New ways to understand how body fights cancer

Singapore – Researchers from A*STAR’s Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) and Genome Institute of Singapore ...

June 12, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Macrogen establishes a subsidiary in Singapore

Macrogen, Inc., a precision medicine biotechnology company, announced that it has established Macrogen Asia Pacific Pt...

June 7, 2018 | Thursday | News
Philips, SAM open regional oncology centre in Singapore

Singapore-  Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, and the Singapore Institute of Advanced Medicine H...

June 6, 2018 | Wednesday | News
SGInnovate delves deep into tech at ARISE

Singapore- SGInnovate is presenting ARISE, Southeast Asia’s preeminent deep tech event at innovfest...

June 5, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Scientists use nanoparticles to study wound scarring

A group of scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a new way of seeing w...

June 5, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Lion TCR raises $20 million in a Series A funding round

Lion TCR, a Singapore-based clinical stage biotech firm has raised $ 20 million in a Series A funding round from new inv...

May 29, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Agendia, Angsana partner for cancer treatment in Southeast Asia

Agendia, Inc., a world leader in personalized medicine and molecular cancer diagnostics, and Angsana Molecular & Dia...

May 24, 2018 | Thursday | News
Mundipharma to launch web-based chat bot for feminine care

Singapore- BETADINE, which is produced by multinational healthcare organisation Mundipharma, is the first ever consumer ...

May 24, 2018 | Thursday | News
Singapore, France to set up virtual biotech lab jointly

Researchers in Singapore and France are setting up a joint virtual laboratory to deepen collaboration in the field of bi...

May 24, 2018 | Thursday | News
Aenco unveils blockchain venture for healthtech startups

Global blockchain solutions company, Aenco Solutions Limited, has recently unveiled its latest blockchain venture - the ...

May 24, 2018 | Thursday | News
Singapore researchers offer new hope for stem cells

A group of researchers from the National Cancer Centre Singapore, National University of Singapore (NUS), Duke-NUS Medic...

May 22, 2018 | Tuesday | News
HistoIndex, CymaBay to advance NASH drug development

Histoindex Pte. Ltd., with the world’s first stain-free Genesis200 multiphoton digital pathology system, is collab...

May 21, 2018 | Monday | News
Health start-up UCARE.AI raises $8.2M

UCARE.AI, a Singapore-based healthcare startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to optimise healthcare resources a...

May 21, 2018 | Monday | News
Controlling hypertension: inaction will be costly

Singapore- In Singapore, about a quarter of people with hypertension are unaware and therefore remain untreated. In addi...

May 17, 2018 | Thursday | News
NUS scientists discover a new way to control BP

New and better ways to fight hypertension and other related health issues like stroke, diabetes and heart diseases may b...

May 16, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Plano partners with HPB to address childhood myopia

Singapore- Recently, plano, a myopia screening tool and parental management application, has partnered the Health P...

May 15, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Excessive hygiene increases risk of respiratory illnesses in Singapore

Singapore- Growing up in an environment that is too clean or sterile can increase the risk of developing asthma and alle...

May 15, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Amgen opens its next-generation workplace in Singapore

Singapore- Amgen announced the official opening of its new manufacturing support office – the NextGen Workplace th...

May 15, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Doctor Anywhere to embrace medical aesthetics

Singapore- Singapore-based telehealth platform Doctor Anywhere announced a pioneering venture with medical aesthetic cli...

May 15, 2018 | Tuesday | News
New findings reveal key cause to failed pregnancies and birth

Singapore- Scientists from A*STAR’s Institute of Molecular & Cell Biology (IMCB) have discovered a mechanism t...

May 15, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Johnson & Johnson opens headquarters in Singapore

Johnson & Johnson Asia Pacific Pte Ltd announced the official opening of its new Asia Pacific headquarters, in Singa...

May 11, 2018 | Friday | News
AIA Singapore and Medix unites to provide personal medical case management service

AIA Singapore and Medix have entered into an exclusive partnership to provide Personal Medical Case Management Services ...

May 10, 2018 | Thursday | News
Icon SOC Wins Oncology Service Provider of the Year Award

 Icon SOC emerged as one of the winners of the “Oncology Service Provider of the Year” at the third Glo...

May 9, 2018 | Wednesday | News
GE Healthcare, A*STAR co-develop innovative medical technologies

GE Healthcare and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have announced the co-development of innovati...

May 4, 2018 | Friday | News
Singapore researchers discover novel therapeutic pathway

Singapore- Researchers at the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singap...

