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
Zuellig Pharma launches eZVax, a vaccine management solution

Zuellig Pharma, a leading healthcare services provider in Asia has launched eZVax, a vaccine management solution that en...

March 11, 2021 | Thursday | News
HSA approves first commercial CAR-T therapy by Novartis

Novartis has announced that Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has approved Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel) as th...

March 10, 2021 | Wednesday | News
A strong and balanced T Cell response prevents SARS CoV-2 infection

Even though they show no signs of COVID-19, people with asymptomatic infections mount a virus-specific T-cell immune res...

March 8, 2021 | Monday | News
HiDoc launches app for women's health and wellness

Singapore's HiDoc Pte Ltd ("HiDoc"), a healthcare technology start-up providing web-based and mobile app solutions for w...

March 4, 2021 | Thursday | News
TVM Capital Healthcare sells portfolio company for $232M

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

March 2, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Elixir Medical reveals a strong clinical safety profile for DynamX Bioadaptor

Elixir Medical, a developer of innovative, drug-eluting cardiovascular devices, on Jan 27th, 2021 announced the 24-month...

January 27, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Experts propose customized measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission

The R&D ecosystem in Singapore has been studying various measures that can help support the safe reopening of the ec...

March 1, 2021 | Monday | News
OnRobot releases powerful electric vacuum gripper for palletizing applications

Singapore's OnRobot’s new VGP20 gripper introduces the world’s most-powerful electric vacuum gripp...

February 26, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore invents flexible X-ray sensor for next-gen medical applications

X-ray imaging is widely used in areas such as healthcare and forensic science, but existing X-ray machines are unable to...

February 25, 2021 | Thursday | News
Pharma industry’s reputation rides on COVID-19 vaccine rollout

From 230 vaccine candidates, seven COVID-19 vaccines are being used in at least one country, three of which have been de...

February 20, 2021 | Saturday | Opinion
SAS analytics empowers the development of life-saving drug and vaccines

Facing the challenges of COVID-19, health and pharmaceutical organizations globally are innovating and digitally transfo...

February 23, 2021 | Tuesday | News
OUE Lippo Healthcare launches strategic recapitalization plan

Singapore’s OUE Lippo Healthcare Limited has announced a strategic recapitalization plan backed by ...

February 24, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore identifies central drivers controlling female reproduction

Over the last four decades, the concept of how the female brain exerts control over ovarian function and optimises repro...

February 23, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore receives first shipment of Moderna vaccine

Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) has announced that the first shipment of Moderna vaccines arrived in Singapore...

February 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
EIT Health invests in Orbit Health aiming personalized treatment for Parkinson’s disease

Singapore's Orbit Health announced the winning of the 2020 Wild Card programme Digital Therapeutics track supported...

February 16, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Collaborative Robots (Cobots) set to benefit businesses in Asia

In a report by the World Robotics 2020 Industrial Report, it shows a record of 2.7 million industrial robots operat...

February 15, 2021 | Monday | News
Bia-Echo Foundation invests $8M in Singapore to study women’s reproductive longevity

The Centre, to be established at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at Singapore's National University of Singapore (NU...

February 16, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore discovers brain enzyme that activates dormant neural stem cells

Singapore's Duke-NUS Medical School researchers studying an enzyme in fruit fly larvae have found that it plays an ...

February 12, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore announces precision oncology partnership

Singapore Translational Cancer Consortium (STCC), National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), the National University Cance...

February 10, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore unravels molecular and serological evidence for SARS-COV-2 origin

While the World Health Organization (WHO) continues its mission to Wuhan investigating the origin and early transmission...

February 9, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Osteopore, Terumo to promote, sell regenerative products in APAC region

Osteopore Limited, an Australian and Singapore based medical technology company that has commercialised a rang...

February 9, 2021 | Tuesday | News
DHL in Singapore renews IATA CEIV Pharma certification

As the furor around the availability of Covid-19 vaccines grew late last year, the spotlight quickly turned to the logis...

February 9, 2021 | Tuesday | News
One Year On, Autonomous Robots Continue the Fight Against COVID-19

By now we have become accustomed to fundamental behavioural changes in our everyday lives caused by the COVID-19 pandemi...

February 10, 2021 | Wednesday | Opinion
Mamoru Marketing brings world first intelligent air purification machine

Mamoru Marketing, the exclusive distributor of Ecom products in Singapore, is introducing a new product to protect&...

February 5, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore addresses increasing incidence of myopia with innovative technology

Thomson X, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SGX Mainboard-listed Thomson Medical Group Limited, has announced a strateg...

