Kulicke & Soffa inks research collaboration with NUS

Kulicke & Soffa Industries has announced that it has engaged the Institute of Operations Research and Analytics (IOR...

February 13, 2019 | Wednesday | News
Singapore ranks 10th on 2019 U.S. Chamber International IP Index

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC) has released its seventh annual Internationa...

February 8, 2019 | Friday | News
Singapore to expand healthcare professional conversion programmes

The Ministry of Health (MOH) and Workforce Singapore (WSG) are expanding the Healthcare Professional Conversion Programm...

February 11, 2019 | Monday | News
Duke-NUS researchers reveal novel immune study on dengue

Researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School have demonstrated for the first time a physical interaction between two types of ...

February 8, 2019 | Friday | News
Sienna signs distribution partner in Singapore

Australia based diagnostic company Sienna has appointed Mediwell as the Company’s non-exclusive distribution partn...

February 5, 2019 | Tuesday | News
NUS researchers study nanoparticles’ role in cancer metastasis

Nanoparticles can be found in processed food (e.g. food additives), consumer products (e.g. sunscreen) and even in medic...

February 4, 2019 | Monday | News
Inspiring Interactions at the 2019 Global Young Scientists Summit

Singapore hosted the seventh edition of Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) recently. The annual event centres around ...

February 2, 2019 | Saturday | News
APACMed appoints Harjit Gill as new CEO

The Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association has announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive Officer, Harjit...

February 1, 2019 | Friday | News
Fighting the War on Myopia

Our ability to see is the most precious of all our senses. Our sight accounts for 80 per cent of what we learn and remem...

February 1, 2019 | Friday | Opinion
Industry experts in Singapore share insights on Telehealth

In digitalising the nation, the government has highlighted the need for technologies to improve access, affordability an...

February 1, 2019 | Friday | News
Accuron Technologies spins out medtech business

Accuron Technologies Limited announced that it will spin out its MedTech business. The Accuron MedTech Group (Accuron Me...

January 31, 2019 | Thursday | News
ASLAN Pharma reveals strategies of clinical development programs

ASLAN Pharmaceuticals announced a strategic corporate restructuring to focus its resources on its lead clinical programs...

January 30, 2019 | Wednesday | News
Lucence Diagnostics opens new HQ and Lab in Singapore

Lucence Diagnostics has recently announced the opening of its new headquarters and molecular diagnostics laboratory in S...

January 30, 2019 | Wednesday | News
Esco Aster, A* Star's to advance BioProcessing technologies for cell and gene therapies

Esco Aster, a contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) of Esco Group, has announced the official openi...

January 30, 2019 | Wednesday | News
Strides to acquire remaining stake in Vivimed

Strides Pharma Science Limited has announced that the Board of Directors of Strides and its step down subsidiary Strides...

January 30, 2019 | Wednesday | News
Global BioLife product shows efficacy against TB

Singapore Exchange-listed Singapore eDevelopment Limited recently announced that its U.S. biomedical subsidiary, Global ...

January 28, 2019 | Monday | News
Novel device by NUS aids in muscle recovery

A team of NUS researchers has developed a novel medical device capable of harnessing a magnetic field to make muscle reh...

January 24, 2019 | Thursday | News
Vifor Pharma updates PIVOTAL trial results

No difference in the infection rate Further to the announcement on 29 October 2018, Vifor Pharma provides an update to t...

January 24, 2019 | Thursday | News
ASLAN annouces publication of new pre-clinical data

ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company targeting cancers that are both highly prevalent in As...

January 24, 2019 | Thursday | News
Diaceutics opens Asian hub to capitalize on growing market

Diaceutics, the diagnostics data analytics and implementation services company,  announced that it is opening a new...

January 23, 2019 | Wednesday | News
iGene Lab gets CAP accreditation for NIPT

iGene Laboratory, a leading Singapore molecular diagnostics company for women's and reproductive health is pleased to an...

January 22, 2019 | Tuesday | News
Branched-Chain amino acids can regulate progression of Cancer: Research

Researchers at A*STAR's Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC) have discovered that branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) i...

January 21, 2019 | Monday | News
BookDoc, Special Olympics Apac to boost intellectual disabled lifestyle

BookDoc signed a memorandum of understanding with Special Olympics Asia Pacific. The partnership aims to improve the hea...

January 21, 2019 | Monday | News
MIMS, Ashfield Healthcare Communications announce global alliance

MIMS, Asia's largest multi-channel provider of drug information, medical communications, events management and marketing...

January 21, 2019 | Monday | News
RHT Health completes disposal of entire asset portfolio

The Trustee-Manager of RHT Health Trust is pleased to announce that the Disposal was completed recently. Following Compl...

January 17, 2019 | Thursday | News
Nobel Prize winner to address gathering at GYSS 2019

The Global Young Scientists Summit (2019) is an annual event, in its 7th year. Modeled off the Lindau meetings, the GYSS...

