APAC Cardiovascular Disease Alliance to tackle heart disease in Asia

Patient organisations, allied health professionals, academia, corporate partners and a global health think-tank have com...

June 27, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Singapore makes paper-like, AI-enabled sensor for holistic wound monitoring

A recent invention by a team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and A*STAR's ...

June 28, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore finds effective therapeutic for killing wide range of viruses

Peruvoside, a plant-based compound that is commonly used to treat heart failure, has been discovered to be able to preve...

June 22, 2023 | Thursday | News
HSA in Singapore receives recognition as WHO stringent regulatory authority for IVDs

Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has been recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a WHO stringe...

June 16, 2023 | Friday | News
Singapore's Inex Innovate buys Taiwan genomics business of Yourgene for $4 M

Inex Innovate, spun out from the National University of Singapore, has entered an agreement with UK listed You...

June 14, 2023 | Wednesday | News
 Triggering a collaborative initiative to accelerate biomedical R&D in South East Asia

Researchers in Asia are increasingly evaluating the significance and scope of proteomics in biomolecular discovery effor...

June 9, 2023 | Friday | Opinion
Singapore develops promising stem cell-based regenerative therapy for heart disease

A stem cell therapy treatment developed by researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore, for heart failure has ...

June 9, 2023 | Friday | News
NTU Singapore and Delta Electronics set up S$24 million corporate lab for advanced robotic technologies

Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) and Delta Electronics, global provider of IoT-based Smart Green Solutio...

June 7, 2023 | Wednesday | Company results
Singapore develops technique to accelerate discovery of new immunotherapies

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) led by Assistant Professor Cheow Lih Feng from the...

June 8, 2023 | Thursday | News
Singapore discovers novel therapy to counter antibiotic-resistant lung infections

Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-M...

June 6, 2023 | Tuesday | News
MedTech Innovator Asia Pacific picks 24 startups for annual accelerator programme

MedTech Innovator, the world’s largest accelerator of medical technology companies, has announced that 24 medtech ...

June 7, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore uses AI to accelerate discovery of biomarkers for chronic myeloid leukaemia treatment

Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School, A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Singapore General Hospital (S...

June 2, 2023 | Friday | News
Fullerton Health opens flagship health screening centre in Singapore

Fullerton Health Group (FHG) has officially launched its newest and largest Health Screening Centre at Novena Squar...

May 31, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore approves Guardant360 CDx blood test for patients with advanced solid cancers

US-based Guardant Health, Inc. has announced that Singapore's Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has granted regu...

May 30, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Singapore leapfrogs innovation and entrepreneurship in gerontology for Asia

Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) has launched the inaugural Geronpreneurship Innovation Festival and multi...

May 25, 2023 | Thursday | News
West Pharmaceutical Services inaugurates advanced manufacturing facility in Singapore

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. (West), a global leader in innovative solutions for injectable drug administration, h...

May 24, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore offers novel therapy to improve age-related frailty and metabolic disorders

A decline in functional mobility, loss of muscle strength and an increase in body fats are often associated with ageing....

May 23, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Thermo Fisher opens new sterile drug facility in Singapore

American supplier of scientific instrumentation, reagents and consumables, and software services, Thermo Fisher Scientif...

May 19, 2023 | Friday | News
Singapore's One BioMed launches platform for automated extraction of high molecular weight DNA

Singapore-based startup One BioMed has announced the launch of the X8 HMW DNA Cartridge Kits for the automated extractio...

May 22, 2023 | Monday | News
Cybersecurity: The Next Frontier for Protecting Patient Safety

A successful cyber attack can have severe consequences in healthcare, ranging from financial loss due to data breaches t...

May 18, 2023 | Thursday | Opinion
Singapore develops a AI-Powered Triage tool to accelerate stroke patients' treatment

Singapore's National University Hospital (NUH) doctors are using an artificial intelligence (AI) triage tool to expedite...

May 18, 2023 | Thursday | News
Austrianova initiates a collaborative project to prevent multiple myeloma progression

Austrianova and San Raffaele University & Research Hospital, Milan, Italy have just announced the initiation of a Jo...

