SMC Biotech uses sugar to repair bones

Singapore: SMC Biotechnology, a regenerative medicine company focused on developing carbohydrate compounds that enhance ...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | News
Biomaterials market will be worth $88.4 bn by 2017

Singapore: A new report by MarketsAndMarkets titled 'Biomaterials market and applications - Global forecasts to 2017', e...

March 26, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Ayoxxa gets funding, collaborates with NUS

Singapore: Singapore-based biotech company, AyoxxA Biosystems received $488,003 (0.6 million SGD) as second closing of t...

January 21, 2013 | Monday | News
BioSpectrum Asia launches 5th CRO survey

Singapore: After four consecutive successful annual surveys on the developments in the clinical research industry, BioSp...

July 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Start-ups sign agreement for A*STAR technology

Singapore: Five start-ups, including three from the bioscience sector, have signed licensing agreements with Exploit Tec...

June 4, 2012 | Monday | News
MEI Pharma to acquire S*BIO's Pracinostat

Singapore: MEI Pharma, an oncology company focused on the clinical development of novel therapies for the treatment of c...

August 10, 2012 | Friday | News
Logistics demand attention as outsourcing picks up

The European Medical Agency (EMA) recently raised concerns that since many sources of active substances for life-saving ...

December 27, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Singapore firm to launch next-gen cancer study device

Singapore: Singapore's emerging company Clearbridge BioMedics plans to launch its ClearCell FX System at American Societ...

May 27, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Japanese biomedical firm sets up lab in Singapore

Singapore: Japan-based biopharmaceutical firm, Kyowa Hakko Kirin (KHK) has setup Singapore Translational Research Labora...

September 9, 2013 | Monday | News
Pharmacovigilance: A strategic opportunity

For many Asian pharmaceutical companies, pharmacovigilance is a critical component of any drug development program. As p...

September 6, 2012 | Thursday | Opinion
BioMatrix Technology gets wider reach

Singapore: Singapore's Biosensors International and Terumo Corporation have extended their existing licensing agreements...

October 2, 2012 | Tuesday | News
MNCs boost Asia biologics industry

Entry of multinational companies has been a big boost to Asia's position in biologics manufacturing, especially with cGM...

March 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Singapore health IT CEO wins ASEAN CIO Award

Singapore: CEO of Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS), Dr Chong Yoke Sin, has received the Asean CIO Award in H...

September 25, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Bayer cancer drug Stivarga gets Singapore nod

Singapore: The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore has approved Bayer' Stivarga, the first oral targeted therap...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Malaysia appoints standard assessment firm

Singapore: BSI, a global standard assessment company, has been registered by the Malaysian Medical Device Bureau as one ...

July 29, 2013 | Monday | News
India's Bodhi Health Education wins NUS-DBS Social venture challenge

Singapore: India based healthcare solution provider start-up firm, Bodhi Health Education, is among the winners of DBS-N...

June 12, 2014 | Thursday | News
Dr Steven Fang, Clearbridge Accelerator: Industry focus will shift from pharma to biopharma in 2013

I foresee a number of interesting upcoming trends within the biomedical sector, including a shift from pharmaceutical-ba...

December 25, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
What functional roles do CROs play in APAC?

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
A*Star scientists discover new cancer genes

Singapore: Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have identified genes that are potential targets f...

July 29, 2013 | Monday | News
Vela develops genetic tests for H7N9 bird flu

Singapore: Vela Diagnostics has launched PCR-based Research-Use-Only (RUO) tests for the identification of genetic targe...

June 11, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Novartis invests over $500 in new Singapore facility

Singapore: Novartis is investment over $500 million for a new state-of-the-art biotechnology production site in Singapor...

October 31, 2012 | Wednesday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: New CRO players emerge in APAC

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Nose cancer emerges as a potent killer in Asia

Singapore: Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a rare form of cancer in Western Europe and North America and is emerging a...

September 19, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Non-biomarker solution to target cancer

Early detection, complete cure and curbing relapse are big challenges in cancer therapy. Many biotechnology companies ha...

March 26, 2012 | Monday | News
Scientists find cellular origin of cervical cancer

Singapore: A team of scientists from A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) and Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS)...

June 14, 2012 | Thursday | News
A*Star scientists discover new class of WBCs

Singapore: Scientists at A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered a new class of white blood cells i...

