United Imaging, IHH Healthcare to enhance global access to advanced imaging technologies

China-based United Imaging, a global leader in medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment, has signed a Memorandum of Un...

April 24, 2025 | Thursday | News
SimonMed Imaging partners with Korea's Lunit to bring new era of AI-powered breast cancer detection

SimonMed Imaging, one of the largest and most advanced outpatient medical imaging providers in the United States, has an...

April 24, 2025 | Thursday | News
Japan's GHIT announces investment of $4.5 M to develop diagnostics for TB

Japan-based Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund has announced an investment of approximately JPY 679 mi...

April 23, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Gene Solutions, Element Biosciences partner to advance NGS technology globally

Singapore-based startup Gene Solutions, specialising in advanced genetic testing, and Element Biosciences, a company dem...

April 23, 2025 | Wednesday | News
MENA region gets first Center for Advanced Neuro Biochemical Diagnostics

The National Reference Laboratory (NRL), part of the M42 Group, is establishing the MENA (Middle East and North Afr...

April 23, 2025 | Wednesday | News
“There is an urgent need to develop molecular point-of-care tests for HPV primary screening”

What are the current challenges facing the HPV diagnostics research globally and in Europe? Currently, a very important...

April 21, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
“Greatest potential of HPV self-sampling may lie in its implementation in low and middle income countries”

Could you please highlight the impact of emerging diagnostic technologies and their role in improving global cervical ca...

April 21, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
Taiwanese startup JelloX Biotech establishes US research base

JelloX Biotech Inc., a Taiwan-based startup at the forefront of cancer pathology, is opening a lab in the Discovery...

April 15, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Hebrew University in Jerusalem develops rapid blood test for Parkinson’s Disease

US-based ATED Therapeutics has announced a new diagnostic test for Parkinson’s Disease, developed at Hebrew Univer...

April 14, 2025 | Monday | News
Korea's Seegene unveils next-gen fully automated PCR solution Cureca

Seegene Inc., a global leader in molecular diagnostics (MDx), is advancing its vision for innovation in laboratory ...

April 10, 2025 | Thursday | News
Siemens Healthineers and Singapore's SGH partners to advance medical diagnostics innovation

A/Prof Andrew Tan of SGH, Dr Jochen Schimtz of Siemens Healthineers, A/Prof Ruban Poopalalingam of SGH, and Enno Neh...

April 9, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Korea's Lunit partners with National Cancer Institute to advance AI-powered biomarker research

South Korea-based Lunit, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions for cancer diagnostics and...

April 1, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korea's Seegene to accelerate medical innovation using Azure OpenAI and HPC technology

On March 26, Microsoft (MS) CEO Satya Nadella arrived in Korea for the Microsoft AI Tour in Seoul, a forum that brought ...

March 27, 2025 | Thursday | News
Leucine Rich Bio partners with Trinature Wellness to introduce gut microbiome test in Malaysia

India-based Leucine Rich Bio, South Asia’s pioneering microbiome company, has announced a distribution partnership...

March 21, 2025 | Friday | News
Lunit secures 5-year contract with SEHA in UAE for AI-based breast cancer screening programme

South Korea-based Lunit, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions for cancer diagnostics and...

March 19, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Japan's GHIT invests $11.4 M for treatment of neglected tropical diseases

Japan's Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund has announced a total investment of approximately JPY 1.7 b...

March 19, 2025 | Wednesday | News
ABL Diagnostics partners with Riken Genesis to expand microbiology genotyping in Japan

ABL Diagnostics, a Euronext-listed leader in molecular diagnostics, has announced an exclusive distribution agreement wi...

March 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Proteomics International launches predictive test for diabetic kidney disease in Australia

Proteomics International Laboratories, a pioneer in precision diagnostics, has announced the launch of its first...

March 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Gene Bio Medical to manufacture high-quality diagnostic test kits for South Asian market

Gene Bio Medical (GBM), a leading Canadian biotechnology company specialising in molecular diagnostics, has signed a&nbs...

March 18, 2025 | Tuesday | News
BGI Genomics secures 950 M RMB genetic testing contract in Saudi Arabia

The Saudi National Unified Procurement Company (NUPCO) has officially announced the bidding results for the three-year c...

March 17, 2025 | Monday | News
Korea's Samsung invests $10 M in US-based C2N Diagnostics to strengthen brain healthcare

US-based C2N Diagnostics, LLC, a specialty diagnostics company with a vision to bring Clarity Through Innovation, h...

March 14, 2025 | Friday | News
Shimadzu and DxD Hub establish joint lab to advance diagnostics innovation in Singapore

Shimadzu Corporation, a global leader in the precision instrumentation industry, and Diagnostics Development Hub (DxD Hu...

March 10, 2025 | Monday | News
Sheba Medical Center partners with Tethis to advance AI-powered liquid biopsy in rectal cancer

Italy-based Tethis S.p.A., a pioneer in standardised liquid biopsy platform development, and Sheba Medical Center, ...

March 10, 2025 | Monday | News
Siemens Healthineers and Singapore's SGH partners to advance medical diagnostics innovation

The Siemens Healthineers headquarters in Erlangen, Germany and Singapore General Hospital (SGH) team have announced a 5-...

March 7, 2025 | Friday | News
Angsana and Pathnova form Archerfish to enhance Singapore's medical diagnostics Potentials

Angsana Molecular & Diagnostics Laboratory (Angsana) and Pathnova Laboratories (Pathnova) have merged to form Archer...

March 5, 2025 | Wednesday | News
India's Leucine Rich Bio partners with Medsol Diagnostics UAE to advance microbiome health solutions

India-based Leucine Rich Bio, South Asia’s pioneering microbiome company, has announced a strategic collaboration ...

March 5, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Enhancing cancer care accessibility in Southeast Asia through an integrated care continuum

The development of technological advancements has made significant contributions to improvements in cancer treatment, di...

March 3, 2025 | Monday | Opinion
Australia designs new rapid sensor to detect pregnancy complications

Australia's University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have developed a new rapid sensor that can detect pregnancy compli...

February 28, 2025 | Friday | News
Lunit announces leadership transition at Volpara, Craig Hadfield steps in as CEO

South Korea-based startup Lunit, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions for cancer diagnos...

February 27, 2025 | Thursday | News
Singapore's Lucence inks strategic collaboration with Agilus to advance cancer testing services in India

Agilus Diagnostics, India’s largest diagnostic company and Lucence, a global pioneering molecular diagnostics comp...

February 25, 2025 | Tuesday | News
University of Queensland to lead Australian clinical trial of next-gen ovarian cancer screening test

Clinical trials of a simple and accurate blood test to detect early-stage ovarian cancer, key to boosting survival rates...

February 24, 2025 | Monday | News
South Korea's Coreline Soft enters Australian market for lung cancer screening

South Korea-based Coreline Soft, a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI)-based medical solutions, has annou...

February 21, 2025 | Friday | News
AsiaMedic and Sunway launch new medical diagnostic imaging centre in Novena, Singapore

Singapore-based AsiaMedic and Sunway Equity Holdings, a wholly- owned subsidiary of Malaysian conglomerate Sunway Group,...

February 21, 2025 | Friday | News
Saudi German Health partners with BD to introduce rapid diagnostic solutions

Saudi German Health (SGH) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), a...

February 19, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Scientists in Hong Kong develop AI-driven tool to accelerate cancer diagnosis

A research team led by Professor Kevin Tsia, programme director of the Biomedical Engineering Programme under the Facult...

February 17, 2025 | Monday | News
Australian startup Harrison.ai secures $112 M in Series C funding round

Harrison.ai, a leading global healthtech company and developer of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered medical diagnosti...

February 13, 2025 | Thursday | News
PolyU and Shandong First Medical University partner to advance radiation oncology research in China

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Shandong First Medical University (SDFMU) have signed a Memorandum of U...

February 9, 2025 | Sunday | News
Singapore-based startup Gene Solutions to introduce smart blood test for lung screening in early 2025

Gene Solutions (GS), a pioneer genomic testing company in South-East Asia, aims to introduce a smart blood test to ...

February 5, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Hikma and M42 sign strategic MoU to advance healthcare innovation in UAE

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC, a British pharmaceutical group, has signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MoU) with...

February 5, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Singapore develops new AI-powered tool for early dementia screening

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) spin-off company Gray Matter Solutions is partnering w...

February 4, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Korean startup Lunit collaborates with Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer

Lunit, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions for cancer diagnostics and therapeutics, ha...

February 4, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Abu Dhabi selects Guardant Health’s Shield Test for blood-based colorectal cancer screening programme

US-based Guardant Health, Inc., a leading precision oncology company, has announced an agreement with the Abu Dhabi Publ...

