Singapore's NUS Medicine researchers engineer bacteria for targeted chemotherapy delivery

Traditional chemotherapy often poses significant challenges, including severe side effects, damage to healthy tissue and...

June 6, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore-Japan team finds common virus that triggers growth of nasopharyngeal cancer

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Chiba University in Japan have shown how...

June 6, 2024 | Thursday | News
ISPE SINGAPORE AFFILIATE CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 2024: Re-Imagining A Sustainable Pharma

With increasing awareness of the environmental and social impact of pharmaceutical production and distribution, the indu...

June 4, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops promising vaccine approach for longer-lasting protective immunity against COVID-19

A scientific team from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and Mo...

June 5, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore’s Biomedical Sciences Industry and Future Growth Opportunities

The Biomedical Sciences industry, which comprises the biopharmaceutical and medical technology sectors, is a key contrib...

May 31, 2024 | Friday | Analysis
Singapore’s Synapxe Introduces ‘HEALIX’, a New Cloud-Based Analytics Platform

Synapxe, Singapore's national HealthTech agency, has launched HEALIX, the platform for Health Empowerment thru...

May 31, 2024 | Friday | Company results
NUS Enterprise staged Asia’s largest university start-up showcase in Singapore

Themed "Driving Innovation, Nurturing Talents: Creating Impact for Asia", InnovFest x Elevating Founders 2024&nbs...

May 30, 2024 | Thursday | Company results
Singapore study reveals surprising twist in how diabetes drugs help the heart

A randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial led by a collaboration between Duke-NUS Medical School, National Heart C...

May 31, 2024 | Friday | News
Singapore includes Novavax XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccine under National Vaccination Programme

Singapore's Ministry of Health has announced that Novavax/Nuvaxovid XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccine will be available under the...

May 30, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore strengthens collaboration with Kazakhstan educational institutions

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore is deepening its partnership with Kazakhstan with a new collaboration t...

May 29, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore ramps up cancer fight with S$50 M in national grant funding for precision oncology

Two multi-institution and multidisciplinary Singapore teams of clinician-scientists and researchers have been awarded gr...

May 27, 2024 | Monday | News
Singapore designs new genetic tool to investigate brain function and psychiatric disorders

Researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore have found that a new class of light-sensitive proteins are capabl...

May 24, 2024 | Friday | News
WuXi AppTec breaks ground on new R&D and manufacturing site in Singapore

WuXi AppTec, a global company that provides a broad portfolio of R&D and manufacturing services to enable companies ...

May 23, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore opens doors for new developments in cancer biomarker discovery

A team of researchers led by Associate Professor Alfredo Franco-Obregón from the NUS Institute for Health Innovat...

May 22, 2024 | Wednesday | News
AstraZeneca to invest $1.5 B for building ADCs manufacturing facility in Singapore

British multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca intends to build a $1.5 billion manufacturing facilit...

May 20, 2024 | Monday | News
Singapore's SMART researchers identify malaria parasite drug resistance mechanism

Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-M...

May 17, 2024 | Friday | News
Singapore's AI potential and prospects to emerge as a premier clinical trials hub

As Asia establishes itself as the global hub for clinical trials, Singapore is bolstering its position as the preferred ...

May 17, 2024 | Friday | Opinion
Singapore opens first public-private partnership centre for specialty molecular testing

The National University Hospital (NUH) and Mirxes have announced the official opening of the NUH DMOC@Biopolis, one of S...

May 17, 2024 | Friday | News
Asian Medical devices market is propelling to reshape the health-tech businesses

Bijay Singh, Global Head, Business Unit Healthcare, DKSH Emerging trends in healthcare are demonstrating profound chang...

May 16, 2024 | Thursday | Opinion
Singapore approves world's first respiratory syncytial virus vaccine for older adults

GSK's Arexvy has been approved by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore for active immunisation for...

