Singapore News
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Singapore opens research centre for circulating tumour cell
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2013
Singapore: National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) and Clearbridge BioMedics, in partnership with the Pathology Department at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) have together established Circ...Read more
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TauRx gets $10.5 mn funding from Dundee Corp
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 05 Mar, 2013
Singapore: Singapore-based TauRx Pharmaceuticals recieved equity investment of $10.5 million from Toronto's Dundee Corporation. The investment will be used by TauRx primarily to support the...Read more
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Singapore President awards the nation's scientific talents
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 08 Nov, 2012
Singapore: Professor Wang Yue from A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) received the President's Science Award for his outstanding research on the human fungal pathogen, ...Read more
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Singapore tele-healthcare system gets top award
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 22 Oct, 2012
Singapore: Eastern Health Alliance, the regional health system for eastern Singapore, and IHiS is recognized with top Asia Pacific IT award, FutureGov 'Healthcare Organisation of the Year',...Read more
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What were the top 20 M&A deals in pharma and biotech sector in 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
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GIS team discover gene that controls neurogenesis
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 30 Aug, 2013
Singapore: Scientists at A*Star's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have discovered an unusual gene that controls the generation of neurons. This important finding, which is crucial in un...Read more
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Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 08 Jun, 2012
Singapore: pSivida, which is into developing sustained release, drug delivery products for treatment of back-of-the-eye diseases, has received US patent for a new inserter developed to faci...Read more
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Medtech companies need to bring innovation: PwC
Singapore | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2013
Singapore: Medical technology companies may be losing their competitive edge and are in need of a different approach to innovation in a new outcome-based health economy, according to PwC's ...Read more
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Singapore-UK joint event to advance skin research
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 04 Dec, 2012
Singapore: A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology and the British High Commission are jointly holding the first Translational Skin Biology Symposium from December 3-5, 2012, at Biopolis, Sin...Read more
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NTU study find ways to prevent muscle loss, obesity and diabetes
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2013
Singapore: A research study from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has yielded important breakthroughs on how the body loses muscle, paving the way for new treatments for aging, obesi...Read more
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FDA agrees to Mesoblast MPC supply in the US
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 15 Feb, 2013
Singapore: Mesoblast announced that US FDA is in agreement for the supply of its proprietary Mesenchymal Precursor Cells (MPCs) for clinical trials in the US under Investigational New Drug...Read more
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Asia vaccine strategists call for collaboration
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 18 Jun, 2013
Asia needs a solution, that goes beyond traditional structure, models and pathways, to meet the essential vaccine supply for public health, and stronger partnership between international pl...Read more
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HIMSS leverages IT to solve healthcare problems
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 18 Sep, 2012
Singapore: Healthcare Information and Management System Society (HIMSS) AsiaPac12 conference and exhibition is being held in Singapore from September 17-19, 2012. The event brings together ...Read more
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Innovation in drug delivery system is in a constant state of evolution'
Singapore | Opinion | By Nandita Singh | 0 Comment | 14 Mar, 2012
Ms Prasanna Vadhana Kannan is the industry analyst in medical devices & diagnostic imaging for Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific. One of the notable advances transforming the field of ...Read more
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Biosensors gets CE mark approval for heart stent
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 30 Jan, 2013
Singapore: Medical device developer, Biosensors International, received CE mark approval for its polymer-free drug-coated stent (DCS), BioFreedom. BioFreedom represents the latest developm...Read more
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Singapore embeds gold nanoparticle in genetic test kit
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 29 May, 2014
Singapore: Researchers at Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Singapore have developed a genetic test kit using gold nanoprobe to determine the correct dosage of blood thi...Read more
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Leo launches psoriasis education program
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 30 Jan, 2013
Singapore: Leo Pharma launched Psoriasis Coach All-Round Education (PsorCARE) program in Singapore on January 26, 2013. Developed by LEO Pharma Asia and PsorAsia, PsorCARE's goal is to enh...Read more
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First ever genome-wide RNA structure revealed
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 05 Feb, 2014
Singapore: Scientists at A*Star's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and US-based Stanford University's School of Medicine have successfully produced one of the first ever genome-wide view...Read more
