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
The challenge of patient recruitment in Asia

Recruitment and retention of research participants is often the most labor-intensive and difficult component of clinical...

July 4, 2012 | Wednesday | Opinion
Clearbridge's new system rapidly isolates cancer cells

Singapore: Clearbridge BioMedics has launched its next generation ClearCell FX System, which has been developed for in v...

May 29, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Digital healthcare, the next big thing

A radical shift in how healthcare is delivered globally is underway. Game-changing developments in sensor technologies w...

August 7, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion
Parexel launches regulatory outsourcing services

Singapore: Parexel, a global biopharmaceutical services provider, has launched a new service line designed to provide a ...

February 20, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory