“Emerging evidence reports saliva sampling is more sensitive than nasopharyngeal swabs”

The use of saliva to test for COVID-19 is being considered an important step by the health authorities as Singapore ramp...

August 7, 2020 | Friday | Opinion
GenScript Biotech Corporation enters strategic distributor partnership with Premas Life Sciences to distribute cPassTM SARS CoV-2 Neutralization Antibody Detection Kit in India.

GenScript Biotech Corporation (“GenScript”, Stock Code: 1548.HK), a leading global biotechnology company tod...

August 7, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore's Proteona appointed as Certified Service Provider by 10x Genomics

Proteona Pte. Ltd. on 6 August 2020 announced that it has become the first 10x Genomics Certified Service Prov...

August 6, 2020 | Thursday | News
"Healthcare industry optimistic about post-COVID recovery", reports Global Business Barometer

Economic recoveries from crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic come in many shapes. The hope everywhere is always that th...

August 6, 2020 | Thursday | News
SESTO Robotics launches SESTO Magnus Autonomous Mobile Robot

Singapore’s leading autonomous mobile robot company SESTO Robotics has launched SESTO Magnus - a bi-dire...

August 6, 2020 | Thursday | News
NTU, A*STAR develop new way to deliver more drugs through skin

  Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the Agency for Sc...

August 7, 2020 | Friday | News
Gero, a Singapore-based Biotech Startup raises $2.2M in Series A Funding

Singapore based Biotech Gero has raised $2.2M in Series A round led by Belarus-based Bulba Ventures. Yury Melnichek, the...

August 5, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Virtual CAREhab – Singapore Rehabilitation Conference 2020 kickstarts

Amidst the backdrop of a pandemic that continues to evolve, over 1,200 members of the healthcare industry—itself f...

August 4, 2020 | Tuesday | News
6th Asia Healthcare Week: A note on “COVID-19 and the NHS UK Response”

Informa Connect Singapore recently conducted its first live webinar to complement the main conference offering. Hosted a...

August 4, 2020 | Tuesday | Influencers
Singapore's cancer drug advances further in clinical trials

Made-in-Singapore cancer drug, ETC-159, has achieved a new developmental milestone in achieving “First Patient Fir...

August 4, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops potential antibody treatment for yellow fever

Researchers from Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), an interdisciplinary group at Singapore-MIT Alliance for...

August 5, 2020 | Wednesday | News
NTU speeds up gold-standard COVID-19 diagnostic test

Clinician-scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore’s (NTU Singapore) Lee Kong Chian School of Med...

August 3, 2020 | Monday | News
Singapore brings new hope for lymphoma patients

An AI-driven digital medicine platform, called Quadratic Phenotypic Optimisation Platform (QPOP), developed by researche...

July 31, 2020 | Friday | News
Austrianova files Drug Master File with FDA for Cell-in-a-Box products from HEK293 cells

S.E. Asian company, Austrianova, headquartered in Singapore, announced on 28 July 2020 that it has filed a Drug Mas...

July 28, 2020 | Tuesday | News
NEJM study demonstrates Safety and Efficacy of mAb to treat Yellow Fever

Tychan, a Singapore-based clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing life-saving treatments through disr...

July 30, 2020 | Thursday | News
A*STAR & partners roll out breakthrough COVID-19 test

DSO National Laboratories and A*STAR's Diagnostics Development (DxD) Hub in Singapore have jointly developed RESOLUTE 2....

July 30, 2020 | Thursday | News
Equal Strategy launches world's first odorless, medical-grade ambient sanitizer

Equal Strategy, a leading sensory branding consultancy based in Singapore has launched a new business arm, Eco...

July 28, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Epstein-Barr virus rewires host epigenomes to drive stomach cancer

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), one of the most common human viruses is associated with about 8–10 per cent of stoma...

July 24, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore develops highly specific COVID-19 test to detect neutralizing Abs in 1hr

Singapore researchers have developed a unique and rapid SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralisation test (sVNT) to determi...

July 24, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore clinicians develop innovative ventilator for COVID-19 patients

Singapore's Clinician innovators from SingHealth hospitals viz., KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH), S...

July 24, 2020 | Friday | News
Oncoshot partners with Mydoc to offer second opinion experts advice to cancer patients

Singapore medical start-up Oncoshot is partnering with digital healthcare provider MyDoc, to give cancer patients access...

July 24, 2020 | Friday | News
MP Biomedicals, A*STAR co-develop rapid Ab test kit for SARS-COV-2

MP Biomedicals Asia Pacific Pte Ltd in collaboration with Singapore's A*STAR has developed ASSURE®&nb...

July 29, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Docquity partners with Novartis to support medical professionals

Singapore based startup Docquity, Southeast Asia's largest professional network of doctors, has partnered with...

July 28, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore boosts nationwide mask production

Singapore has been ramping up its masks production capabilities since experiments have shown that wearing a ma...

July 27, 2020 | Monday | News
Singapore approves clinical trial application for LUNAR-COV19 vaccine

US based Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc., a leading clinical-stage messenger RNA medicines company focused on the di...

July 23, 2020 | Thursday | News