Singapore opens doors for new developments in cancer biomarker discovery

A team of researchers led by Associate Professor Alfredo Franco-Obregón from the NUS Institute for Health Innovat...

May 22, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Traverse the rapid evolution of AI in combating the pediatric myopia epidemic in Asia

Tacy Song, Head of Professional Services, Myopia, APAC at CooperVision (Left) Dr Foo Li Lian, Consultant Ophthalmo...

May 21, 2024 | Tuesday | Opinion
Australia launches new specialist ophthalmic clinical trial facility

To mark World Clinical Trials Day on May 20, Victorian Deputy Premier and Minister for Medical Research, Ben Carro...

May 21, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's AI potential and prospects to emerge as a premier clinical trials hub

As Asia establishes itself as the global hub for clinical trials, Singapore is bolstering its position as the preferred ...

May 17, 2024 | Friday | Opinion
Achieving optimal therapeutic modalities for NCDs in the APMA region

The Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMA) region represents almost half of the world's population but healthcare a...

May 16, 2024 | Thursday | Opinion
Singapore approves J&J's Bispecific Antibody treatment for Multiple Myeloma

Johnson & Johnson’s first-in-class, bispecific B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed CD3 T-cell-redirectin...

May 15, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore unveils first public-private partnership center for speciality molecular testing

(Left to Right)  A/Prof Too Heng-Phon (Chairman, Mirxes), Dr Zhou Lihan (Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mi...

May 13, 2024 | Monday | News
Singapore suggests repurposing of existing cancer drugs to treat aggressive brain cancer

Glioblastoma is an often fatal form of brain cancer, with only five per cent of patients surviving beyond five years. Th...

May 13, 2024 | Monday | News
New biotech research and manufacturing hub opens at University of Queensland, Australia

A range of hyper accurate cancer drugs is in production at a newly opened research and manufacturing hub at The Universi...

May 10, 2024 | Friday | News
RBobay Pharma boosts CRDMO offerings with Cytiva's FlexFactory platform

Ribobay Pharma, a leading Chinese biopharmaceutical contract research, development, and manufacturing organization (CRDM...

May 9, 2024 | Thursday | News
Navigation and evaluation of the 'Long COVID' impact on Asia's public health

Francesca Ceddia, Chief Medical Affairs Officer, Moderna (Left) Dr Leong Hoe Nam, Infectious Disease Specialist, Moun...

May 8, 2024 | Wednesday | Opinion
Singapore scientists develop high-precision tissue analysis AI tool to support drug discovery, diagnosis

A team of scientists from A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Bioinformatics Institute (BII) has deve...

May 8, 2024 | Wednesday | News
GIBF invests $10 M in Israel-based startup Nectin Therapeutics to advance Antibody Drug Conjugates

Guangzhou-Israel Biotechnology Fund (GIBF) has invested $10 million in Nectin Therapeutics. Israel-b...

May 6, 2024 | Monday | News
An Integrated Approach To Combat Canine Rabies In Southeast Asia

Rabies is a neglected zoonotic disease caused by RNA virus from Rhabdoviridae family, potentially fatal if not treated. ...

May 6, 2024 | Monday | Opinion
Singapore unveils ways for novel therapeutic interventions in Alzheimer's disease

In a groundbreaking study published in Cell Research, researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the Nation...

May 6, 2024 | Monday | News
Nanotech opens door to future of insulin medication in Australia

Research led by the University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District has developed a new type of oral insulin bas...

May 3, 2024 | Friday | News
Ora and Singapore Eye Research Institute to propel ophthalmology innovation globally

Ora, Inc., a US-based ophthalmology contract research organisation (CRO), has announced a strategic, exclusive partnersh...

May 3, 2024 | Friday | News
We are exploring opportunities to collaborate with startups and incubators

Padraig McDonnell CEO-elect and Chief Operating Officer (COO) (Left) President and CEO Mike McMullen (Right) Agile...

May 1, 2024 | Wednesday | Opinion
GenScript Singapore's Open Day reveals pioneering AI capabilities in recombinant protein production and drug discovery

GenScript, a global leader in life sciences and biotechnology, successfully hosted an Open Day event at its Singapore fa...

April 25, 2024 | Thursday | News
Australia invests $152.4 M to nationally boost melanoma care and research

The Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre, a partnership between Monash University, The Alfred and Minderoo Foundation, i...

April 24, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Hong Kong develops machine learning model to predict risk of severe hypoglycemia in diabetics

In Hong Kong, one in three adults over the age of 65 have diabetes. To improve the management of this group of older adu...

April 23, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Korean firms OSR Holdings and SillaJen ink deal to develop innovative therapies and enter US market

South Korea-based biotech startup OSR Holdings has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SillaJen, a Kosdaq-li...

April 23, 2024 | Tuesday | News
SCG Cell Therapy and A*STAR launch joint labs for cellular immunotherapies in Singapore

SCG Cell Therapy (SCG) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have announced the launch joint labo...

April 17, 2024 | Wednesday | News
New centre for digestive health in Singapore to focus on early cancer detection

The National University Hospital (NUH) in Singapore is embarking on a major initiative to establish the N...

April 16, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Australia's Seaport Therapeutics receives funding worth $100 M for development of neuropsychiatric medicines

Seaport Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based around a unique drug delivery platform originally...

April 12, 2024 | Friday | News