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
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