to national security, with the comparative ...

June 8, 2021 | Tuesday | Opinion

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