July 17, 2013 | Wednesday | News
BioPharma Asia: Dr Deborah Rathjen wins Life Science Woman Executive of the Year award

Singapore: Dr Deborah Rathjen, CEO of Australia based Bionomics, was awarded the Life Science Woman Executive of the Yea...

March 17, 2014 | Monday | Influencers
CROs fertile ground for career growth

        Over the past few years, a significant shift has occurred in the depth and type of relationships that ...

May 31, 2012 | Thursday | Opinion
Researchers find new link to study brain tumor

Singapore: A joint study by researchers at the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI), National University of Singapore (...

June 8, 2012 | Friday | News
Smart Healthcare creates buzz in Asia

Healthcare Information and Management system society (HIMSS) AsiaPac12 kicked off in Singapore from Sep 17-19, bringing ...

September 20, 2012 | Thursday | News
A*Star welcomes its first 9-year-old scientist

Singapore: The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), A*Star, Singapore, partnered with Make-A-Wish found...

December 12, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Thermo Fisher opens first-ever DPM plant in Singapore

Singapore: Thermo Fisher Scientific has opened a new manufacturing plant in Singapore to produce dry powder media (DPM),...

August 5, 2013 | Monday | News
Antibody that can kill dengue virus found

Singapore: A team of research scientists here have uncovered a human antibody that can neutralize and kill the dengue vi...

June 26, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Medical laser market to reach $8.8 bn by 2018: GIA

Singapore: Technological advancements in laser technology have created a plethora of applications in the medical field, ...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | News
Clearbridge BioMedics reveals ClearCell FX System

Singapore: Clearbridge BioMedics revealed its next generation ClearCell FX System, which is developed for in-vitro diagn...

June 3, 2013 | Monday | News
Thermo Fisher, NUS study Singapore's water

Singapore: Thermo Fisher Scientific and National University of Singapore's (NUS) Environmental Research Institute (NERI)...

January 29, 2013 | Tuesday | News
F&S: Health record spendings to rise $29 mn

Singapore: As the healthcare industry across Asia Pacific (APAC) moves towards digitization, electronic health informati...

April 18, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Researchers get close to developing viable tissue

Singapore: Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Singapore, have developed a simple m...

August 20, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Waterproof cochlear implant processor in Singapore

Singapore: The Hearing Solution Group, Southeast Asia's largest Hearing Care Company, has launched the Neptune Sound Pro...

July 25, 2012 | Wednesday | News
What were Asia's Top 20 bio companies in 2012?

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

June 19, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Social media, mobile apps transform healthcare in APAC

Key tenets pervade the way in which healthcare ecosystems are rapidly changing: quality, outcomes, cost (efficiencies ...

August 29, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
What were the top 20 global M&A transactions of 2012?

A majority of life science firms are standing on the edge of the patent cliff and their drug pipelines are experiencing ...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Spring Singapore, Netherlands' Univ sign bio MoU

Singapore: Spring Singapore and Maastricht University Medical Center of Netherelands have signed a partnership to promot...

June 14, 2013 | Friday | News
Medtech firm TriReme expands distribution in China

‎Singapore: Singapore-based TriReme Medical has signed a distribution agreement with Weihai Weigao Medical Devices...

March 27, 2013 | Wednesday | News
A*Star, QuantuMDx to develop lung cancer assays

Singapore: A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) has signed an agreement with QuantuMDx (QMDx), a UK-based biotec...

May 29, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Pfizer, Glaxo, Siemens form A*Star R&D consortium

Singapore: Pfizer Asia Pacific, Glaxo Wellcome Manufacturing and Siemens have signed on as founding members of a new A*S...

June 21, 2013 | Friday | News
Biochips firm AyoxxA gets $3.37 million funding

Singapore: AyoxxA Biosystems, an international biotechnology company, has closed a $3.37 million (2.6 million Euro) seri...

September 21, 2012 | Friday | News
L'Oreal opens research center at A*Star's IMB

Singapore: The L'Oréal Group has opened an Advanced Research Centre in A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) t...

December 19, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Telemedicine is revolutionizing healthcare access

Telemedicine is re-defining access to healthcare in many ways. It has, in particular, proved to be an effective solution...

November 30, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
A*Star's Patrick Tan gets Chen Award from HUGO

Singapore: Dr Patrick Tan from A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) has received 2013 Chen New Investigator Awar...

