Singapore News
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What bioscience trends do the industry leaders predict for 2013?
Singapore | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 03 Jan, 2013
The bioscience industry is about to step into 2013 and the year is predicted to unfold with new opportunities and trends that were so far just talk in the laboratories. First and foremost, ...Read more
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Medizone granted patent in Singapore for AsepticSure
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 07 Feb, 2013
Singapore: Medizone International, developers of AsepticSure, a unique room disinfection system, has been granted a patent in Singapore for its international award-winning technology. "Thi...Read more
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NUS, Fujitsu leverage use of 'cloud' in healthcare
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 27 Nov, 2012
Singapore: Fujitsu Laboratories, Europe; Fujitsu Asia and National University of Singapore (NUS), have inked a collaboration to establish a new joint research programme for body sensor netw...Read more
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PPD expands testing facilities at Singapore, Brussels
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 08 Feb, 2013
Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), a contract research organization providing drug discovery, development and life-cycle management services, has strengthened its central ...Read more
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Singapore to open new skin research center
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 26 Sep, 2013
Singapore: The Skin Research Institute of Singapore has announced that the Agency for Science Technology and Research (A*Star), National Skin Centre (NSC) and Nanyang Technological Universi...Read more
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Japan, Singapore to bring innovation in drug, device, technology
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 29 Nov, 2013
Singapore: Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture's Global Collaboration Center for Life Innovation (GCC) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star), the National University of Singa...Read more
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What are the key mergers & acquisitions of Q1 2013?
Singapore | Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 12 Jun, 2013
Most pharmaceutical companies are sitting on the patent cliff and their drug pipelines are facing severe exhaustion. The big players of the industry are thus looking for mergers & acqui...Read more
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New hydrogel destroys superbugs
Singapore | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2013
Singapore: Researchers from the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) and IBM Research unveiled the first-ever antimicrobial hydrogel that can break apart biofilms and destr...Read more
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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
