Charles River acquires microbe testing lab

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Nov, 2013

Singapore: Charles River has acquired Brass, a Singapore-based microbiology subcontract test laboratory specializing in ...Read more

Today scientists have poor frustration tolerance: Glivec discoverer

Singapore |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 2 Comment | 25 Jun, 2013

Dr Alex Matter, CEO, Experimental Therapeutics Center, A*Star, Singapore, is among the pioneers of the world's first tar...Read more

Medtech giants in APAC join hands to boost innovation

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 Apr, 2015

Singapore: Medical technology giants in Singapore including Johnson & Johnson, Medtronics, GE Healthcare and BD have...Read more

Fortis to sell RadLink Asia to Fullerton Healthcare

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 May, 2015

Singapore: Fortis Healthcare has announced that it has agreed to sell its Singapore unit RadLink-Asia to Fullerton Healt...Read more

A*Star, Cytos begin 1st flu vaccine trial in Singapore

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 20 May, 2013

Singapore: Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*Star) and Switzerland's Cytos Biotechnology have conducted the...Read more

Singapore: Rides the medtech wave

Singapore |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 May, 2013

With an aim to become the number 1 hotspot for global bioscience industry in Asia, Singapore has committed $13.05 billio...Read more

A*Star creates biomaterial from squids, mussels

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Sep, 2013

Singapore: Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Res...Read more

There are no winners in the clinical trials race in Asia

Singapore |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 2 Comment | 12 Sep, 2012

Over the past few decades, research on clinical trials has enjoyed a rapid boom around the world. According to CenterWat...Read more

Drug delivery: 11 technologies of the future

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 May, 2012

The drug delivery technology landscape is rapidly evolving with new classes of pharmaceuticals and biologics fuelling th...Read more

NUS team pioneers a novel technique to deliver biologicals

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 09 Sep, 2014

Singapore: Researchers at the National University of Singapore have invented a novel technique to administer pain-killer...Read more

Study confirms BETADINE efficacy for foot&mouth disease

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 Mar, 2016

Singapore: There is a high incidence of HFMD in Asia. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recorded approximately 2.5 mil...Read more

Mr Simranjit Singh, BioSingapore: We will amplify A*Star Get-Up program in 2013

Singapore |  Opinion | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Dec, 2012

Some of the new trends in Asia that the biopharma industry will see in 2013 will be greater licensing activity and innov...Read more

New facility in Singapore to boost environment research

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 23 Jul, 2012

Singapore: The Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) has launched a $5.1 million (S$6.5 m...Read more

Green tea for cancer drug delivery

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 Oct, 2014

Singapore: A group of researchers from Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) is using green tea ingredien...Read more

TauRx pumps $135mn to advance treatment for Alzheimer's disease

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 09 Oct, 2015

Singapore: Singapore and Scotland based TauRx Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a n...Read more

Tobacco prevalence in Asia raising death toll

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Jun, 2014

Singapore: According to a study in PLOS Medicine, by Prof Wei Zheng, professor of Medicine and director of the Vanderbil...Read more

JN Medsys: Pioneers of '80% faster' digital PCRs

Singapore |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 2 Comment | 24 Oct, 2013

Dr Johnson Ng dedicated his research developing innovative platforms for polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based diagnosti...Read more

DKSH and Roche extend their partnership

Singapore |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 Oct, 2014

Singapore: Switzerland-based DKSH, a leader in market expansion, has announced the extension of its partnership with Roc...Read more