Roche launches FoundationOne CDx to help guide personalised treatment decisions

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Nov, 2018

Singapore - Roche announced that FoundationOne CDx, Foundation Medicine’s comprehensive companion diagnostic test for personalised cancer care, has launched in Singapore. FoundationOn...Read more

World’s first migraine-specific prevention treatment available in Singapore

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Nov, 2018

Singapore – Novartis announced that the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has approved Aimovig (erenumab) in Singapore for the prevention of migraine in adults. Aimovig i...Read more

MIT Technology Review shortlists 10 ‘Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific’ for 2019

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Nov, 2018

Singapore – MIT Technology Review  announced the top 10 young Innovators under the age of 35 in the region. Close to 200 nominations from talented researchers, inv...Read more

Dornier collaborates with NUH to initiate new clinical study

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Nov, 2018

Singapore – Dornier MedTech, a global leader in urology, announced the initiation of a new clinical study to determine the safety and efficacy of low-intensity shockwave therapy (Li-S...Read more

Digital transformation - Key to improve healthcare continuum

Singapore |  Opinion | By Keren Priyadarshini, Regional Business Lead, Worldwide Health, Microsoft Asia | 0 Comment | 16 Nov, 2018

Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in India. When Apollo Hospitals’ founder Dr Prathap C. Reddy lost a patient to heart disease in 1983 due...Read more

EDBI-backed Moderna Therapeutics files for $500M IPO

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 15 Nov, 2018

Singapore - US biotech giant Moderna Therapeutics – which is backed by Singapore-based EDBI and Sequoia Capital China – has filed with the SEC to raise up to $500 million i...Read more

MindFi App makes mindfulness smart and measurable

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Nov, 2018

Singapore - MindFi, a Southeast Asian leader in digital wellness, has launched the third generation of its mobile application, MindFi V3, that will pioneer a brand new mindfulness and medit...Read more

Esco Medical secures CFDA approval for Embryo Incubators

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Nov, 2018

Esco Medical, the IVF medical technology business unit of the Esco Group, has announced that it has received the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) approval on the MIRI Time-Lapse an...Read more

New study reveals substantial gap in understanding of diabetes

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Nov, 2018

Singapore - The latest Sun Life Financial Asia Diabetes Awareness Study themed “Family and Diabetes” reveals that although there is an improvement in awareness and und...Read more

Book launch pays tribute to Nobel Laureate Dr Sydney Brenner

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Nov, 2018

Singapore - Madam Halimah Yacob, President of the Republic of Singapore launched the book “Sydney Brenner’s 10-on-10: Chronicles of Evolution” recently, a tribute to Nobel...Read more

3-D study delivers first pre-clinical results on the toxicological impact of novel e-cigarette

Singapore |  News | By Keyur Trivedi, M.Phil., M.Sc., Philip Morris International | 0 Comment | 12 Nov, 2018

Singapore - Philip Morris International (PMI), has conducted an in vitro study using epithelial cells taken from the mouth and small airways of a human donor, in early stage, pre-clinical a...Read more

SNEC, SERI, J&J Vision collaborate to tackle myopia

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Nov, 2018

The Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC), the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) and Johnson & Johnson Vision has announced a US$26.35 million (S$36.35 million) research collaborat...Read more

NTU develops new learning tools for medical students

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Nov, 2018

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is pioneering the use of 3D-printed anatomical specimens for medical education in Singapore. Just last month, students at the Le...Read more

Strides enters into partnership with SUDA Pharma for migraine drug

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Nov, 2018

Strides Pharma Science Limited (Strides)  has announced  that  its  step‐down  wholly  owned  subsidiary,  Strides  Pharma  Global  ...Read more

Breakthrough research for diabetic kidney disease

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Nov, 2018

Singapore – Scientists led by Duke-NUS Medical School have designed mice that successfully emulate a severe form of kidney damage in humans with diabetes, called diabetic nephropathy....Read more

SHF launches simplified CPR and AED training

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Nov, 2018

Singapore – Back for its 7th edition, the annual Project Heart initiative by the Singapore Heart Foundation saw about 1,000 participants come together, to be empowered with the e...Read more

GARFIELD-AF Report: A wakeup call to Asia

Singapore |  News | By John Battersby | 0 Comment | 05 Nov, 2018

Non-vitamin K antagonists oral anticoagulants or NOACs are often prescribed at lower than recommended doses in many Asian countries but a late breaking report from the European Society of C...Read more

East Ventures leads $1M funding for Nalagenetics

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Nov, 2018

Genetic testing company Nalagenetics has announced the closing of a $1 million pre-seed funding round led by early-stage investor East Ventures. Other investors in the round include Indones...Read more