Singapore welcomes first HSA-registered e-pharmacy, WellAway by Hyphens Pharma

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Jan, 2022

Hyphens Pharma International Limited, Singapore’s leading specialty pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare group, ...Read more

Singapore's SCG Cell Therapy acquires technology from A*STAR for novel cancer treatment

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Jan, 2022

Singapore-based SCG Cell Therapy has acquired the rights to human “induced pluripotent stem cell” ...Read more

Singapore's ConnectedHealth launches Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus care digital health system

Singapore |  News | 1 Comment | 13 Jan, 2022

Singapore-based digital health company ConnectedHealth has launched SugoSure, a digital health system supporting care fo...Read more

Singapore-based JN Medsys develops PCR test kit for Omicron detection

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Jan, 2022

Singapore-based biotech firm JN Medsys has developed a new PCR kit that detects for SARS-CoV-2 and identifies if the Omi...Read more

Medical education in Singapore goes ‘Holographic’ with mixed reality from Microsoft

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Jan, 2022

From April 2022, medical and nursing students at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in Singapore will be using three-di...Read more

GSK Singapore launches Shingrix vaccine against shingles (herpes zoster)

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Jan, 2022

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Singapore has launched a new vaccine to help protect against shingles, Shingrix, in...Read more

US-based Allay Therapeutics expands operations in Singapore

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Jan, 2022

Allay Therapeutics, a US-based clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering ultra-sustained analgesic products to tra...Read more

Singapore recommends booster dose at no later than 9 months

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Jan, 2022

The Expert Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination (EC19V) in Singapore recommends that all vaccinated persons aged 18 years a...Read more

Singapore sets stringent regulations for COVID-19 test kits for professional use

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Jan, 2022

With effect from 1 January 2022, only COVID-19 tests that have received full-fledged registration with Singapore's Healt...Read more

Singapore inks MoU with Russia for research opportunities

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Dec, 2021

National University of Singapore (NUS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Russia’s Skolkovo Insti...Read more

One antibody to neutralise both Zika & Dengue viruses in different ways: Singapore study

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Dec, 2021

A research team from the Department of Biological Sciences and the Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singa...Read more

Singapore develops algorithm to assess immunotherapy benefit in stomach cancer patients

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Dec, 2021

Recent clinical studies indicate that patients with stomach cancer treated with a combination of immunotherapy and chemo...Read more

Singapore establishes pancreas transplantation service as national programme

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Dec, 2021

With the approval by the Ministry of Health (Singapore) for the pancreas transplantation service as a national programme...Read more

Singapore deploys 3D printing to make knee brace for elderly

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Dec, 2021

A lighter, yet more robust knee brace for the elderly who suffer from knee problems has been developed locally by Singap...Read more

Singapore explores link between Zika virus infection and birth defects

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 15 Dec, 2021

The Zika virus shunts carbon atoms away from the important glucose metabolism pathway in infected foetuses, leading to a...Read more

Singapore identifies new bacteria to better understand infections

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Dec, 2021

  Singapore scientists have identified and named a new species of bacteria, Staphylococcus singaporensis sp.nov, n...Read more

Singapore extends use of Pfizer vaccine for children of age 5 to 11

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Dec, 2021

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has extended the authorisation of Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer-...Read more

Singapore develops anti-coagulant drugs from tick parasite

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Dec, 2021

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a series of thrombin inhibitors to b...Read more