Singapore Strengthens Global Innovation Leadership: Deputy Prime Minister Unveils i3 Building as a Hub for Deep Tech and Enterprise

Singapore takes a significant step forward in strengthening its role as a global innovation hub for deep tech with the a...

September 16, 2025 | Tuesday | News
DKSH and Chiesi secure approval for rare ophthalmic drug reimbursement in Asia, improving early access to eye disease treatment

DKSH Business Unit Healthcare, a strategic healthcare solutions partner and leading provider of market expansion service...

September 17, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's NUS Enterprise launches co-investment framework for deep-tech ventures, boosts investment

Singapore NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial heart of the National  University of Singapore (NUS), announced two m...

September 16, 2025 | Tuesday | News
25th edition of ISPE Singapore flagship conference convenes global stakeholders to explore Quality, Sustainability, and Digital transformation in Biopharma

The ISPE Singapore affiliate celebrated its 25th edition on August 27-29, 2025, with its flagship an...

September 10, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Discovery & Development Summit Asia 2025 drive innovation in therapeutics amidst Asia’s rapidly expanding biotech ecosystem

The Discovery & Development Summit Asia 2025, hosted in Singapore on September 9th and 10th, is set to be a landmark...

September 11, 2025 | Thursday | News
ISPE Singapore Celebrates 25 Years of Excellence in Pharmaceutical Conference and Exhibition

(Left) Peiqing Zhang, President of ISPE Singapore and Scientific Director for Asia at Cytiva (Right) Shanshan...

September 2, 2025 | Tuesday | Opinion
Singapore's A*STAR BTI spinoff AuctuCel launches AI platform to slash cell medicine production costs by 80%

AuctuCel, a biotech spin-off from Singapore's A*STAR Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI), has officially launched w...

September 9, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Revolutionizing Cervical Cancer Screening in Asia-Pacific: Embracing a new era in HPV Self-Sampling

Dr. Ida Ismail-Pratt, President of The Society of Colposcopy & Cervical Pathology Singapore (SCCPS) Access to scree...

September 11, 2025 | Thursday | Opinion
Eyexora launches the first hub-and-spoke model for accelerating ophthalmology innovation

Eyexora is a global ophthalmology company pioneering a hub-and-spoke model to accelerate innovation in eye care, has lau...

September 11, 2025 | Thursday | News
Enterprise Singapore to advance global health care innovation in partnership with Northwell Health

The Singaporean government agency Enterprise Singapore and Northwell Health, the largest health care provider in New Y...

September 9, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore forges into international efforts to shape a global roadmap to combat anaemia

Singapore’s Duke-NUS Medical School, in collaboration with an international team of experts, has contributed to a ...

September 11, 2025 | Thursday | News
Strides Singapore partners with Kenox for development of nasal spray products

Strides Pharma Science has announced that its step-down, wholly owned subsidiary, Strides Pharma Global Pte. Limited, Si...

September 12, 2025 | Friday | News
The Discovery & Development Summit Asia 2025: Advancing Therapeutics and Precision Medicine Through Collaboration and Innovation

Global Engage presented 'The Discovery & Development Summit Asia 2025' a premier breakthrough event in Singapore on ...

September 10, 2025 | Wednesday | News
TechInnovation® 2025: Singapore to host global collaboration and innovation platform for transformative technologies, including Healthtech

  TechInnovation® 2025, Singapore’s preeminent platform for innovation and business transformation, retu...

September 10, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Singapore to build first global medical AI foundation model

A global research consortium of over 100 study groups in more than 65 countries has launched the Global RETFound in...

September 9, 2025 | Tuesday | News
TVM Capital Healthcare announces first closing of $150 M Southeast Asia Fund

Singapore-based TVM Capital Healthcare, a global private equity investor and operator specialised in healthcare gro...

September 12, 2025 | Friday | News
Redefining Vaccine Manufacturing: mRNA technology and global collaboration to advance health security and vaccination equity

Josephine Cheng, Senior Modality Leader, Process Solutions, Life Science Business of Merck The global pharmaceutic...

September 5, 2025 | Friday | Opinion
Singapore adds new vaccines against Shingles and Pneumococcal disease into national adult immunisation schedule

In February 2025, the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Singapore announced that Shingrix will be included in the National Adu...

September 5, 2025 | Friday | News
Singapore researchers develop RNA tool to advance cancer and infectious disease therapies

Researchers at the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) interdisciplinary research group of the Singapore-MIT A...

