Key insights from investors to build successful start-ups unveiled: SPAG Study

SPAG, a leading independent PR and communications firm, launched its Annual Outlook Report for 2020 today. Titled &lsquo...

November 13, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore's EUA certified cPass(TM) SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Ab kit detects Abs in 1hr

GenScript Biotech Corporation's cPass™ SARS-CoV-2 Neutralization Antibody Detection Kit has receive...

November 13, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore receives grants to research healthy ageing

In the first round of the competition, the Catalyst Phase of the Healthy Longevity Global Grand Challenge ...

November 13, 2020 | Friday | News
Arcturus Therapeutics receives $220M from Singapore for COVID-19 vaccine development

Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc., based in the US, has announced positive interim clinical study results from its ong...

November 12, 2020 | Thursday | News
Holmusk partners with Merck to focus on diabetes & prediabetes patients in APAC

Singapore-based Holmusk has announced a collaboration with the healthcare business sector of Merck, to support patients ...

November 11, 2020 | Wednesday | News
IACAPAP 2020 World Congress to explore child & adolescent mental health

For the first time in its 83-year history, the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied ...

November 10, 2020 | Tuesday | News
FDA grants EUA to Singapore's SARS-CoV-2 neutralisation Ab detection kit

GenScript USA Inc, the world's leading research reagent provider, has announced that the US Food and Drug Admi...

November 10, 2020 | Tuesday | News
SGH, AstraZeneca unveil promising intervention to improve asthma management

When asthma patients do not use the correct medication or follow up regularly with their regular doctors, they may ...

November 9, 2020 | Monday | News
Singapore's single-cell precision medicine company 'Proteona' wins Start-up award

Singapore single cell precision medicine company Proteona has been selected as one of the ten winners of Falling Walls B...

November 9, 2020 | Monday | News
World's first FDA approved liquid biopsy enters the Asian market as 'Guardant360® test'

Guardant Health, a US-based leading precision oncology company has launched liquid biopsy-based Guardant360 and Guardant...

November 6, 2020 | Friday | Company results
Signify accelerates UV-C disinfection lighting adoption in Singapore market

Signify, the world leader in lighting, is accelerating the adoption of UV-C disinfection lighting with new luminaires an...

November 6, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore designs flexible sensor for wearable health technology

Real-time health monitoring and sensing abilities of robots require soft electronics, but a challenge of using such mate...

November 6, 2020 | Friday | News
Undetected rare neurodegenerative disorder identified by Singapore researchers

A joint study by the National Neuroscience Institute (NNI) and Singapore General Hospital (SGH) revealed that patients w...

November 6, 2020 | Friday | News
Novel drug for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours (GIST) to be Launched in Au, NZ, SEA

A NEW therapy to treat advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) will be available to patients in Australia,...

November 6, 2020 | Friday | News
"Post COVID-19, healthcare systems should look to implement a knowledge-driven care model"

In early August, India announced the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM), which indicated their commitment to rapidly...

November 5, 2020 | Thursday | Opinion
SenseCare-Lung Pro enables faster-automated diagnosis of lung diseases

SenseTime, the world-leading artificial intelligence (AI) company, on 4 Nov 2020 announced its AI-empowered software sol...

November 4, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Singapore unveils automated blood oxygen monitoring system to beat COVID-19

Automating the collection and presentation of healthcare data is crucial in the fight against COVID-19 – it ...

November 5, 2020 | Thursday | News
Avatamed, Macrogen focus on personalized precision medicine services in cancer treatment

AVATAMED, a precision medicine service company based in Singapore, represented by CEO Hong Boon Toh, has enter...

November 4, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Singapore scientists discover immune pathway that causes immunodeficiency

Scientists from Singapore’s A*STAR’s Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), in collaboration with d...

November 3, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops portable arm rehabilitation device

A new portable arm rehabilitation robot will help patients to carry out robot-aided therapy at home, allowing them to pe...

November 3, 2020 | Tuesday | News
MBS Capillary Tube designed for clinical tests launched in Singapore

MBS LABTECH on 2 Nov 2020 announced the official launch of its website, offering ready access to the MBS Capillary ...

November 2, 2020 | Monday | News
Singapore firm launches novel at-home antibody sample collection kit

Sengenics, based in Singapore, has announced the launch of SEROMAX, a sample collection kit which only requires a pin-pr...

November 2, 2020 | Monday | News
Cerecin's Tricaprilin receives ODD in the Treatment of infantile spasms

Cerecin, a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing brain therapeutics, announced today that the ...

October 30, 2020 | Friday | News
NUHS innovation centre to propel Singapore’s medtech growth

The new National University Health System (NUHS)’s Centre for Innovation in Healthcare (CIH) is now poised to prop...

