Singapore, Korea scientists find clue to tumour suppression mechanism

Singapore: RUNX3, a gene that is intensively studied for its function as a tumour suppressor, is likely to be a key and ...

November 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Study points out Asia's top medical tourism hubs

Singapore: In a recent report released by KPMG and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) - ...

September 3, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Thinking about love makes food, drink sweeter

Singapore: According to the latest research findings by the University of Singapore, thinking about love or romance make...

October 18, 2013 | Friday | News
Singapore biomedical innovation wins President's Technology award

Singapore: Singapore's President's Technology Award (PTA), 2014 is conferred to two teams in biomedical sector who have ...

November 11, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Sphaera Pharma, DDRC, Wellcome Trust collaborate to foster TB research

Singapore: In a bid to further foster new drug research for drug resistant tuberculosis (TB), Wellcome Trust has collabo...

August 10, 2015 | Monday | News
PM Lee Hsien Loong inaugurates new R&D hub in Singapore

Singapore: Singapore has unvieled Fusionopolis Two, a new R&D hub for bringing public and private sector together to...

October 20, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Partnership crucial to overcome cost challenges of novel drugs'

Singapore: With the average cost of getting a novel drug to market at almost $2.5 billion, and few products achieving bl...

December 16, 2015 | Wednesday | Analysis
iSirona signs reseller deal with myHealth Sentinel

Singapore: Panama-based iSirona, a provider of simplified solutions for medical device integration, has formed a strateg...

August 30, 2013 | Friday | News
Uriach extends collaboration with Hyphens on Rupafin

Singapore: J Uriach & Cia, a Barcelona-based Grupo Uriach company, and Singapore's sales and marketing company Hyphe...

July 10, 2012 | Tuesday | News
UPS APAC director: Temperature sensitive shipment demand on rise

Delivering pharmaceutical products to the designated market at right time and in right condition is the most critical ta...

January 1, 2013 | Tuesday | Influencers
Medtech to fuel future growth

Singapore: With the presence of major international medtech companies in the country, Singapore's key concern is to grow...

December 17, 2014 | Wednesday | Influencers
Singapore scientists find new clues on cervical cancer

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

December 9, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Singapore braces to avoid Ebola

Singapore: Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) has assessed that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa poses a low public hea...

August 8, 2014 | Friday | Regulatory
Breast cancer boasts of highest drug pipeline'

Singapore: Breast cancer therapeutics pipeline has higher innovation in first-in-class molecules, with many new technolo...

September 8, 2014 | Monday | News
Newly discovered class of RNA lead to neuron generation

Singapore: Scientists at A*Star's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have discovered an unusual gene that controls the ...

August 28, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Singapore firm progresses on urinary tract infections drug

Singapore: Singapore's biopharmaceutical company, MerLion Pharmaceuticals, has recieved positive results from a phase 2 ...

January 9, 2015 | Friday | News
AbbVie aquires API manufacturing firm in Singapore

Singapore: AbbVie, a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013 following separation from Abbott, h...

November 25, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Packaging giant Pelican BioThermal opens new Asia HQ

Singapore:Global leading providing the largest range of innovative temperature-controlled packaging solutions, Pelican B...

May 16, 2016 | Monday | News
Zebrafish genes linked to human respiratory diseases'

Singapore: A small freshwater fish found in many tropical aquariums may hold the key to unlocking one of the leading cau...

September 22, 2014 | Monday | News
'Medical device regulatory is complex'

Singapore: Medical device industry is a complex one and even more complex is the regulatory landscape of the sector, ech...

November 4, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
JN Medsys launches PCR for cancer detection

Singapore: Singapore based JN Medsys has launched Clarity digital polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection of m...

November 3, 2014 | Monday | News
Malaria drug may cure asthma: Research

Singapore: National University of Singapore has demonstrated effectiveness of artesunate, a common herbal-based anti-mal...

August 4, 2014 | Monday | News
Biocon Foundation gets best CSR practices award

Singapore: India's Biocon Foundation has won Asia Best CSR Practices Award 2014 hosted by CMO Asia at Singapore, as a pa...

August 7, 2014 | Thursday | News
Clinuvel's subisidiary develops drug candidate for vitiligo

Singapore: Australia and Switzerland based Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals' Singapore subsidiary Vallaurix has successfully com...

May 6, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Cell death molecule is a cancer biomarker

Singapore: Scientists at A*STAR's Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) have identified Fas apoptosis inhibitory mol...