January 31, 2025 | Friday | News
Middle East: A rising powerhouse in Medtech and Diagnostics

The global medtech market, valued at an impressive $640 billion, is on track to surpass $960 billion by 2030 growing at ...

February 1, 2025 | Saturday | Opinion
Accelerating Cancer Treatment with Precision Medicine & NGS

Cancer is inherently diverse, with significant variations both between different tumours and among individuals. This var...

February 1, 2025 | Saturday | Analysis
GHIT announces $12.7 M worth investment for developing diagnostics and drugs for malaria, NTDs

The Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund, headquartered in Japan, has announced a total investment of approxi...

January 31, 2025 | Friday | News
Australian study suggests need for novel AI to be used in women’s health

Research has shown the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to assist in the diagnosis of conditions, like endomet...

January 30, 2025 | Thursday | News
Beckman Coulter receives US FDA breakthrough device designation for Alzheimer's disease blood test

Beckman Coulter Diagnostics, a global leader in clinical diagnostics, has announced that the US Food and Drug Administra...

January 29, 2025 | Wednesday | News
Expecto Health Science Expands Asia-Pacific Presence with Strategic Partnership with Mayapada Healthcare in Indonesia

Expecto Health Science, a leading full-service Contract Research Organization (CRO) in Asia Pacific with a focus on emer...

January 23, 2025 | Thursday | News
Datar Cancer Genetics introduces blood test for residual disease monitoring

Datar Cancer Genetics (DCG), with research facilities in India, US and the UK, has announced the launch of Target-MRD, a...

January 21, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Taiwan's Advanced Genomics and Cancer Precision Medicine partner to launch bladder cancer screening test in Japan

Taiwan-based Advanced Genomics APAC Co. has announced the signing of an exclusive service provider agreement with Cancer...

January 15, 2025 | Wednesday | News
WHO prequalifies Korea's diagnostic test to support safer administration of P. vivax malaria treatments

The World Health Organization (WHO) has prequalified the first diagnostic test for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6...

January 13, 2025 | Monday | News
R-Bridge announces $40 M financing for Singapore-based diagnostic startup Mirxes to advance global expansion

CBC Group's R-Bridge Healthcare Fund has announced $40 million structured financing transaction with Mirxes, a...

January 13, 2025 | Monday | News
Revvity announces US FDA clearance for first automated free testosterone test

Revvity, Inc. has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for EUROIMMUN’s au...

January 10, 2025 | Friday | News
Japan's NEC and Biomy to expand AI-based analytical platforms in digital pathology

Japan-based NEC Corporation and Biomy, Inc. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a joint market...

January 10, 2025 | Friday | News
Taiwan-based startup Primo Biotech partners with SHINE Technologies to advance precision cancer care in APAC

Taiwan-based startup Primo Biotechnology has announced a strategic partnership with US-based SHINE Technologies, LLC, a ...

January 9, 2025 | Thursday | News
Seeing Brilliance in APAC: Alcon’s Vision Care Innovations and Eye Health Mission

The global leader in eye care for over 75 years, Alcon strives to help eye care professionals strengthen their practices...

January 2, 2025 | Thursday | News
Japan's Fujirebio and Eisai to establish diagnostic technologies for various neurodegenerative diseases

Fujirebio Holdings, a wholly-owned subsidiary of H.U. Group Holdings, Inc., and Eisai Co., in Japan, have entered into a...

December 24, 2024 | Tuesday | News
WHO announces first prequalification of tuberculosis diagnostic test

The World Health Organization (WHO) has granted prequalification to the molecular diagnostic test for tuberculosis (TB) ...

December 11, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Alamar Biosciences establishes commercial presence in Asia Pacific region

Alamar Biosciences, a company powering precision proteomics to enable the earliest detection of disease, has announced i...

December 7, 2024 | Saturday | News
Australia's Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre partners with GE HealthCare to advance cancer research

US-based GE HealthCare has announced its work with Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Australia to further develop and exp...

December 3, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Newbase introduces VR medical training platform 'Medicrew', to accelerate global market expansion

Newbase, a leader in metaverse-based medical education platforms, has announced the launch of its new product, 'Medicrew...

November 30, 2024 | Saturday | News
Korean startup Neurophet secures US FDA 510(k) clearance for multiple sclerosis analysis with 'Neurophet AQUA'

Neurophet, an artificial intelligence (AI) solution company for brain disease, has announced that its brain MRI analysis...