May 16, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore approves J&J's Bispecific Antibody treatment for Multiple Myeloma

Johnson & Johnson’s first-in-class, bispecific B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed CD3 T-cell-redirectin...

May 15, 2024 | Wednesday | News
AsiaMedic partners with Sunway to establish new diagnostic imaging centre in Singapore

AsiaMedic has announced that the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, AMC Healthcare has entered into a shareholders...

May 15, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore unveils first public-private partnership center for speciality molecular testing

Singapore's National University Hospital (NUH) and leading RNA technology company, Mirxes have officialy unveiled the NU...

May 13, 2024 | Monday | Company results
Singapore-based startup Allozymes raises $15 M paving way for new partnerships in pharma and life science industry

Allozymes, a leading innovator in enzyme discovery and engineering, has announced the closing of a $15 million ...

May 14, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore suggests repurposing of existing cancer drugs to treat aggressive brain cancer

Glioblastoma is an often fatal form of brain cancer, with only five per cent of patients surviving beyond five years. Th...

May 13, 2024 | Monday | News
Singapore launches new professional growth programme to nurture doctors

In August, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singa...

May 10, 2024 | Friday | News
Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance (SDTA) Gears Up for Sustainable Innovation Asia 2024 (SIA),

Sustainability-focused deep-tech venture builder, Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance (SDTA) unveiled annual flagship...

May 9, 2024 | Thursday | Company results
Roche unveils First-of-its-kind National Women’s Checkup Week in Asia Pacific

Roche launched the National Women’s Check-up Week (NWCW) in Singapore for the second year running to empower women...

May 8, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore scientists develop high-precision tissue analysis AI tool to support drug discovery, diagnosis

A team of scientists from A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Bioinformatics Institute (BII) has deve...

May 8, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority inks MoU with Health Ministry in Malaysia

Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and the Ministry of Health, Malaysia have signed a Memorandum of Under...

May 9, 2024 | Thursday | News
NSG BioLabs fuels biotech innovation in Singapore and Southeast Asia

NSG BioLabs, Singapore's largest provider of biotech co-working laboratory and office space, has announced par...

May 8, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore unveils ways for novel therapeutic interventions in Alzheimer’s disease

In a groundbreaking study published in Cell Research, researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the Nation...

May 6, 2024 | Monday | News
Ora and Singapore Eye Research Institute to propel ophthalmology innovation globally

Ora, Inc., a US-based ophthalmology contract research organisation (CRO), has announced a strategic, exclusive partnersh...

May 3, 2024 | Friday | News
“Biotech startups still need support in terms of talent, and resources to bring their innovations to market”

What are the key drivers for you to join Cytiva? What “new air” do you hope to bring to Cytiva? One of the ...

May 1, 2024 | Wednesday | Opinion
“We are exploring opportunities to collaborate with startups and incubators”

How is Agilent advancing cell and gene therapy modalities to enable next-gen therapeutics and applications? What are A...

May 1, 2024 | Wednesday | Opinion
Indonesia & Singapore ink MoU to facilitate training and collaborations in pharma sector

Duke-NUS Medical School and the Indonesian Food and Drug Authority (Indonesian FDA) have signed a Memorandum of Understa...

April 30, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops versatile drug delivery system inspired by self-assembling proteins from caterpillars

Harnessing the self-assembling abilities of proteins from the cuticles of Asian corn borer moth caterpillars (Ostrinia f...

April 29, 2024 | Monday | News
GenScript Singapore's Open Day reveals pioneering AI capabilities in recombinant protein production and drug discovery

GenScript, a global leader in life sciences and biotechnology, successfully hosted an Open Day event at its Singapore fa...

April 25, 2024 | Thursday | News
Asia's Biopharma resilience to become the next global biotech hub

Asia has positioned itself as the world's premier biomanufacturing hub, leveraging cutting-edge research and production ...