January 16, 2019 | Wednesday | News
NTU, Max Planck to develop innovative healthcare solutions

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Germany’s Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Int...

January 15, 2019 | Tuesday | News
Mundipharma expands Osteoarthritis gene therapy to more APAC countries

Mundipharma has acquired the exclusive rights for Invossa-K in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, ...

January 14, 2019 | Monday | News
BD opens advanced molding center in Asia

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, marked its 30th anniversary o...

January 11, 2019 | Friday | News
AWAK Tech receives Breakthrough Device Designation by USFDA

AWAK Technologies (AWAK), a pioneering medical technology company focused on dialysis using regeneration technology for ...

January 9, 2019 | Wednesday | News
Older adults care about strangers’ welfare in financial decision-making: NUS study

Singapore – A recent study by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) found that when it ...

December 31, 2018 | Monday | News
Dr. George W. Sledge to join the board of Tessa

Tessa Therapeutics, a clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on autologous and off-the-shelf, allogeneic therapies...

December 21, 2018 | Friday | News
Strides gets USFDA nod for Lidocaine Ointment

Strides Pharma Science Limited (Strides) has announced that it step down wholly owned subsidiary, Strides Pharma Global ...

December 19, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Weight change in middle-aged and elderly Singaporean Chinese linked to increased mortality risk

Singapore – Both moderate-to-large weight gain and weight loss, defined as a change of 10% or more in weight, amon...

December 18, 2018 | Tuesday | News
“New innovations create meaningful barriers for competition”: Julie Tay

Digital Orthodontics as a tool has the potential to replace the conventional methods in the future, because of its many ...

December 17, 2018 | Monday | Opinion
Cerveau announces Neuro PET imaging agent test in Singapore

Cerveau Technologies Inc., a partnership between Enigma Biomedical Group, Inc. and Sinotau Pharmaceutical Group, has ann...

December 17, 2018 | Monday | News
Prestige, Cipla unite to sell cancer biosimilar HD201

Prestige BioPharma (“Prestige”) has reached a licensing agreement with Cipla Limited (“Cipla&rdqu...

December 14, 2018 | Friday | News
NUS SINAPSE director elected as Fellow of prestigious NAI

Singapore– Professor Dean Ho, Director of the Singapore Institute for Neurotechnology (SINAPSE) at the National Un...

December 12, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Strides Vivimed JV receives approval for Albendazole Tablets

Strides  Pharma Science  Limited  (Strides)  has announced that its 50:50 JV Strides Vivimed Pte. Lt...

December 12, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Duke-NUS highlights potential role of bioaerosol sampling to address airborne biological threats

Singapore – As a leading global city with a high population density, Singapore is vulnerable to the introduction o...

December 11, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Cerecin sponsors and presents at Alzheimer’s disease therapeutics

Singapore- Brain health-focused pharmaceutical company Cerecin, announced that it is a sponsor for the Alzheimer&rs...

December 11, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Policymakers pledge to strengthen tobacco control & prevention of NCDs

Subnational leaders, mayors, government officials and civil society members gathered at the 3rd Asia Pacific Cities...

December 10, 2018 | Monday | News
Medidata wins recognition for Asia Pacific Clinical Trial IT Solutions Provider

Medidata was honored with the Asia Pacific Clinical Trial IT Solutions Provider of the Year Award at the annual Frost &a...

December 10, 2018 | Monday | News
TauRx's LMTXs gets FDA Orphan-drug Designation

TauRx, a leader in neurodegenerative disease research, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has gran...

December 10, 2018 | Monday | News
Tychan begins Phase I Trials for first ever yellow fever drug

Tychan, a clinical-stage biotechnology company based in Singapore, announced today that its first-in-class candidate dru...

December 7, 2018 | Friday | News
Innovative solutions to bridge unmet healthcare needs in Asia

Singapore- More than 100 people from 15 Asian countries who represented global public health, healthcare industry, digit...

December 7, 2018 | Friday | News
AUM Biosciences acquires anti-cancer drug from A*STAR

AUM Biosciences (AUM), a Singapore headquartered oncology-focused biotechnology company, has licensed its first novel, h...

December 6, 2018 | Thursday | News
AUM Biosciences acquires novel anti-cancer drug

AUM Biosciences (AUM), a Singapore headquartered oncology-focused biotechnology company, has licensed its first novel, h...

December 4, 2018 | Tuesday | News
MedAdvisor forms JV with healthcare giant Zuellig Pharma

MedAdvisor Limited, Australia’s leading digital medication management company, is pleased to announce it has signe...

December 3, 2018 | Monday | News
Haiko Zuidhoff joins IMCD as VP, APAC

IMCD N.V. announces that Haiko Zuidhoff has been appointed Vice President, APAC, which includes 10 operating markets for...