November 25, 2024 | Monday | News
KFSHRC unveiled its state-of-the-art Virtual Pathology Service in Madinah, Saudi Arabia

King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre (KFSHRC) has unveiled its state-of-the-art Virtual Pathology Servi...

November 18, 2024 | Monday | News
Korea's Lunit partners with VIDI group to deliver AI-powered mammography in France

South Korea-based Lunit, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions for cancer diagnostics and...

November 13, 2024 | Wednesday | News
SpaceGut debuts AI-driven gut health testing in Malaysia

SpaceGut, part of SOL Partnership Sdn Bhd, has introduced Malaysia's first artificial intelligence (AI)-p...

November 13, 2024 | Wednesday | News
analytica Vietnam Expands for 2025 with Addition of New Hall

• The largest edition yet, nearly double the size of the 2023 edition.• Hall A1 fully booked six months in adv...

November 12, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Japan’s GHIT Fund invests $4 M to advance diagnostics and treatments for NTDs and malaria

Japan-based Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund has announced a total investment of approximately JPY 578 mi...

November 8, 2024 | Friday | News
Thailand explores use of stool DNA as non-invasive alternative for colorectal cancer screening

A recent prospective cross-sectional study in Thailand demonstrates that multi-target stool DNA testing is highly sensit...

November 11, 2024 | Monday | News
Ministry of Health in UAE partners with AstraZeneca to drive early lung cancer detection

The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP), United Arab Emirates (UAE) has signed a strategic agreement with AstraZen...

November 6, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Inocras and Summit Pharma International Corp collaborate to transform clinical genomics in Japan

US-based Inocras Inc. and Summit Pharmaceuticals International Corporation have signed a Memorandum of understanding (Mo...

November 6, 2024 | Wednesday | News
EVŌQ Nano CEO Shaun Rothwell Discusses Advanced Antimicrobial Solution EVQ-218 and Its Impact on AMR

In an insightful interview with BioSpectrum Asia, Shaun Rothwell, CEO of EVŌQ Nano, reveals the transformative potentia...

November 6, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Korea's Lunit announces $7.3 M contract with US Defense Health Agency

Volpara Health, a South Korea-based Lunit company and a global leader in software for the early detection of cancer, has...

November 5, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Korean startup Neurophet secures significant foothold to accelerate entry into China market

South Korea-based startup Neurophet, an artificial intelligence (AI) solution company for brain disease, has secured a s...

October 31, 2024 | Thursday | News
Indian startup 4baseCare expands global footprint, launches operations in Dubai

4baseCare, an Illumina Accelerator Company, that offers cutting-edge precision oncology solutions using advanced genomic...

October 25, 2024 | Friday | News
Thermo Fisher’s Oncomine Dx Test Approved for Identifying Patients for VORANIGO® in IDH-Mutant Glioma

Oncomine Dx Target Test to Identify Patients Eligible for Servier’s VORANIGO® (vorasidenib) tablet, the only F...

October 22, 2024 | Tuesday | News
HELP Therapeutics Secures FDA Approval for Phase I Study of HiCM-188 in Heart Failure Treatment

HELP Therapeutics Co. Ltd, a clinical-stage cell therapy company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administrat...

October 22, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Korean firms Neurophet & AriBio to develop next-gen platform for Alzheimer's diagnosis

South Korea-based startup Neurophet, an artificial intelligence (AI) solution company for brain disease, has announced i...

October 16, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Andelyn Biosciences Chosen by Hubble Therapeutics to Manufacture Gene Therapy for Rare Childhood Blindness Disorder

 Andelyn Biosciences, Inc., a leading and patient-focused cell and gene therapy Contract Development and Manufactur...

October 11, 2024 | Friday | News
Indonesia approves AI-assisted bone mineral density abnormalities screening software

Acer Medical, based in Taiwan, has announced that its artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted bone mineral density abnorma...

October 10, 2024 | Thursday | News
Predictive AI Analytics to Optimize Precision Oncology Care Continuum in SEA, Korea, Australia and New Zealand

GE HealthCare and Roche have entered a strategic collaboration to enhance cancer treatment outcomes and access to precis...

October 10, 2024 | Thursday | Opinion
World Companion Diagnostics and Liquid Biopsy Summit APAC to Unite 100+ Precision Medicine Experts

This exciting forum will gather the field to discuss the latest advancements in NGS, biomarker development, clinical tri...