May 3, 2018 | Thursday | News
Singapore to boost liver cancer treatment

Purpose Programme's Joint Laboratory at Biopolis, Singapore has been launched to improve the treatment of liver cancer. ...

May 2, 2018 | Wednesday | News
NUS researchers address cancer-related fatigue

Breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy often experience severe and persistent tiredness. In a recent study, a te...

May 1, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Agilent opens global solution development centre in Singapore

Singapore – Agilent Technologies has opened a new facility in Singapore dedicated to developing integrated end-to-...

April 26, 2018 | Thursday | News
Singapore to get a new Skin Centre

A new National Skin Centre (NSC) scheduled to open in 2022 will house enhanced facilities and have its capacity boosted ...

April 21, 2018 | Saturday | News
Caregiver Asia launches new management service

Caregiver Asia Pte Ltd, an online aggregator of trusted on-demand health and caregiving services, has announced the...

April 20, 2018 | Friday | News
Mundipharma CEO maintains position in the Power List

Mundipharma CEO, Raman Singh, has been ranked the third most prominent Business Captain on a list of the top 100 medical...

April 20, 2018 | Friday | News
BAC to review stand on genetic modifications

The Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC) is reviewing its current stand against genetic modifications with regard to genet...

April 20, 2018 | Friday | News
RingMD partners with MOH to provide telemedicine services

Today RingMD, a Singapore based technology company announces its entry into a Regulatory Sandbox with the Ministry of He...

April 18, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Shire drives awareness on hemophilia in APAC

Singapore – Shire, the global biotech leader in rare diseases, is marking World Hemophilia Day to drive ...

April 18, 2018 | Wednesday | News
MoH Singapore grants $60M for 3 new projects

To support research discoveries that can be translated into healthcare solutions, innovative medicines and medical devic...

April 18, 2018 | Wednesday | News
IDEM 2018 celebrates 20 years of clinical excellence in Singapore

Singapore - The 10th edition of the International Dental Exhibition and Meeting (IDEM) took place from 13-15 April 2018 ...

April 16, 2018 | Monday | News
Tessa Therapeutics announces new board member and increase in funding

Singapore's Tessa Therapeutics, an international clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on cellular immunothe...

April 12, 2018 | Thursday | News
Luye strengthens presence in Singapore with NHC acquisition

Singapore- In Singapore, it is estimated that 16 people die from CVDs (heart diseases and stroke) per day, and CVDs acco...

April 10, 2018 | Tuesday | News
A*STAR team creates nanocoating to prevent AMR

A group of researchers from Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) has invented an anti-...

April 10, 2018 | Tuesday | News
SGInnovate invests in medtech startup NDR Medical Technology

Singapore's SG Innovate announced that it has completed an investment in Singapore-based NDR Medical Technology (NDR), a...

April 10, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Equashield, Transmedic unite to increase safe drug handling

Equashield a leading provider of Closed System Transfer Devices (CSTDs) for hazardous drugs, announced that its Singapor...

April 9, 2018 | Monday | News
NTU, SERI team invents pen camera for glaucoma detection

A group of scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), with clinicians from the Singapore...

April 6, 2018 | Friday | News
Healthcare affordability improves in Singapore

Aon plc, the leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and health solutions,...

April 6, 2018 | Friday | News
Taiwan Institutes collaborate for 3D printing programme

Taiwan’s National Applied Research Labs (NAR Labs) and China Medical University Hospital (CMUH) have come together...

April 5, 2018 | Thursday | News
Healthway brings Tan Chuan-Jin on Medical Advisory Board

Leading Singapore healthcare provider Healthway Medical Corporation (“HMC”) announced the appointment of Mr ...

April 5, 2018 | Thursday | News
MEDLAB Asia 2018: Heralding a new future of innovation and technologies

Singapore - The fifth edition of MEDLAB Asia Pacific Exhibition & Congress, featuring more than 250 international co...

April 5, 2018 | Thursday | News
Watsons, Cardiatrics enhance role of pharmacists to offer CPP

Singapore — Through a 12-month partnership between Watsons and Cardiatrics, cardiovascular disease (CVD) preventio...

April 4, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Chrys Capital to buy 10% in Mankind for $350 M

India-bred private equity firm Chrys Capital is set to acquire 10 per cent in fast-growing Mankind Pharmaceuticals for $...

April 2, 2018 | Monday | News
HIMSS Asia Pacific Soft to launch Innovation Hub

HIMSS Asia Pacific is pleased to announce that it will soft launch its innovation hub at the Thailand eHealth Summit (TE...

