What were the top 20 global M&A transactions of 2012?

A majority of life science firms are standing on the edge of the patent cliff and their drug pipelines are experiencing ...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Spring Singapore, Netherlands' Univ sign bio MoU

Singapore: Spring Singapore and Maastricht University Medical Center of Netherelands have signed a partnership to promot...

June 14, 2013 | Friday | News
Medtech firm TriReme expands distribution in China

‎Singapore: Singapore-based TriReme Medical has signed a distribution agreement with Weihai Weigao Medical...

March 27, 2013 | Wednesday | News
A*Star, QuantuMDx to develop lung cancer assays

Singapore: A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) has signed an agreement with QuantuMDx (QMDx), a UK-based biotec...

May 29, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Pfizer, Glaxo, Siemens form A*Star R&D consortium

Singapore: Pfizer Asia Pacific, Glaxo Wellcome Manufacturing and Siemens have signed on as founding members of a new A*S...

June 21, 2013 | Friday | News
Biochips firm AyoxxA gets $3.37 million funding

Singapore: AyoxxA Biosystems, an international biotechnology company, has closed a $3.37 million (2.6 million Euro) seri...

September 21, 2012 | Friday | News
L'Oreal opens research center at A*Star's IMB

Singapore: The L'Oréal Group has opened an Advanced Research Centre in A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology (...

December 19, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Telemedicine is revolutionizing healthcare access

Telemedicine is re-defining access to healthcare in many ways. It has, in particular, proved to be an effective solution...

November 30, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
A*Star's Patrick Tan gets Chen Award from HUGO

Singapore: Dr Patrick Tan from A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) has received 2013 Chen New Investigator Awar...

April 18, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
Consumers are winners in the BRCA gene case

In the wake of US Supreme Court's win-win verdict in Association for Molecular Pathology vs Myriad Genetics case, Frost ...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
New discovery helps in understanding diseases better

Singapore: Scientists from Singapore and Germany have identified that the proteins lamin A (Lmna) and lamin B receptor (...

February 8, 2013 | Friday | News
A*Star identifies gastric cancer trigger

Singapore: Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have discovered four processes by which gastric ca...

January 30, 2013 | Wednesday | News
DHL launches air freight service for bio firms

Singapore: DHL Global Forwarding, air and ocean freight specialist, has launched DHL Thermonet, a new air freight produc...

June 13, 2013 | Thursday | News
BioPharma Asia Convention 2013 being held in Singapore

Singapore: BioPharma Asia Convention 2013, which is bringing together more than 4,000 key stakeholders and decision make...

March 20, 2013 | Wednesday | News
HIMSS APAC kicks off in Singapore

Singapore: HIMSS (Healthcare Information Management Systems Society) Asia Pacific Digital healthcare Week kicked off in ...

September 15, 2014 | Monday | News
Greatbatch to start R&D center in Singapore

Singapore: US-based medical device technology company Greatbatch plans to establish an Active Implantable Medical Device...

July 18, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Garth Tierney is executive VP of INC CRO

Singapore: INC Research has promoted Mr Garth Tierney to executive vice president, Asia Pacific. He will be responsib...

March 4, 2013 | Monday | News
Invest in quality, FDA tells Asian firms

Singapore: The ISPE Singapore Conference, being held in association with Interphex Asia 2012, started with a clear note ...

May 28, 2012 | Monday | News
Novel protein complex to combat gastric cancer

Singapore: A team of scientists from Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI) at National University of Singapore (NU...

July 8, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Shimadzu pharma summit concurs that innovation is the key

Singapore: The Shimadzu Global Pharma Summit 2012 held in Singapore sent out an unaninmous message that it is high time ...

November 2, 2012 | Friday | News
Stem cells from a drop of blood!!

Singapore: Dr Loh Yuin Han Jonathan, Principal Investigator at A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) h...

April 28, 2014 | Monday | Influencers
Mr Cameron Reynolds, VolitionRx: Patient awareness & demand will fuel diagnostics in 2013

The diagnostics market is growing rapidly as patients demand earlier diagnosis of diseases through the use of less invas...

December 26, 2012 | Wednesday | Opinion
Volition raises over $1 mn for clinical trial

Singapore: VolitionRX, a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests, has raised over $1 mi...

May 15, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Shimadzu launches smart device enabled HPLC system

Singapore: Japan-based global analytics technology provider, Shimadzu, has launched i-Series of new industry standard HP...

July 9, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Pfizer, GSK sign productivity pact with Singapore's A*Star

Singapore: Pharma industry leaders Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline have joined hands with global engineering giants Siemens t...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News