Southeast Asia's fitness drive against obesity

Singapore: Though the south east Asian people are considered to be the thinnest in the world, there is an exponential in...

June 12, 2014 | Thursday | News
Novartis positive with anti-malaria drug

Singapore: Novartis' novel antimalarial drug, KAE609 (cipargamin) has shown efficacy in Phase 2 trial by demonstrating t...

July 31, 2014 | Thursday | News
GE, A*Star invest $20 mn to boost medtech

Singapore: Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and global healthcare company, GE Healthcare...

December 10, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Vela will continue its R&D work in oncology and infectious diseases'

Mr Michael Tillmann has been the president and CEO of global pharmaceutical company, Roche Diagnostics, and has played l...

October 21, 2014 | Tuesday | Influencers
Asia bioscience grows 11 percent, crosses $150 bn

During the year 2012, the bioscience industry in the Asia Pacific region clocked $154.40 billion in revenues, recording ...

June 21, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
Malaysia can bet on medical tourism industry: Analyst

Singapore: Compared to other countries in ASEAN, Malaysia has a higher-than-average availability of medical personnel an...

January 29, 2015 | Thursday | Analysis
Mundipharma's disinfectant solution can reduce ebola virus

Singapore: Pharmaceutical company, Mundipharma, has derived positive results from its Betadine formulations, used for sk...

January 29, 2015 | Thursday | News
Singapore scientists unearth embryonic stem cell behaviour

Singapore: Scientists from Singapore's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), a research institute under the Ag...

September 21, 2015 | Monday | News
Bruker, Singapore launches preclinical imaging centre

Singapore: Bruker, global manufacturer of scientific instruments for molecular research, has opened its Preclinical Imag...

November 3, 2014 | Monday | News
DNA repair drug could treat leukaemia: Singapore

Singapore: A team of scientists at National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered that a drug originally designe...

August 25, 2014 | Monday | News
ASLAN raises $43 mn in series C financing round

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

January 7, 2016 | Thursday | News
Singapore's AYOXXA closes $12.2 mn funding round

Singapore: Singapore and Germany based biotech company, AYOXXA Biosystems, has completed $12.28 million (€9 millio...

July 10, 2014 | Thursday | News
New drug formulation for respiratory system infections

Singapore: A team from A*STAR's Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES) and National University Hospital (...

September 18, 2014 | Thursday | News
Kidney cancer cases on the rise in Singapore

Singapore: There has been an 80 percent increase in kidney cancer cases in Singapore since 2003, and advanced kidney ca...

August 2, 2012 | Thursday | News
Gyros expands distribution in Asia

Singapore: Sweden-based Gyros is expanding its reach in Asia through a tie-up with Bio Laboratories. Its nanoliter-scale...

June 8, 2012 | Friday | News
VolitionRx diagnoses cancer in a different way

Genetic diagnostics seems to be the buzzword in the healthcare industry. Start-ups take the route of diagnostics to ente...

December 19, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
JCI appoints Mr Prabhu Vinayagam as APAC chief

Singapore: Joint Commission International (JCI) has appointed Dr Prabhu Vinayagam in the role of managing director of As...

July 22, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Brazil, Mexico dengue vaccine market to grow'

Singapore: While Sanofi has progressed to phase III clinical trials for its dengue vaccine and is expecting to launch it...

July 17, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis