3D heart tissue created for drug testing

Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology of A*STAR Singapore have engineered a three-dimensiona...

June 8, 2017 | Thursday | News
MOH to ramp up use of apps, robotics to improve home care

Gan Kim Yong, health minister, Singapore recently announced that by the end of the year, all Singaporeans can use a new ...

May 30, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Device for quick, effective treatment of common hearing disorder

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a novel handheld device, known as CL...

May 26, 2017 | Friday | News
Singapore pioneers use of Smart Health TeleRehab

As part of Singapore's Smart Nation Initiative, the city-state will be rolling out the use of Smart Health TeleRehab. T...

May 12, 2017 | Friday | News
World's first full body biometric authentication technology announced

RAM Group, Singaporean based technology firm, has announced a new breakthrough in biometric authentication based on a no...

May 5, 2017 | Friday | News
Profit climb for RMG in first quarter

RAFFLES Medical Group recorded S$15.5 million net profit in its first quarter, up 0.1 per cent from the same period a ye...

April 27, 2017 | Thursday | News
mClinica raises $6.3M to map healthcare data in Southeast Asia

Singapore-based startup mClinica has announced a $6.3 million Series A raise. mClinica was founded in 2012 and its missi...

April 27, 2017 | Thursday | News
NUS launches a risk predicting calculator

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a web-based tool that predicts a patient&rsqu...

April 27, 2017 | Thursday | News
Singapore Press Holdings buys nursing home provider for S$164m

Singapore Press Holdings is entering the healthcare sector as it acquires Orange Valley (OV) Healthcare Pte. Ltd, an ope...

April 27, 2017 | Thursday | News
Holmusk collaborates with Singapore to manage cardio diseases

Singapore: Holmusk, a global digital health and data analytics company, has embarked on a three-year partnership with Na...

April 6, 2017 | Thursday | News
ASEAN Pharma Packaging Conference concludes in Singapore

Singapore: ASEAN Pharma Packaging Conference, APPCON 2017, was concluded in Singapore on 16th and 17th March 2017, with ...

March 27, 2017 | Monday | News
Singapore strengthens digital health innovation

Singapore: Singapore-based EDBI and Royal Philips aim to accelerate their joint investment alliance and partner with mor...

March 7, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Vela Genomics launches solution for NGS clinical interpretation and reporting

Singapore: Vela Genomics, a subsidiary of Vela Diagnostics, has launched TheraKey to provide accurate Next-Generation Se...

March 7, 2017 | Tuesday | News
ASLAN collaborates with CSI, NCIS to investigate lead cancer compound

Singapore: ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, a biotech company focused on the development of immunotherapies and targeted agents fo...

March 2, 2017 | Thursday | News
"REVIVE is a daily supplement to combat age-related cognitive decline"

What is the current scenario when it comes to awareness about brain health? Does brain health earn the same attention in...

March 2, 2017 | Thursday | Influencers
Zuellig Pharma launches new innovation in center in Singapore

Singapore: Zuellig Pharma, a leading healthcare service provider, recently launched its first innovation centre, Zuellig...

April 7, 2017 | Friday | News
Mundipharma expands oncology portfolio

Singapore: Mundipharma and Helsinn Group have expanded their collaboration, signing amendments to licensing and distribu...

February 16, 2017 | Thursday | News
Novogene, AITbiotech to establish new whole genome sequencing centre at Singapore

Singapore: With a view to provide further booat to the genomics sector Novogene, AIT Biotech and Genome Institute of Sin...

December 9, 2016 | Friday | News
"Smart healthcare can be enabled through collaboration of all stake holders"

What have been the achievements of APACMed in the past one year? APACMed has entered its second year and has been getti...

November 22, 2016 | Tuesday | Influencers
Chugai strengthens investment in Singapore

Singapore: Chugai Pharmaceutical's research centre for therapeutic antibodies, Chugai Pharmabody Research (CPR), has com...

November 18, 2016 | Friday | News
Value-based healthcare will optimise health initiatives'

IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, a research driven entity that provides key policy setters and decision makers ...

November 15, 2016 | Tuesday | Influencers
NUS scientists discover the switch that makes breast cancer cells aggressive

Singapore: A team of scientists from National University of Singapore (NUS) has established novel insights into the rel...

November 2, 2016 | Wednesday | News
"Prevalence of COPD in Asia is similar to western countries"

GlaxoSmithKline and biopharmaceutical company, Innoviva, have concluded Salford Lung Study (SLS), a Phase IIIb multi-cen...

October 27, 2016 | Thursday | Influencers
ICH GCP Guidelines Amendments (R2) 2016

The International Conference on Harmonization of Good Clinical Practice Guidelines, also known as ICH GCP, must be adher...

