Singapore's Temasek raises awarenes on 'First 1,000 Days of Maternal and Child Wellness'

The first 1,000 days of life is a critical window that holds opportunities for strong foundations to be established towa...

June 7, 2021 | Monday | News
SPAG strengthens position as a leader in APAC Healthcare start-up communications

Singapore-headquartered public relations and communications firm, SPAG, announced its achievements in the start-up secto...

June 7, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore reviews safety of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for people with anaphylaxis

The Expert Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination (EC19V) at Singapore recommends extending the use of the mRNA COVID-19 vacc...

June 7, 2021 | Monday | News
Vela Diagnostics, NCCS to refine novel cancer therapy in Singapore

Vela Diagnostics has announced a collaboration with the National Cancer Centre of Singapore (NCCS) to develop ...

June 4, 2021 | Friday | News
Countries, health partners discuss efforts to curb COVID-19 in WHO South-East Asia Region

The World Health Organization convened a meeting of member countries and health partners to discuss the strengthening of...

June 3, 2021 | Thursday | News
Organon Women’s Health Company launches Asia Pacific HQ in Singapore

Organon on June 3, 2021, launched the only global company focused on women’s health in Singapore. The company...

June 3, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore launches AbAsia to secure local supply of COVID-19 kits reagents

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

June 3, 2021 | Thursday | News
European healthcare mobile app Epillo expands to Asia

Europes' Epillo Health Systems. a unique integrated mobile application for patients, electronic Health record (EHR) syst...

June 2, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore finds way to automate production of pharma compounds

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a way to automate the production of ...

June 2, 2021 | Wednesday | News
AVATAMED, A*STAR open joint lab for precision oncology services in Singapore

AVATAMED, a precision medicine service company based in Singapore, has announced the setting up of a joint lab with...

June 1, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore discovers way to predict chemotherapy resistance

Ovarian cancer is usually treated with platinum-based chemotherapy; however, a significant number of patients are resist...

May 31, 2021 | Monday | News
Zimmer Biomet's ROSA Knee System recognized for Orthopaedic innovation

Zimmer Biomet, a global leader in musculoskeletal healthcare, announced that Zimmer Biomet's ROSA Knee was awarded the O...

May 28, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore develops new biomaterial to aid in bone repair

A research team at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore has developed a new biomaterial to ...

May 28, 2021 | Friday | News
Largest private fundraising round by Asia-based life sciences firm

Singapore-based Esco Lifesciences has announced the close of an over-subscribed $200 million Series A and Cros...

May 27, 2021 | Thursday | News
IFC and Mitsui to invest US$60M in Singapore-based MiCare Health Technologies

MiCare HealthTEC Holdings Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of Zuellig Pharma and a leading medical claims ...

May 27, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore approves new storage condition for Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has approved the new storage condition for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19...

May 26, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Driving medical and clinical resource optimization strategy in APAC healthcare

The gushing impact of the pandemic is strengthening medical/clinical research analytics through digital transformation. ...

May 25, 2021 | Tuesday | Opinion
Hummingbird Bioscience raises US$125 Million with international biotech investors

Hummingbird Bioscience, an innovative clinical-stage biotech company focused on developing precision therapies against h...

May 25, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore opens new centre to advance regenerative medicine

The SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) has announced the launch of a research institute and disease centr...

May 25, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore provisionally approves breath test to detect COVID-19

An easy-to-use breath test that can accurately detect COVID-19 within a minute has received provisional authorisation fr...

May 24, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore proposes new holistic way of understanding infections

An international research team led by NTU Singapore has proposed a new holistic way of understanding infection...

May 21, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore extends use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to adolescents

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) at Singapore has extended the authorisation of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for ...

May 19, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Surgery may lower mortality rate for obese adults: Singapore study

Adults with severe obesity who undergo metabolic-bariatric surgery (MBS) to lose weight, may have substantially lower mo...

May 14, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore creates intelligent material for delivering drugs within body

Researchers from the Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) ha...

May 13, 2021 | Thursday | News
ERS Genomics and GenScript sign CRISPR/Cas9 license agreement

ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property co-...

May 12, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore, India partnership yield novel blood-based cancer diagnostic tool

Singapore based Tzar Labs, in collaboration with Indian firm Epigeneres Biotechnology, has developed a novel blood ...

May 12, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore advances stem cell technology to first-in-man clinical trial

Institutes and centres under the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) are joining hands together with Singa...

