APAC amino acid market scales $7.9 bn: Analyst

Singapore: According to a report by Frost & Sullivan, Asia-Pacific market for Amino Acids and specialty protein ingr...

March 10, 2015 | Tuesday | Analysis
"There are unlimited opportunities to transform healthcare in Asia"

What are the expansion plans of Medtronic in Southeast Asia for next couple of years? Like many parts of the world, hea...

August 1, 2016 | Monday | Influencers
Chugai Pharmaceuticals to bolster R&D capabilities

Singapore: Japanese drug giant Chugai Pharmaceuticals announced plans to invest nearly $355 million by 2021, in a bid to...

July 2, 2015 | Thursday | News
BI's type 2 diabetes drug can lower cardio risks too: Study

Singapore: Jardiance, a diabetes drug by Boehringer Ingelheim and Eli Lilly, has demonstrated positive result in reducin...

September 28, 2015 | Monday | News
Singapore launches 3D printing research centre for medical implants

Singapore: With an objective to bring revolution in customized knee and bone implants, Singapore's Nanyang Technological...

May 26, 2014 | Monday | News
Swiss firm partners with Mundipharma to expand in Asia

Singapore: Helsinn, a Swiss pharmaceutical firm focused on cancer care, has partnered with Singapore based pain drug com...

April 3, 2015 | Friday | News
Aslan recieves Singapore, Taiwan nod for Ph II trial of bile duct cancer drug

Singapore: Singapore based ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, a biotech company focused on the development of immunotherapies and ta...

September 23, 2015 | Wednesday | News
A*STAR earmarks 5 hotspots to boost R&D pipeline

Singapore: ETPL, the technology transfer arm of A*STAR, has earmarked five innovation clusters or hotspots aimed at str...

November 28, 2012 | Wednesday | News
A re-think on site staff competency training required

When drugs are trialed in patients, they move into a clinical setting in which the busy routine care of patients, rath...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
Nuvilex licenses Austrianova's livecell encapsulation technology

Singapore: Nuvilex, an international biotechnology company providing cell and gene therapy solutions forthe treatment of...

November 14, 2013 | Thursday | News
Start-up landscape in Southeast Asia

Singapore: The findings are surprising, mentions BVGH, as often it is the big pharmaceutical companies that invest larg...

April 30, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
Asian firms lack antibody manufacturing capabilities

There are very few manufacturers in Asia capable of manufacturing antibodies on a large commercial scale. Manufacturing ...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Genetically modified food to take-off in 2013

In 2013, genetically engineered salmon will likely reach food shelves in supermarkets in the US. In a draft environmenta...

December 27, 2012 | Thursday | Opinion
F&S: APAC healthcare analytics to be $654.2 mn

Singapore: Frost & Sullivan's APAC business analytics for healthcare providers finds that the market earned revenues...

January 10, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
India origin Singapore lecturer gets International Achievement Award

Singapore: Ms Subhadra Devi, a nurse and senior lecturer at School of Health Sciences (Nursing) at Nanyang Polytechnic i...

April 2, 2015 | Thursday | News
ASLAN receives orphan drug designation for cancer drug

Singapore: ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, Singapore based biotech company focused on the development of immunotherapies and targ...

August 13, 2015 | Thursday | News
A*Star stem cells make unlimited kidney cells

Singapore: Researchers at A*star's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Singapore, have generated human...

February 22, 2013 | Friday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: Asian CROs optimistic in a gloomy pharma market

Over the past four years, BioSpectrum Asia in association with CyberMedia Research (CMR) has been capturing the key br...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Scientists to study genetic changes in cancer through fruit flies

Singapore: By studying fruit flies, scientists at A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) have successfu...

July 30, 2012 | Monday | News
Eisai gets direct presence in China

Singapore: Japan's pharmaceutical company, Eisai, has established its presence in China by setting up a holding firm, Ei...

December 3, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Singapore sets up a new hub for diagnostics development

Singapore: In a bid to foster the diagnostic and medical devices sector, Singapore recently launched the new Diagnostics...

December 3, 2014 | Wednesday | News
US researchers develop tongue operated wheel chair

Singapore: US researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a wireless, assistive device that lets paral...

November 29, 2013 | Friday | News
Singapore attracts 3D printing business

Singapore: Recognizing the potential landscape for the growth of 3D printing in Singapore, US-based Ultra Clean Holdings...

November 25, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Takeda expands Singapore operation

Singapore: Japan headquartered Takeda Pharmaceutical has expanded its operations in Singapore in order to focus on emerg...