October 21, 2016 | Friday | Analysis
Point of Care technology to combat diabetes

  It's been widely recognized that biomedical research has an impact that could affect millions both locally and globa...

October 21, 2016 | Friday | Analysis
Singapore develops oral-anti-diabetic drug

Singapore: Singapore has completed phase I clinical trial of an oral-anti-diabetic drug developed by Department of Pharm...

October 21, 2016 | Friday | News
GSK launches OTC allergy drug Zyrtec-R

Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline has launched Zyrtec-R Tablet over-the-counter (OTC medicine) that replaces Zyrtec, allowing c...

October 19, 2016 | Wednesday | News
DHL invests SGD 140mn in Singapore

Singapore: DHL Express has launched S$140 million (€85 million) DHL South Asia Hub, a 24-hour express hub facility...

October 18, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Asia Pacific MedTech Forum concludes in Singapore

Asia Pacific has huge potential to drive smart healthcare market but the region has its own challenges, remarked Dr. Axe...

November 15, 2016 | Tuesday | News
"We are looking to collaborate with visionary research institutes to develop new methods of discovering cancer"

Singapore: Waters Corporation recently collaborated with Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI), a research institute ...

October 4, 2016 | Tuesday | Influencers
Neem may reduce prostate tumour: NUS Study

Singapore: A team of international researchers led by Associate Professor Gautam Sethi from the Department of Pharmacolo...

October 3, 2016 | Monday | News
Pharma logistics call for integrated approach

Dubai: Pharma cold chain logistics market is estimated to be USD12.6 billion in 2016. Emirates SkyCargo is Dubai's most ...

October 5, 2016 | Wednesday | Analysis
BIOTRONIK plans to invest SGD30 mn in Singapore

Singapore: Germany based developer of cardio and endovascular medical technology, BIOTRONIK, has launched a new manufact...

September 29, 2016 | Thursday | News
Dengue vaccine now available in Mexico

Singapore: Dengvaxia, the dengue vaccine by Sanofi Pasteur, is now available in private healthcare clinics of Mexico for...

September 14, 2016 | Wednesday | News
Scientists at NUS finds RNA's role in gastric cancer

Singapore: A team of researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National Universi...

September 14, 2016 | Wednesday | News
Singapore develops new protein to alter DNA in living cells

Singapore: Researchers in Singapore have developed a new protein that can alter DNA in living cells with much higher pre...

September 14, 2016 | Wednesday | News
IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics expands in Singapore

Singapore: IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics has launched a new branch focused on supporting improved health outc...

September 6, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Asian nations at risk as Singapore scrambles to contain Zika

Singapore: With 151 confirmed cases in Singapore, Zika is clearly wreaking havoc in the Asian nation. According to a joi...

September 2, 2016 | Friday | News
Waters collaborates with A*star to expand biomarker discovery

Singapore: Waters Corporation has collaborated with Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI), a research institute withi...

June 23, 2016 | Thursday | News
Affymetrix, PathGEN Dx sign deal for pathogen detection kit

Singapore: Affymetrix and PathGEN Dx, a spin-off molecular diagnostics company founded by researchers from the Genome In...

August 27, 2012 | Monday | News
Specialized Therapeutics grants sublicense to Mundipharma for anti-emetic products

Singapore: Specialized Therapeutics Pty Ltd and Mundipharma Pty Limited announce a sublicense agreement enabling Mundiph...

March 8, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Curiox cashes in on new bioassay technology

The pharmaceutical industry has been under increasing pressure to deliver drugs to the market faster and more efficientl...

April 12, 2012 | Thursday | News
Mundipharma appointed as development and marketing partner for flutiform

Singapore: Mundipharma International Corporation has announced that it has entered into agreements with Skyepharma the e...

January 28, 2016 | Thursday | News
Singapore biomed manufacturing grows in Jan'15

Singapore: Singapore witnessed a growth in biomedical manufacturing output as it expanded by 5.3 percent in January 2015...

February 28, 2015 | Saturday | News
Local medtech companies in every Asian country are welcome to engage with the association'

Singapore: Global medical technology companies came together in April 2015 to form Asia Pacific Medical Technology Assoc...

May 12, 2016 | Thursday | Influencers
Singapore Scientists Grow Mini Human Brains

Singapore: Scientists in Singapore have made a big leap on research on the 'mini-brain'. These advanced mini versions of...

April 24, 2016 | Sunday | News
Hummingbird Bioscience, Sanofi to develop novel cancer therapeutics

Singapore: Hummingbird Bioscience, an innovative biotechnology company focused on the discovery and early development of...

April 22, 2016 | Friday | News
Biosensors reports strong sales in Q1 FY12

Singapore: Biosensors International, a developer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative medical devices, has achieved ...