May 2, 2024 | Thursday | Opinion
Oracle empowers HCPs with centralized and integrated healthcare planning boosted by Oracle CloudWorld

Healthcare organizations have seen decreased demand for elective treatments, a skyrocketing demand for emergency room tr...

April 16, 2024 | Tuesday | Opinion
Asia's Diabetes Management Endeavor to Foster Stakeholders Collaboration

The rate of diabetes is rising at an alarming pace. According to the International Diabetes Federation, approximately 53...

April 19, 2024 | Friday | Opinion
Scientists in Singapore develop wearable sensor to measure real skin feel

To mark the 10th Anniversary of Procter & Gamble Singapore Innovation Centre (SgIC), a new innovative wearable s...

April 18, 2024 | Thursday | News
SCG Cell Therapy and A*STAR launch joint labs for cellular immunotherapies in Singapore

SCG Cell Therapy (SCG) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have announced the launch joint labo...

April 17, 2024 | Wednesday | News
New centre for digestive health in Singapore to focus on early cancer detection

The National University Hospital (NUH) in Singapore is embarking on a major initiative to establish the N...

April 16, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore pilots personalised transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment resistant depression

The Institute of Mental Health (IMH), in collaboration with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National Universi...

April 13, 2024 | Saturday | News
Non-invasive tests are helping fight liver disease in Southeast Asia

As the rate of obesity rises in Southeast Asia and around the world, so too does the prevalence of liver disease, even a...

April 8, 2024 | Monday | Opinion
Singapore scientists grow ‘mini kidneys,’ revealing potential therapy for polycystic kidney disease

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore have successfully grown ‘mini kidneys’ in th...

April 8, 2024 | Monday | News
Singapore approves new asthma indication for GSK's Trelegy Ellipta

GSK Singapore has announced that the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has approved a new indication and a new strength fo...

April 5, 2024 | Friday | News
Driving Net Zero Healthcare in Asia and beyond

Planetary health is an essential aspect of healthcare, and the urgency of reducing carbon emissions in healthcare a...

April 3, 2024 | Wednesday | Opinion
Singapore and Indonesia deepen cooperation in education with two new postgraduate scholarships

Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore and the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education Agency (LPDP), a public...

April 3, 2024 | Wednesday | News
National University of Singapore opens new research institute in China to incubate medtech startups

The National University of Singapore (NUS) Guangzhou Research Translation and Innovation Institute (NUS GRTII)...

April 1, 2024 | Monday | News
“Because of its specificity and selectivity, ADCs have the potential to reduce adverse side effects and improve patient survival”

How does Daiichi Sankyo leverage antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) to execute precision therapeutics? Daiichi Sankyo has ...

April 1, 2024 | Monday | Opinion
Addressing Challenges in Cell Therapy Manufacturing

Cancer research has come a long way. Along with technology advancements, the basic options for treating cancer, such as ...

April 1, 2024 | Monday | Opinion
Lion TCR partners with NUSGRTII in Singapore to drive innovation in biomedical research

Lion TCR has forged a strategic partnership with the National University of Singapore Guangzhou Research Translation and...

March 28, 2024 | Thursday | News
Breakthrough antibiotic by Singapore shows promise against obstinate mycobacterial infections

Researchers from the Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials (I-FIM) at the National University of Singapore (NUS...

March 28, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore and Indonesia to foster bilateralism in healthcare, digital health, and biotechnology

During a recent Indonesia-Singapore Business Forum 2024, Singapore's Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Y...

March 28, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore supports development of AI-based clinical trial tool with S$50,000

A team of healthcare professionals has received a $50,000 award to transform their idea for an Artificial Intelligence (...

March 27, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore invents coin-sized device to rapidly isolate blood plasma for diagnostics

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have developed a coin-sized chip that can dir...

March 26, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's NUS launches AI Institute to accelerate frontier AI research in healthcare

Harnessing the advancements in AI for better healthcare, National University of Singapore (NUS) has established the new ...