May 18, 2023 | Thursday | News
UPS unveils novel Healthcare logistics facility in Singapore

UP Healthcare has opened a $20 million purpose-built facility to support the growing logistics needs of Singaporean comp...

May 18, 2023 | Thursday | News
Singaporean startup ORA raises largest telehealth Series A in South-East Asia

Singaporean telehealth platform ORA has raised a $10 million Series A funding. This is the largest telehealth Series A i...

May 18, 2023 | Thursday | News
Singapore-based startup Hummingbird Bioscience inks oncology deal with Merck

Singapore-based startup Hummingbird Bioscience has entered into a clinical trial collaboration and supply agreement with...

May 17, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Korean firm Next&Bio to establish subsidiary in Singapore to prepare for global expansion

Next&Bio Inc., a South Korea-based startup that has developed an organoid-based precision medicine drug discove...

May 17, 2023 | Wednesday | News
HMI Group acquires healthcare firm MHC Asia in Singapore

Health Management International (HMI Group), a regional healthcare provider, has entered into an agreement to fully...

May 16, 2023 | Tuesday | News
GE HealthCare inks MoU with A*STAR's Institute of Materials Research and Engineering

American multinational medical technology company GE HealthCare and Singapore-based A*STAR's Institute of Mate...

May 12, 2023 | Friday | News
National University of Singapore receives S$6 M to advance mind health research

The National University of Singapore (NUS) Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) has received a gift ...

May 15, 2023 | Monday | News
Cedars Sinai sets up its first co-investment partnership with SEEDS Capital in Singapore

Cedars Sinai Intellectual Property Company (CSIP), the innovation arm of Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre and SEEDS Capital, ...

May 26, 2023 | Friday | News
Singapore's CytoMed Therapeutics announces collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Center in US

Singapore based startup CytoMed Therapeutics, spun off from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), ha...

May 11, 2023 | Thursday | News
Singapore-based startup Lucence launches multi-cancer early detection blood test

Singapore-based startup Lucence recently unveiled LucenceINSIGHT, its pioneering multi-cancer early detection (MCED) blo...

May 10, 2023 | Wednesday | News
SomaLogic unveils first-ever proteomics grant program to APAC life sciences researchers

SomaLogic, Inc., a global leader in proteomics technology, has announced tis first grant in the APAC region by spon...

May 8, 2023 | Monday | News
Essentials of Regulating Operating Room Safety by Overcoming the Hazardous Effects of Surgical Smoke

How do you determine the hazardous implications of surgical smoke and what are the current procedures in practice? ...

May 5, 2023 | Friday | Opinion
Precision oncology is redefining cancer care at all stages of the disease

How is comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) enhancing the quality of cancer management? Comprehensive genomic prof...

May 4, 2023 | Thursday | Opinion
US-Singapore partnership to identify and develop novel digital biomarkers

US-based startup ObvioHealth has announced a partnership with A*STAR's Singapore Institute for Clinical Scienc...

May 4, 2023 | Thursday | News
Singapore-based startup Albatroz secures $3 M to develop solid tumour therapy

Albatroz Therapeutics, a Singapore-based biotechnology startup targeting tissue remodeling to stop cancer growth and t...

May 4, 2023 | Thursday | News
Study in Singapore debunks prevalence of microbiomes in blood of healthy humans

Scientists from A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have ascertained that there is no stable microbial co...

May 1, 2023 | Monday | News
HOYA Vision Care launches MiYOSMART Sun spectacle lenses in Singapore

Japan-based HOYA Vision Care, a leader in optical technology innovation, has launched MiYOSMART Sun spectacle lenses in ...

April 28, 2023 | Friday | News
Plasticell and LambdaGen join hands to exploit genome editing technologies

UK-based firm Plasticell, a developer of stem cell technologies and advanced therapies, has entered into a strategic col...

