Researchers get close to developing viable tissue

Singapore: Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Singapore, have developed a simple m...

August 20, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Waterproof cochlear implant processor in Singapore

Singapore: The Hearing Solution Group, Southeast Asia's largest Hearing Care Company, has launched the Neptune Sound Pro...

July 25, 2012 | Wednesday | News
What were Asia's Top 20 bio companies in 2012?

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

June 19, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Social media, mobile apps transform healthcare in APAC

Key tenets pervade the way in which healthcare ecosystems are rapidly changing: quality, outcomes, cost (efficiencies ...

August 29, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
What were the top 20 global M&A transactions of 2012?

A majority of life science firms are standing on the edge of the patent cliff and their drug pipelines are experiencing ...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Spring Singapore, Netherlands' Univ sign bio MoU

Singapore: Spring Singapore and Maastricht University Medical Center of Netherelands have signed a partnership to promot...

June 14, 2013 | Friday | News
Medtech firm TriReme expands distribution in China

‎Singapore: Singapore-based TriReme Medical has signed a distribution agreement with Weihai Weigao Medical Devices...

March 27, 2013 | Wednesday | News
A*Star, QuantuMDx to develop lung cancer assays

Singapore: A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) has signed an agreement with QuantuMDx (QMDx), a UK-based biotec...

May 29, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Pfizer, Glaxo, Siemens form A*Star R&D consortium

Singapore: Pfizer Asia Pacific, Glaxo Wellcome Manufacturing and Siemens have signed on as founding members of a new A*S...

June 21, 2013 | Friday | News
Biochips firm AyoxxA gets $3.37 million funding

Singapore: AyoxxA Biosystems, an international biotechnology company, has closed a $3.37 million (2.6 million Euro) seri...

September 21, 2012 | Friday | News
L'Oreal opens research center at A*Star's IMB

Singapore: The L'Oréal Group has opened an Advanced Research Centre in A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology (IMB) t...

December 19, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Telemedicine is revolutionizing healthcare access

Telemedicine is re-defining access to healthcare in many ways. It has, in particular, proved to be an effective solution...

November 30, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
A*Star's Patrick Tan gets Chen Award from HUGO

Singapore: Dr Patrick Tan from A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) has received 2013 Chen New Investigator Awar...

April 18, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
Consumers are winners in the BRCA gene case

In the wake of US Supreme Court's win-win verdict in Association for Molecular Pathology vs Myriad Genetics case, Frost ...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
New discovery helps in understanding diseases better

Singapore: Scientists from Singapore and Germany have identified that the proteins lamin A (Lmna) and lamin B receptor (...

February 8, 2013 | Friday | News
A*Star identifies gastric cancer trigger

Singapore: Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have discovered four processes by which gastric ca...

January 30, 2013 | Wednesday | News
DHL launches air freight service for bio firms

Singapore: DHL Global Forwarding, air and ocean freight specialist, has launched DHL Thermonet, a new air freight produc...

June 13, 2013 | Thursday | News
BioPharma Asia Convention 2013 being held in Singapore

Singapore: BioPharma Asia Convention 2013, which is bringing together more than 4,000 key stakeholders and decision make...

March 20, 2013 | Wednesday | News