March 25, 2024 | Monday | News
Orion Health brings first-of-its-kind Unified Healthcare Platform to South East Asia

New Zealand headquartered Orion Health is set to improve the healthcare experience across South East Asia by bringing it...

March 22, 2024 | Friday | News
Charles River extends gene therapy manufacturing alliance with NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in Singapore

US-based Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. and National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Yon...

March 21, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore gives nod to China-based Everest Medicines' drug for nephropathy treatment

Everest Medicines, a China-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, manufacturing and comm...

March 20, 2024 | Wednesday | News
BioNTech, GSK, Sanofi, NTU, NTUitive, NUS and SIT joins forces with BioPIPS in Singapore

The Biologics Pharma Innovation Programme Singapore (BioPIPS) consortium has strengthened its competencies by partnering...

March 19, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore Scientific Colloquium unveils mRNA vaccine R&D consortiums

At the mRNA Technology Transfer Program organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Medicines Patent Pool (MPP)...

March 19, 2024 | Tuesday | News
WuXi Biologics to establish new CRDMO facility in Singapore

China's WuXi Biologics, a leading global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CRDMO), has brok...

March 19, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Zuellig Pharma to commercialise anti-fungal medication across key markets in Asia

Singapore-headquartered Zuellig Pharma, a leading healthcare solutions company in Asia, has expanded its commercialisati...

March 18, 2024 | Monday | News
Singapore's NUS invests S$20M to nurture deep tech innovation and venture ecosystem

NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore ...

March 18, 2024 | Monday | Company results
Singapore develops mobile app to help diabetic patients monitor feet health

A group of researchers, led by Nanyang Technological University (NTU), has developed a mobile application to educate ind...

March 15, 2024 | Friday | News
Novartis expands its biopharmaceutical manufacturing site in Singapore

Novartis is investing $256 million to expand its biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Singapore. The extended s...

March 15, 2024 | Friday | Company results
Singapore's medtech firm SynPhNe raises $5 M for neurological rehabilitation

SynPhNe, a medtech spin-off from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, has secured $5 million in Series A fundi...

March 14, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore scientists develop ultra-thin semiconductor fibres for use in healthcare wearables

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore have developed ultra-thin semiconductor fibres that ca...

March 13, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Sulzer opens new cutting-edge Innovation Technology Hub in Singapore

Sulzer offcialy opened its new Innovation Technology Hub (InTecH) in Singapore’s Jurong Innovati...

March 11, 2024 | Monday | News
Zika virus vaccine emerges as tool in battling brain cancer: Singaporean study

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) at Singapore have developed a new approach using the Zika virus to de...

March 11, 2024 | Monday | News
Synapxe and A*STAR join forces to drive scalable HealthTech Innovation in Singapore

Singapore’s National HealthTech agency, Synapxe, has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Agenc...

March 8, 2024 | Friday | Influencers
Asia Photonics Expo (APE) 2024 unleashes in Singapore from 6-8 March

The inaugural Asia Photonics Expo (APE), was successfully launched at Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore on 6...

March 7, 2024 | Thursday | News
National University of Singapore strengthens partnership with universities in Vietnam

National University of Singapore (NUS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Vietnam National Universi...

March 6, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore SHF outlines a strategy and framework to prevent cardiovascular disease

Singapore Heart Foundation (SHF), the Singapore Cardiac Society (SCS) and the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (AMS), ...

March 5, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore approves Invitrocue’s Onco-PDO test as personalised oncology service

Invitrocue, Singapore-based biotechnology and medical innovation company, has achieved a breakthrough in clinical drug t...

March 5, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Pharmarack, Informatica partners to revolutionize Healthcare Network of India

Informatica, an enterprise cloud data management solution provider, announced that Pharmarack, India’s larges...

March 5, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Novel platform can significantly reduces drug testing and screening time in cancer diagnosis

In a breakthrough for personalised oncology, scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the National...