September 3, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Nanyang Biologics partners with NVIDIA, HPE & Equinix to build AI-powered drug discovery platform

Nanyang Biologics (NYB) enters a strategic collaboration with NVIDIA, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), and Equinix to b...

September 3, 2025 | Wednesday | News
ISPE Singapore: 25th annual Biopharma Conference and Exhibition culminates global industry legends

The ISPE Singapore affiliate celebrated its 25th edition on August 27-29, 2025, with its flagship an...

September 2, 2025 | Tuesday | News
DHL Strengthens Healthcare Logistics Capabilities in Singapore

In an exclusive conversation with BioSpectrum Asia, Christopher Ong, Managing Director of DHL Express Singapore, shares ...

September 1, 2025 | Monday | News
Collaborative R&D: Partnerships shaping the future of biopharma

Collaborative R&D partnerships can be established between pharmas, or an established pharma and a biotech. While the...

September 1, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
“Singapore has been a great launchpad, owing to its structured safety frameworks”

What are TacnIQ AI’s current and future milestones – in terms of product development, launches, partnerships...

September 1, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
Evonik unveils global-scale alkoxides plant in Singapore

A major milestone in Evonik's global catalyst strategy has been achieved with the opening of its new alkoxides productio...

August 27, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Novel initiative in Asia integrates predictive AI with personalised health coaching for dementia

Dementia remains a hidden epidemic in Singapore, with slightly more than half of all cases going undiagnosed. According ...

August 28, 2025 | Thursday | News
Transforming global drug discovery by leveraging scalable AI strategies

Drug discovery has long been an exorbitant and complex endeavor, often requiring more than a decade and billions of doll...

August 26, 2025 | Tuesday | Influencers
World's largest natural drug library is being built in Singapore on an AI-powered drug discovery platform

Singapore hosted the AI4Life Summit, spearheaded by Nanyang Biologics, marking a strategic milestone in the advancement ...

August 26, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Nippon to establish Singapore-based JV to license drugs in Asia

Nippon Kayaku, Formiica Pharmaceuticals and CBC Co. have agreed to jointly establish a joint venture (JV) for the purpos...

August 27, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Mitsubishi Corporation acquires majority stake in Fullerton Health

Fullerton Health, a Singapore-based healthcare solutions provider operating in nine markets across Asia-Pacific, ha...

August 27, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Malaysia and Singapore sign MoU to fast track medical device market access

The Medical Device Authority (MDA) of Malaysia and the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore have signed a Memora...

August 26, 2025 | Tuesday | News
NUS Medicine establishes Ellen Siow Professorship in Neurosurgery to advance neuro-oncology research

The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) has announced the establishment of ...

August 25, 2025 | Monday | News
AI Meets CRO: Expecto Health Science Partners with VertisPro to Overcome Patient Recruitment Challenges

Expecto Health Science, an emerging Asia-Pacific Contract Research Organisation (CRO) led by a highly experienced leader...

August 25, 2025 | Monday | News
Asia Bio Innovation Summit (ADC&CGT) unveils in Singapore to spotlight Biopharma Innovations

The Asia Bio Innovation Summit 2025, held in Singapore, emerged as a landmark event in the biopharmaceutical industry, f...

August 22, 2025 | Friday | News
NSG BioLabs and Amgen accolades Singapore's biotech startups with an empowering ecosystem and funding

Amgen, a U.S.-based leader in biologic medicines, and NSG BioLabs, Singapore’s premier provider of biotechnology c...

August 21, 2025 | Thursday | News
Nilesh Shah joins Illumina as Head of Region, AMEA

Illumina Inc., a global leader in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, announced the appointment of Nilesh Shah ...

August 19, 2025 | Tuesday | News
2nd World Companion Diagnostics & Liquid Biopsy Summit APAC | November 12-13, 2025 | Singapore

Uniting 100+ precision medicine leaders from biopharma, diagnostic development, regulation, and healthcare institutes, t...

August 19, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore approves Beyfortus® (nirsevimab) to protect all infants against RSV disease

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has approved Sanofi and AstraZeneca’s BEYFORTUS (nirsevimab) for the preventio...

August 19, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops blood test to improve prediction of gestational diabetes

Researchers from the Global Centre for Asian Women’s Health (GloW) and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology...