December 3, 2018 | Monday | News
ASLAN’s DHODH inhibitor shows efficacy in AML patients

Singapore - ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company targeting cancers that are both highly pre...

December 3, 2018 | Monday | News
Raman Singh wins Global Executive of the Year Scrip award

Mundipharma CEO, Raman Singh, has won Executive of the Year for small cap & private pharma companies at the ann...

November 30, 2018 | Friday | News
BlackBerry to Help Improve Digital Infrastructure for Healthcare

BlackBerry Limited announced today it has become a HIMSS Analytics Certified Consultant to help address the digital infr...

November 30, 2018 | Friday | News
Ministerial conference on diabetes 2018: Invigorating global fight against diabetes

Singapore – The first day of the inaugural international Ministerial Conference on Diabetes organised by the Minis...

November 29, 2018 | Thursday | News
Tessa appoints Dr. Ivan Horak as president of R&D

Singapore –Tessa Therapeutics, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on cellular immunotherapy ...

November 29, 2018 | Thursday | News
Biofourmis, Brigham and Women’s Hospital collaborate to co-develop Biovitals

Singapore – Biofourmis, a fast-growing digital health startup that augments personalized care using digital therap...

November 27, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Singapore hosts dialogue on future trends, challenges impacting health

Singapore – By 2025, more than half the workforce will be automated. Worldwide healthcare spending will reach $25 ...

November 27, 2018 | Tuesday | News
First asian real-world experience of regorafenib presented at ESMO Asia

Singapore – A new multicenter, retrospective analysis of South Korean patients highlighted that the oral targeted ...

November 26, 2018 | Monday | News
Marmosets viable in vivo models for developing immune-based therapies

Singapore – Scientists from A*STAR’s Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) and Singapore Bioimaging Consortium...

November 26, 2018 | Monday | News
Guardant Health AMEA launches regional headquarters in Singapore

Guardant Health AMEA today announces the launch of its Asia, Middle East and Africa headquarters in&...

November 26, 2018 | Monday | News
Philips launches Learning Academy for healthcare professionals in Singapore

Singapore – Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology aims to upskill the region’s healthcare prof...

November 26, 2018 | Monday | News
Roche launches FoundationOne CDx to help guide personalised treatment decisions

Singapore - Roche announced that FoundationOne CDx, Foundation Medicine’s comprehensive companion diagnostic test ...

November 22, 2018 | Thursday | News
World’s first migraine-specific prevention treatment available in Singapore

Singapore – Novartis announced that the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has approved Aimovig (erenumab) ...

November 22, 2018 | Thursday | News
MIT Technology Review shortlists 10 ‘Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific’ for 2019

Singapore – MIT Technology Review  announced the top 10 young Innovators under the age of 35 in the...

November 21, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Dornier collaborates with NUH to initiate new clinical study

Singapore – Dornier MedTech, a global leader in urology, announced the initiation of a new clinical study to deter...

November 21, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Digital transformation - Key to improve healthcare continuum

Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in India. When Apollo Hospitals’ fo...

November 16, 2018 | Friday | Opinion
EDBI-backed Moderna Therapeutics files for $500M IPO

Singapore - US biotech giant Moderna Therapeutics – which is backed by Singapore-based EDBI and Sequoia Capit...

November 15, 2018 | Thursday | News
MindFi App makes mindfulness smart and measurable

Singapore - MindFi, a Southeast Asian leader in digital wellness, has launched the third generation of its mobile applic...

November 14, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Esco Medical secures CFDA approval for Embryo Incubators

Esco Medical, the IVF medical technology business unit of the Esco Group, has announced that it has received the China F...

November 13, 2018 | Tuesday | News
New study reveals substantial gap in understanding of diabetes

Singapore - The latest Sun Life Financial Asia Diabetes Awareness Study themed “Family and Diabetes&rdqu...

November 13, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Book launch pays tribute to Nobel Laureate Dr Sydney Brenner

Singapore - Madam Halimah Yacob, President of the Republic of Singapore launched the book “Sydney Brenner’s ...

November 12, 2018 | Monday | News
3-D study delivers first pre-clinical results on the toxicological impact of novel e-cigarette

Singapore - Philip Morris International (PMI), has conducted an in vitro study using epithelial cells taken from the mou...

November 12, 2018 | Monday | News
SNEC, SERI, J&J Vision collaborate to tackle myopia

The Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC), the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) and Johnson & Johnson Vision h...

November 12, 2018 | Monday | News
NTU develops new learning tools for medical students

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is pioneering the use of 3D-printed anatomical specimens for...

November 12, 2018 | Monday | News
Strides enters into partnership with SUDA Pharma for migraine drug

Strides Pharma Science Limited (Strides)  has announced  that  its  step‐down  wholly  o...