April 18, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
Consumers are winners in the BRCA gene case

In the wake of US Supreme Court's win-win verdict in Association for Molecular Pathology vs Myriad Genetics case, Frost ...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
New discovery helps in understanding diseases better

Singapore: Scientists from Singapore and Germany have identified that the proteins lamin A (Lmna) and lamin B receptor (...

February 8, 2013 | Friday | News
A*Star identifies gastric cancer trigger

Singapore: Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have discovered four processes by which gastric ca...

January 30, 2013 | Wednesday | News
DHL launches air freight service for bio firms

Singapore: DHL Global Forwarding, air and ocean freight specialist, has launched DHL Thermonet, a new air freight produc...

June 13, 2013 | Thursday | News
BioPharma Asia Convention 2013 being held in Singapore

Singapore: BioPharma Asia Convention 2013, which is bringing together more than 4,000 key stakeholders and decision make...

March 20, 2013 | Wednesday | News
HIMSS APAC kicks off in Singapore

Singapore: HIMSS (Healthcare Information Management Systems Society) Asia Pacific Digital healthcare Week kicked off in ...

September 15, 2014 | Monday | News
Greatbatch to start R&D center in Singapore

Singapore: US-based medical device technology company Greatbatch plans to establish an Active Implantable Medical Device...

July 18, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Garth Tierney is executive VP of INC CRO

Singapore: INC Research has promoted Mr Garth Tierney to executive vice president, Asia Pacific. He will be responsible...

March 4, 2013 | Monday | News
Invest in quality, FDA tells Asian firms

Singapore: The ISPE Singapore Conference, being held in association with Interphex Asia 2012, started with a clear note ...

May 28, 2012 | Monday | News
Novel protein complex to combat gastric cancer

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

July 8, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Shimadzu pharma summit concurs that innovation is the key

Singapore: The Shimadzu Global Pharma Summit 2012 held in Singapore sent out an unaninmous message that it is high time ...

November 2, 2012 | Friday | News
Stem cells from a drop of blood!!

Singapore: Dr Loh Yuin Han Jonathan, Principal Investigator at A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) h...

April 28, 2014 | Monday | Influencers
Mr Cameron Reynolds, VolitionRx: Patient awareness & demand will fuel diagnostics in 2013

The diagnostics market is growing rapidly as patients demand earlier diagnosis of diseases through the use of less invas...

December 26, 2012 | Wednesday | Opinion
Volition raises over $1 mn for clinical trial

Singapore: VolitionRX, a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests, has raised over $1 mi...

May 15, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Shimadzu launches smart device enabled HPLC system

Singapore: Japan-based global analytics technology provider, Shimadzu, has launched i-Series of new industry standard HP...

July 9, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Pfizer, GSK sign productivity pact with Singapore's A*Star

Singapore: Pharma industry leaders Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline have joined hands with global engineering giants Siemens t...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Why did mergers & acquisitions plunge in APAC?

The global bioscience industry, in 2012, reported 450 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions valued at $67 bill...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Duke-NUS instrumental in talent generation'

Singapore: At the graduation ceremony of the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School, Mr S Iswaran Minister in the Prime Minist...

June 2, 2014 | Monday | News
HIV generics to take over antivirals market

Singapore: Generics are predicted to take over the antiviral drugs market, especially in the case of HIV medication, as ...

July 2, 2012 | Monday | News
Singapore, Japan to develop eye disease detection technology

Singapore: A*STAR's Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), and Topcon Corporation, Japan based ophthalmic instruments an...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | News
Clearbridge BioMedics raises $7.2 million funding

Singapore: Singapore's Clearbridge BioMedics has closed a $7.2 million (S$9 million) Series B financing, led by Vertex V...

March 14, 2013 | Thursday | News
Agilent launches Multispan Liquid Handling System

Singapore: Agilent Technologies has launched Encore Multispan Liquid Handling System, featuring an array of unique techn...

November 2, 2012 | Friday | News
Laser-cooling holds promise for medical devices

Singapore: A latest discovery by scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore related to cooling ...

February 14, 2013 | Thursday | News
Aslan gastric cancer phase II study shows +ve results

Singapore: Aslan Pharmaceuticals has revealed the results of its phase II clinical trial with Aslan001, a small-molecule...

May 28, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Program for atrial fibrillation patients launched

Singapore: A patient education program targeting stroke reduction for patients with atrial fibrillation is being launche...