May 11, 2021 | Tuesday | News
BioNTech to establish first South East Asia HQ in Singapore

German firm BioNTech has announced plans to expand its global footprint to Asia with the establishment of its Regional H...

May 10, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore invents advanced assisted reproduction for women with PCOS

The first births and ongoing well-being of babies born from an advanced assisted reproduction process called CAPA in...

May 10, 2021 | Monday | News
The Biofactory to augment enhanced care facilities in Singapore hospitals

The Biofactory has signed a master supply and servicing agreement with ALPS Pte. Ltd, the public healthcare supply chain...

May 7, 2021 | Friday | News
Veeva OpenData expands into Singapore to empower Pharma companies

Veeva Systems on May 5, 2021 announced that Veeva OpenData, which provides trusted customer reference data to ...

May 7, 2021 | Friday | News
A*STAR, Hummingbird Bio announce partnership for cancer immunotherapy in Singapore

The Experimental Drug Development Centre (EDDC), Singapore’s national platform for drug discovery and development ...

May 7, 2021 | Friday | News
Philips’ Health Index indicates Singapore’s ambitions for digital transformation

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, on May 5, 2021, announced the publication of its Fut...

May 6, 2021 | Thursday | Analysis
Singapore conducts landmark study for early detection of liver cancer

A first of its kind cohort study on patients at high risk of developing primary liver cancer also known as hepatocellula...

May 6, 2021 | Thursday | News
SESTO Robotics expands to Europe, targeting Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Singapore’s leading autonomous mobile robot company SESTO Robotics (SESTO) has expanded to Europe, partnering with...

May 6, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore introduces pre-implantation genetic testing as clinical service

To continue safeguarding patient safety and ensuring appropriate standards of care, the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Sing...

May 5, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Merck to commercialize Type 2 Diabetes drug in six growth markets

Merck has signed a collaboration agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals NV around the commercialization of INVOKANA...

May 4, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Advanced Clinical expands into APAC with new Singapore office

Advanced Clinical, a global clinical research services organization, has announced that the company’s global expan...

May 4, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops electrifying way to seal tears, holes in blood vessels

A team of researchers led by NTU Singapore has developed a device that offers a quicker and less invasive way to seal te...

May 3, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore initiates new models of care for diabetic foot ulcers and bedsores in elderly

Chronic wounds among patients with diabetic foot ulcers and bedsores leeds to longer hospital stays. This increases...

April 29, 2021 | Thursday | Opinion
Singapore researchers create a sensor device to detect wound bleeding

Changi General Hospital (CGH) and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) have developed the Blood WArn...

April 29, 2021 | Thursday | News
Zuellig Pharma partners with Moderna to supply COVID-19 vaccine in Asia

Zuellig Pharma, a Singapore based healthcare services provider in Asia, and Moderna, Inc., a US based biotechnology...

April 29, 2021 | Thursday | News
Genesis MedTech to launch novel Laparoscopic technology in China and Singapore

Genesis MedTech has entered a strategic distribution agreement with LivsMed, a medical device company that brings g...

April 28, 2021 | Wednesday | News
HMI Group, Siemens Healthineers advance healthcare delivery in Southeast Asia

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

April 28, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's Solugen and Temasek Partner to leverage Synthetic Biology Platform

Solugen Inc., the synthetic biology chemicals manufacturer, has announced a partnership and investment from Singapo...

April 27, 2021 | Tuesday | News
New MICS book introduces novel educational concept for cardiac surgery

A novel book concept and educational paradigm offered in the form of a practical guide in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Sur...

April 27, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore discovers protein that promotes chemotherapy resistance

Chemotherapy is a drug treatment that uses powerful chemicals to kill fast-growing cancer cells in the body. The re...

April 27, 2021 | Tuesday | News
BioSpectrum Job Alert : Senior Marketing Manager – Instrument & Enterprise Services

    Position SummaryThere is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and vibrant Asia Pacific and Japan (A...

April 27, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Healthcare venture Arcondis Group announces new subsidiary in Singapore

Arcondis Group, a global consulting company with a unique focus on the Healthcare and Life Science industries, announced...

April 26, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore studies role of oral HCQ & throat spray in reducing COVID-19 spread

A team of clinician-scientists from the National University Hospital (NUH); NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Med...

