Singapore to nurture the MedTech industry

Singapore: SPRING Singapore, a government agency has announced a financial assistance of around $60 million recently for...

October 13, 2014 | Monday | News
Singapore scientists identify thick-skin-patch mutation

Singapore: Scientists have identified a mutation in a gene that causes patches of very thick skin to appear on the palms...

October 19, 2012 | Friday | News
A*STAR collaborates with GE healthcare

Singapore: The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) has inked a pact with GE healthcare to further bolst...

December 24, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Researchers develop novel solutions to fight the obesity gene

Singapore: A research team led by scientists from National University of Singapore (NUS) has identified several potent i...

October 20, 2014 | Monday | News
Austrinova opens new facility in Singapore

Singapore: Singapore based biotech firm, Austrianova, has opened a new facility in Singapore to perform research and dev...

January 30, 2015 | Friday | News
Charles River acquires microbe testing lab

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

November 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Today scientists have poor frustration tolerance: Glivec discoverer

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

June 25, 2013 | Tuesday | Influencers
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