Novel device by NUS aids in muscle recovery

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Jan, 2019

A team of NUS researchers has developed a novel medical device capable of harnessing a magnetic field to make muscle rehabilitation quicker and more comfortable. MRegen is a non-invasive p...Read more

Vifor Pharma updates PIVOTAL trial results

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Jan, 2019

No difference in the infection rate Further to the announcement on 29 October 2018, Vifor Pharma provides an update to the results of the Proactive IV irOn Therapy in haemodiALysis patients...Read more

ASLAN annouces publication of new pre-clinical data

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 24 Jan, 2019

ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company targeting cancers that are both highly prevalent in Asia and orphan indications in the United States and Europe, has announ...Read more

Diaceutics opens Asian hub to capitalize on growing market

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 23 Jan, 2019

Diaceutics, the diagnostics data analytics and implementation services company,  announced that it is opening a new regional hub in Asia. With more than 10% of the company’s annu...Read more

iGene Lab gets CAP accreditation for NIPT

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Jan, 2019

iGene Laboratory, a leading Singapore molecular diagnostics company for women's and reproductive health is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the College of American Pathologist (...Read more

Branched-Chain amino acids can regulate progression of Cancer: Research

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Jan, 2019

Researchers at A*STAR's Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC) have discovered that branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) in tumours can be targeted to prevent and treat cancer. Together with ...Read more

BookDoc, Special Olympics Apac to boost intellectual disabled lifestyle

Singapore |  News | 2 Comment | 21 Jan, 2019

BookDoc signed a memorandum of understanding with Special Olympics Asia Pacific. The partnership aims to improve the health and fitness of people with intellectual disabilities across the&n...Read more

MIMS, Ashfield Healthcare Communications announce global alliance

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Jan, 2019

MIMS, Asia's largest multi-channel provider of drug information, medical communications, events management and marketing services, and Ashfield Healthcare Communications, are pleased to ann...Read more

RHT Health completes disposal of entire asset portfolio

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Jan, 2019

The Trustee-Manager of RHT Health Trust is pleased to announce that the Disposal was completed recently. Following Completion, FHML, HEPL, IHL and EHSSHL have ceased to be subsidiaries of R...Read more

Nobel Prize winner to address gathering at GYSS 2019

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Jan, 2019

The Global Young Scientists Summit (2019) is an annual event, in its 7th year. Modeled off the Lindau meetings, the GYSS brings science luminaries together with leading PhD students from ac...Read more

NTU, Max Planck to develop innovative healthcare solutions

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 15 Jan, 2019

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Germany’s Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces (MPICI) have launched a joint lab to conduct research in arti...Read more

Mundipharma expands Osteoarthritis gene therapy to more APAC countries

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Jan, 2019

Mundipharma has acquired the exclusive rights for Invossa-K in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, Australia and New Zealand from Kolon Life Science...Read more

BD opens advanced molding center in Asia

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 11 Jan, 2019

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, marked its 30th anniversary of manufacturing in Singapore with the opening of the company’s ...Read more

AWAK Tech receives Breakthrough Device Designation by USFDA

Singapore |  News | 1 Comment | 09 Jan, 2019

AWAK Technologies (AWAK), a pioneering medical technology company focused on dialysis using regeneration technology for end-stage renal disease, recently announced that the US Food and Drug...Read more

Older adults care about strangers’ welfare in financial decision-making: NUS study

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 31 Dec, 2018

Singapore – A recent study by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) found that when it comes to making financial decisions under risk, older adults will reg...Read more

Dr. George W. Sledge to join the board of Tessa

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Dec, 2018

Tessa Therapeutics, a clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on autologous and off-the-shelf, allogeneic therapies for cancer patients, has announced that Dr. George W. Sledge, J...Read more

Strides gets USFDA nod for Lidocaine Ointment

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 19 Dec, 2018

Strides Pharma Science Limited (Strides) has announced that it step down wholly owned subsidiary, Strides Pharma Global Pte. Limited, Singapore, has received approval forLidocaine Ointment ...Read more

Weight change in middle-aged and elderly Singaporean Chinese linked to increased mortality risk

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 18 Dec, 2018

Singapore – Both moderate-to-large weight gain and weight loss, defined as a change of 10% or more in weight, among middle-aged and elderly Chinese Singaporeans are linked to increase...Read more