Point-of-care diagnostics is revolutionary

In 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation rolled out a new grant of $31 million to fund innovation in point-of-ca...

December 17, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Napier expands in Middle East

Singapore: Napier Healthcare, a healthcare technology and services provider, has expanded to Middle East by opening a ce...

October 13, 2014 | Monday | News
ASLAN appoints Andrew Howden in director's board

Singapore: ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, Singapore based biotech company focused on the development of immunotherapies and targ...

February 29, 2016 | Monday | News
Premature cancer death needs serious attention

Singapore: 1.5 million lives, which would be lost to cancer, could be saved per year if decisive measures are taken, acc...

February 4, 2013 | Monday | News
US CRO appoints new Asia director

Singapore: US-based Harlan Laboratories, a leading contract research organization (CRO) and research models and service...

February 5, 2014 | Wednesday | News
BSA lifetime achievement award 2013 for George Radda

The present chairman of Singapore's Biomedical Research Council (BMRC) Prof Sir George Radda has changed the way univers...

March 15, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Hope for COPD: Network Verification Challenge

Singapore: The Network Verification Challenge has generated a comprehensive set of biological models relevant to chroni...

August 21, 2014 | Thursday | News
Novartis partners with TB alliance

Singapore: Novartis has partnered with Global Alliance for TB Drug Development (TB Alliance) for compounds to fight tube...

August 21, 2014 | Thursday | News
NUHS chief gets Singapore President's award

Singapore: Professor John Wong Eu-Li, currently chief executive of National University Health System (NUHS), Isabel Chan...

November 11, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Amgen unveils new plant in Asia

Singapore: US-based Amgen enters the Asian market with its new 'next-generation' biomanufacturing facility in Singapore....

November 24, 2014 | Monday | News
Singapore researchers get access to AstraZeneca drug compounds

Singapore: National Health Innovation Centre (NHIC) of Singapore has partnered with global pharmaceutical company, Astra...

September 4, 2015 | Friday | News
A*STAR, Japanese bank ink partnership

Singapore: Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporat...

August 20, 2014 | Wednesday | News
A*Star monitors drug resistant super bugs in real time

Singapore: Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have developed a technique to precisely monitor an...

March 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
Embryonic stem cells remain a sticky wicket

Dr Shinya Yamanaka and Sir John Gurdon's discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) has given the world an altern...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Urgent need arises for SARS vaccine

Singapore: The World Health Organization (WHO) reported four new cases of SARS-like virus in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, an...

November 29, 2012 | Thursday | News
Dialysis treatment on-the-go

The destiny of AWAK Technologies was defined in 2006 at the International Society of Nephrology in Los Angeles during a ...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
Quintiles acquires Encore Health Resources

Singapore: Global clinical research organization, Quintiles has acquired Encore Health Resources, a health-information a...

July 3, 2014 | Thursday | News
Takeda initiates Ph3 trial for Ixazomib in Asia

Singapore: Takeda Development Center Shanghai (TDC Shanghai) and Takeda Development Center Asia has commenced TOURMALINE...

January 28, 2014 | Tuesday | News