February 26, 2015 | Thursday | News
Zebrafish can bring breakthrough in DNA sequencing'

Singapore: Zebrafish is a relatively new method of targeting specific DNA sequences that could dramatically accelerate t...

June 8, 2015 | Monday | Analysis
Almac opens new Asia Pacific HQ in Singapore

Singapore: In a bid to further strengthen its global footprint; Ireland-based Almac Group recently opened its Asia Pacif...

July 14, 2015 | Tuesday | News
DHL MD: Poor logistics hinder drug shipments

Mr Herbert Vongpusanachai has spent almost a decade managing Asian logistics market through DHL and has earned in-depth ...

December 27, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
A*STAR deciphers genome code of living fossil

Singapore: An enigmatic prehistoric fish has brought scientists at A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMC...

April 19, 2013 | Friday | News
Singapore regulatory grants cGMP certificate to Lonza

Singapore: Biologics manufacturing global firm, Lonza Bioscience, has received cGMP certification from Singapore Health ...

April 21, 2014 | Monday | Regulatory
Couple finds molecule that causes obesity, diabetes

Singapore: A research study from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has found that by inhibiting a particular molecu...

December 25, 2012 | Tuesday | News
NUS, Thermo Fisher Scientific strike alliance

Singapore: National University of Singapore (NUS) and Life Sciences Group of Thermo Fisher Scientific have struck a stra...

September 9, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Scientists discover new genes that influence the risk of developing leprosy

Singapore: Scientists from A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences have di...

March 12, 2015 | Thursday | News
Singapore scientists develop 'mini brain'

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

July 29, 2016 | Friday | News
New super refined polysorbates

Today, pharmaceutical manufacturers are working with new APIs that are much more effective in formulations, but increasi...

November 12, 2013 | Tuesday | Influencers
Philips inaugurates new APAC healthcenter

Singapore: With a view to improve the lives of people in the ASEAN, Royal Philips recently inaugurated its new state-of-...

May 20, 2016 | Friday | News
Japanese firm establishes Singapore subsidiary

Singapore: Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma (DSP), a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Osaka, Japan, has established a wh...

February 8, 2013 | Friday | News
Singaporean travelers highly prone to Hepatitis A

Singapore: A study conducted in Singapore has revealed that people, who travel to high risk areas associated with infec...

October 30, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong to host international TCM exhibition, conference

Singapore: Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and Modernized Chinese Medicine International Association (MCMIA ...

August 12, 2013 | Monday | News
DNA analysis in the pocket!

Dr Samuel KE Gan, molecular cell biologist and team leader of Antibody and Product Development (APD) Laboratory at Singa...

July 3, 2014 | Thursday | Influencers
BioXCell, BioSingapore sign MoU for biotech growth

Singapore: Malaysia-based biotech park Bio-XCell and Singapore's biotech association, BioSingapore, have collaborated to...

October 29, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BioAsia 2014: Innovation, collaboration identified as success keys

Hyderabad: With emphasis on cutting-edge innovations this year, BioAsia 2014 under the theme 'Innovate. Evolve.' kick-st...

March 5, 2014 | Wednesday | Analysis
Obituary: Lee Kuan Yew

Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore, who transformed Singapore from a small port city into a wealthy glo...

March 24, 2015 | Tuesday | Influencers
Sequencing helps in proliferating personalized medicine

With the increasing trend of genomics analysis and a wave of personalized medicine taking over in healthcare industry,...

August 29, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
URMC launches new heart device trial in Asia

Singapore: Cardiologists at the University of Rochester Medical Center, US, are launching a new study in an effort to im...

August 7, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Study: One-in-five pregnant women are anemic

Singapore: According to a survey by Vifor Pharma, at least one-in-five women suffer from iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) ...

July 26, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
Veredus biochip can detect mutated strains of drug resistant TB

Singapore: Veredus Laboratories, a leading supplier of innovative moleculardiagnostic tools, launched VereMTB, a multipl...

November 8, 2012 | Thursday | News
3D Printing: Key to revolutionize biomedical industry

Singapore: Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore is among the first in Asia to invest in 3D bioprinting te...

November 24, 2014 | Monday | Analysis
AB SCIEX to leverage on opportunities with CROs

AB SCIEX, a global leader in life science analytical technologies, recently opened its new Asia Pacific Application and ...

May 23, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
Research capital will continue to flow eastward

        Growth of the biotech industry in Singapore over the last 10 years has, in a number of measures, outpa...

