Genting to acquire 20% equity stake in TauRx

Singapore: Singapore-based TauRx Pharmaceuticals has received equity investment of $31.5 million from Genting Management...

November 20, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Singapore takes a lipidomics leap

After proteomics and genomics, lipidomics promises to be the next emerging field of research in the bioscience industry....

January 17, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Austrianova starts cell bank for cancer therapy

Singapore: Austrianova Singapore has established a research cell bank, the first step towards late-phase clinical trials...

March 21, 2013 | Thursday | News
Takeda to acquire Inviragen for $250 mn

Singapore: Japanese company, Takeda Pharmaceutical is looking to acquire Inviragen for an upfront payment of $35 million...

May 8, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Is the traditional healthcare system collapsing?

Singapore: Globally, the healthcare industry is in a state of accelerated evolution due to changing demographics and var...

February 20, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Policy reforms boost biotech talent pool

Reforms in government policies and initiatives have helped in setting focus for bioscience companies, which has resulted...

May 25, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Ziena Jalil: NZ, Singapore have much to learn from each other

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is New Zealand government's national economic development agency and works to st...

May 30, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
Russian firm to buy Singapore API company

Singapore: Russia-based Pharmstandard revealed the key terms of a probable acquisition of 100 percent share capital of S...

August 14, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Interphex Asia kicks off on May 28

Singapore: Interphex Asia, a platform for pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical technologies, services, innovations, and ...

May 23, 2012 | Wednesday | News
TauRx starts global trial of drug for dementia

Singapore: TauRx Therapeutics, which is headquartered in Singapore, has initiated a global phase III clinical trial in a...

September 10, 2012 | Monday | News
Jubilant Pharma will open API subsidiary in Singapore

Singapore: The pharmaceutical unit of the Jubilant Bhartia Group will soon be listed on an overseas stock exchange, maki...

October 9, 2013 | Wednesday | News
A*Star research throws light on stem cell differentiation

Singapore: Scientists at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research's (A*STAR) Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS)...

March 14, 2013 | Thursday | News
MerLion completes phase I of finafloxacin study

Singapore: Following successful first-in-man phase I and two phase IIa clinical studies with the oral formulation of fin...

November 8, 2012 | Thursday | News
A*STAR, GSK join hands for lung cancer research

Singapore: In a latest boost to A*STAR's collaborations with the industry, Dr Bing Lim, associate director, cancer stem ...

November 6, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Accenture MD: Only highly evolved nations spend on IT healthcare

Integration of information and technology (IT) in healthcare services and translating the potential into better delivery...

November 5, 2012 | Monday | Influencers
Study on efficient way to crunch sequencing data

Singapore: Hitachi Asia and Data Storage Institute (DSI), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and...

May 30, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Chinese medicine progresses in stroke treatment

Singapore: NeuroAiD, a stroke treatment, developed by Singapore firm Moleac, based on Traditional Chinese Medicine, incr...

July 4, 2013 | Thursday | News
Singapore enhances telehealth Innovations

Singapore: Researchers from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have developed cutting-edge telehea...

September 20, 2012 | Thursday | News
Novartis invests $160 million for eyecare in Asia

Singapore: In response to the growing demand for eye drugs in Asia, Novartis subsidiary Alcon, has opened a new $160m fa...

May 20, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Veredus lab-on-chip leverages on China flu outbreak

Singapore: Veredus Laboratories has come up with a lab-on-chip application called VereFlu that detects the current subty...

April 10, 2013 | Wednesday | News
IATA accolade for Singapore cold chain service

Singapore: Singapore's air freight handling facility for perishable items, SATS Coolport, is certified as a Center of Ex...

February 13, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Bayer, 5 cancer institutes set up oncology network

Sinapore: Bayer HealthCare in Singapore in collaboration with five research institutions have kaunched new Integrated Tr...

January 10, 2013 | Thursday | News
BioSpectrum Asia honors Asia's best in bioscience

Singapore: The fifth BioSpectrum Asia Pacific Awards 2013 were given away at a glittering ceremony at Hotel Fort Canning...

March 15, 2013 | Friday | News
What is the revenue size, range of CROs in APAC?

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Holder of 4,400 patents is conferred A*STAR award

Singapore:  Exploit Technologies (ETPL), the technology transfer arm of the Agency for Science, Technology and Researc...

September 17, 2012 | Monday | News
AbbVie to open first Asian manufacturing unit

Singapore: North Chicago based pharmaceutical company AbbVie has announced in a statement that it will be spending $320 ...

