Medtech giants in APAC join hands to boost innovation

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

April 26, 2015 | Sunday | News
Fortis to sell RadLink Asia to Fullerton Healthcare

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

May 5, 2015 | Tuesday | News
A*Star, Cytos begin 1st flu vaccine trial in Singapore

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

May 20, 2013 | Monday | News
Singapore: Rides the medtech wave

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

May 15, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
A*Star creates biomaterial from squids, mussels

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

September 12, 2013 | Thursday | News
There are no winners in the clinical trials race in Asia

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

September 12, 2012 | Wednesday | Opinion
Drug delivery: 11 technologies of the future

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

May 16, 2012 | Wednesday | News
NUS team pioneers a novel technique to deliver biologicals

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

September 9, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Study confirms BETADINE efficacy for foot&mouth disease

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

March 16, 2016 | Wednesday | News
Mr Simranjit Singh, BioSingapore: We will amplify A*Star Get-Up program in 2013

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

December 25, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
New facility in Singapore to boost environment research

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

July 23, 2012 | Monday | News
Green tea for cancer drug delivery

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

October 14, 2014 | Tuesday | News
TauRx pumps $135mn to advance treatment for Alzheimer's disease

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

October 9, 2015 | Friday | News
Tobacco prevalence in Asia raising death toll

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

June 17, 2014 | Tuesday | News
JN Medsys: Pioneers of '80% faster' digital PCRs

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

October 24, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
DKSH and Roche extend their partnership

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

October 16, 2014 | Thursday | News
Medical device firms open to invest on R&D: KPMG survey

Singapore: Medical device manufacturers are investing heavily in research and development (R&D), and are shifting th...

March 8, 2016 | Tuesday | Analysis
Singapore: Best destination for healthcare services'

Singapore: In a survey conducted by Bloomberg's Most Efficient Health Care 2014, Singapore has obtained the top scores f...

September 19, 2014 | Friday | News