October 30, 2020 | Friday | News
Masks with antiviral and antimicrobial technology launched in Singapore

Livinguard, a next-generation masks producer has launched novel masks with antiviral and antimicrobial technology in Sin...

October 29, 2020 | Thursday | News
Singapore develops new gelatin microcarrier for cell production

Researchers from Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise i...

October 29, 2020 | Thursday | News
ABM Respiratory Care raises $10.3M in series A funding

ABM Respiratory Care, a medical device startup headquartered in Singapore, has announced the raise of $10.3 million in i...

October 28, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Singapore temporarily ceases use of two influenza vaccines

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has advised that the use of two influenza vaccines – SKYCellflu Quadrivalent and Vaxi...

October 27, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Tencent Cloud backs 11th Ageing Asia 2020, the World Ageing Festival

Tencent Cloud on 27 Oct 2020 announced its support for the 11th Ageing Asia 2020 – World Ageing Fes...

October 27, 2020 | Tuesday | News
MedTech Innovator announces finalists for $250K+ annual APAC competition

MedTech Innovator, the largest accelerator of medical devices in the world, in partnership with Asia Pacific Medica...

October 27, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops non invasive blood test for stomach cancer

A team of clinicians and scientists from Singapore has developed a non-invasive blood-based diagnostic test fo...

October 26, 2020 | Monday | News
joimax announces partnership with SE Asia distributor

joimax, the German-based market leader in technologies and training methods for full-endoscopic and minimally invasive s...

October 23, 2020 | Friday | News
Healthway Medical offers specialist and primary clinics on teleconsultation app

Healthway Medical Corporation Limited (“HMC”), one of Singapore’s largest private healthcare providers...

October 23, 2020 | Friday | News
ParkwayHealth to process 4000 diagnostic tests per day in Singapore

Singapore based Advanced MedTech Holdings (AMTH), a global medical technology leader, has recently announced the install...

October 23, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore brings 60-sec breath test to detect COVID-19

Breathonix, a spin-off company from the National University of Singapore (NUS), has developed an easy-to-use breath test...

October 22, 2020 | Thursday | News
Mevion Medical Systems expands business in Asia

US-based Mevion Medical Systems, a leading provider of small proton therapy systems for cancer treatment, has recently a...

October 21, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Doctor Anywhere launches online mental health consultation service in Singapore

Doctor Anywhere, a tech-enabled omni-channel healthcare provider with operations in Southeast Asia, launched a...

October 20, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Brent Denning joins Docquity as regional head for South East Asia

Docquity - Asia's largest and fastest growing professional network of doctors, today announced Mr. B...

October 19, 2020 | Monday | News
Singapore's AI-driven clinical trial platforms provide customized solutions

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now powering a dynamic new range of customised, single patient trials that are proving t...

October 19, 2020 | Monday | News
ASLAN to develop next-gen DHODH inhibitor in autoimmune conditions

ASLAN Pharmaceuticals, clinical-stage immunology focused biopharmaceutical company developing innovative treatments to t...

October 16, 2020 | Friday | News
See-Mode Technologies receives FDA clearance for AI software

See-Mode Technologies, a MedTech startup based in Singapore and Australia that seeks to empower clin...

October 16, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore develops mini-brains to help robots recognise pain and to self-repair

Using a brain-inspired approach, scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) h...

October 16, 2020 | Friday | News
SPAG launches Employee Engagement & Employer Branding Practice, EMPOWER

SPAG, an independent and integrated communications firm in Singapore, on 15 Oct 2020 announced the launch of its Em...

October 15, 2020 | Thursday | Influencers
Rockwell Automation launches PlantPAx 5.0 to improve plant operations efficiency

Singapore's Rockwell Automation on 15 Oct 2020 released the PlantPAx® 5.0 distributed control system (DCS). Thi...

October 15, 2020 | Thursday | News
Chris Hourigan steps in as Company Group Chairman for Janssen APAC

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson have announced that Chris Hourigan has been promoted to le...

October 15, 2020 | Thursday | News
Thermo Fisher to develop two new sterile filling lines in Singapore

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. has announced plans to develop two new sterile filling lines in Singapore t...

October 15, 2020 | Thursday | News
Prestige Biopharma receives ODD to its Pancreatic Cancer drug

Prestige BioPharma Ltd. on 13 Oct 2020 announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Orphan Drug Commission (C...

October 14, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Singapore digitally optimizes culture conditions for cell therapy

Cellular therapy is a powerful strategy to produce patient-specific, personalized cells to treat many diseases, includin...

October 13, 2020 | Tuesday | News
BenQ launches eye-care monitor to protect consumers' eye health

Singapore-based BenQ, the world-leading provider of digital lifestyle innovations, has announced the launch of GW2780T E...