December 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
Demand for generics in Asia is drawing pharma majors

The clinical trials market in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region has been steadily growing with increased focus primarily on...

September 14, 2012 | Friday | Opinion
Agilent to supply genomic services to Angsana

Singapore: Agilent Technologies has partnered with Angsana Molecular & Diagnostics Laboratory, Singapore based multi...

October 7, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Nanodiamonds can be an effective cancer drug carrier

Singapore: A study led by the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found that attaching chemotherapy drug Epirubic...

January 30, 2015 | Friday | News
Dr Wan Yue wins Young Scientist Award

Singapore: Dr Wan Yue, GIS Fellow, Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research has won Yo...

September 17, 2015 | Thursday | News
Singapore begins trial of cancer vaccine

Singapore: National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) has launched a clinical trial of a new cancer vaccine, a form of canc...

January 30, 2015 | Friday | News
Strategies Driving M&As

Singapore: However, companies must reinvigorate and expand their deal-making strategies in order to become market leade...

May 15, 2015 | Friday | Analysis
Actavis sets up APAC headquarter in Singapore

Singapore: Global generics firm, Actavis, has opened its regional office in Singapore that will serve as the headquarter...

April 4, 2014 | Friday | News
Fortis sells Singapore unit to Malaysia's IHH healthcare

Singapore: Fortis healthcare announced that it has inked a deal to sell its entire diagnostic and molecular imaging unit...

September 15, 2014 | Monday | News
NUS develops patch for painless drug delivery

Singapore: Dr Kang Lifeng of the Department of Pharmacy at National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Science has...

September 8, 2014 | Monday | News
Is Singapore ready for a paradigm shift in healthcare management?

As the health sector's centre of gravity shifts towards customers, savvy new market players are moving fast to capitaliz...

August 28, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Singapore start-up progresses in Alzheimer's drug

Singapore: Singapore start-up and Scotland based TauRx Therapeutics is progressing in its two Phase III clinical trials ...

September 22, 2014 | Monday | News
Medtronic invests $200 mn in brain stimulation technology

Singapore: Global medtech giant, Medtronic, has acquired Netherland-based Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation (Sapiens SB...

August 27, 2014 | Wednesday | News
China firm develops new therapeutic vaccine for rabies

Singapore: China's Yisheng Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing vaccines, has developed a new vaccine for t...

March 17, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Singapore invests in microbial detection technology firm

Singapore: Singapore Economic Development Board has invested in Rapid Micro Biosystems, a provider of automated, non-des...

September 2, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Study: Telomerase causes inflammation in cancer

Singapore: A*STAR scientists have identified the enzyme, telomerase, as a cause of chronic inflammation in human cancers...

November 22, 2012 | Thursday | News
Almac expands in Singapore, Japan

Singapore: Almac, a global clinical trial solution provider, is expanding clinical services and technologies capabilitie...

March 13, 2014 | Thursday | News
iNova Pharma relocates regional HQ to Singapore

Singapore: iNova Pharmaceuticals, a Valeant company, is relocating its regional headquarters from Sydney, Australia, to ...

October 22, 2012 | Monday | News
Apps and devices pave way to better healthcare'

Singapore: Throughout the world, governments are grappling with the growing challenge of providing quality, affordable h...

March 17, 2015 | Tuesday | Opinion
Post marketing surveillance stepped up in Singapore: Dr Raymond Chua

Singapore's regulatory agency Health Sciences Authority (HSA), since its establishment in 2001, has built a smart regula...

July 5, 2012 | Thursday | Regulatory
NUS among top 50 research institutions: Nature Publishing Index

Singapore: National University of Singapore (NUS) has secured 46th place in the Nature Publishing Index (NPI) 2013, up 2...

March 31, 2014 | Monday | News
TriReme balloon catheter gets FDA approval

Singapore: Asia focused medtech company TriReme Medical has received FDA clearance for an expanded matrix of sizes for i...

June 20, 2012 | Wednesday | Regulatory
A*Star fabricates 3D hair follicle model

Singapore: A*Star's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has engineered a new hair follicle model throug...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | News
ParkwayHealth offers HBsAg Quantitative Assay

Singapore: ParkwayHealth Laboratory, a clinical laboratory service provider in Singapore, is to provide Hepatitis B Surf...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's Aslan secures $34 mn funding

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

December 9, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Granules India shutting down Singapore subsidiary

Singapore: Granules India, the country's leading manufacturer of finished dosages, pharmaceutical formulation intermedia...

