Singapore leverages serious games and simulation in healthcare education

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Jan, 2022

Dr Koh Poh Koon, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Health & Ministry of Manpower has unveiled the new SingHealth...Read more

Singapore finds link between hearing, vision loss and mortality

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Jan, 2022

A team from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) has found that pe...Read more

Singapore enhances support to people with disabilities

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Jan, 2022

The Seniors’ Mobility and Enabling Fund (SMF) and Assistive Technology Fund (ATF) in Singapore will be enhanced to...Read more

Singapore finds antibody capable of neutralising major SARS-CoV2 variants of concern

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 18 Jan, 2022

In a study jointly conducted by the Bio-Safety Level 3 (BSL3) Core Facility at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (...Read more

Singapore deepens interest in dengue virus transmission

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Jan, 2022

Software-analysed high-resolution videos have revealed that dengue-infected mosquitos are more attracted to mammals and ...Read more

Singapore welcomes first HSA-registered e-pharmacy, WellAway by Hyphens Pharma

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Jan, 2022

Hyphens Pharma International Limited, Singapore’s leading specialty pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare group, ...Read more

Singapore's SCG Cell Therapy acquires technology from A*STAR for novel cancer treatment

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Jan, 2022

Singapore-based SCG Cell Therapy has acquired the rights to human “induced pluripotent stem cell” ...Read more

Singapore's ConnectedHealth launches Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus care digital health system

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Jan, 2022

Singapore-based digital health company ConnectedHealth has launched SugoSure, a digital health system supporting care fo...Read more

Singapore-based JN Medsys develops PCR test kit for Omicron detection

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Jan, 2022

Singapore-based biotech firm JN Medsys has developed a new PCR kit that detects for SARS-CoV-2 and identifies if the Omi...Read more

Medical education in Singapore goes ‘Holographic’ with mixed reality from Microsoft

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Jan, 2022

From April 2022, medical and nursing students at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in Singapore will be using three-di...Read more

GSK Singapore launches Shingrix vaccine against shingles (herpes zoster)

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Jan, 2022

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Singapore has launched a new vaccine to help protect against shingles, Shingrix, in...Read more

US-based Allay Therapeutics expands operations in Singapore

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 07 Jan, 2022

Allay Therapeutics, a US-based clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering ultra-sustained analgesic products to tra...Read more

Singapore recommends booster dose at no later than 9 months

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Jan, 2022

The Expert Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination (EC19V) in Singapore recommends that all vaccinated persons aged 18 years a...Read more

Singapore sets stringent regulations for COVID-19 test kits for professional use

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Jan, 2022

With effect from 1 January 2022, only COVID-19 tests that have received full-fledged registration with Singapore's Healt...Read more

Singapore inks MoU with Russia for research opportunities

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Dec, 2021

National University of Singapore (NUS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Russia’s Skolkovo Insti...Read more

One antibody to neutralise both Zika & Dengue viruses in different ways: Singapore study

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Dec, 2021

A research team from the Department of Biological Sciences and the Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singa...Read more

Singapore develops algorithm to assess immunotherapy benefit in stomach cancer patients

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 20 Dec, 2021

Recent clinical studies indicate that patients with stomach cancer treated with a combination of immunotherapy and chemo...Read more

Singapore establishes pancreas transplantation service as national programme

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Dec, 2021

With the approval by the Ministry of Health (Singapore) for the pancreas transplantation service as a national programme...Read more