October 10, 2024 | Thursday | News
Korea's Seegene to set up new company in Spain to share diagnostic technologies

Seegene Inc., a leading South Korean company providing a total solution for PCR molecular diagnostics, has announced the...

October 9, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Curium inks strategic partnership with PeptiDream for prostate cancer theranostics in Japan

Paris-based Curium, a world leader in nuclear medicine, has entered into a strategic partnership with PDRadiopharma Inc,...

October 3, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore recommends strengthening genomic sequencing for infectious disease surveillance in 13 South and Southeast Asian countries

A landmark study led by Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore has revealed that despite the recent pandemic, outbreak det...

September 26, 2024 | Thursday | News
Trinity Biotech acquires metabolomics diagnostics to expand in maternal health market

Trinity Biotech plc , a commercial-stage biotechnology company focused on human diagnostics and diabetes management solu...

September 26, 2024 | Thursday | News
Korean startup Mediwhale secures $12 M to enhance cardiovascular and metabolic disease management

Mediwhale, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered health diagnostics startup, has announced $12 million series A2 inves...

September 29, 2024 | Sunday | News
Qiagen and Bio-Manguinhos/Fiocruz collaborate to enhance malaria and dengue detection in Brazil’s national screening programmes

Qiagen has announced the expansion of its strategic partnership with Bio-Manguinhos/Fiocruz, the leading provider of vac...

September 24, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Hong Kong develops next-gen wearable continuous glucose monitoring system for diabetes management

An interdisciplinary research team, including the Faculty of Engineering and Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at The Univ...

September 18, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Israel's Scopio Labs adds world's first digital bone marrow imaging and analysis to long-term partnership with Beckman Coulter

US-based Beckman Coulter, a clinical diagnostics leader, and Scopio Labs, a medtech company based in Israel that develop...

September 17, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Abu Dhabi integrates genetic testing as integral component of Premarital Screening Programme

Aimed at enabling community members with insights to make informed health decisions for themselves and their families th...

September 16, 2024 | Monday | News
Singapore-based Qritive joins forces with Roche to redefine global cancer diagnostics with AI

Qritive, a digital pathology and artificial intelligence (AI) company headquartered in Singapore, has announced its coll...

September 13, 2024 | Friday | News
Korea's Seegene expands mpox RUO product lineups with enhanced detection assays

Seegene Inc., a leading provider of total solution for PCR molecular diagnostics based in South Korea, will introduce a ...

September 10, 2024 | Tuesday | News
China-based startup MGI launches new nanopore sequencing products with advanced CycloneSEQ technology

China-based startup MGI Tech Co. has announced the global rights to commercialise and distribute the new sequencing prod...

September 10, 2024 | Tuesday | News
UltraDx receives first clinical approval of single-molecule analyzer in China

UltraDx Bio has announced that its flagship product, the UD-X Fully Automated Single-Molecule Array Fluorescence Immunoa...

September 5, 2024 | Thursday | News
Korea's Seegene announces research grants in partnership with Springer Nature to innovate syndromic PCR diagnostic assays

Seegene Inc., a leading South Korean company providing a total solution for PCR molecular diagnostics, has announced an ...

September 3, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Cutting Clinical Costs with Companion Diagnostics

Companion diagnostics (CDx)  are the cornerstone of precision medicine and play a critical role in optimising patie...

September 1, 2024 | Sunday | Analysis
China's Sanyou Bio launches comprehensive monkeypox product line

Sanyou Biopharmaceuticals (Shanghai) has announced the launch of a comprehensive product line targeting monkeypox, which...

August 30, 2024 | Friday | News
Hitachi and Gencurix enter into partnership to expand cancer molecular diagnostics biz in Japan

Japanese firm Hitachi High-Tech Corporation and Korea-based Gencurix, Inc. have entered a strategic partnership in the f...

August 29, 2024 | Thursday | News
Australia develops finger-prick test to screen for early Alzheimer’s

A team of engineers at Monash University, Australia has developed the first-of-a-kind finger-prick blood test with &lsqu...

August 29, 2024 | Thursday | News
Australia's BCAL Diagnostics commences operations in US

BCAL Diagnostics, based in Sydney, Australia, has established a subsidiary in the US and will commence operations out of...

August 28, 2024 | Wednesday | News

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