April 26, 2023 | Wednesday | News
US-Singapore partnership announces $60 M programme to extend health spans

Wellcome Leap (in the US) and Temasek Trust (in Singapore) have partnered to launch a $60 million Dynamic Resi...

April 27, 2023 | Thursday | News
Survey: One-third of COVID-19 vulnerable groups avoid booster shots

The results from a new YouGov survey called, ‘What’s Next for COVID-19 in Singapore?’, commissioned by...

April 25, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
Illumina announces inaugural partnership with Science Centre Board in Singapore

Illumina Singapore, subsidiary of US-based biotech firm Illumina Inc, has announced an inaugural partnership with the&nb...

April 25, 2023 | Tuesday | News
LifeStrands Genomics & Ambry Genetics support Singapore’s National Precision Medicine Programme

LifeStrands Genomics, a subsidiary of the Pathology Asia group in Singapore, and Ambry Genetics, a subsid...

April 24, 2023 | Monday | News
Jim Lim joins Zühlke Group as Head of Health & Medtech in Singapore

Swiss firm Zühlke Group has announced the appointment of Jim Lim as Head of Market Unit (Health & Medtech)...

April 21, 2023 | Friday | News
Dion Warren chairs Takeda's Multi-Country Organization (MCO), India & Southeast Asia

Takeda Pharmaceuticals has named Dion Warren as Head of the I-SEA Multi-Country Organization (MCO), effective April...

April 21, 2023 | Friday | News
Singapore unveils new approach to aid pneumococcal vaccine development

Many disease-causing bacteria like Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) are encased in a sugar layer called the caps...

April 20, 2023 | Thursday | News
Essex & Osteopore ink agreement to sell dental and facial products in Singapore

Hong Kong-based Essex Bio-Technology has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Majeton has entered into an exclusi...

April 19, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore introduces research initiatives to revolutionise diagnostic capabilities

Three research teams from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) – MIT’s r...

April 18, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Ingestible capsule X-ray dosimeter for real-time radiotherapy monitoring by Singapore

A new invention by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) could help improve the treatment of gastr...

April 18, 2023 | Tuesday | News
LogiPharma to launch life sciences supply chain conference summit in Singapore (June 2023)

LogiPharma, the global life sciences supply chain conference brand will be holding its inaugural Asian summit from June ...

March 28, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
Singapore-Sweden research reveals promising stem cell approach for restoring vision in blindness

A preclinical study using stem cells to produce progenitor photoreceptor cells—light-detecting cells found in the ...

April 17, 2023 | Monday | News
US-Singapore partnership to develop tools for precision therapeutics of liver disease

US-based Virginia Commonwealth University's Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health has announc...

April 14, 2023 | Friday | News
Singapore explores new targeted therapies for cancer treatment

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for approximately one in six deaths, with metastatic ...

April 13, 2023 | Thursday | News
Don't Let Clinical Supply Risks Derail Your Success: Join Our Webinar

Title: Proactive Strategies to Evaluate and Mitigate Clinical Supply Risk Date: May 24, 2023 Synopsis ...

April 12, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Specialised Therapeutics to commercialise new cancer therapy in Australia and Southeast Asia

Singapore-headquartered biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics Asia (ST) will partner with CTTQ-Akeso (Shang...

April 12, 2023 | Wednesday | News
SingHealth and A*STAR establish S$8 million partnership to co-develop healthcare innovations

SingHealth and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) entered a Healthcare Translation Partnership (HT...

April 11, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
Interoperable Digital Health Platforms can Drive Egalitarianism in Health Care Ecosystem

How are emerging health ecosystems impacting Asian lives? During the pandemic, people the world over gained first-h...

April 10, 2023 | Monday | Opinion
Airlangga University Hospital signs MoU with Singapore's Icon Cancer Center

Airlangga University Hospital (RSUA), in Indonesia, has signed an agreement for medical exchange covering service, educa...

April 10, 2023 | Monday | News
Singapore study suggests much shortened treatment period for TB patients

Tuberculosis (TB) patients can look forward to a much-shortened treatment period, compared to the current six-month trea...

