A*Star artificial liver to speed up drug R&D

Singapore: Researchers at A*Star's IBN have engineered an artificial human liver piece, which mimics the natural tissue ...

March 18, 2013 | Monday | News
Tissue bank launched for colorectal cancer research

Singapore: The Fortis-IBN TissueBank (FIT) for research and development in colorectal diseases will help accelerate tran...

July 19, 2012 | Thursday | News
A*STAR to commercialize nanospectrometers

Singapore: The Institute of Microelectronics (IME), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Resea...

August 29, 2012 | Wednesday | News
AITbiotech gets ISO certificate for genomic services

Singapore: AITbiotech, a leading genomics service provider in Singapore, has secured ISO 13485:2003 certification, for d...

October 15, 2012 | Monday | News
AbbVie invests $320 mn in bilogics manufacturing in Singapore

Singapore: Research based pharmaceutical company, AbbVie, has made investment of around USD320 million in Singapore to s...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Healthcare needs change in business process'

Singapore: Healthcare across the Asia-Pacific is in a state of accelerated evolution due to not only changing demographi...

January 21, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
Volition launches epigenetic immunoassays

Singapore: VolitionRx, a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests, launched NuQ, its ra...

December 18, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Ultrasound-enhanced drug delivery for efficacy

One of the barriers to drug delivery is the presence of a prominent stromal matrix that separates blood vessels from tum...

March 13, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Singapore pharma to see only 4.4% pay hike in 2014

Singapore: A report published by the Hay Group, titled 'Building the Capabilities of the Next Generation Workforce', has...

May 31, 2013 | Friday | News
Clearbridge VitalSigns leverages on CardioLeaf

Singapore: Clearbridge VitalSigns, a Singapore-based medical device company, is leveraging its flagship product, CardioL...

November 14, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Singapore medtech firm raises $1mn seed funding

Singapore: Singapore medtech startup Healint, that develops mobile apps for chronic diseases, has raised over $1 million...

April 3, 2015 | Friday | News
Missing protien connects diabetes, obesity: Study

Singapore: Scientists from Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), a research institute under the Agency for Sci...

July 11, 2014 | Friday | News
HSA regulatory conference under way in Singapore

Singapore: Health Sciences Authority (HSA), which is the national regulator for health products in Singapore, inaugurate...

January 30, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Takeshi Yura is AMRI Asia discovery VP

Singapore: Dr Takeshi Yura has been promoted by AMRI to the position of vice president of discovery and development serv...

February 26, 2013 | Tuesday | News
APAC stem cell therapy market to reach $972mn in 2018

Singapore: A new study by Reports and Reports predicted that the stem cell therapy market in Asia Pacific (APAC) will gr...

January 1, 2013 | Tuesday | News
AMRI acquires Oso Biopharmaceuticals at $110 mn

Singapore: US based contract research firm, AMRI, with operations in Asia, has acquired Oso Biopharmaceuticals Manufactu...

July 2, 2014 | Wednesday | News
A*STAR, Fluidigm setup first-of-its-kind cellbio lab

Singapore: The Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and Flui...

December 17, 2012 | Monday | News
A*Star center promotes staff health, wins award

Singapore: A*Star's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), won the Singapore HEALTH (Helping Employees A...

December 4, 2012 | Tuesday | News