February 5, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore approves interim authorization of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

Moderna, Inc., a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, has announced that the...

February 4, 2021 | Thursday | News
Gilead's Vemlidy proves efficacy and improved safety for Hepatitis B in Asians

Gilead Sciences announced on Feb 4, 2021, at the 2021 Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver Con...

February 3, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore develops portable device that makes 3D images of skin in 10 mins

A team from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a portable device that p...

February 3, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Thriving APAC medical imaging ecosystem boosts radiology market

Even before COVID-19, the pressure to diagnose many patients speedily and accurately in the APAC region was increasing, ...

March 17, 2021 | Wednesday | Opinion
Singapore provides important clinical implications for COVID-19 management

Antibodies and T cells are components of the human immune system that directly act against viral infections and eliminat...

February 2, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore based Mistletoe invests in skin tech firm

Skin Inc Supplement Bar, the pioneer in premium custom skin-tech products and devices, has announced a new round of...

February 1, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore develops bioresorbable bone implant solution to prevent leg amputations

Osteopore International, a Singapore based company that specialises in 3D printed bioresorbable implants, in collab...

January 29, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore launches mass spectrometry-based clinical testing and research for personalised treatment

The Shimadzu-CGH Clinomics Centre (SC3), a public-private partnership by Changi General Hospital (CGH) and Shimadzu...

January 28, 2021 | Thursday | News
APAC Personalised Health Index reveals Singapore ranks #1 in readiness

FutureProofing Healthcare initiative, led by a panel of 15 leading healthcare experts across Asia-Pacific, announced the...

January 28, 2021 | Thursday | News
Toshiba's microRNA technologies rapidly detect 13 Cancer types from micro blood sample

Advances in treatment, early detection and treatment of cancer greatly improves survival rates of patients. Toshiba'...

January 28, 2021 | Thursday | News
Doctor Anywhere to build largest omni-channel healthcare service provider in Asia

Doctor Anywhere (DA) has announced that it is establishing regional tech hubs in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh and...

January 27, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore issues precautionary screening of tuberculosis

The Ministry of Health (MOH) in Singapore has been notified of two genetically separate clusters involving a total of 18...

January 21, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore launches multiplex test kit for SARS-CoV-2 and Influenza A & B

To assist in accurate diagnoses, the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH)...

January 20, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Genesis Medtech collaborates with Penumbra to expand Neurovascular market in China

Genesis MedTech Group has reached a consensus to fully acquire Hua Medtech as part of its plans to set up a specialise...

January 20, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore designs armoured anti-cancer T cells against immunosuppressants

Duke-NUS Medical School researchers, together with collaborators in Singapore, have designed armoured immune cells that ...

January 19, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore setting up multiple COVID-19 vaccination centres

To support COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the Singapore government is setting up four COVID-19 vaccination centres this m...

January 18, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore finds new mechanism of cancer formation

A team of scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) led by Dr Polly Leilei Chen from the C...

January 15, 2021 | Friday | News
Jumpstart Cell & Gene Therapy Commercialization with SUT Learning

The FDA’s approvals of more cell and gene therapies (CGTs) are cause for celebration — but the marathon is n...

April 2, 2021 | Friday | Opinion
Singapore announces tripartite partnership to strengthen mental healthcare

Holmusk has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Singapore's National Healthcare Group (NHG) and th...

January 14, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore develops oral insulin nanoparticles as alternative to injections

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed insulin nanoparticles that may ...

January 13, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore based startup Ligature Therapeutics raises $6M in seed round funding

Ligature Therapeutics Pte Ltd, an early-stage biotech company developing small molecule ‘protein degrader’ t...

January 11, 2021 | Monday | News
Heritas Capital launches $30M fund for early stage startups in Asia

Singapore-based Heritas Capital Management is launching a $30 million fund, focusing around 10 to 15 early-stage pr...

January 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore makes ground-breaking innovation in facial fracture fixation

The National University of Singapore (NUS) Graduate Research Innovation Programme (GRIP) has borne fruit in a ...

January 6, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore develops novel film for small wearable devices

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has created a novel film that is very effective in...

January 5, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Singapore plans vaccine injury financial assistance programme

The Ministry of Health (MOH) at Singapore will introduce a vaccine injury financial assistance programme to provide supp...

January 4, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore initiates COVID-19 vaccination with Pfizer-BioNTech jab

Singapore kick-started its national Covid-19 vaccination programme on 30 Dec 2020, with a senior staff nurse w...