May 24, 2012 | Thursday | Opinion
Singapore strives to enhance cold chain logistic services

Singapore: With the increase in demand of temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products, SATS, Singapore's ground handli...

April 16, 2015 | Thursday | News
ZS expands in Singapore to tap bioscience industry

Singapore: In a move to expand its presence in Asia-Pacific region, global sales and marketing firm, ZS, has opened an o...

September 4, 2015 | Friday | News
MNCs on medtech growth trail

Industry forecasts by market analysts state that 80 percent of the multinational companies expect to gain a good share i...

November 5, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Biochips market to be worth $11.4 bn by 2018

Singapore: A recent report released by RnRMarketResearch.com has analyzed the Global Biochips Industry and forecasted th...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Siew Hwa Ong: Women should pursue non-conventional ideas

I decided to pursue a scientific career during university days and I was fascinated by the field of cell signalling that...

March 6, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
AWAK collaborates with Baxter for wearable dialysis

Singapore: Singapore's AWAK Technologies has entered into an exclusive agreement with Baxter International for the devel...

January 7, 2013 | Monday | News
Singapore to nurture the MedTech industry

Singapore: SPRING Singapore, a government agency has announced a financial assistance of around $60 million recently for...

October 13, 2014 | Monday | News
Singapore scientists identify thick-skin-patch mutation

Singapore: Scientists have identified a mutation in a gene that causes patches of very thick skin to appear on the palms...

October 19, 2012 | Friday | News
A*STAR collaborates with GE healthcare

Singapore: The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) has inked a pact with GE healthcare to further bolst...

December 24, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Researchers develop novel solutions to fight the obesity gene

Singapore: A research team led by scientists from National University of Singapore (NUS) has identified several potent i...

October 20, 2014 | Monday | News
Austrinova opens new facility in Singapore

Singapore: Singapore based biotech firm, Austrianova, has opened a new facility in Singapore to perform research and dev...

January 30, 2015 | Friday | News
Charles River acquires microbe testing lab

Singapore: Charles River has acquired Brass, a Singapore-based microbiology subcontract test laboratory specializing in ...

November 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Today scientists have poor frustration tolerance: Glivec discoverer

Dr Alex Matter, CEO, Experimental Therapeutics Center, A*Star, Singapore, is among the pioneers of the world's first tar...

June 25, 2013 | Tuesday | Influencers
Medtech giants in APAC join hands to boost innovation

Singapore: Medical technology giants in Singapore including Johnson & Johnson, Medtronics, GE Healthcare and BD have...

April 26, 2015 | Sunday | News
Fortis to sell RadLink Asia to Fullerton Healthcare

Singapore: Fortis Healthcare has announced that it has agreed to sell its Singapore unit RadLink-Asia to Fullerton Healt...

May 5, 2015 | Tuesday | News
A*Star, Cytos begin 1st flu vaccine trial in Singapore

Singapore: Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) and Switzerland's Cytos Biotechnology have conducted the...

May 20, 2013 | Monday | News
Singapore: Rides the medtech wave

With an aim to become the number 1 hotspot for global bioscience industry in Asia, Singapore has committed $13.05 billio...

May 15, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
A*Star creates biomaterial from squids, mussels

Singapore: Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Res...

September 12, 2013 | Thursday | News
There are no winners in the clinical trials race in Asia

Over the past few decades, research on clinical trials has enjoyed a rapid boom around the world. According to CenterWat...

September 12, 2012 | Wednesday | Opinion
Drug delivery: 11 technologies of the future

The drug delivery technology landscape is rapidly evolving with new classes of pharmaceuticals and biologics fuelling th...

May 16, 2012 | Wednesday | News
NUS team pioneers a novel technique to deliver biologicals

Singapore: Researchers at the National University of Singapore have invented a novel technique to administer pain-killer...

September 9, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Study confirms BETADINE efficacy for foot&mouth disease

Singapore: There is a high incidence of HFMD in Asia. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recorded approximately 2.5 mil...

March 16, 2016 | Wednesday | News
Mr Simranjit Singh, BioSingapore: We will amplify A*Star Get-Up program in 2013

Some of the new trends in Asia that the biopharma industry will see in 2013 will be greater licensing activity and innov...

December 25, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
New facility in Singapore to boost environment research

Singapore: The Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) has launched a $5.1 million (S$6.5 m...

July 23, 2012 | Monday | News
Green tea for cancer drug delivery

Singapore: A group of researchers from Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) is using green tea ingredien...

