Smart Healthcare creates buzz in Asia

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

Healthcare Information and Management system society (HIMSS) AsiaPac12 kicked off in Singapore from Sep 17-19, bringing together healthcare practitioners and IT professionals from the asia ...Read more

A*Star welcomes its first 9-year-old scientist

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Dec, 2012

Singapore: The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), A*Star, Singapore, partnered with Make-A-Wish foundation, Singapore, (MAW) to make a young girl's dream come true. Ms M...Read more

Thermo Fisher opens first-ever DPM plant in Singapore

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Aug, 2013

Singapore: Thermo Fisher Scientific has opened a new manufacturing plant in Singapore to produce dry powder media (DPM), a crucial cell culture raw material used to manufacture biologics, i...Read more

Antibody that can kill dengue virus found

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 Jun, 2012

Singapore: A team of research scientists here have uncovered a human antibody that can neutralize and kill the dengue virus within two hours. A way to reproduce this antibody in large quant...Read more

Medical laser market to reach $8.8 bn by 2018: GIA

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Jul, 2013

Singapore: Technological advancements in laser technology have created a plethora of applications in the medical field, leading to significant rise in the number of procedures carried out u...Read more

Clearbridge BioMedics reveals ClearCell FX System

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 03 Jun, 2013

Singapore: Clearbridge BioMedics revealed its next generation ClearCell FX System, which is developed for in-vitro diagnostic applications. The new ClearCell FX System is based on inertial ...Read more

Thermo Fisher, NUS study Singapore's water

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

Singapore: Thermo Fisher Scientific and National University of Singapore's (NUS) Environmental Research Institute (NERI), have formed a collaboration to study how metabolism in plants and b...Read more

F&S: Health record spendings to rise $29 mn

Singapore |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Apr, 2013

Singapore: As the healthcare industry across Asia Pacific (APAC) moves towards digitization, electronic health information exchange is becoming a stepping st one to success. Governments, n...Read more

Researchers get close to developing viable tissue

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 20 Aug, 2013

Singapore: Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Singapore, have developed a simple method of organizing cells and their microenvironments in hydrogel fib...Read more

Waterproof cochlear implant processor in Singapore

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Jul, 2012

Singapore: The Hearing Solution Group, Southeast Asia's largest Hearing Care Company, has launched the Neptune Sound Processor, the world's first and only waterproof cochlear implant sound ...Read more

What were Asia's Top 20 bio companies in 2012?

Singapore |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Jun, 2013

During the year 2012, the bioscience industry in the Asia Pacific region clocked $154.40 billion in revenues, recording a double-digit growth of 11.07 percent over $139 billion of 2011. Aro...Read more

Social media, mobile apps transform healthcare in APAC

Singapore |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 Aug, 2013

Key tenets pervade the way in which healthcare ecosystems are rapidly changing: quality, outcomes, cost (efficiencies and return on investment), and accessibility. Whether a country has a...Read more

What were the top 20 global M&A transactions of 2012?

Singapore |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Jun, 2013

A majority of life science firms are standing on the edge of the patent cliff and their drug pipelines are experiencing acute scarcity. This is making them seek out partners for mergers &am...Read more

Spring Singapore, Netherlands' Univ sign bio MoU

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

Singapore: Spring Singapore and Maastricht University Medical Center of Netherelands have signed a partnership to promote and facilitate cross-border business collaborations between Dutch a...Read more

Medtech firm TriReme expands distribution in China

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 Mar, 2013

‎Singapore: Singapore-based TriReme Medical has signed a distribution agreement with Weihai Weigao Medical Devices for the distribution of its products in China. Weigao will act as Tr...Read more

A*Star, QuantuMDx to develop lung cancer assays

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 May, 2013

Singapore: A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) has signed an agreement with QuantuMDx (QMDx), a UK-based biotech developing handheld diagnostics and whole genome sequencing devices...Read more

Pfizer, Glaxo, Siemens form A*Star R&D consortium

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Jun, 2013

Singapore: Pfizer Asia Pacific, Glaxo Wellcome Manufacturing and Siemens have signed on as founding members of a new A*STAR R&D Consortium Programme - Innovative Processing of Specialti...Read more

Biochips firm AyoxxA gets $3.37 million funding

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Sep, 2012

Singapore: AyoxxA Biosystems, an international biotechnology company, has closed a $3.37 million (2.6 million Euro) series A financing round. The round was led by Wellington Partners Ventur...Read more