July 6, 2012 | Friday | News
Single-use technology: The way forward in vaccines

Single-use technologies are a particularly smart way of manufacturing vaccines during a pandemic, when there is urgency ...

July 17, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
GE launches noiseless MR scanner in Singapore

Singapore: GE Healthcare has installed Silent Scan, a MR scanner with reduced noise, at the National University Hospital...

July 2, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Healthcare in Nanjing gets a boost

Singapore: International Enterprise (IE) Singapore and the Nanjing Health Bureau have come together as part of a plan to...

May 21, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Singapore to encourage youth for biomedical R&D

Singapore: Polytechnic students and overseas Singaporeans will now have more avenues to pursue their interest in science...

July 27, 2012 | Friday | News
Chugai expands in Singapore with research institute

Singapore: Japan's Chugai Pharmabody Research (CPR) has started its operations in Singapore. The company started operati...

July 16, 2012 | Monday | News
Singapore joins hands with Italy's oldest tech univ

Singapore: Intellectual Property Intermediary of Singapore has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japan Sci...

September 25, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Singapore, Dutch regulators sign health MoU

Singapore: Health Sciences Authority's (HSA) Asia Regulatory Conference 2013 saw Singapore and Dutch regulators sign a m...

January 29, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Singapore seizes counterfeit products worth $14,660

Singapore: The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore seized close to 13,000 units of products, including tablets,...

October 5, 2012 | Friday | News
A*STAR scientist conferred top Italian honor

Singapore: Professor Paola Castagnoli, scientific director at A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), has been con...

July 20, 2012 | Friday | Influencers
Singapore embarks on personalized regulation

Fostering scientific developments in genomics study is not comprehensive enough to integrate personalized medicine into ...

February 6, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Avita Medical inks deal with S'pore based Mintcare

Singapore: UK based Avita Medical recently announced its collaboration with Asia-Pacific's specialized wound care produc...

June 8, 2016 | Wednesday | News
Tight funding strains traditional drug development

Singapore: The global biotechnology industry showed a second straight year of increasingly stable financial performance ...

June 20, 2012 | Wednesday | News
A*Star artificial liver to speed up drug R&D

Singapore: Researchers at A*Star's IBN have engineered an artificial human liver piece, which mimics the natural tissue ...

March 18, 2013 | Monday | News
Tissue bank launched for colorectal cancer research

Singapore: The Fortis-IBN TissueBank (FIT) for research and development in colorectal diseases will help accelerate tran...

July 19, 2012 | Thursday | News
A*STAR to commercialize nanospectrometers

Singapore: The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Resea...

August 29, 2012 | Wednesday | News
AITbiotech gets ISO certificate for genomic services

Singapore: AITbiotech, a leading genomics service provider in Singapore, has secured ISO 13485:2003 certification, for d...

October 15, 2012 | Monday | News
AbbVie invests $320 mn in bilogics manufacturing in Singapore

Singapore: Research based pharmaceutical company, AbbVie, has made investment of around USD320 million in Singapore to s...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Healthcare needs change in business process'

Singapore: Healthcare across the Asia-Pacific is in a state of accelerated evolution due to not only changing demographi...

January 21, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
Volition launches epigenetic immunoassays

Singapore: VolitionRx, a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests, launched NuQ, its ra...

December 18, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Ultrasound-enhanced drug delivery for efficacy

One of the barriers to drug delivery is the presence of a prominent stromal matrix that separates blood vessels from tum...

March 13, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Singapore pharma to see only 4.4% pay hike in 2014

Singapore: A report published by the Hay Group, titled 'Building the Capabilities of the Next Generation Workforce', has...

May 31, 2013 | Friday | News
Clearbridge VitalSigns leverages on CardioLeaf

Singapore: Clearbridge VitalSigns, a Singapore-based medical device company, is leveraging its flagship product, CardioL...

November 14, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Singapore medtech firm raises $1mn seed funding

Singapore: Singapore medtech startup Healint, that develops mobile apps for chronic diseases, has raised over $1 million...

April 3, 2015 | Friday | News
Missing protien connects diabetes, obesity: Study

Singapore: Scientists from Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), a research institute under the Agency for Sci...

July 11, 2014 | Friday | News
HSA regulatory conference under way in Singapore

Singapore: Health Sciences Authority (HSA), which is the national regulator for health products in Singapore, inaugurate...

January 30, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory

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