October 12, 2020 | Monday | News
Fast-tracking innovation and transformative care to patients

The present pandemic scenarios are continuing to place immense pressure on healthcare systems across Asia Pacific (APAC)...

October 9, 2020 | Friday | Opinion
U.S. FDA grants RPD to Cerecin’s investigational drug Tricaprilin

Cerecin, a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing brain therapeutics, announced that the U.S. F...

October 8, 2020 | Thursday | News
ABB robots accelerate COVID-19 testing in Singapore

As part of Singapore’s efforts to enhance its nation-wide COVID-19 testing capabilities, ABB’s high-precisio...

October 9, 2020 | Friday | News
Robots luminaries converged to explore future-proofing APAC manufacturing

Universal Robots, the global leader in collaborative robots (cobots), has successfully completed the first “Meet t...

October 7, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Lucence announces world’s first assay kit for profiling SARS-CoV-2 sgRNA

Molecular diagnostics company Lucence based in Singapore has announced the availability of the world’s first assay...

October 8, 2020 | Thursday | News
Singapore identifies pivotal fetal-like reprogramming of tumour ecosystem

A team of researchers and clinician-scientists from A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Singapore Immuno...

October 7, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Terumo BCT launches ATMI Grant 2020 for APAC

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies today launches the Advanced Therapy Manufacturing and Innovation (ATMI) Grant 2020 fo...

October 6, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore’s younger healthcare professionals resilient despite COVID-19

Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, has announced findings from its study of 15 countries, the Future H...

October 6, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Researchers find MiRNA biomarker to detect early-stage pulmonary hypertension (PH)

MiRXES a leading microRNA (miRNA) diagnostic company headquartered in Singapore, in collaboration with Actelion&nbs...

October 6, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops novel wireless sensor system for gait analysis

Gait analysis is an important clinical measurement used for medical diagnosis of sports injuries, neurological condition...

October 5, 2020 | Monday | News
Singapore reveals novel study on International Day for Older Persons 2020

The fear of falling is a common problem in countries with fast ageing populations. Certain activities such as bending do...

October 1, 2020 | Thursday | News
Ferne Health launches home-based STI screening kits in Singapore

Ferne Health, a women-focused online sexual health platform, has officially launched on 27th September 2020. The online ...

October 1, 2020 | Thursday | News
Novo Nordisk launches innovative treatment for diabetes in Singapore

Novo Nordisk, a global leader in diabetes care, on 21 Sep 2020 announced the launch of Ryzodeg® in Singapore. The ne...

September 22, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore discovers blood markers to predict COVID-19 severity or risk

Researchers from A*STAR’s Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), together with international collaborators have disc...

October 2, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore launches new digital platforms for cancer care

Singapore Cancer Society (SCS) has launched 3 digital platforms; SCS AI Chatbot SCS FIT Portal SCS Telesupport Portal...

October 2, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore’s EDDC to discover new AI-driven COVID-19 therapies

Auransa, Inc., an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven pharmaceutical company, on 29 Sep 2020 announced a resea...

September 30, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Catheter Ablation can delay Atrial Fibrillation Progression by 10x than drug therapy

Biosense Webster, Inc., part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies*, has published a report, Atria...

September 30, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Singapore commits $2.2B to support residents with MediShield Life premiums

The MediShield Life Council has made preliminary recommendations for the MediShield Life benefits to be enhanced, and fo...

September 30, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Eko.ai signs deals with AstraZeneca and Janssen for automating echocardiograms

eko.ai, a fast-growing, Sequoia India and EDBI backed, medtech startup based in Singapore using machine learning to auto...

September 29, 2020 | Tuesday | News
NUS introduces new translational medicine programme

National University of Singapore (NUS) Medicine has launched a new programme- Kickstart Initiative, that helps bring pro...

September 28, 2020 | Monday | News
Singapore inks research collaboration with India for biotherapeutics

Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) in India and Esco Aster in Singapore have signed agreement to establish colla...

September 25, 2020 | Friday | News
APACMed congregate Healthcare Leaders at the global hybrid conference

On 24 Sep 2020, the Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed) brought to fruition the first-ever hybrid virt...

September 24, 2020 | Thursday | News
Singapore devises Trojan horse approach to kill cancer cells

Cancer cells are killed in lab experiments and tumour growth reduced in mice, using a new approach that turns a nanopart...

September 24, 2020 | Thursday | News
vCargo Cloud launches GUUD trade platform to simplify global trade processes

Singapore’s vCargo Cloud Pte. Ltd. (“VCC”) on 23 Sep 2020 announced the launch of GUUD &ndas...

September 23, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Singapore focuses on COVID-19 vaccine technology for elders

Researchers from Monash University in Australia and the National University of Singapore have adapted new cancer and pan...