February 6, 2014 | Thursday | News
FIPB clears seven pharma proposals, defers three

Singapore: The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has cleared seven out of the ten investment proposals in the ph...

July 8, 2013 | Monday | Regulatory
Fibrosis diagnosis takes a new turn

So far, biopsy has been the technology for diagnosis of fibrosis in patients. It has its limitation, and many times it f...

March 26, 2012 | Monday | News
Start-ups redefining the industry

Life sciences industry in the Asia Pacific recorded the double digit growth of 16.6 percent, reaching $128.26 billion in...

May 30, 2012 | Wednesday | News
PPPs attract investments in bioscience

Are public-private partnerships the way forward for emerging countries of Asia? The trend says so. Global analyst compa...

June 28, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Singapore is Asia's innovation capital

Singapore: Singapore has received recognition in five global tracking studies in the area of innovation and research and...

May 15, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Biogen to commercialize MS therapies in Asia

Singapore: Belgium based pharmaceutical company UCB and global pharmaceutical company, Biogen, have entered into an agre...

February 11, 2014 | Tuesday | News
A*Star discovers novel DNA variants for blood cancer

Singapore: A*Star's Genome Institute of Singapore is progressing on double headway on non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) with th...

July 2, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Integrated drug discovery fuels healthy outcomes

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies reap the most benefit from their strategic collaborations, by working with su...

July 9, 2012 | Monday | Opinion
Japan medtech firm signs $9 mn deal with A*Star

Singapore: Japan's technology company, Arkray is investing $9.1 million over a five-year period in a research venture an...

May 27, 2013 | Monday | News
Dr Gerald Möller to lead AYOXXA board

Singapore: Germany and Singapore based biotech firm, AYOXXA Biosystems, has  appointed Dr Gerald Möller as an indepe...

September 15, 2015 | Tuesday | News
VelaDx to develop diagnostic assays with US univ

Singapore: Singapore-based technology developer, VelaDx, signed a molecular diagnostic affiliation agreement with Thomas...

February 4, 2013 | Monday | News
A*STAR, OBD to find epigenetic footprint in stem cells

Singapore: Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Oxford ...

May 13, 2013 | Monday | News
Century Medical gets Japanese nod for Glider catheter

‎Singapore: TriReme Medical's Japanese partner, Century Medical, has received Shonin approval for Glider PTCA cath...

April 22, 2013 | Monday | News
Stem cell industry has substantial growth potential

The Nobel prize for Physiology to two stem cell research scientists in 2012 has firmly put the spotlight on this promisi...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Bruton's tyrosine kinase for infectious diseases

Toll-like receptors (TLR) play a critical role in the recognition of pathogen-associated molecules and trigger various i...

July 12, 2012 | Thursday | Opinion
Singapore gets medical device regulatory curriculum

Singapore: With the objective to enhance regulatory ecosystem in Singapore, Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RA...

June 17, 2014 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Genetic diagnostics usher in a new era in healthcare

Thanks to the Human Genome Project, scientists now have a set of tools that can be readily used to understand the comple...

December 18, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
Accenture study: Healthcare IT solutions rising in Singapore

Singapore: Singapore is making significant strides in adopting healthcare IT and translating these advanced capabilities...

September 10, 2012 | Monday | News
The challenge of patient recruitment in Asia

Recruitment and retention of research participants is often the most labor-intensive and difficult component of clinical...

July 4, 2012 | Wednesday | Opinion
Clearbridge's new system rapidly isolates cancer cells

Singapore: Clearbridge BioMedics has launched its next generation ClearCell FX System, which has been developed for in v...

May 29, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Digital healthcare, the next big thing

A radical shift in how healthcare is delivered globally is underway. Game-changing developments in sensor technologies w...

August 7, 2013 | Wednesday | Opinion
Parexel launches regulatory outsourcing services

Singapore: Parexel, a global biopharmaceutical services provider, has launched a new service line designed to provide a ...

February 20, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory
Quintiles appoints new VP for Asia lab

Singapore: Quintiles appointed Ms Jenny Zhang as VP and general manager of Asian laboratories. She will be responsible f...

September 4, 2012 | Tuesday | News
UPS: Drug safety, compliance is top challenge in Asia

Singapore: Pharmaceutical product protection, which includes security of high-value shipments and product spoilage preve...

