Cerecin appoints two new members to Scientific Advisory Board

Singapore - Brain health-focused pharmaceutical company Cerecin, announced the appointment of two healthcare indust...

October 16, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Biotech startup RWDC closes $13M round

Singapore headquartered biotech startup RWDC Industries Pte Ltd has successfully closed a $13 million Series A2 round co...

October 16, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Cambridge Consultants launch breakthrough intravascular technology

Singapore – Breakthrough innovation specialist Cambridge Consultants announced a watershed moment for intravascula...

October 11, 2018 | Thursday | News
Global healthcare leaders convene at the Asia Pacific MedTech Forum 2018

Singapore - Well over 700 healthcare leaders gathered at the Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Centre in Si...

October 10, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Deloitte, MIT study finds biopharma companies seek digital transformation, most are lagging

Singapore - While many biotech and pharmaceutical companies seek the many competitive advantages that come with digitall...

October 10, 2018 | Wednesday | News
AUM partners with NCCS to develop new cancer drugs

Singapore – The National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) and AUM Biosciences, a Singapore headquartered biotechnolo...

October 10, 2018 | Wednesday | News
ASLAN to present posters for Medical Oncology Congress

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

October 9, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Novo Nordisk launches a new obesity treatment on World Obesity Day

Singapore – Novo Nordisk announced the availability of Saxenda (liraglutide 3.0 mg) in Singapore. Saxenda is ...

October 9, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Singapore researchers discover new treatment for malaria

A team of scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and...

October 8, 2018 | Monday | News
Healint appoints Pharma Industry Veteran Maryline Marquet as CCO

Singapre's Healint, the developer of the world’s largest digital patient hub with 1,3 million users and 300 m...

October 5, 2018 | Friday | News
Advent acquires Vwing Vascular Needle Guide

Singapore – Advent Access, one of Singapore’s most innovative medtech companies with a focus in en...

October 4, 2018 | Thursday | News
Esco, Nuvonis enter into MoU to support novel vaccines in Asia

Singapore - Esco Aster (Singapore) and Nuvonis Technologies (Austria) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for ...

October 4, 2018 | Thursday | News
Accera closes $50M investment round

Brain health-focused pharmaceutical company Accera, Inc. has announced the first close of an investment round under its ...

October 4, 2018 | Thursday | News
Global conference on insecticide resistance opens in Singapore

The resistance of mosquito borne arboviruses such as dengue, zika, chikungunya and yellow fever are now a major threat t...

October 1, 2018 | Monday | News
Asian Healthcare Leadership Summit :The future of healthcare is now

Singapore – The Asian Healthcare Leadership Summit (AHLS) 2018 was held from 21 to 22 September at Resor...

October 1, 2018 | Monday | News
Singapore Heart Foundation launches Asia’s first ever CPR Kiosk

Singapore – In commemoration of National Heart Week/World Heart Day (NHW/WHD) 2018, Singapore Heart Foundation (SH...

September 28, 2018 | Friday | News
The Longevity Summit discusses Asia's productive economy

Singapore – More than 200 Asian business leaders, government officials and health-care professionals gathered...

September 28, 2018 | Friday | News
Pharma 2018: Sales & Marketing Innovation Asia

The Marcus Evans' Pharma Forum: Sales & Marketing Innovation is back by demand once again celebrating innovators, le...

September 27, 2018 | Thursday | News
Breakthrough research by scientists on Chikungunya virus

Singapore – Researchers from A*STAR’s Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered that the Plasmodiu...

September 27, 2018 | Thursday | News
Medix survey uncovers Singapore’s health concerns and perceptions

Singapore – A new survey commissioned by Medix has uncovered a range of attitudes towards the diagnosis and treatm...

September 25, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Holmusk secures $9.75 M in Pre-Series A financing

Holmusk, a Singapore-headquartered digital health and data analytics company with a global presence, recently announced ...

September 25, 2018 | Tuesday | News
NUS scientists reconstruct healthy liver cells

A team of pharmaceutical scientists at the National University of Singapore (NUS), together with clinicians from the Nat...

September 24, 2018 | Monday | News
Merck opens S$20 M lab in Singapore

Merck has announced the opening of a new 3,800-square-meter laboratory in Singapore. The S$20 million (~US$15 million) l...

September 21, 2018 | Friday | News
Accelerating IVD Innovations in APAC

Ever- evolving diagnostics landscape  Among IVD segments, molecular diagnostics is one of the most prominent ...

September 20, 2018 | Thursday | Opinion
“The medical diagnostics industry will move towards a more targeted and personalized diagnosis”: Charmian Cher

How is the medical diagnostics landscape evolving in APAC region?  Asia Pacific makes up more than half the globa...