October 14, 2014 | Tuesday | News
TauRx pumps $135mn to advance treatment for Alzheimer's disease

Singapore: Singapore and Scotland based TauRx Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a n...

October 9, 2015 | Friday | News
Tobacco prevalence in Asia raising death toll

Singapore: According to a study in PLOS Medicine, by Prof Wei Zheng, professor of Medicine and director of the Vanderbil...

June 17, 2014 | Tuesday | News
JN Medsys: Pioneers of '80% faster' digital PCRs

Dr Johnson Ng dedicated his research developing innovative platforms for polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based diagnosti...

October 24, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
DKSH and Roche extend their partnership

Singapore: Switzerland-based DKSH, a leader in market expansion, has announced the extension of its partnership with Roc...

October 16, 2014 | Thursday | News
Medical device firms open to invest on R&D: KPMG survey

Singapore: Medical device manufacturers are investing heavily in research and development (R&D), and are shifting th...

March 8, 2016 | Tuesday | Analysis
Singapore: Best destination for healthcare services'

Singapore: In a survey conducted by Bloomberg's Most Efficient Health Care 2014, Singapore has obtained the top scores f...

September 19, 2014 | Friday | News
Point-of-care diagnostics is revolutionary

In 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation rolled out a new grant of $31 million to fund innovation in point-of-ca...

December 17, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Napier expands in Middle East

Singapore: Napier Healthcare, a healthcare technology and services provider, has expanded to Middle East by opening a ce...

October 13, 2014 | Monday | News
ASLAN appoints Andrew Howden in director's board

Singapore: ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, Singapore based biotech company focused on the development of immunotherapies and targ...

February 29, 2016 | Monday | News
Premature cancer death needs serious attention

Singapore: 1.5 million lives, which would be lost to cancer, could be saved per year if decisive measures are taken, acc...

February 4, 2013 | Monday | News
US CRO appoints new Asia director

Singapore: US-based Harlan Laboratories, a leading contract research organization (CRO) and research models and service...

February 5, 2014 | Wednesday | News
BSA lifetime achievement award 2013 for George Radda

The present chairman of Singapore's Biomedical Research Council (BMRC) Prof Sir George Radda has changed the way univers...

March 15, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Hope for COPD: Network Verification Challenge

Singapore: The Network Verification Challenge has generated a comprehensive set of biological models relevant to chroni...

August 21, 2014 | Thursday | News
Novartis partners with TB alliance

Singapore: Novartis has partnered with Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) for compounds to fight tube...

August 21, 2014 | Thursday | News
NUHS chief gets Singapore President's award

Singapore: Professor John Wong Eu-Li, currently chief executive of National University Health System (NUHS), Isabel Chan...

November 11, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Amgen unveils new plant in Asia

Singapore: US-based Amgen enters the Asian market with its new 'next-generation' biomanufacturing facility in Singapore....

November 24, 2014 | Monday | News
Singapore researchers get access to AstraZeneca drug compounds

Singapore: National Health Innovation Centre (NHIC) of Singapore has partnered with global pharmaceutical company, Astra...

September 4, 2015 | Friday | News
A*STAR, Japanese bank ink partnership

Singapore: Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporat...

August 20, 2014 | Wednesday | News
A*Star monitors drug resistant super bugs in real time

Singapore: Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have developed a technique to precisely monitor an...

March 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
Embryonic stem cells remain a sticky wicket

Dr Shinya Yamanaka and Sir John Gurdon's discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) has given the world an altern...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Urgent need arises for SARS vaccine

Singapore: The World Health Organization (WHO) reported four new cases of SARS-like virus in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, an...

November 29, 2012 | Thursday | News
Dialysis treatment on-the-go

The destiny of AWAK Technologies was defined in 2006 at the International Society of Nephrology in Los Angeles during a ...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
Quintiles acquires Encore Health Resources

Singapore: Global clinical research organization, Quintiles has acquired Encore Health Resources, a health-information a...

July 3, 2014 | Thursday | News
Takeda initiates Ph3 trial for Ixazomib in Asia

Singapore: Takeda Development Center Shanghai (TDC Shanghai) and Takeda Development Center Asia has commenced TOURMALINE...

January 28, 2014 | Tuesday | News
APAC robotic surgery touched $217.4 mn in 2013

Singapore: Asia-Pacific is a hotbed of investment activity owing to the booming economic growth in its emerging countrie...

February 14, 2014 | Friday | Analysis