September 20, 2013 | Friday | News
What are the hurdles before stem cell research?

The pioneering research of Nobel Laureates Sir John Gurdon and Dr Shinya Yamanaka on reprogramming adult stem cells has ...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Gene regulators select partners to form organs: Study

Singapore: Scientists at Agency for Science, Technology and Research's (A*STAR) Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have...

March 27, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Dx assay announces new service for its pharma clients

Singapore: Dx assays, Singapore-based provider of contract development services to the global diagnostics, pharmaceutic...

October 25, 2012 | Thursday | News
DHL Singapore MD: Handling logistic challenges is critical for global life science

Changing healthcare landscape, heightened regulatory requirements, price pressures and persistent economic uncertainties...

July 29, 2013 | Monday | Influencers
New England Biolabs opens Singapore subsidiary

Singapore: New England Biolabs (NEB), a world leader in the production of reagents for the life science industry, extend...

April 5, 2013 | Friday | News
BS Survey: Healthcare is getting smarter in Asia

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November 30, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Scientists discover mutation causing genetic disorder

Singapore: Scientists at A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB), in collaboration with doctors and scientists in Jo...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | News
A*STAR gets Frost and Sullivan national award

Singapore: The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) received 'Frost and Sullivan's 2012 National Innovat...

September 12, 2012 | Wednesday | News
F&S: Double-digit growth for APAC pharma

Singapore: The pharmaceuticals industry in the Asia Pacific is thriving on the back of escalating population and increa...

December 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: APAC CROs stick to an average of 50 clients

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Vela Diagnostics collaborates with Eppendorf

Singapore: Singapore's emerging company, Vela Diagnostics and Eppendorf have agreed to jointly develop an IVD RNA/DNA ex...

June 18, 2012 | Monday | News
New medtech market infographic published

Singapore: Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry (MD+DI) recently published an original infographic and supporting arti...

June 10, 2013 | Monday | News
Vaccine manufacturing expands rapidly in Asia

Global biopharmaceutical solution provider Thermo Fisher Scientific has recently expanded its global cell culture and bi...

August 26, 2013 | Monday | Influencers
Balloon sinus surgery now in Singapore

Singapore: Acclarent, a US-based medical device company, launched balloon sinuplasty, a minimally-invasive technology fo...

September 3, 2012 | Monday | News
Agilent, Temasek open analytical sciences lab

Singapore: Agilent Technologies and Temasek Polytechnic have announced a collaboration in product-safety testing and ope...

July 25, 2013 | Thursday | News
Interpol, HSA seized $14,548 fake drugs in 2012

Singapore: Asia Regulatory Conference 2013, the three-day event that has been organized by Health Sciences Authority (HS...

January 29, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Napier appoints Mr Sahel Mattar as VP-consulting

Singapore: Singapore based healthcare technology and services provide Napier Healthcare has appointed Mr Sahel Mattar as...

June 24, 2014 | Tuesday | Influencers
Sigma-Aldrich to launch Austrianova's encapsulation technology

Singapore: Sigma-Aldrich, bioscience and technology company, is set to commercialize a kit for hand-driven, self-encapsu...

June 3, 2014 | Tuesday | News
What services do APAC CROs offer to their clients?

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
GIS, Sengenics sign cancer biomarker discovery deal

Singapore: Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) of Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Sengenics hav...

May 31, 2013 | Friday | News
Volition NuQ diagnostic platform for cancer is a success

Singapore: VolitionRx revealed that its ongoing internal clinical trials of the NuQ diagnostic platform, has analyzed b...

November 6, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Inex, BGI launches fetal sex chromosome test kit

Singapore: Inex Innovations Exchange (Inex), a women's health diagnostics company based in Singapore, and BGI Clinical L...

May 27, 2013 | Monday | News
Why big pharma is busy acquiring injectables firms?

Big pharma companies are gearing up to combat the shortage of injectables in the US through acquiring companies with app...

March 20, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Invida rebrands to Menarini Asia Pacific

Singapore: Invida Holdings, a biopharmaceutical commercialization company based in Singapore, is changing its name to A ...

December 7, 2012 | Friday | News
What drives differentiation in embryonic stem cells?

Embryonic stem (ES) cells possess unique therapeutic potential due to their ability to give rise to all the cells of the...

September 28, 2012 | Friday | Opinion
Andrew Cunningham to lead PPD central lab

Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD) has appointed Dr Andrew Cunningham as vice president of central labo...