September 22, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops single daily pill for Parkinson’s disease

Materials scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new pill which us...

September 21, 2020 | Monday | News
Singapore gets first green loan for building healthcare facility

The Farrer Park Company Pte Ltd has obtained a S$120 million green loan from United Overseas Bank Li...

September 18, 2020 | Friday | News
Singapore and Apple partner on national health initiative

The government of Singapore and Apple® have announced their partnership on the health initiative LumiHealth, a perso...

September 16, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Singapore discovers regenerative medicine for future cell therapies

An international collaboration involving Singapore's Duke-NUS Medical School and Australia's Monash University researche...

September 16, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Web series for Healthcare community to spotlight global challenges and opportunities

Singapore's CAREhab is all set to launch a new dedicated web engagement series on 15 Sep 2020, exclusively for the healt...

September 15, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's Denodo Coronavirus Data Portal assists in tackling COVID-19 impact

Denodo, the leader in data virtualization, on 15 Sep 2020 announced increased adoption of its Coronavirus...

September 15, 2020 | Tuesday | News
World's first clinical trial with Sirolimus Coated Balloon for the treatment of SFA begins

Singapore's Concept Medical Inc., focused on vascular intervention drug delivery devices, on 15 Sep 2020 has a...

September 15, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Merck expands BioReliance viral clearance offering in Singapore

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced an expansion of its Singapore biosafety testing laborator...

September 15, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Novel, agile & omnichannel approach from pharma companies can structure a futuristic healthcare system

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the traditional business models of companies. While digital transformation has been ...

September 14, 2020 | Monday | Opinion
Singapore develops novel method to produce RBCs

Researchers from Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapor...

September 14, 2020 | Monday | News
Singapore launches Prehospital Emergency and Research Centre

Emergency care covers a range of services that span the care provided by laypersons at the scene, pre-hospital care by S...

September 11, 2020 | Friday | News
Biofactory unveils "Plug and Play" System to Instantly Isolate Healthcare Facilities

The Biofactory, a Singapore-based biomedical technology manufacturer, unveiled a new portable "plug and play" syste...

September 10, 2020 | Thursday | News
Asia leaders convene to drive positive change for Healthier workplaces amidst COVID-19

The Progressive Alliance Towards Healthy Workplaces (PATHw), a Pan-Asia coalition of human resources and business leader...

September 9, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's Claritas HealthTech launches Claritas iRAD

With a mission to empower radiologists and medical professionals by improving the image clarity for all types of radiolo...

September 8, 2020 | Tuesday | News
GetDoc introduces affordable healthcare for South-East Asia users

GetDoc, a member of Jireh Group in Singapore, aims to make healthcare affordable for everyone, and the connected pl...

September 9, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Singapore releases COVID-19 vaccination strategy

Singapore's government is closely monitoring the global progress in the development of COVID-19 vaccines, and taking act...

September 8, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's novel method makes bacteria more sensitive to Antibiotics

Researchers from Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterpri...

September 7, 2020 | Monday | News
SGH, Philips to establish digital pathology CoE in Singapore

Singapore General Hospital and Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, have announced that they will w...

September 4, 2020 | Friday | News
Empagliflozin to reduce the combined relative risk of cardiovascular complications

Full results from the EMPEROR-Reduced Phase III trial in adults with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, with ...

September 3, 2020 | Thursday | Analysis
Singapore to increase out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival

 A new study published in The Lancet Public Health found that a series of public health interventions in Singapore ...

September 3, 2020 | Thursday | News
Duke-NUS joins TriNetX to increase clinical trial adoption

Duke-NUS, the only graduate-entry medical school in Singapore, has joined the US based TriNetX global research netw...

September 2, 2020 | Wednesday | News
GenScript Biotech, Ph biotech firm to distribute COVID-19 immunity tests

GenScript Biotech Corporation entered an exclusive partnership with Philippines (Ph) biotech company, IP Biote...

September 1, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Genesis MedTech acquires World-first Drug-coated Balloon Technology

Genesis MedTech International has completed the acquisition of the Chocolate Touch ® drug-coated balloon (DCB), a dr...

August 31, 2020 | Monday | News
Clinuvel opens R&D centre in Singapore

Australia based CLINUVEL Group has announced the opening of its state-of-the-art centralized Research & Develop...

August 31, 2020 | Monday | News
DSG, Bestat partner in building COVID-19 clinical trials in Singapore

US based DSG, Inc., a global leader of eClinical software solutions and services for the life sciences industry along wi...

August 28, 2020 | Friday | News
Enrolment initiated in World's First RCT to treat BTK

Concept Medical Inc., focused on vascular intervention drug delivery devices, has announced the enrolment of the first p...

August 27, 2020 | Thursday | News

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