Fortis sells Singapore unit to Malaysia's IHH healthcare

Singapore: Fortis healthcare announced that it has inked a deal to sell its entire diagnostic and molecular imaging unit...

September 15, 2014 | Monday | News
NUS develops patch for painless drug delivery

Singapore: Dr Kang Lifeng of the Department of Pharmacy at National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Science has...

September 8, 2014 | Monday | News
Is Singapore ready for a paradigm shift in healthcare management?

As the health sector's centre of gravity shifts towards customers, savvy new market players are moving fast to capitaliz...

August 28, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Singapore start-up progresses in Alzheimer's drug

Singapore: Singapore start-up and Scotland based TauRx Therapeutics is progressing in its two Phase III clinical trials ...

September 22, 2014 | Monday | News
Medtronic invests $200 mn in brain stimulation technology

Singapore: Global medtech giant, Medtronic, has acquired Netherland-based Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation (Sapiens SB...

August 27, 2014 | Wednesday | News
China firm develops new therapeutic vaccine for rabies

Singapore: China's Yisheng Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing vaccines, has developed a new vaccine for t...

March 17, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Singapore invests in microbial detection technology firm

Singapore: Singapore Economic Development Board has invested in Rapid Micro Biosystems, a provider of automated, non-des...

September 2, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Study: Telomerase causes inflammation in cancer

Singapore: A*STAR scientists have identified the enzyme, telomerase, as a cause of chronic inflammation in human cancers...

November 22, 2012 | Thursday | News
Almac expands in Singapore, Japan

Singapore: Almac, a global clinical trial solution provider, is expanding clinical services and technologies capabilitie...

March 13, 2014 | Thursday | News
iNova Pharma relocates regional HQ to Singapore

Singapore: iNova Pharmaceuticals, a Valeant company, is relocating its regional headquarters from Sydney, Australia, to ...

October 22, 2012 | Monday | News
Apps and devices pave way to better healthcare'

Singapore: Throughout the world, governments are grappling with the growing challenge of providing quality, affordable h...

March 17, 2015 | Tuesday | Opinion
Post marketing surveillance stepped up in Singapore: Dr Raymond Chua

Singapore's regulatory agency Health Sciences Authority (HSA), since its establishment in 2001, has built a smart regula...

July 5, 2012 | Thursday | Regulatory
NUS among top 50 research institutions: Nature Publishing Index

Singapore: National University of Singapore (NUS) has secured 46th place in the Nature Publishing Index (NPI) 2013, up 2...

March 31, 2014 | Monday | News
TriReme balloon catheter gets FDA approval

Singapore: Asia focused medtech company TriReme Medical has received FDA clearance for an expanded matrix of sizes for i...

June 20, 2012 | Wednesday | Regulatory
A*Star fabricates 3D hair follicle model

Singapore: A*Star's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has engineered a new hair follicle model throug...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | News
ParkwayHealth offers HBsAg Quantitative Assay

Singapore: ParkwayHealth Laboratory, a clinical laboratory service provider in Singapore, is to provide Hepatitis B Surf...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's Aslan secures $34 mn funding

Singapore: Aslan Pharmaceuticals, Singapore biotech company focused on the development of immunotherapies and targeted ...

December 9, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Granules India shutting down Singapore subsidiary

Singapore: Granules India, the country's leading manufacturer of finished dosages, pharmaceutical formulation intermedia...

November 4, 2013 | Monday | News