Medtronic launches Open Innovation Platform for healthcare in Singapore

Medtronic plc has announced the launch of the Medtronic Open Innovation Platform (OIP) in Singapore. The OIP will b...

October 18, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore explores cost-effective method to reduce dengue

A team of experts led by the National Environment Agency in Singapore has suggested that dengue could be suppressed...

October 15, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore to revolutionise therapeutics for cancer & infectious diseases

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School have partnered with Singapore biotechnology company Xylonix ...

October 14, 2021 | Thursday | News
The UK approves umbilical cord lining stem cell therapy by a Singapore firm

Singapore's CellResearch Corporation (CRC) has received an ‘Innovation Passport’ for its stem cell therapy C...

October 13, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's Ngee Ann Polytechnic launches Robotics Research & Innovation Centre (RRIC)

Singapore's Ngee Ann Polytechnic launches Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s (NP) Robotics Research & Innovation Centre (R...

October 13, 2021 | Wednesday | News
AUM Biosciences raises $27M “Series A” fund to advance precision cancer therapies

Singapore's AUM Biosciences (AUM) has completed of $27 million series A funding round to develop a drug pipeline focused...

October 13, 2021 | Wednesday | News
International study reveals the future landscape of Breast Cancer treatment

HER2+ metastatic breast cancer (HER2+ mBC) is an aggressive type of breast cancer with poor prognosis. Whilst various ta...

October 13, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Singapore-US to develop cellular therapeutics for age-related diseases

RxCell, a US-based biotechnology company focused on therapeutic applications of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC), t...

October 12, 2021 | Tuesday | News
EU-ABC forges trade, commerce and investment between Europe and ASEAN region

The EU-ASEAN Business Council (EU-ABC), a primary and sole voice for European business in the ASEAN region, enhances&nbs...

October 29, 2021 | Friday | News
Singapore recommends booster dose of mRNA vaccine for healthcare workers

The Expert Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination (EC19V) in Singapore recommends that the healthcare and frontline workers; ...

October 11, 2021 | Monday | News
Singapore uses indoor air sampling surveillance to sniff out COVID-19

A team of scientists and doctors from the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) at Nanya...

October 8, 2021 | Friday | News
"The future of patient care could potentially be on a completely remote basis"

BioSpectrum Asia spoke to Benjamin Low, Vice-President, Asia Pacific, Milestone Systems, on how Singapore and APAC can m...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | Opinion
EVYD Technology launches community platform to empower scientific policymaking for public health

EVYD Knowledge Hub by EVYD Technology announced the launch of Day Two of the Special Ministerial Conferen...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | Influencers
"IVF genetic testing to prevent birth defects in older women"

With an increasing trend of late motherhood, many women across Asia and worldwide are choosing to postpone childbea...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | Opinion
Singapore scientists discover a novel strategy to tame aggressive breast cancer

A team of clinicians and scientists from the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), Singapore General Hospital (SGH) a...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
CellVec to strengthen manufacturing and supply capacity of lentiviral vectors

Southeast Asia’s first GMP-compliant CDMO for viral vector manufacturing CellVec Pte Ltd has entered a strate...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore to strengthen biopharma sector with new vaccine facility

To boost Singapore’s biopharmaceutical sector, Australia-based Lendlease is commencing construction of a large-sca...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
Singapore highlights 'screen time' as risk factor for myopia in children

A major global study linking the use of digital smart devices (smartphones and tablets) with myopia in childre...

October 6, 2021 | Wednesday | News