April 26, 2021 | Monday | News
Austrianova to go public by securing US$100 M commitment from GEM

Austrianova (the SG Austria group, Austrianova Singapore and Austrianova Thailand), on April 22, 2021, announced th...

April 23, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore finds molecule for dual protection against vascular inflammation

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research...

April 23, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore develops hand-held device for skin care

Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC) has developed Auretek, a user-friendly hand-held device that can objectively...

April 22, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore lays focus on anti-fibrosis therapeutic antibody programme

GenScript Biotech Corporation's biopharmaceutical CDMO segment, GenScript ProBio has announced a collaboration with the ...

April 21, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore discovers protein that causes neurological complications in HFMD

Hand, Foot & Mouth Disease (HFMD) is a generally mild, contagious viral infection common in young children. In Singa...

April 20, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singaporean startup ImmunoScape raises $14M to advance capabilities

ImmunoScape, a Singapore headquartered biotech company with an immunomics-based technology platform that provides novel ...

April 19, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore develops innovative non-integrating CAR T vector system

Proteona, a Singapore-based single-cell precision medicine company, has announced the publication of the results of a lo...

April 16, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore based accelerator VC deepens presence in Asia

Leading international accelerator VC, Accelerating Asia, has officially announced the fourth cohort of its flagship 100-...

April 15, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore studies risk of blood clot formation in COVID-19 patients

People who have recovered from COVID-19, especially those with pre-existing cardiovascular conditions, may be at risk of...

April 14, 2021 | Wednesday | News
ConvaCare Clinics opens its first Asia Pacific clinic in Singapore

ConvaCare Clinics on April 7. 2021 announced the opening of their first Asia-Pacific presence in Singapore. Th...

April 12, 2021 | Monday | News
Sanofi invests in Asia's first digitally-enabled vaccine production center in Singapore

Sanofi has announced a €400 million investment over five years to create a unique vaccine production center in Sing...

April 12, 2021 | Monday | News
CAR-T therapy leads Singapore medical tourism within APAC

The inherent heterogeneity of diseases such as cancer is driving the field of personalized (precision) therapies. Within...

April 12, 2021 | Monday | Analysis
Singapore enhances neutralizing antibody testing service

GenScript Biotech Corporation, Parkway Laboratories and the Diagnostics Development (DxD) Hub announced their collaborat...

April 12, 2021 | Monday | News
Personalized Cancer Treatment – the New Way of Treating the Patient of Tomorrow

There are predictions that the number of cancer cases in Asia will keep rising, as people in this region become wealthie...

April 8, 2021 | Thursday | Opinion
International researchers identifies a globally accessible treatment strategy for COVID-19

An international research collaboration involving researchers from the National University Cancer Institute, Singapore (...

April 1, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore launches next phase of National Precision Medicine Programme

Precision medicine is part of Singapore’s Research, Innovation, and Enterprise (RIE) 2025 strategic goal to transf...

April 8, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore creates Magnesium-based bioresorbable implant technology for surgeries

SRS Life Sciences, a global company headquartered in Singapore focused on lessening disease burden across emerging natio...

April 8, 2021 | Thursday | News
NSG, Acclivis to provide genomic-driven healthcare solutions in Singapore

Singapore's New Silkroutes Group Limited (NSG) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Acclivis Technologies...

April 7, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Avantor receives recognition for helping transform biologics production

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

April 6, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore to produce new educational content for eye care professionals

Review of Myopia Management (RMM), launched by US based Jobson Optical Group has announced a new partners...

April 6, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore launches certificate programme in health services innovation

Duke-NUS’ Health Services and Systems Research (HSSR) Programme has launched the Graduate Certifica...

April 5, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore's tech company Credify inks MoU with Vietnamese startup Med247

Credify, a provider of multi-service ecosystem connecting consuming services, and Med247 - a startup operating in t...

April 5, 2021 | Monday | News
Tackling NCDs and accompanying risk factors through surgical means

Over the past year, global healthcare systems have largely focused on fighting COVID-19 – in a sweeping and pressi...

April 2, 2021 | Friday | Opinion
Autonomous buildings key to driving pharmaceutical advancements

With COVID-19 accelerating the digital economy and the shift to Industry 4.0, how can pharmaceutical companies drive fur...

April 7, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Innovative diagnostics and Quest lab unify as Innoquest diagnostics

Innovative Diagnostic Pte. Ltd. and Quest Laboratories Pte. Ltd., both established private medical laboratories in Singa...

