Biomaterials market will be worth $88.4 bn by 2017

Singapore: A new report by MarketsAndMarkets titled 'Biomaterials market and applications - Global forecasts to 2017', e...

March 26, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Ayoxxa gets funding, collaborates with NUS

Singapore: Singapore-based biotech company, AyoxxA Biosystems received $488,003 (0.6 million SGD) as second closing of t...

January 21, 2013 | Monday | News
BioSpectrum Asia launches 5th CRO survey

Singapore: After four consecutive successful annual surveys on the developments in the clinical research industry, BioSp...

July 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Start-ups sign agreement for A*STAR technology

Singapore: Five start-ups, including three from the bioscience sector, have signed licensing agreements with Exploit Tec...

June 4, 2012 | Monday | News
MEI Pharma to acquire S*BIO's Pracinostat

Singapore: MEI Pharma, an oncology company focused on the clinical development of novel therapies for the treatment of c...

August 10, 2012 | Friday | News
Logistics demand attention as outsourcing picks up

The European Medical Agency (EMA) recently raised concerns that since many sources of active substances for life-saving ...

December 27, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Singapore firm to launch next-gen cancer study device

Singapore: Singapore's emerging company Clearbridge BioMedics plans to launch its ClearCell FX System at American Societ...

May 27, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Japanese biomedical firm sets up lab in Singapore

Singapore: Japan-based biopharmaceutical firm, Kyowa Hakko Kirin (KHK) has setup Singapore Translational Research Labora...

September 9, 2013 | Monday | News
Pharmacovigilance: A strategic opportunity

For many Asian pharmaceutical companies, pharmacovigilance is a critical component of any drug development program. As p...

September 6, 2012 | Thursday | Opinion
BioMatrix Technology gets wider reach

Singapore: Singapore's Biosensors International and Terumo Corporation have extended their existing licensing agreements...

October 2, 2012 | Tuesday | News
MNCs boost Asia biologics industry

Entry of multinational companies has been a big boost to Asia's position in biologics manufacturing, especially with cGM...

March 7, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Singapore health IT CEO wins ASEAN CIO Award

Singapore: CEO of Integrated Health Information Systems (IHiS), Dr Chong Yoke Sin, has received the Asean CIO Award in H...

September 25, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Bayer cancer drug Stivarga gets Singapore nod

Singapore: The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore has approved Bayer' Stivarga, the first oral targeted therap...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Malaysia appoints standard assessment firm

Singapore: BSI, a global standard assessment company, has been registered by the Malaysian Medical Device Bureau as one ...

July 29, 2013 | Monday | News
India's Bodhi Health Education wins NUS-DBS Social venture challenge

Singapore: India based healthcare solution provider start-up firm, Bodhi Health Education, is among the winners of DBS-N...

June 12, 2014 | Thursday | News
Dr Steven Fang, Clearbridge Accelerator: Industry focus will shift from pharma to biopharma in 2013

I foresee a number of interesting upcoming trends within the biomedical sector, including a shift from pharmaceutical-ba...

December 25, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
What functional roles do CROs play in APAC?

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
A*Star scientists discover new cancer genes

Singapore: Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have identified genes that are potential targets f...

July 29, 2013 | Monday | News