August 18, 2025 | Monday | News
Frencken marks groundbreaking for facility expansion in Singapore with S$63M in investment

Frencken Group Limited, a global integrated technology solutions company, held a groundbreaking ceremony for its upcomin...

August 12, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's Health Sciences Authority signs MoU With Hong Kong Department of Health

Singapore's Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and the Department of Health (DoH), Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ...

August 13, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's Duke-NUS secures $1.5 M from 65LAB for antifibrotic drug discovery

Singapore's 65LAB has awarded US$1.5 million (approx. S$1.9 million) to Professor Enrico Petretto to advance a breakthro...

August 13, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Singapore-based health tech startup Naluri raises $5 M for SEA expansion

Naluri, Southeast Asia’s (SEA) leading digital  employee health and wellbeing provider, has announced the suc...

August 12, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's HistoIndex introduces AI-based quantitative analysis in fibrosis assessment

Singapore-based HistoIndex, a pioneering leader in digital pathology solutions for chronic liver disease, has announced ...

August 11, 2025 | Monday | News
Singapore's NUHCS leverages advanced aortic care with 3D-printed models

Singapore's NUHCS advances aortic care with personalised preventive treatment using 3D-printed models for patients ...

August 6, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Singapore strengthens R&D facilities to advance scientific research

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) are renewing ...

August 6, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Singapore gives pre-market approval to AI-based imaging platform LungVision

Body Vision Medical, a leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-powered intraoperative imaging, has announcde that its Lun...

August 5, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore launches MAGNET initiative to combat muscle loss among the aging with S$10M in grant

Caption: (seated, from left) Professor Thomas Coffman, Dean, Duke-NUS Medical School;  Professor Kenneth Ma...

August 4, 2025 | Monday | News
New Google-NUS partnership to advance applied AI research and talent development in Singapore

The National University of Singapore (NUS) and Google are embarking on a new strategic collaboration to accelerate appli...

August 4, 2025 | Monday | News
Sony introduces 43-Inch 4K 2D Surgical monitor for enhanced operating room visibility

Sony announces the launch of the LMD-43M1MD1 , a 43” 4K 2D Mini LED surgical monitor designed to meet the evolvi...

August 4, 2025 | Monday | News
APAC Lung Cancer Policy Consensus launches in Singapore

A unified consensus document for improving lung cancer care in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region has been officially l...

August 4, 2025 | Monday | News
Quasar Medical unveils new global headquarters in Singapore

Quasar Medical, a global leader in manufacturing interventional and minimally invasive medical devices, has announced th...

July 30, 2025 | Wednesday | News
"HSA is adopting a forward-looking 5P Strategy to tackle challenges”

Presently, what are HSA’s key priorities that align with positioning Singapore as a regional hub for biotech and m...

August 2, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
WuXi Biologics Singapore CRDMO hub to build world's largest modular biologics Drug Product (DP) facility

WuXi Biologics, a leading global Contract Research, Development, and Manufacturing Organization (CRDMO), announced const...

July 29, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Agilent and NTU's NEWRI joins forces to enhance water contaminant research in Singapore

Agilent Technologies Inc. has inked Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Nanyang Environment & Water...

July 29, 2025 | Tuesday | News
National University of Singapore inks heathcare MoU with Germany's Robert Koch Institute

The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Be...

July 29, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore reinforces commitment to eliminating hepatitis C by establishing TTSH-HCSA joint initiative

In celebration of the World Hepatitis Day (28 July), HCSA Community Services and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH), an ancho...

July 28, 2025 | Monday | News
Elpis Biopharma signs MoU with NCCS to conduct translational cell therapy research in Singapore

US-based startup Elpis Biopharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage cell therapy company developing bispecific armored CAR-T the...

July 28, 2025 | Monday | News
Singapore announces launch of digital advance care planning tool

Singapore's Ministry of Health (MoH), Agency for Integrated Care (AIC) and Government Technology Agency (GovTech) have j...

July 25, 2025 | Friday | News
Lubrizol unveils Innovation Center in Singapore to accelerate R&D and collaboration in Southeast Asia 

Lubrizol, a global leader in specialty chemicals, announces the establishment of its Southeast Asia Innovation Center in...

July 24, 2025 | Thursday | News
Life Biosciences announces collaboration in Singapore to expand pipeline of cellular rejuvenation therapies

Life Biosciences, a US-based biotechnology company pioneering cellular rejuvenation therapies to reverse and prevent mul...

