Singapore health IT CEO wins ASEAN CIO Award

Singapore: CEO of Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS), Dr Chong Yoke Sin, has received the Asean CIO Award in H...

September 25, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Bayer cancer drug Stivarga gets Singapore nod

Singapore: The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore has approved Bayer' Stivarga, the first oral targeted therap...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Malaysia appoints standard assessment firm

Singapore: BSI, a global standard assessment company, has been registered by the Malaysian Medical Device Bureau as one ...

July 29, 2013 | Monday | News
India's Bodhi Health Education wins NUS-DBS Social venture challenge

Singapore: India based healthcare solution provider start-up firm, Bodhi Health Education, is among the winners of DBS-N...

June 12, 2014 | Thursday | News
Dr Steven Fang, Clearbridge Accelerator: Industry focus will shift from pharma to biopharma in 2013

I foresee a number of interesting upcoming trends within the biomedical sector, including a shift from pharmaceutical-ba...

December 25, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
What functional roles do CROs play in APAC?

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
A*Star scientists discover new cancer genes

Singapore: Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have identified genes that are potential targets f...

July 29, 2013 | Monday | News
Vela develops genetic tests for H7N9 bird flu

Singapore: Vela Diagnostics has launched PCR-based Research-Use-Only (RUO) tests for the identification of genetic targe...

June 11, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Novartis invests over $500 in new Singapore facility

Singapore: Novartis is investment over $500 million for a new state-of-the-art biotechnology production site in Singapor...

October 31, 2012 | Wednesday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: New CRO players emerge in APAC

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Nose cancer emerges as a potent killer in Asia

Singapore: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a rare form of cancer in Western Europe and North America and is emerging a...

September 19, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Non-biomarker solution to target cancer

Early detection, complete cure and curbing relapse are big challenges in cancer therapy. Many biotechnology companies ha...

March 26, 2012 | Monday | News
Scientists find cellular origin of cervical cancer

Singapore: A team of scientists from A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) and Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS)...

June 14, 2012 | Thursday | News
A*Star scientists discover new class of WBCs

Singapore: Scientists at A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered a new class of white blood cells i...

July 17, 2013 | Wednesday | News
BioPharma Asia: Dr Deborah Rathjen wins Life Science Woman Executive of the Year award

Singapore: Dr Deborah Rathjen, CEO of Australia based Bionomics, was awarded the Life Science Woman Executive of the Yea...

March 17, 2014 | Monday | Influencers
CROs fertile ground for career growth

        Over the past few years, a significant shift has occurred in the depth and type of relationships that ...

May 31, 2012 | Thursday | Opinion
Researchers find new link to study brain tumor

Singapore: A joint study by researchers at the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI), National University of Singapore (...

June 8, 2012 | Friday | News
Smart Healthcare creates buzz in Asia

Healthcare Information and Management system society (HIMSS) AsiaPac12 kicked off in Singapore from Sep 17-19, bringing ...

September 20, 2012 | Thursday | News