November 9, 2018 | Friday | News
Breakthrough research for diabetic kidney disease

Singapore – Scientists led by Duke-NUS Medical School have designed mice that successfully emulate a severe form o...

November 9, 2018 | Friday | News
SHF launches simplified CPR and AED training

Singapore – Back for its 7th edition, the annual Project Heart initiative by the Singapore Heart Foundation s...

November 5, 2018 | Monday | News
GARFIELD-AF Report: A wakeup call to Asia

Non-vitamin K antagonists oral anticoagulants or NOACs are often prescribed at lower than recommended doses in many Asia...

November 5, 2018 | Monday | News
East Ventures leads $1M funding for Nalagenetics

Genetic testing company Nalagenetics has announced the closing of a $1 million pre-seed funding round led by early-stage...

November 2, 2018 | Friday | News
NUS scientists find novel method to cultivate human skin cells for grafting

Singapore - Breakthrough research to culture human skin cells called keratinocytes to produce skin grafts has been publi...

November 1, 2018 | Thursday | News
Lucence launches first molecular test to distinguish breast tumours

Singapore – Lucence Diagnostics announced the launch of the world’s first molecular test to distinguish...

October 30, 2018 | Tuesday | News
ASLAN appoints Robert E. Hoffman as Independent Director

Singapore – ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company targeting cancers that are both...

October 30, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Smartfuture deploys kiosks to tackle diabetes and hypertension in Singapore

Singapore - 26 self-monitoring health check-up kiosks have been installed by Smartfuture in offices across Singapor...

October 30, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Trethera, Kyan collaborate for AI driven cancer therapy

Trethera Corporation (Trethera), a biopharmaceutical company committed to developing novel drugs targeting cellular nucl...

October 26, 2018 | Friday | News
DXC Technology opens Digital Innovation Lab in Singapore

DXC Technology, the world’s leading independent, end-to-end IT services company, today announced the opening of th...

October 26, 2018 | Friday | News
Cerecin appoints new Head of Commercial Strategy

Singapore – Brain health-focused pharmaceutical company Cerecin, announced the appointment of Cheryl Tan as V...

October 24, 2018 | Wednesday | News
J&J Singapore encourages collaboration and holistic care pathways

Singapore – Johnson & Johnson (J&J) called for more community support and a holistic approach to ment...

October 24, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Philips adds two new solutions to Ingenia digital MR portfolio in Singapore

Royal Philips , a global leader in health technology, today announced the official launch of the Ingenia Elition, a new ...

October 24, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Proteona licenses ESCAPE RNA sequencing technology

Singapore - Proteona Pte. Ltd. has entered into an exclusive worldwide licensing agreement with the National University ...

October 23, 2018 | Tuesday | News
World’s first wearable peritoneal dialysis device safe for renal patients

Singapore – AWAK Technologies,  a pioneering medical technology company focused on dialysis using regeneratio...

October 23, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Invitrocue appoints independent non-executive director

Singapore  – Invitrocue Limited, a leading healthcare bio-analytic solutions provider, is pleased to announce...

October 23, 2018 | Tuesday | News
MWH Medical partners with Siemens Healthineers

MWH Medical Pte Ltd, a leading medical group, and Siemens Healthineers are pleased to announce the launch of the first A...

October 23, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Singapore launches national initiative in cancer therapy imaging

Global efforts in immuno-oncology have received a major boost, with a S$22 million Health and Biomedical Sciences (HBMS)...

October 22, 2018 | Monday | News
ASLAN reveals promising data for advanced solid tumour drug

Singapore – ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company targeting cancers that are both...

October 22, 2018 | Monday | News
Ostrich antibody as dengue fever solution ready for commercialization

Singapore - MAZ World and ZEAL Cosmetics have confirmed that Ostrich Antibodies are effective in neutralising all four s...

October 22, 2018 | Monday | News
Strides Pharma gets USFDA nod for its anti-epileptic drug

Strides Pharma Science (Strides) on Saturday announced that its global arm Strides Pharma Global Pte Singapore has recei...

October 22, 2018 | Monday | News
Samsung reveals a new ultrasound system 'HERA W10'

Samsung Medison, a global medical equipment company and an affiliate of Samsung Electronics, is showcasing its new gener...

October 22, 2018 | Monday | News
Scientists reveal mystery of superbug evolution

Singapore - Scientists have found a new way in which bacteria evolve, one they believe is at least 1,000 times more effi...

October 17, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Global experts on ageing and health discuss ‘longevity dividend’ at signature Singapore conference

With people living longer, the ‘longevity dividend’ is the subject of a global conference in Singapore organ...

October 16, 2018 | Tuesday | News
A*STAR leads S$34 M initiative with pharma giants and universities

Singapore - To drive the transformation of the local pharmaceutical manufacturing industry and pre-position it for ...

October 16, 2018 | Tuesday | News