April 8, 2023 | Saturday | News
Singapore's Life Science Incubator initiates building a co-working laboratory space in Australia

Singapore based German incubator for biotech companies,  Life Science Incubator Pte Ltd (LSI) has initiated a new p...

April 6, 2023 | Thursday | Company results
Health Innovator Programme at Singapore showcases new inventions in femtech space

The new Duke-NUS Health Innovator Programme (DHIP) in Singapore held its first ‘shark tank’-style ...

April 6, 2023 | Thursday | News
Amplify Health Asia appoints new Chief Data Officer

Singapore headquartered Amplify Health Asia, the pan-Asian integrated health technology solutions joint venture between ...

April 5, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's CBC Group appoints healthcare veteran Abbas Hussain as Operating Partner

Singapore-headquartered asset management firm, CBC Group has announced the appointment of healthcare industry veteran, A...

April 4, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Global pharma and medical device logistics va-Q-tec opens new facility in Singapore

va-Q-tec, a leading provider of thermal packaging solutions for temperature-controlled logistics, is growing and expandi...

April 4, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
Eppendorf adds digital documentation to connected electronic pipette system

With this innovative system, scientists can easily adjust connected pipette modes, settings, and volumes via a large tou...

March 31, 2023 | Friday | News
"There's strong commercial growth potential for medical devices in APAC markets"

What is your outlook for the APAC medical device market in 2023?  The global market for elective surgical proc...

April 1, 2023 | Saturday | Opinion
Singapore-based Excelpoint to accelerate commercialisation of world's first AI-powered Brainband to solve sleep pandemic

Earable Neuroscience US has announced a strategic partnership with Singapore-based Excelpoint Technology to ac...

April 3, 2023 | Monday | News
Takeda Opens its First Platinum Positive Energy Building in Singapore

Takeda has officialy launched its first ‘positive energy’ manufacturing support building at its site in JTC ...

March 30, 2023 | Thursday | Company results
Philips’ Healthy Living in Asia survey reveals gap between health monitoring and action

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, has released the second set of findings from its Healthy Livin...

March 30, 2023 | Thursday | Analysis
National University of Singapore and Tsinghua University announce bilateral medical scholarship

Tanoto Foundation and Tsinghua University Education Foundation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Beijin...

March 29, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's A*STAR & BD to advance flow cytometry analysis for immunology research

Becton Dickinson (BD) Holdings, a global leader in life science technologies, and the Agency for Science, Technology and...

March 28, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Singapore gives nod to first smart wearable stethoscope

Aevice Health, a Singapore-based medtech startup that specialises in developing remote respiratory monitoring solutions,...

March 29, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Professor Alan Wong takes charge as President of Allied Health Professions Council in Singapore

Professor Alan Wong Wai Pong will assume the role of President of the Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC) from 1 Ap...

March 27, 2023 | Monday | News
Singapore to develop next generation cell-based therapy for diabetes treatment

Singapore-based startup BetaLife is collaborating with the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) to accel...

March 27, 2023 | Monday | News
Singapore to set up Centre for Innovation and Precision Eye Health

Centre for Innovation and Precision Eye Health is being set up by the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National Un...

March 27, 2023 | Monday | News
German firm Brenntag opens first Pharmaceutical Application Development Centre in Singapore

Brenntag, the global market leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution based in Germany, has announced the opening...

March 24, 2023 | Friday | News
Duke-NUS in Singapore partners with Swedish biotech startup Alder Therapeutics

In a boost to regenerative therapies for damaged hearts and eyes, Duke-NUS in Singapore has licensed two laminin-related...

March 24, 2023 | Friday | News
Singapore gives nod to Pfizer’s Pneumococcal 20-valent conjugate vaccine for adults

American pharmaceutical firm Pfizer has announced that the Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has approved its 20...

March 22, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Asia-focused digital mental health company ThoughtFull raises $4 M

ThoughtFull, Asia's first digital mental health company that provides seamless end-to-end mental healthcare fo...