September 20, 2018 | Thursday | Opinion
Advent completes CE mark submission for av-Guardian

Singapore – Advent Access (Advent), one of Singapore’s most innovative medtech companies, announce...

September 20, 2018 | Thursday | News
ISPE Singapore Conference & Exhibition 2018: From Manufacturing to Patients

Singapore - The ISPE Singapore Conference & Exhibition 2018 closed to resounding success on 31st August at the Sunte...

September 19, 2018 | Wednesday | News
NUS team invents new diagnostic device

A multidisciplinary team of researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a portable, easy-to-...

September 19, 2018 | Wednesday | News
OUE Lippo to acquire stakes in first REIT and Bowsprit Capital

Singapore – OUE Lippo Healthcare Limited, the healthcare subsidiary of OUE Limited announced the proposed acq...

September 18, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Mascots, Lucence partner to deliver cancer blood tests in Myanmar

Singapore – Lucence Diagnostics, a genomic medicine company focused on inventing advanced cancer diagnostics, and ...

September 18, 2018 | Tuesday | News
SP, Shimadzu to prepare for digitalisation by 2020

Singapore – To better prepare laboratory analysts and technicians for future roles in a digitalised laborator...

September 18, 2018 | Tuesday | News
KKH develops rapid diagnostic test for rare diseases

A multi-disciplinary team at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH), Singapore has developed a test to enable faster d...

September 18, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Accuron opens new technology centre in Singapore

Singapore – Accuron MedTech Group, the largest medical device maker in Southeast Asia, announced the official open...

September 14, 2018 | Friday | News
Technology and Innovation drive success of MEDICAL FAIR ASIA & MEDICAL MANUFACTURING ASIA

Singapore  – The two synergistic trade exhibitions for the medical, healthcare and MedTech sectors, MEDICAL F...

September 14, 2018 | Friday | News
Queen Mary establishes collaboration with A*STAR

Queen Mary University of London has cemented a partnership with Singapore through a new collaboration with its leading r...

September 7, 2018 | Friday | News
Mundipharma gets global rights to market digestive health supplement

Mundipharma has closed an asset purchase agreement with Vital Food Processors Limited, an agricultural science company f...

September 6, 2018 | Thursday | News
Everest, KKH to modernize access to neonatal, maternity healthcare

Everest, a biometry based, value transfer company, plans to partner with Singapore-based KK Hospital (KKH), a regional l...

September 6, 2018 | Thursday | News
MedTech experts to explore technology for future of healthcare

Singapore – The Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed), the regional trade association for the medi...

September 4, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Ground-breaking approach accelerates drug discovery process

Singapore - An international collaboration between Imperial College London, Singapore’s Duke-NUS Medical School an...

September 4, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Singapore’s healthcare system tops international leader board

Singapore – Royal Philips , a global leader in health technology released the first chapter of its ...

September 4, 2018 | Tuesday | News
NUS scientists harness AI platform for advanced cancer

A translational research team led by the National University of Singapore (NUS) has harnessed CURATE.AI, a powerful arti...

September 3, 2018 | Monday | News
IBA, Parkway Pantai sign contract worth SGD 55-65 mn

IBA (Ion Beam Applications S.A., EURONEXT), the world's leading provider of proton therapy solutions for the treatment o...

August 30, 2018 | Thursday | News
Cell Research Corporation announces new senior advisors

Singapore - Singapore based biotechnology company and leader in cord lining stem cells, CellResearch Corporation announc...

August 28, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Chongqing connectivity initiative’s first eldercare service collaboration

Singapore – ECON Healthcare Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Chongqing Civil Affairs Bureau u...

August 28, 2018 | Tuesday | News
GAES BHealth to showcase in Medical Fair Asia

BHealth, the range of global services for health professionals, medical technology, and medical products and services by...

August 28, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Mundipharma to launch Cold Defence in Turkey and Canada

Mundipharma will be introducing Cold Defence™, a new early treatment hailed as a "world-first", in Turkey&nbs...

August 27, 2018 | Monday | News
NUS team develops saliva test for detecting HFMD

A group of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found a way to identify children with hand, f...

August 24, 2018 | Friday | News
Duke-NUS MS joins Global Virus Network as a Centre of Excellence

A coalition of seven virology research institutions in Singapore, including Duke-NUS Medical School, has been inducted i...

August 23, 2018 | Thursday | News
Strides Pharma receives USFDA nod for two key ANDAs

India's Strides Pharma  has announced that its step-down wholly owned subsidiary, Strides Pharma Global Pte. Limite...