March 4, 2024 | Monday | News
Singapore MOH enrolls Pfizer's oral drug for atopic dermatitis (AD) under MAF listing

Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) has listed Pfizer Singapore’s Atopic dermatitis (AD) oral tablet abrocitinib un...

March 1, 2024 | Friday | News
Why Singapore is Deep Tech Innovation Frontrunner

Singapore has emerged as a significant player in the global deep tech landscape. Over the past decade, the government ha...

March 1, 2024 | Friday | Analysis
Singapore launches first Women’s Leadership Programme for medicine research

The inaugural Women’s Leadership Programme 2024, or WLP, jointly organised by National University of Singapore (NU...

March 1, 2024 | Friday | News
FedEx opens new regional headquarters in Singapore

FedEx Express (FedEx), a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. opened its new regional headquarters in Singapore housing teams that ...

February 28, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Korea and Singapore sign agreement on good manufacturing practice for medicinal products

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in South Korea has signed the Mutual Recognition Agreement on Good Manufactu...

February 28, 2024 | Wednesday | News
MiyaHealth expands its footprint in Indonesia and the Philippines

MiyaHealth, a Singapore-headquartered SaaS HealthTech, has expanded its proprietary suites, MiyaPayor and MiyaProvi...

February 23, 2024 | Friday | News
Rockwell Automation announces new country manager to oversee Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei operations

Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, ha...

February 22, 2024 | Thursday | News
Asia Photonics Expo 2024 to unveil futuristic Photonics Innovation in Singapore

APE 2024 - Asia Photonics Expo 2024 will be held from 6 to 8 March 2024 at Sands Expo and Convention Centre (Marina Bay ...

February 22, 2024 | Thursday | News
Lifebit opens R&D centre in Singapore in collaboration with Synapxe

Lifebit, a global leader in genomics and health data software, announces its expansion into Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ)...

February 22, 2024 | Thursday | News
Daiichi Sankyo unveils APAC regional hub for RDPV QA operations in Singapore

Daiichi Sankyo, an innovative global healthcare company, has launched its subsidiary Daiichi Sankyo Singapore ...

February 22, 2024 | Thursday | Company results
Health Ministry in Singapore introduces scheme to strengthen career opportunities in nursing

To attract and encourage nurses to build a lifelong career in nursing, the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Singapore will in...

February 26, 2024 | Monday | News
BD & Camtech Health to increase access to cervical cancer screening in Singapore

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has announced a strategic partnership with Camtech Health, a digital health comp...

February 21, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore approves AffaMed Therapeutics drug for Ocular Inflammation

China's AffaMed Therapeutics, has obtained New Drug Application (NDA) from Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA...

February 21, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's Mount Alvernia Hospital allies with OutSystems for digital interoperability

Mount Alvernia Hospital has partnered with OutSystems, a global leader in high-performance low-code application developm...

February 21, 2024 | Wednesday | News
NTU Singapore launches new college of computing and data science to propel AI ambitions

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is launching a new college to deepen the University’s ...

February 20, 2024 | Tuesday | News
NTU Singapore develops stretchable electronics devices for medical applications

The Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has established a high-tech pilot laboratory capable of ...

February 14, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Asia-Pacific Biopharma Excellence Awards 2024

    The Asia-Pacific Biopharma Excellence Awards 2024 seeks to give recognition to exceptional Asian bio...

February 13, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore boosts national palliative care capabilities with launch of new Master’s programme

To meet the urgent need of upskilling healthcare professionals in end-of-life care, Nanyang Technological University, Si...

February 9, 2024 | Friday | News
QIAGEN expands syndromic diagnostic portfolio to Singapore

QIAGEN's QIAstat-Dx Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel, a qualitative multiplexed nucleic acid-based in vitro diagnostic...

February 7, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's Qritive drives AI adoption in pathology and diagnosis across India

Singapore headquartered QritiveTM, a leading provider of AI solutions for pathology labs worldwide, has partnered w...

February 6, 2024 | Tuesday | News