November 4, 2013 | Monday | News
Singapore to develop liver cancer registry in Asia

Singapore: National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), Singapore Clinical Research Institute (SCRI) and IMS Health Asia hav...

February 2, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Mundipharma, Horizon subsidiary sign arthritis deal

Singapore: Mundipharma has signed an exclusive agreement with the Swiss subsidiary of Horizon Pharma for the commerciali...

November 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Largest South East Asian 'hear-care' chain expands in Singapore

Singapore: The Hearing Solution Company (THSC), the largest hearing care retail chain in South East Asia with operations...

September 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
Glivec inventor wins Szent-Györgyi Prize

Singapore: Professor Alex Matter, CEO, Experimental Therapeutics Centre (ETC), A*STAR, Singapore, has been awarded the 8...

April 5, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Mass spectrometry market to touch $2.5bn:: Frost

Singapore: Global mass spectrometry (MS) market is growing much faster than high-end analytical instrumentation market. ...

November 26, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Austrianova expands cell banking services

Singapore: Singapore based Austrianova, having completed the set up of its new GMP facility, it is offering a GMP cell b...

February 1, 2016 | Monday | News
Strides Acrolab awarded international HQ status

Singapore: Strides Acrolab recently informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that the company's Singapore-based wholly owned s...

January 14, 2015 | Wednesday | News
China's Concord Medical partners with US cancer centre

Singapore: China based Concord Medical Services, a hospital management solution provider has signed a multi-year strateg...

May 8, 2015 | Friday | News
Asia's synonym to Biocluster : Singapore

As the newly appointed international director, Asia Pacific, Singapore Economic Development Board (SEDB), Mr Koh Jin Hoe...

March 6, 2014 | Thursday | Influencers
NTU Singapore sets up life science research cluster

Singapore: Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) has set up a new life sciences research cluster ...

September 29, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Preventive healthcare is the necessity'

Singapore: Globally, pharma and healthcare expenditure is expected to rise sharply across this decade, from 6.12 trillio...

October 8, 2014 | Wednesday | Analysis
Life expectancy gains worldwide: WHO

Singapore: People everywhere are living longer, according to World Health Statistics 2014 and women are living longer th...

May 21, 2014 | Wednesday | Analysis
CRO survey: India, China dominate market

...

November 24, 2012 | Saturday | Analysis
Singapore scientists progresses to map schizophrenia

Singapore: A group of researchers from Institute of Mental Health (IMH) and A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS)...

July 30, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Barcode solution for hospital care

Driven by rising incomes and the prevalence of chronic diseases, hospital revenues in the Asia-Pacific region will climb...

August 25, 2014 | Monday | Analysis
PPD appoints Mr Robert Hureau as CFO

Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development, (PPD) has appointed Mr Robert Hureau as executive vice president and chie...

August 26, 2014 | Tuesday | Influencers
Diagnostic kit to assess kidney cancer treatment result

Singapore: Researchers at Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and Nat...

August 1, 2014 | Friday | News
Breast cancer drug market to touch $13.1 bn by 2020'

Singapore: Increased use of targeted therapies, along with a greater uptake of branded drugs and rising incidence popula...

July 24, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Single use processing technologies on rise in vaccine manufacturing

Asia Vaccine initiative is a market segment focused action plan by Process Solutions/ Merck Millipore, a division of Mer...

November 27, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
Singapore scientists find new pattern in immune cell mechanism

Singapore: Scientists from A*STAR's Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) have identified relationship between two ce...

October 2, 2014 | Thursday | News
Cadi launches infant tagging solution

Singapore: Thomson Medical Center (TMC) in Singapore has installed Cadi SmartSense Infant Safety Solution (Gen II), a ra...

February 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Stratasys launches 3D printing centre in Singapore

Singapore: Stratasys, 3D printing solutions provider, has launched a 3D printing experience centre in Singapore to provi...

July 30, 2014 | Wednesday | News
VolitionRx to study cancer detection device in Singapore

Singapore: VolitionRx, focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests for a broad range of cancer types and other co...

January 23, 2015 | Friday | News
Customized logistic solutions'

We do see a strong trend towards movement of sensitive products, particularly the temperature sensitive products. This i...

August 26, 2014 | Tuesday | Opinion
IBN uses innovative method for effective gene therapy

Singapore: A key challenge in virus-based gene therapy is avoiding detection by the human immune system, so that the vir...

July 31, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Southeast Asia's fitness drive against obesity

Singapore: Though the south east Asian people are considered to be the thinnest in the world, there is an exponential in...