August 22, 2018 | Wednesday | News
NUS researchers uncover a bidirectional regulator in cancer cells

Singapore - An in-depth study on the regulation of adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) RNA editing by researchers from the Can...

August 20, 2018 | Monday | News
HSA approves TCR immunotherapy trial for liver cancer

Lion TCR Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based Biotech company has received approval from Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Singap...

August 20, 2018 | Monday | News
Mundipharma brings cancer supportive care expertise to Vietnam

Mundipharma and Helsinn Group signed a licensing and distribution agreement for the anti-emetic agent ALOXI in Vietnam, ...

August 16, 2018 | Thursday | News
NUS scientists develop new technology to treat myeloma patients

A multidisciplinary team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed an artificial intel...

August 14, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Singapore Diagnostics, Lucence partner to market cancer blood tests in Philippines

Singapore – Lucence Diagnostics, a genomic medicine company focused on inventing advanced cancer diagnostics, and ...

August 13, 2018 | Monday | News
Oliver Healthcare Packaging strengthens presence in Asia

Oliver™ Healthcare Packaging, a leading provider of sterile barrier flexible packaging for the global healthcare i...

August 7, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Getting a good gut feeling - Vitafoods Asia 2018

Singapore – In the near future, doctors may be able to diagnose and treat patients’ physical and mental...

August 7, 2018 | Tuesday | News
DotBio successfully raises $2.3 M in seed financing

Singapore – DotBio, a new company focused on the development of novel immuno-oncology drugs based on humanize...

August 7, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Zuellig Pharma unite to improve wound care expertise

A Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH)'s Centre for Asian Nursing Studies (CANS), the...

August 6, 2018 | Monday | News
NUS group develops novel drug against liver cancer

A research team led by scientists from the Cancer Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of S...

August 2, 2018 | Thursday | News
APACMed welcomes its 100th member organisation

Singapore – Only three years after its official launch in 2015, the Asia Pacific Medical Technology Associati...

July 31, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Chugai to expand its research subsidiary in Singapore

Japan's Chugai Pharma has announced that it has decided to expand the business of Chugai Pharmabody Research,  its ...

July 27, 2018 | Friday | News
Lucence Diagnostics, NCCS to improve Cancer Genetic Testing

Lucence Diagnostics will be partnering with the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) on a study to improve genetic te...

July 27, 2018 | Friday | News
PharmaJet, Mundipharma unite to expand needle-free technology worldwide

PharmaJet®, the maker of innovative, needle-free injection technology, and Mundipharma announced an exclusive partne...

July 25, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Zecotek Reforms to align Technology, IP and Business

Zecotek Photonics Inc. a developer of leading-edge photonics technologies for healthcare, industrial and scientific mark...

July 24, 2018 | Tuesday | News
HMC launches new look in-line with patient centric strategy

Singapore -  Healthway Medical Corporation (HMC) Limited announced  a refreshed look and tagline to compl...

July 24, 2018 | Tuesday | News
1.5M health records raided in Singapore cyber attack

Singapore – Around 1.5 million people have had their personal details stolen in a cyber-attack on the Singapore go...

July 23, 2018 | Monday | News
One in three Singaporeans die from cardiovascular diseases

Singapore – Singaporeans’ urban lifestyle is a silent killer. Rapid industrialisation and urbanisation over ...

July 19, 2018 | Thursday | News
GIC to invest $75M in Ascletis’ Hong Kong IPO

Ascletis Pharma, the first biotechnology firm to file for an IPO in Hong Kong following recent listing reforms, has secu...

July 19, 2018 | Thursday | News
AWAK strengthens Singapore presence with new HQs

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

July 16, 2018 | Monday | News
HSA approves Novartis's Kisqali

The Health Sciences Authority has approved Novartis Kisqali (Ribociclib, LEE011), earlier this year as a first-line trea...

July 16, 2018 | Monday | News
Researchers develop device for faster jaw reconstruction

A team of researchers from the National Dental Centre Singapore, has developed a titanium modular endoprosthesis that ca...

July 16, 2018 | Monday | News
Ground-breaking study to hasten regenerative medicine development

Singapore – Scientists from A*STAR’s Institute of Molecular & Cell Biology (IMCB) have discovered a key ...

July 13, 2018 | Friday | News
Singapore gathers international experts to discuss cardiovascular health in Asia

Singapore – Singapore is set to host Asia’s premier regional forum on cardiovascular health as it welcomes k...

July 13, 2018 | Friday | News
Dornier introduces new urological lasers in Singapore

Singapore – Dornier MedTech (Dornier), a global leader in innovative kidney stone management, announced the introd...

July 13, 2018 | Friday | News
Scientists connect tuberal nucleus with appetite and body weight

Singapore – Researchers at A*STAR’s Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC) have identified a new region of t...

