FIPB clears seven pharma proposals, defers three

Singapore: The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared seven out of the ten investment proposals in the ph...

July 8, 2013 | Monday | Regulatory
Fibrosis diagnosis takes a new turn

So far, biopsy has been the technology for diagnosis of fibrosis in patients. It has its limitation, and many times it f...

March 26, 2012 | Monday | News
Start-ups redefining the industry

Life sciences industry in the Asia Pacific recorded the double digit growth of 16.6 percent, reaching $128.26 billion in...

May 30, 2012 | Wednesday | News
PPPs attract investments in bioscience

Are public-private partnerships the way forward for emerging countries of Asia? The trend says so. Global analyst compa...

June 28, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Singapore is Asia's innovation capital

Singapore: Singapore has received recognition in five global tracking studies in the area of innovation and research and...

May 15, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Biogen to commercialize MS therapies in Asia

Singapore: Belgium based pharmaceutical company UCB and global pharmaceutical company, Biogen, have entered into an agre...

February 11, 2014 | Tuesday | News
A*Star discovers novel DNA variants for blood cancer

Singapore: A*Star's Genome Institute of Singapore is progressing on double headway on non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) with th...

July 2, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Integrated drug discovery fuels healthy outcomes

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies reap the most benefit from their strategic collaborations, by working with su...

July 9, 2012 | Monday | Opinion
Japan medtech firm signs $9 mn deal with A*Star

Singapore: Japan's technology company, Arkray is investing $9.1 million over a five-year period in a research venture an...

May 27, 2013 | Monday | News
Dr Gerald Möller to lead AYOXXA board

Singapore: Germany and Singapore based biotech firm, AYOXXA Biosystems, has  appointed Dr Gerald Möller as an indepe...

September 15, 2015 | Tuesday | News
VelaDx to develop diagnostic assays with US univ

Singapore: Singapore-based technology developer, VelaDx, signed a molecular diagnostic affiliation agreement with Thomas...

February 4, 2013 | Monday | News
A*STAR, OBD to find epigenetic footprint in stem cells

Singapore: Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Oxford ...

May 13, 2013 | Monday | News
Century Medical gets Japanese nod for Glider catheter

‎Singapore: TriReme Medical's Japanese partner, Century Medical, has received Shonin approval for Glider PTCA cath...

April 22, 2013 | Monday | News
Stem cell industry has substantial growth potential

The Nobel prize for Physiology to two stem cell research scientists in 2012 has firmly put the spotlight on this promisi...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Bruton's tyrosine kinase for infectious diseases

Toll-like receptors (TLR) play a critical role in the recognition of pathogen-associated molecules and trigger various i...

July 12, 2012 | Thursday | Opinion
Singapore gets medical device regulatory curriculum

Singapore: With the objective to enhance regulatory ecosystem in Singapore, Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RA...

June 17, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Genetic diagnostics usher in a new era in healthcare

Thanks to the Human Genome Project, scientists now have a set of tools that can be readily used to understand the comple...

December 18, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
Accenture study: Healthcare IT solutions rising in Singapore

Singapore: Singapore is making significant strides in adopting healthcare IT and translating these advanced capabilities...

September 10, 2012 | Monday | News