June 12, 2014 | Thursday | News
Novartis positive with anti-malaria drug

Singapore: Novartis' novel antimalarial drug, KAE609 (cipargamin) has shown efficacy in Phase 2 trial by demonstrating t...

July 31, 2014 | Thursday | News
GE, A*Star invest $20 mn to boost medtech

Singapore: Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and global healthcare company, GE Healthcare...

December 10, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Vela will continue its R&D work in oncology and infectious diseases'

Mr Michael Tillmann has been the president and CEO of global pharmaceutical company, Roche Diagnostics, and has played l...

October 21, 2014 | Tuesday | Influencers
Asia bioscience grows 11 percent, crosses $150 bn

During the year 2012, the bioscience industry in the Asia Pacific region clocked $154.40 billion in revenues, recording ...

June 21, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
Malaysia can bet on medical tourism industry: Analyst

Singapore: Compared to other countries in ASEAN, Malaysia has a higher-than-average availability of medical personnel an...

January 29, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
Mundipharma's disinfectant solution can reduce ebola virus

Singapore: Pharmaceutical company, Mundipharma, has derived positive results from its Betadine formulations, used for sk...

January 29, 2015 | Thursday | News
Singapore scientists unearth embryonic stem cell behaviour

Singapore: Scientists from Singapore's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), a research institute under the Ag...

September 21, 2015 | Monday | News
Bruker, Singapore launches preclinical imaging centre

Singapore: Bruker, global manufacturer of scientific instruments for molecular research, has opened its Preclinical Imag...

November 3, 2014 | Monday | News
DNA repair drug could treat leukaemia: Singapore

Singapore: A team of scientists at National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered that a drug originally designe...

August 25, 2014 | Monday | News
ASLAN raises $43 mn in series C financing round

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

January 7, 2016 | Thursday | News
Singapore's AYOXXA closes $12.2 mn funding round

Singapore: Singapore and Germany based biotech company, AYOXXA Biosystems, has completed $12.28 million (€9 millio...

July 10, 2014 | Thursday | News
New drug formulation for respiratory system infections

Singapore: A team from A*STAR's Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES) and National University Hospital (...

September 18, 2014 | Thursday | News
Kidney cancer cases on the rise in Singapore

Singapore: There has been an 80 percent increase in kidney cancer cases in Singapore since 2003, and advanced kidney ca...

August 2, 2012 | Thursday | News
Gyros expands distribution in Asia

Singapore: Sweden-based Gyros is expanding its reach in Asia through a tie-up with Bio Laboratories. Its nanoliter-scale...

June 8, 2012 | Friday | News
VolitionRx diagnoses cancer in a different way

Genetic diagnostics seems to be the buzzword in the healthcare industry. Start-ups take the route of diagnostics to ente...

December 19, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
JCI appoints Mr Prabhu Vinayagam as APAC chief

Singapore: Joint Commission International (JCI) has appointed Dr Prabhu Vinayagam in the role of managing director of As...

July 22, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Brazil, Mexico dengue vaccine market to grow'

Singapore: While Sanofi has progressed to phase III clinical trials for its dengue vaccine and is expecting to launch it...

July 17, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
DHL beefs up its cold chain logistic solution

Singapore: Low temperature logistic provider, Cryoport, has partnered with LifeConEx, a part of DHL, to enhance and supp...

July 17, 2014 | Thursday | News
Industry records all time high mergers and acquisitions

Singapore: Pharmaceutical, medical technology and biotech sector witnessed a euphoria when mergers and acquisition activ...

May 14, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
Bayer progresses on APAC hepatocellular carcinoma trial

Singapore: GIDEON (Global Investigation of therapeutic Decisions in hepatocellular carcinoma and of its treatment with s...

June 11, 2013 | Tuesday | News
A*STAR, Appistry to fuel genomics in Asia

Singapore: The Agency for Science, Technology and Research's (A*STAR) Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) has launched r...

November 30, 2012 | Friday | News
Baxter recalls four lots of IV solutions

Singapore: Baxter is subjected to recall four lots of intravenous (IV) solutions to the hospital/user level that have be...

July 18, 2014 | Friday | Regulatory
Study finds 600 new genes mutated in stomach cancer

Singapore: A collaborative study conducted by three research groups affiliated with the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School...

June 3, 2013 | Monday | News
Local biomedical firms face hurdles in Singapore

Biomedical association of Singapore, BioSingapore, recently appointed Mr Simranjit Singh, director, strategic planning A...

October 24, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers

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