Laser-cooling holds promise for medical devices

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 Feb, 2013

Singapore: A latest discovery by scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore related to cooling systems holds much promise for the medical devices segment. The proof...Read more

Aslan gastric cancer phase II study shows +ve results

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 28 May, 2013

Singapore: Aslan Pharmaceuticals has revealed the results of its phase II clinical trial with Aslan001, a small-molecule pan-HER inhibitor, in gastric cancer. Aslan001 reduced cell prolifer...Read more

Program for atrial fibrillation patients launched

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Jul, 2012

Singapore: A patient education program targeting stroke reduction for patients with atrial fibrillation is being launched in Singapore. This National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) project is...Read more

Single-use technology: The way forward in vaccines

Singapore |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Jul, 2012

Single-use technologies are a particularly smart way of manufacturing vaccines during a pandemic, when there is urgency to manufacture more in a short time. The combination of portable faci...Read more

GE launches noiseless MR scanner in Singapore

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 Jul, 2014

Singapore: GE Healthcare has installed Silent Scan, a MR scanner with reduced noise, at the National University Hospital (NUH), Singapore. "Designing for the patient experience is part of ...Read more

Healthcare in Nanjing gets a boost

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 May, 2014

Singapore: International Enterprise (IE) Singapore and the Nanjing Health Bureau have come together as part of a plan to facilitate exchanges between Singapore and Nanjing's public and priv...Read more

Singapore to encourage youth for biomedical R&D

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 Jul, 2012

Singapore: Polytechnic students and overseas Singaporeans will now have more avenues to pursue their interest in science and research with two initiatives launched by the Agency for Science...Read more

Chugai expands in Singapore with research institute

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 Jul, 2012

Singapore: Japan's Chugai Pharmabody Research (CPR) has started its operations in Singapore. The company started operations in Singapore on July 2, 2012. The opening ceremony was attended b...Read more

Singapore joins hands with Italy's oldest tech univ

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Sep, 2013

Singapore: Intellectual Property Intermediary of Singapore has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Japan Science and Technology Agency and Politecnico di Torino, which is Italy'...Read more

Singapore, Dutch regulators sign health MoU

Singapore |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 Jan, 2013

Singapore: Health Sciences Authority's (HSA) Asia Regulatory Conference 2013 saw Singapore and Dutch regulators sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to collaboratively develop regulatio...Read more

Singapore seizes counterfeit products worth $14,660

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Oct, 2012

Singapore: The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore seized close to 13,000 units of products, including tablets, capsules and strips, amounting to an estimated value of about $14,66...Read more

A*STAR scientist conferred top Italian honor

Singapore |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 20 Jul, 2012

Singapore: Professor Paola Castagnoli, scientific director at A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), has been conferred the honor of the "Order of the Star of Italy" (Ufficiale dell'...Read more

Singapore embarks on personalized regulation

Singapore |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Feb, 2013

Fostering scientific developments in genomics study is not comprehensive enough to integrate personalized medicine into clinical application unless the regulatory pathways are adequately de...Read more

Avita Medical inks deal with S'pore based Mintcare

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Jun, 2016

Singapore: UK based Avita Medical recently announced its collaboration with Asia-Pacific's specialized wound care product distributor-Mintcare. As per the terms, Mintcare will distribute Av...Read more

Tight funding strains traditional drug development

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 20 Jun, 2012

Singapore: The global biotechnology industry showed a second straight year of increasingly stable financial performance in 2011, according to Ernst & Young's 26th annual biotech report,...Read more

A*Star artificial liver to speed up drug R&D

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Mar, 2013

Singapore: Researchers at A*Star's IBN have engineered an artificial human liver piece, which mimics the natural tissue environment closely, to help companies to predict the toxicity of new...Read more

Tissue bank launched for colorectal cancer research

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Jul, 2012

Singapore: The Fortis-IBN TissueBank (FIT) for research and development in colorectal diseases will help accelerate translational research in colorectal cancer. FIT is the result of a S$4....Read more

A*STAR to commercialize nanospectrometers

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 Aug, 2012

Singapore: The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore, has collaborated with Tornado Medical Syst...Read more