July 11, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Singapore’s biotech ecosystem on a growth spree

Singapore – Singapore’s Senior Ministers of State Dr Koh Poh Koon and SPS Dr Tan Wu Meng were pres...

July 9, 2018 | Monday | News
Potential for AI and robotics in healthcare is vast

Medical robotics is a fast growing and rapidly innovating space, majorly fuelled by enhancement of automation technologi...

July 6, 2018 | Friday | Opinion
Indivumed, IMCB to build multiomics cancer database

Indivumed GmbH and A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) in Singapore have signed an agreement to perf...

July 6, 2018 | Friday | News
Napier launches AI/ML powered healthcare assistant

Leading Singapore-based healthcare software provider Napier Healthcare Solutions has announced the General Availability ...

July 5, 2018 | Thursday | News
Singapore institutes collaborate with ROK to develop innovative drugs

Singapore – Scientists and clinicians from Singapore institutes are collaborating with C&C Research ...

July 3, 2018 | Tuesday | News
ASLAN submits authorisation application with HSA

Singapore- ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Asia developing novel therapeutics...

July 3, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Esco Group to set up innovation centre in China

Singapore-based life sciences ecosystem builder Esco Group is investing $15 million into a new manufacturing and innovat...

July 3, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Esco, Konkuk University cooperate on pigs vaccine in Asia

Singapore – Esco Aster, a leading independent contract development and manufacturing organization with its patent ...

July 2, 2018 | Monday | News
NUS scientists shed light on lung cancers’ resistance to treatment

Singapore- Cells use nutrients such as glucose, amino acids and fat (lipids) to produce the energy to support the essent...

July 2, 2018 | Monday | News
Doctor Anywhere raises S$5.6 M in Series A funding

Singapore – Doctor Anywhere, a Singapore-based telehealth start up, has successfully raised S$5.6 million in a ser...

July 2, 2018 | Monday | News
Fullerton, Microsoft Singapore to drive digital transformation

Singapore- Leading APAC healthcare platform, Fullerton Healthcare Corporation Limited and Microsoft Asia Pacific have an...

July 2, 2018 | Monday | News
Prestige Biopharma, Alvogen unite to market Hervelous in Europe

Prestige BioPharma and Alvogen announced that the two companies have entered into a binding agreement for the exclusive ...

June 29, 2018 | Friday | News
Mundipharma extends partnership with Kolon Life Science

Mundipharma has announced the extension of its strategic partnership with Kolon Life Science to market Invossa-K in Saud...

June 27, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's MiRXES to provide research support to BIDMC

Singapore-based MiRXES has announced that it is providing the ID3EAL miRNA and other non-coding RNA detection technology...

June 26, 2018 | Tuesday | News
NTU launches labs for studying chronic diseases

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has launched a suite of new research centres and laboratories to study the chroni...

June 26, 2018 | Tuesday | News
AUM Biosciences to drive commercial innovation in oncology

Singapore - AUM Biosciences (AUM), a new company focused on the development of innovative and affordable oncology m...

June 25, 2018 | Monday | News
Carmentix collaborates to study clinical Preterm Birth

Carmentix Pte. Ltd. is proud to announce a research collaboration with The University of Melbourne (UoM), The Chinese Un...

June 19, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Orinno Tech works on curbing dengue transmission

As part of an ongoing field study into curbing dengue transmissions in Singapore, local startup Orinno Technology has be...

June 18, 2018 | Monday | News
Esco Group acquires AT Medical UAB

Esco Group has entered into an agreement to acquire the remaining shares in AT Medical UAB, an Esco Ventures portfolio c...

June 14, 2018 | Thursday | News
New ways to understand how body fights cancer

Singapore – Researchers from A*STAR’s Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) and Genome Institute of Singapore ...

June 12, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Macrogen establishes a subsidiary in Singapore

Macrogen, Inc., a precision medicine biotechnology company, announced that it has established Macrogen Asia Pacific Pt...

June 7, 2018 | Thursday | News
Philips, SAM open regional oncology centre in Singapore

Singapore-  Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, and the Singapore Institute of Advanced Medicine H...

June 6, 2018 | Wednesday | News
SGInnovate delves deep into tech at ARISE

Singapore- SGInnovate is presenting ARISE, Southeast Asia’s preeminent deep tech event at innovfest...

June 5, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Scientists use nanoparticles to study wound scarring

A group of scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a new way of seeing w...

June 5, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Lion TCR raises $20 million in a Series A funding round

Lion TCR, a Singapore-based clinical stage biotech firm has raised $ 20 million in a Series A funding round from new inv...

May 29, 2018 | Tuesday | News