July 24, 2025 | Thursday | News
Japan launches nationwide initiative to promote gastric health and early detection of gastric cancer, Co-initiated by Mirxes Japan & Nagawa

A nationwide public health initiative focused on gastric health and early detection of gastric cancer has been launched ...

July 24, 2025 | Thursday | News
Microsoft Research Asia launches Singapore Lab to drive AI innovation and industrial transformation

Microsoft announced the launch of Microsoft Research Asia – Singapore, its first lab in Southeast Asia, aimed at d...

July 24, 2025 | Thursday | News
Archerfish Precision Diagnostics and C2N Diagnostics collaborate to provide advanced Alzheimer's diagnostics in Singapore and Asia

Archerfish Precision Diagnostics (Archerfish), a premier  diagnostic   laboratory serving Singapore and the br...

July 24, 2025 | Thursday | News
Expecto Health Science appoints Dr. Samir Sadekar as Vice President, Clinical Operations

Expecto Health Science, a fast-growing Contract Research Organization (CRO) headquartered in Singapore, is pleased to ...

July 23, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Singapore announces Asia's first allergic rhinitis database to transform ENT care

Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) has launched Project ENTenna (for ear, nose and throat), which will establish Asia...

July 23, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Singapore unveils Venture Capital Programme with S$150 M to boost growth of deep tech startups

To help bridge a critical funding gap for early-stage tech ventures in Asia, National University of Singapore (NUS) is l...

July 22, 2025 | Tuesday | News
CMS, SGX partner to explore new paradigms for industrial globalization and pharmaceutical expansion across emerging markets

China Medical System Holdings Limited (CMS) has collaberated with the Singapore Exchange (SGX), expanding Chinese medica...

July 21, 2025 | Monday | Analysis
NTU Singapore, Oxford scientists uncover DNA damage repair mechanism linked to cancer, premature ageing

Researchers at the University of Oxford and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)&n...

July 21, 2025 | Monday | News
OMRON Healthcare Singapore partners with bolttech and QBE to launch innovative embedded health solution

Global insurtech bolttech and OMRON Healthcare Singapore, a global leader in innovative medical equi...

July 22, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Empowering Bioscience & Healthcare innovations in South East Asia by leveraging AI-driven scientific computing approaches

Dr. Ilya Burkov, Global Head of Healthcare & Lifesciences Growth at Nebius.  Singapore is rapidly becoming a g...

July 21, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
Alcon strives to position Singapore as a testimony to the advancement of vision care manufacturing

Wong Chiak Wu, Vice President, Manufacturing Plant Management – Single Site at Alcon Alcon, the global leader in ...

July 18, 2025 | Friday | Opinion
Singapore launches TISHUMAP study to advance AI-driven drug target discovery

10x Genomics, Inc., a leader in single cell and spatial biology, and the A*STAR Genome Institute of Singapore (A*STAR GI...

July 21, 2025 | Monday | News
Cornerstone Robotics signs MoU with NHG Health and NTU Singapore

Cornerstone Robotics (CSR), a leading medical innovator in precision surgical systems, has signed a tripartite Memorandu...

July 18, 2025 | Friday | News
Hyphens Pharma introduces novel acne treatment Winlevi in Singapore and Malaysia

Hyphens Pharma, a subsidiary of Hyphens Pharma International Limited, Singapore’s leading specialty pharmaceutical...

July 17, 2025 | Thursday | News
Novo Nordisk makes Wegovy available in Singapore for weight management

A significant advancement in weight management has arrived for Singaporeans. Novo Nordisk, a global healthcare company f...

July 15, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Exploring the Digital Frontier of Mental Health: Singapore’s First Exhibition on Digital Mental Health Tools and their Impact

Photo Caption: (From left to right) Associate Professor John Wong, Centre Director; Yeo Boon Khim Mind Science Cen...

July 11, 2025 | Friday | News
Arkema expands its Singapore site to boost polyamide synthesis for eyewear and medical devices

Arkema, the world’s largest integrated factory dedicated to advanced bio-circular materials, located on Jurong Isl...

July 10, 2025 | Thursday | News
DKSH and Bayer launch strategic partnership across multiple markets in Southeast Asia

DKSH Business Unit Healthcare, a Strategic Healthcare Solutions Partner and leading provider of Market Expansion Service...