March 31, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Astellas launches XOSPATA (gilteritinib) in Singapore to treat adult Leukaemia patients

Astellas Pharma Inc. announced on March 31, 2021, that XOSPATA® (generic name: gilteritinib) is now available for pr...

March 31, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore creates 3D models to fine-tune radiation dose for nasopharyngeal cancer

Singapore, A*STAR’s Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has teamed up with Singapore Institute of...

March 31, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's TigerGraph aids effective treatments for acute lymphoblastic leukemia

TigerGraph, provider of the leading graph analytics platform, on March 30, 2021, announced that the Technical University...

March 30, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops test to detect coronavirus even when it mutates

A team of scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a diagno...

March 30, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore rolls out vaccination programme to younger age groups

Singapore is now rolling out the vaccination programme to younger age groups. As they are more familiar with the use of ...

March 29, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore's T-SMART invents AI-powered non-contact temperature monitoring

T-SMART Pte Ltd has launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign on 1 March 2021 to raise fund for the mass pro...

March 26, 2021 | Friday | News
Avalon SteriTech and SoftBank Robotics launch 2-in-1 AI-powered disinfection robotics solution

The COVID-19 pandemic saw the world face an unprecedented health crisis, resulting in a dramatic decrease in global trav...

March 26, 2021 | Friday | News
Singaporean firm Lucence advances early cancer diagnostics

Precision oncology company Lucence has announced a partnership with Waseda University in Japan to develop a novel high-s...

March 26, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore SMART researchers develop rapid immune-profiling assay

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

March 25, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore to leverage smart data platform to improve operational efficiency

The Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC) has partnered with NCS to design, build, and deploy a new Appointment Schedulin...

March 24, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore study reveals variation in SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody longevity

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School, the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) and the Agency for Science, ...

March 24, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore develops AI platform to assess blood vessel anomalies

An international team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Brown Un...

March 24, 2021 | Wednesday | News
TrialWire launches StudyBoost, the Clinical trial insurance plan

TrialWire(TM), the most secure digital Patient Recruitment Platform for trial rescue, announces the launch of StudyBoost...

March 23, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Healthtech startup Mesh Bio in Singapore raises $1.8 M in seed funding

Singapore-based healthtech startup Mesh Bio has raised $1.8 million (SGD2.4 million) in Seed funding, led by deep t...

March 23, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore based firm Xylonix develops new immunity drug

Xylonix, a Singapore-based biotech company, has developed a new immunity drug (010DS-Zn) that demonstrates potential for...

March 22, 2021 | Monday | News
DocDoc, SpesNet to deliver world’s first completely digital health ecosystem

DocDoc Pte Ltd., the world’s first patient intelligence company based in Singapore, has partnered with SpesNet Glo...

November 20, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore finds way to improve treatment outcomes for breast cancer

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide and the second most common cancer overall. Although...

March 19, 2021 | Friday | News
GenScript, G42 Healthcare provide innovative solutions to fight COVID-19

GenScript Biotech Singapore, a subsidiary of GenScript Biotech Corporation, a world leading biotechnology company and G4...

March 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore harnesses AI to identify cancer cells by examining pH level

Healthy and cancer cells can look similar under a microscope. One way of differentiating them is by examining the level ...

March 17, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Cytiva and Longitude reveal Healthcare industry challenges in Europe and Asia

Global life sciences leader Cytiva, along with the Financial Times’ research arm Longitude, have compiled a global...

March 16, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singaporean POC TeleMedC forms R&D partnership with German UKE center through scaler8

TeleMedC, a Singaporean startup providing low-cost diagnostic solutions for point-of-care screening and virtual manageme...

March 16, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore study signifies caregiving awareness to osteoporotic seniors

Singapore's researchers are involved in a study highlighting the urgency to involve caregivers of older adults...

March 11, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore identifies chemotherapy-resistant cancers’ escape mechanism

ETC-159, a made-in-Singapore anti-cancer drug that is currently in early phase clinical trials for use in a subset ...

March 16, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Experts to discuss Senescent Cells role in female reproductive fitness

Singapore's NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) and Buck Institute’s Global Consortium for Reproduc...

March 15, 2021 | Monday | News
NTU reveals new study on autoimmune disorders and severe COVID-19

An overactive immune system leads to many autoimmune disorders – when the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy...

March 12, 2021 | Friday | News

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