March 23, 2023 | Thursday | News
IHH Healthcare invests in Singapore-based digital mental health startup Intellect

IHH Healthcare, a leading international healthcare provider, has invested into Intellect, Asia’s leading digital m...

March 21, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Singapore-based RVAC Medicines collaborates with University of Pennsylvania for mRNA vaccine research

RVAC Medicines, Inc., a messenger RNA (mRNA) technology company with its global headquarters in Singapore, has anno...

March 20, 2023 | Monday | News
Singapore's Amgen and NSG Biolabs to boost the biotech startup’s capabilities in Southeast Asia

Leading global biotechnology company Amgen and NSG BioLabs, Singapore’s largest and leading provider of biotechnol...

March 16, 2023 | Thursday | Influencers
Singapore finds new way to clear brain waste linked to Alzheimer's disease

A newly discovered “energy switch” in the immune cells of the brain may lead to the development of drugs for...

March 17, 2023 | Friday | News
Singapore's Prestige Biopharma develops diagnostic kit for pancreatic cancer

Prestige Biopharma, a Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company, has developed a first-in-class diagnostic kit for pancr...

March 16, 2023 | Thursday | News
Singapore develops new imaging approach to diagnose non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Assistant Professor Wang Jiong-Wei from the Department of Surgery and Nanomedicine Translational Research Programme at t...

March 14, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Singapore-based startup Qritive launches AI-powered prostate cancer diagnosis tool

Qritive, a leading provider of digital pathology solutions, has announced the launch of a new AI (Artificial Intell...

March 15, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore witnesses Wharton Global Forum 2023 addressing challenges and opportunities navigating a volatile global economy

On March 10th, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania kicked off the 55th Wharton Global Forum i...

March 10, 2023 | Friday | News
Digital health anchoring back to reality with slowdown of venture funding in 2022 in APAC

Galen Growth, the leading digital health, data-driven market intelligence company, and FINN Partners, a global integrate...

March 10, 2023 | Friday | News
US-based CRO Crown Bioscience opens new site in Singapore

Crown Bioscience, a global contract research organisation (CRO) and JSR Life Sciences company, has announced the opening...

March 10, 2023 | Friday | News
Singapore-based startup unveils breath analyser to monitor fat burning status

Singapore-based tech startup Metanoia Sensing has announced the launch of a new breath analyser 'MetaNose' to help peopl...

March 9, 2023 | Thursday | News
Singapore develops novel therapy for treating vancomycin-resistant bacterial infections

Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for...

March 8, 2023 | Wednesday | News
"We will enable researchers in Singapore to conduct homegrown large-scale population health studies"

  Please share more details about the technology that has been transferred by Olink to NUS? What is so unique...

March 7, 2023 | Tuesday | Opinion
Singapore accelerates precision medicine through next-generation proteomics

The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) has launched the NUS Medi...

March 7, 2023 | Tuesday | News
ADVANcing Clinical Evidence in Infectious Diseases network launches in Singapore

ADVANcing Clinical Evidence in Infectious Diseases (ADVANCE-ID) was officially launched at the ADVANCE-ID Launch Symposi...

March 3, 2023 | Friday | News
CorDx COVID-19 antigen test receives approval for use in Singapore

US-based firm CorDx recently received approval-for-use in Singapore for its COVID-19 antigen (Ag) Test. The test is desi...

March 3, 2023 | Friday | News
Amplify Health Asia appoints new CEO

Singapore-headquartered Amplify Health Asia, the pan-Asian integrated health technology solutions joint venture (JV) bet...

March 1, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Dr Teo Ho Pin steps in as Chairperson of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board in Singapore

Dr Teo Ho Pin will assume the role of the Chairperson of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Board ...

March 1, 2023 | Wednesday | News
GenScript expands footprint in Singapore to provide premium gene synthesis service

GenScript Biotech Corporation has announced the expansion of its Singapore facility to provide a premium gene synthesis ...

March 1, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore-based startup Genetica launches decentralised science platform for precision medicine

Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI) biotech company Genetica has launched the decentralised science platform Ge...

February 24, 2023 | Friday | News