July 26, 2012 | Thursday | Company results
PerkinElmer, GIS open research lab to advance precision oncology

Singapore: PerkinElmer and the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), a biomedical sciences research institute under Singa...

April 28, 2016 | Thursday | News
There's still time to stop TPP from cutting off critical affordable generic medicines: MSF

Singapore: As representatives from the United States and 11 other Pacific-Rim countries gather in New Zealand to sign th...

February 5, 2016 | Friday | News
Mundipharma's new BETADINE facility to meet regional healthcare challenges

Singapore: Mundipharma has delivered another boost to the City State's booming biomedical sector, announcing a planned 7...

May 13, 2016 | Friday | News
Use of Smartphone Apps for Biomedical Research

Singapore: Mobile apps have invaded almost every aspect of life, yet few are relevant for biomedical experimental resea...

March 7, 2015 | Saturday | Opinion
Cytori, Lorem to commercialize Cytori Cell Therapy

Singapore: US-based Cytori Therapeutics and China-based Lorem Vascular have formed a partnership to commercialize Cytori...

November 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Driving public health impact with vaccines: the past, present and way forward

Living in a time of unprecedented medical interventions, it is difficult to fully appreciate the contribution vaccines h...

May 31, 2016 | Tuesday | Opinion
Affordable cancer diagnostics wins VolitionRx BioSpectrum award

Driven by the demand for affordable and simple diagnostics, VolitionRx has been focusing on diagnostic tests for cancer ...

March 15, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Thermo launches single cell analyses platform

Singapore: Thermo Scientific has launched CeLLInsight CX5 High Content Screening (HCS) Platform, a high-content quantita...

July 10, 2014 | Thursday | News
New possibilities for leukaemia immunotherapy

Singapore: Scientists at A*Star's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered a new class of lipids in the leuka...

June 25, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Amgen to acquire rights of three drugs from GSK

Singapore: Global pharmaceutical company, Amgen, has plans to reacquire all of its remaining rights from GSK on Prolia (...

December 16, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Sir David Lane to chair advisory board of Aslan Pharma

Singapore: Aslan Pharmaceuticals, a biotech company focused on the development of immunotherapies and targeted agents fo...

January 29, 2016 | Friday | News
Scientists use tiniest human protein to heal heart

Singapore: Scientists at A*Star's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) and Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (IM...

December 9, 2013 | Monday | News
Asia's lung cancer burden

Lung cancer occurs in two types, small cell lung cancer and the more prevalent non-small scale lung cancer. According to...

April 8, 2016 | Friday | Analysis
Mundipharma announces sales and distribution collaboration of ISODINE brand

Singapore: Mundipharma and Shionogi has announced a new exclusive sales collaboration contract for its ISODINE brand in ...

December 9, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Medtronic opens new APAC HQ in Singapore

Singapore: Global medical technology company, Medtronic, has opened a new Asia Pacific regional headquarters in Singapor...

May 31, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Circadian's new diagnosis tech to be launched in July

Singapore: A novel technology for aiding the diagnosis of Cancers of Unknown Primary (CUP), by Circadian Technologies, w...

June 28, 2012 | Thursday | News
Singapore rides high on biomedical research

Singapore, a cosmopolitan city state that offers world-class living standards and attracts talent from all over the glob...

May 22, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
Pfizer testing unit to move to Singapore

Pfizer's 20-person surveillance testing group located in Groton will be relocating to Singapore in 2013. The surveillanc...

June 15, 2012 | Friday | News
Mundipharma's Raman Singh listed among top five in global Power List

Singapore: Mr Raman Singh, president, Mundipharma Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, has been rank...

June 16, 2016 | Thursday | News
Philips, Singapore to invest in digital health

Singapore: Royal Philips and EDBI, the corporate investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board, have signed...

January 13, 2016 | Wednesday | News
Aussie anesthetic firm gets patent from 7 nations

Singapore: Australia-based Drawbridge Pharmaceuticals has been granted patent for its anesthetic formulation Phaxan in t...

October 29, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Inex iGeneScreen Prenatal Test hits Australia

Singapore: Singapore's Inex Innovations Exchange, a fetal health diagnostics company, signed a distribution agreement fo...

February 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Singapore, Korea partner to boost innovation in MedTech

Singapore: Singapore-Stanford Biodesign (SSB) has inked a three-year pact with Korea's Dongguk University (DU) to train ...

May 4, 2015 | Monday | News
ImaginAb, Singapore Radiopharmaceuticals sign agreement

Singapore: ImaginAb, a developer of in vivo molecular imaging agents based on its proprietary antibody fragment platform...

August 8, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Singapore, China universities strengthen ties

To mark the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Singapore and the People's Republic of China (PRC), three u...