January 1, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore approves INEX Innovate's RT-PCR COVID-19 detection kit

INEX Innovate, a Singapore-based molecular diagnostics developer, has announced that the Singapore Health Sciences ...

December 31, 2020 | Thursday | News
Concord Medical divests Singapore Concord International Hospital for SG$52.2M

Concord Medical Services Holdings Limited, a healthcare provider specialising in cancer care, research and prevention by...

December 29, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore launches spin-off to develop treatment for intractable diseases

The Experimental Drug Development Centre (EDDC), a national platform for drug discovery and development hosted by A*STAR...

December 24, 2020 | Thursday | News
DHL delivers first batch of COVID-19 vaccine to Singapore

DHL, the leading global brand in the logistics industry has announced the successful delivery of the first batch of COVI...

December 22, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops foldable tent for safe dental care

Dental treatments are performed at close proximity to the mouths and noses of the patients, and the procedures are often...

December 22, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore approves extended-release analgesic injection by Lumosa

Lumosa, based in Taiwan, has announced the market approval of LT1001 (Naldebain®), an extended-release analgesic i...

December 21, 2020 | Monday | News
Moderna assures COVID-19 vaccine supply to Singapore

Moderna, Inc., a US based biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a ne...

December 18, 2020 | Friday | News
Bayer and NHCS to set up an explorative center for cardiovascular studies in Singapore

Bayer and National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) on 17 Dec 2020 announced that they have entered into a 5-year coll...

December 17, 2020 | Thursday | News
Data Analytics can alleviate the cost burden researchers and analysts face in vaccine invention

In Dec 2020, WHO announced ‘Digital Health Implementation Approach to Pandemic Management’ at the G20 Summit...

January 14, 2021 | Thursday | Opinion
NAT develops novel kidney analysis device for Singapore patients

Singapore patients at risk of Chronic Kidney Disease will soon have the option to be tested by "ACT by Zensorium," a mor...

December 17, 2020 | Thursday | News
Singapore explores breast cancer from a 3-Dimensional perspective

Low screening and detection rates in breast cancer with advancements in screening technology can bring positive c...

December 15, 2020 | Tuesday | Influencers
Hummingbird collaborates with Tempus to harness AI-driven precision medicine

Hummingbird Bioscience, an innovative clinical-stage biotech company in Singapore and US focused on developing revolutio...

December 15, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore shares COVID-19 vaccination strategy with newly approved Pfizer vaccine

With the Health Sciences Authority approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in Singapore, the ...

December 14, 2020 | Monday | News
Singapore approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has granted an authorization 14 Dec 2020 under the Pandemic Special Access...

December 14, 2020 | Monday | News
Tychan to begin Ph 3 trial for mAb TY027 against COVID-19

In June 2020, Tychan began its Phase 1 clinical safety trials in humans to evaluate TY027, a monoclonal antibo...

December 14, 2020 | Monday | News
Singapore Institute of Technology in three pivotal partnerships to grow its applied learning and research

Signaling its clear intent on growing its applied research and expanding its suite of higher education offerings, the Si...

December 11, 2020 | Friday | News
Nuffield Dental Group launches 10th State-of-the-Art dental technology clinic in Singapore

Nuffield Dental Group, a premium dental clinic in Singapore, on 10 Dec 2020 announced the launch of Nuffield Dental Jewe...

December 11, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore’s Resolute 2.0 Covid-19 test kit approved by HSA for deep throat saliva testing

Advanced MedTech Holdings (AMTH), a global medical technology leader headquartered in Singapore, announced today that th...

December 11, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore invents fully bioresorbable facial bone fixation solution

Singapore-based and a 100% subsidiary of Australian Securities Exchange listed medical device company Osteopore Ltd...

December 11, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore uses AI to find best combination therapies for COVID-19

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has utilised a ground-breaking artificial int...

December 10, 2020 | Thursday | News
Singapore market has high efficiency of adoption for new drugs and therapies: Expert Opinion

The pharmaceutical sector is a strong pillar in Singapore’s economy, contributing to around 3% of Singapore’...

December 8, 2020 | Tuesday | Opinion
Singapore to contribute $5,000,000 to COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access AMC mechanism

Singapore, like any other country, understands that the successful development of safe and efficacious vaccines is ...

December 9, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Singapore discovers multitasking microbe for economical and safe wastewater treatment

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a new way to treat sewage that is much simple...

December 9, 2020 | Wednesday | News