November 21, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
Singapore to host DIA Asia Regulatory Conference on Jan 28-30

Singapore: DIA will conduct the Asia Regulatory Conference 2013 at Raffles City Convention Center in Singapore during Ja...

November 22, 2012 | Thursday | News
A*Star, Veredus launch Lab-on-Chip

Singapore: Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Veredus Laboratories have launched VereTrop, the fir...

April 25, 2013 | Thursday | News
BabyLance safety heelstick receives EU patent

Singapore: US-based MediPurpose, a master distributor and manufacturer of medical products, has announced an addition to...

August 26, 2013 | Monday | News
Singapore starts medtech site to address investment queries

Singapore: Singapore has launched medtech portal, www.medtech.sg, that aims to address international investors' queries ...

June 4, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Singapore launches A*Star Nanoimprint Foundry

Singapore: The pioneer initiative brings together nanotechnology suppliers and manufacturers to speed up productization ...

September 30, 2013 | Monday | News
Jackie Ying is now Materials Research Society fellow

Singapore: A*STAR's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) executive director Professor Jackie Y Ying has...

April 4, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
Singapore nod for BMS, Pfizer heart drug

Singapore: Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has approved new treatment, apixaban (Eliquis), marketed by phar...

November 25, 2013 | Monday | News
Robust regulations needed

Singapore: The Asia Pacific (APAC) medical device market touched an estimated $54.5 billion at the beginning of 2012....

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory
Fab'entech launches bird flu trial in Singapore

Singapore: Fab'entech, a French biopharmaceutical company specialized in developing specific polyclonal immunoglobulins...

October 17, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Big potential in Asia market: Envirotainer CEO

According to industry estimates, healthcare cold-chain market is growing by 10 percent per year since companies producin...

October 16, 2012 | Tuesday | Influencers
Agilent drives innovation in mass spectrometry & chromatography

Singapore: Agilent Technologies, which was founded in 1999, is synonymous with the R&D of liquid chromatography/gas ...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | Influencers
Overcoming challenge of data analysis in mass spectrometry

Singapore: The research and clinical communities are constantly seeking new technologies that provide faster, more accur...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | Influencers
Molecular diagnostics is key to future

China, Japan, India and Singapore are leveraging on genetic technologies to develop molecular diagnostic platform which ...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Dr Anthony S Rebuck, Quintiles: Entry of new biosimilars will transform biopharma in 2013

Big news in 2013 will be the growth of biosimilars in the biologics segment. By the end of the year, biosimilars will ac...

December 25, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
Partnerships promote quality talent

While many multinational companies have reduced their manpower to cut costs in 2011, regional companies in Asia have gon...

May 25, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
Luye Pharma invests in NuSep's PrIME technology

Singapore: SGX-listed Luye Pharma Group is investing S$6 million (A$4.6 million) in NuSep's Singapore subsidiary Prime B...

August 20, 2012 | Monday | News
Transcu to acquire Nanomizer

Singapore: Transcu Group, a life sciences company engaged in the research, development and commercialization of cutting-...

February 11, 2013 | Monday | News
BioSpectrum rolls out 2nd Smart Healthcare survey

Singapore: BioSpectrum Asia (BSA) rolls out the second edition of the Smart Healthcare survey for the Asia Pacific (APAC...

October 1, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Get the best out of single-use bioreactors

Singapore: The high value of growth media and the length of a typical cell culture process spur for highest scrutiny whe...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | Influencers
China Cord Blood Corporation to partner with Cordlife Group

Singapore: China Cord Blood Corporation (CCBC), the first and largest cord blood banking operator in China, and Cordlife...

August 17, 2012 | Friday | News
MRI scan minus the acoustic discomfort

Singapore: GE Healthcare's recently-launched Silent Scan is a revolutionary technology under magnetic resonance imaging ...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | Influencers
Medical tourism market to reach $32.5 bn globally in 2019: Report

Singapore: The global medical tourism market was valued at $10.5 billion in 2012 and is estimated to reach a market wort...

October 3, 2013 | Thursday | News
Nobel Laureate Yamanaka gives lecture at A*STAR

Singapore: A*STAR invited the 2012 Nobel Laureate in Medicine or Physiology, Professor Shinya Yamanaka, to give a lectur...

April 3, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Biopolis marks 10 years of biomedical R&D

Singapore: Biopolis, an international research and development (R&D) centre located in Singapore, is marking the com...

October 17, 2013 | Thursday | News

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