Medizone granted patent in Singapore for AsepticSure

Singapore: Medizone International, developers of AsepticSure, a unique room disinfection system, has been granted a pate...

February 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
NUS, Fujitsu leverage use of 'cloud' in healthcare

Singapore: Fujitsu Laboratories, Europe; Fujitsu Asia and National University of Singapore (NUS), have inked a collabora...

November 27, 2012 | Tuesday | News
PPD expands testing facilities at Singapore, Brussels

Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), a contract research organization providing drug discovery, developm...

February 8, 2013 | Friday | News
Singapore to open new skin research center

Singapore: The Skin Research Institute of Singapore has announced that the Agency for Science Technology and Research (A...

September 26, 2013 | Thursday | News
Japan, Singapore to bring innovation in drug, device, technology

Singapore: Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture's Global Collaboration Center for Life Innovation (GCC) and the Agency for Scienc...

November 29, 2013 | Friday | News
What are the key mergers & acquisitions of Q1 2013?

Most pharmaceutical companies are sitting on the patent cliff and their drug pipelines are facing severe exhaustion. The...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
New hydrogel destroys superbugs

Singapore: Researchers from the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) and IBM Research unveiled the firs...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Singapore opens research centre for circulating tumour cell

Singapore: National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) and Clearbridge BioMedics, in partnership with the Pathology Departme...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
TauRx gets $10.5 mn funding from Dundee Corp

Singapore: Singapore-based TauRx Pharmaceuticals recieved equity investment of $10.5 million from Toronto's Dundee Corpo...

March 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Singapore President awards the nation's scientific talents

Singapore: Professor Wang Yue from A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) received the President's Scie...

November 8, 2012 | Thursday | News
Singapore tele-healthcare system gets top award

Singapore: Eastern Health Alliance, the regional health system for eastern Singapore, and IHiS is recognized with top As...

October 22, 2012 | Monday | News
What were the top 20 M&A deals in pharma and biotech sector in 2012?

A majority of life science firms are standing on the edge of the patent cliff and their drug pipelines are experiencing ...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
GIS team discover gene that controls neurogenesis

Singapore: Scientists at A*Star's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have discovered an unusual gene that controls the ...

August 30, 2013 | Friday | News
pSivida gets US patent

Singapore: pSivida, which is into developing sustained release, drug delivery products for treatment of back-of-the-eye ...

June 8, 2012 | Friday | News
Medtech companies need to bring innovation: PwC

Singapore: Medical technology companies may be losing their competitive edge and are in need of a different approach to ...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Singapore-UK joint event to advance skin research

Singapore: A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology and the British High Commission are jointly holding the first Translati...

December 4, 2012 | Tuesday | News
NTU study find ways to prevent muscle loss, obesity and diabetes

Singapore: A research study from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has yielded important breakthroughs on how the ...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
FDA agrees to Mesoblast MPC supply in the US

Singapore: Mesoblast announced that US FDA is in agreement for the supply of its proprietary Mesenchymal Precursor Cell...

February 15, 2013 | Friday | News