July 10, 2025 | Thursday | News
NHG Health and ST Engineering team up to advance healthcare innovations in Singapore

NHG Health and ST Engineering have signed a five-year Master Collaboration Agreement (MCA) to co-develop ...

July 12, 2025 | Saturday | News
Singapore pilots innovative approach to diabetic foot care through 3D-printed custom insoles

Sengkang General Hospital (SKH) has piloted an innovative approach to diabetic foot care through in-house production of ...

July 9, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Chugai and Gero ink $250 M deal to develop new therapies for age-related diseases

Japan's Chugai Pharmaceutical and Gero, a Singapore-based biotechnology company, have entered into a joint research...

July 9, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Singapore-Korea partnership to apply AI in hair follicle regeneration research

Singapore-based startup NYB.AI and Pnaseer Inc., a startup based in South Korea, have announced a strategic partnership ...

July 8, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Swiss-Singapore partnership to develop therapies for autoimmune diseases

RDP Pharma AG, a Swiss biotechnology company focused on next-generation protein degradation therapeutics, and the Experi...

July 3, 2025 | Thursday | News
WuXi XDC accelerates global expansion of bioconjugates manufacturing by revitalising Singapore site

WuXi XDC Cayman Inc. a leading global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CRDMO) focused on t...

July 2, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Gero’s ProtoBind‑Diff redefines drug discovery by designing molecules from sequence alone

BioSpectrum Asia spoke to Dr Peter Fedichev, CEO of Gero, who explains how ProtoBind-Diff is transforming drug discovery...

July 2, 2025 | Wednesday | Opinion
Why AI-Enabled ‘Dirty Drugs’ are Future for Longevity Medicine

What if a key part of the solution to Asia’s looming demographic crisis lies in embracing something we in the phar...

July 1, 2025 | Tuesday | Opinion
Medtech player Alcon expands manufacturing facility in Singapore

Alcon, the global leader in eye care, has announced the official opening of its expanded state-of-the-art manufacturing ...

June 27, 2025 | Friday | News
Singapore pledges contribution of $1 M to Gavi for better access to vaccines

Singapore has pledged a contribution of $1 million to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi). This reflects Singapore&rsquo...

June 26, 2025 | Thursday | News
Singapore’s longitudinal cohort study uncovers new insights into women's health

New research from the Integrated Women’s Health Programme (IWHP) at the National University Hospital (NUH) and the...

June 25, 2025 | Wednesday | News
NEC Laboratories Singapore to launch prototype vision for AI-powered elderly care assistant

NEC Laboratories Singapore will be introducing an early-stage prototype of its AI Elderly Care Assistant at the upcoming...

June 23, 2025 | Monday | News
Singapore launches national Familial Hypercholesterolaemia genetic testing programme

The Ministry of Health (MoH), Singapore government, will launch the national Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) genetic...

June 20, 2025 | Friday | News
Sprint Bioscience and EDDC collaborate to evaluate MASH programme therapeutic compounds

Swedish biotech firm Sprint Bioscience has entered a research collaboration with the Experimental Drug Development Cen...

June 19, 2025 | Thursday | News
Singapore study uncovers key blood proteins which predict future dementia and cognitive deterioration

Scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine)'s Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine have found proteins ...

June 17, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Singapore’s UltraGreen.ai accelerates global adoption of fluorescence-guided surgery quantification

UltraGreen.ai, a Singapore-headquartered leader in surgical imaging technology, announced the acquisition of Perfusion T...

June 17, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Danone invests in Singapore Digital Lab to expand global innovation capabilities

Danone announced an expansion of its Digital Lab (D-Lab) in Singapore, reinforcing the company's commitment to advancing...

June 11, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Vantive Transforms Vital Organ Therapies in Asia-Pacific

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing global health crisis that poses substantial clinical, economic and psychologic...

June 17, 2025 | Tuesday | Opinion
Singapore designs new biomaterial to show how ageing in heart could be reversed

A new lab-grown material has revealed that some of the effects of ageing in the heart may be slowed and even reversed. T...

June 16, 2025 | Monday | News
MGI Tech partners with Asia PGI to advance pathogen genomics for public health in Asia

MGI Tech Co., Ltd., and Asia Pathogen Genomics Initiative (Asia PGI), part of the Duke-NUS Centre for Outbreak Preparedn...

June 11, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's Specialised Therapeutics makes new additions to oncology portfolio in APAC region

Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics (ST) has expanded its existing supply and d...

June 13, 2025 | Friday | News

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