December 17, 2015 | Thursday | News
A*Star scientists find growth behaviour of brain cancer cells

Singapore: Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of A*STAR have demonstrated that the ...

January 12, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Biobot Surgical builds on robotics

To overcome the limitations of minimally-invasive surgery and to enhance the capabilities of surgeons, late Prof Ng Wan ...

April 11, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
Singapore's Fortis Surgical Hospital is now Concord Medical Services

Singapore: Concord Medical Services, China based hospital management solution provider, has received Singapore's approva...

October 16, 2015 | Friday | News
Mesoblast speeds Singapore manufacturing plans

Singapore: With Mesoblast aiming to secure fast-track approval for its allogenic stem cell product Prochymal in acute gr...

June 17, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Shimadzu Global Pharma Summit gathers veterans to share regulatory challenges

Singapore: 5th Shimadzu Global Pharma Summit 2015, the flagship event of Shimadzu that provides a platform for the globa...

January 7, 2016 | Thursday | News
Singapore University investing in medical research

Singapore: In a bid to increase innovation in dental and bio-medical engineering, the National Dental Centre Singapore (...

May 21, 2014 | Wednesday | News
What is needed for a successful trial supply management service in APAC?

Singapore: Today there is true growth potential in the Asian clinical trials market. Read any market report and this is ...

September 16, 2015 | Wednesday | Opinion
Orient launches prostate cancer drug in SE Asia

Singapore: Orient EuroPharma, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused in marketing and commercialization has partnere...

May 27, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's mobile app to guide insulin dosage

Singapore: Many patients with type 2 diabetes who are new to insulin therapy face the daily challenge of not knowing how...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
WHO launches Global Hepatitis Network in Singapore

Singapore: The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched Global Hepatitis Network in Singapore to build capacity and...

June 10, 2013 | Monday | News
A*STAR chief scientist wins cancer research prize

Singapore: A*STAR Chief Scientist Professor Sir David Lane has been named the winner of this year's Cancer Research UK L...

July 18, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
Singapore is world's third most innovative country in biotech

Boston: Singapore has emerged as the world's 3rd most biotech innovative country in the annual ranking of countries acco...

June 21, 2012 | Thursday | News
"Must have access to credible information"

How can technology be instrumental and more effective in empowering patients to manage diseases? Technology which can p...

December 9, 2015 | Wednesday | Influencers
Sartorius Stedim enhances single-use product portfolio

Singapore: Biotechnology supplier company, Sartorius Stedim Biotech, has launched new range of single-use bags, under it...

June 3, 2014 | Tuesday | News
A*Star man becomes first non-EU scientist to win EMBO YIP award

Singapore: Dr Bruno Reversade from A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) is the first scientist, based outside Eu...

November 19, 2012 | Monday | News
Singapore develops animal-free screening platform to predict nephrotoxicity

Singapore: Researchers from Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have developed an animal-fr...

October 9, 2015 | Friday | News
Future of Healthcare in Asia

Healthcare industry is in a period of evolution accelerated by changing demographics and market forces propelled by insu...

May 5, 2014 | Monday | Analysis
Alcon invests $159 mn in eye drug plant in Singapore

Singapore: Alcon, global eye care firm, has launched an ophthalmic pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Singapore to...

April 15, 2014 | Tuesday | News
F&S: Private hospital sector to grow in APAC

Singapore: About 180 million new hospital beds will be needed over the next decade to meet the rising healthcare demand ...

February 7, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Health Sciences Authority signs MoU to promote public health

Singapore: Singapore's Health Sciences Authority has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Univer...

October 7, 2012 | Sunday | Regulatory
A*Star peptides help understand Alzheimer's, cancer

Singapore: A new class of ultrasmall peptides developed by A*Star's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN)...

April 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Mundipharma buys Merck's ophthalmology business

Singapore: Mundipharma Ophthalmology Products has announced an agreement with MSD, known as Merck in the United States a...

December 3, 2015 | Thursday | News
IBM, A*Star co-develop anti-microbial hydrogel

Singapore: Researchers from A*Star's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) and IBM have unveiled first-e...

January 24, 2013 | Thursday | News
Pfizer launches targeted therapy for lung cancer in Singapore

Singapore: Pfizer has launched Xalkori, a targeted therapy for ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), in Singa...

August 4, 2015 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Singapore market forecast

Singapore: Over the past 15 years, Singapore has developed into a renowned bioscience cluster through top-down investmen...

January 19, 2016 | Tuesday | Opinion
HSA nod for Aslan rheumatoid arthritis drug

Singapore: Aslan Pharmaceuticals received approval by the Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) for its Clinical Tri...

April 23, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Covance recieves Frost and Sullivan Award

Singapore: Covance, a global drug development company, has recieved the 2014 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific CRO Growt...

October 17, 2014 | Friday | News

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