April 2, 2018 | Monday | News
Esco, Max Planck cooperate on research of flavivirus vaccines

Singapore - Esco Aster, a leading independent contract development and manufacturing organization underpinned by its pat...

April 2, 2018 | Monday | News
NUS researchers develop chip for faster diagnosis

A team of researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a tiny microfluidic chip that could ef...

March 31, 2018 | Saturday | News
NUS scientists crack mystery of flu transmission

Singapore - New and more effective flu medicines may be in the offing, thanks to the National University of Singapore (N...

March 28, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Merck as the best bioprocessing supplier in Asia

Singapore – Merck, a leading science and technology company, was named the overall “Best Bioprocessing ...

March 28, 2018 | Wednesday | News
ASLAN Pharma files for US listing

Singapore - Singapore-based biopharma firm ASLAN Pharmaceuticals has filed for a proposed initial public offering (IPO) ...

March 27, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Suven Life Sciences secures 3 product patents

Suven Life Sciences has announced that it has been granted a patent each by Norway, South Korea ...

March 22, 2018 | Thursday | News
Singapore – A Strong & Growing Healthcare Industry

While Singapore already has one of the most efficient healthcare systems globally (ranked second by Bloomberg Healthcare...

March 22, 2018 | Thursday | Analysis
Inaugural DIA- CoRE Conference shines spotlight on pandemic diseases

Singapore – The first DIA-CoRE Conference, held on 29 and 30 January 2018 in Singapore, opened with a series of ke...

March 22, 2018 | Thursday | News
Age and sex can connect gut microbiome with brain immunity

Singapore – Scientists from A*STAR’s Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) have discovered that age and s...

March 21, 2018 | Wednesday | News
SEA gets its first sleep and respiratory education center

Singapore –Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, recently announced the opening of Southeast A...

March 21, 2018 | Wednesday | News
DocDoc raises $5.45 M for product scaling

DocDoc, Asia's leading patient empowerment company has raised $5.45 million in their latest round of funding. The finan...

March 20, 2018 | Tuesday | News
NTU launches nationwide research for lung health

Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore is planning to launch a nationwide research initiative on lung health,...

March 20, 2018 | Tuesday | News
AI Singapore signs MoU with Intel

AI Singapore has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Intel Corporation to accelerate the adoption of artific...

March 15, 2018 | Thursday | News
J&J to invest $3.9 M in Singapore R&D

A Division of J&J (China) Investment Ltd., Johnson & Johnson (J&J) Innovation  has announced ...

March 14, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Catalent completes $4.6 M expansion at Singapore clinical supply facility

Catalent Pharma Solutions, global provider of advanced delivery technologies and development solutions for drugs, biolog...

March 5, 2018 | Monday | News
Landmark genetic study better predicts stomach cancer

Singapore– A research team led by National University Health System (NUHS) and Duke-NUS Medical School has used ge...

March 4, 2018 | Sunday | News
Alibaba Group opens first research institute in Singapore

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has opened its first joint research institute outside China in Singapore, in a collabor...

March 2, 2018 | Friday | News
Takeda establishes centre of excellence for vaccine process optimisation

Singapore – Takeda Pharmaceuticals has announced the establishment of the centre of Excellence in Singapore for va...

March 1, 2018 | Thursday | News
Telehealth company launches Singapore’s first online lactation consultation service

Singapore – Doctor Anywhere, a Singapore-based telehealth company that connects care-seekers with healthcare profe...

March 1, 2018 | Thursday | News
BGN Tech, Biosensorix to create POC diagnostics

Israel-based BGN Technologies has partnered with Singaporean medical diagnostics maker Biosensorix for the development o...

February 28, 2018 | Wednesday | News
NUS team develops aerogels to control excessive bleeding

A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Engineering has devised a fast, cheap and gre...

February 27, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Singapore researchers work on developing personalised livers

Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a method to grow patient-derived liver tum...

February 23, 2018 | Friday | News
Singapore Minister joins WHO commission

Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong has been appointed to a high-level World Health Organisation (WHO) commission.  T...

February 18, 2018 | Sunday | News
NHSA partners with Singapore firm to promote medtech sector

The Northern Health Science Alliance (NHSA) in the UK has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Singapore-base...

February 16, 2018 | Friday | News
Lonza enriches its Cell-Culture techniques with Quasi Vivo System

Lonza announced the latest addition to its cell-culture product portfolio with the Quasi Vivo® System. The Quasi Vi...

February 13, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Study identifies host protein involved in EV71 infection in hand, foot and mouth disease

Singapore- Infection with enterovirus 71 (EV71) causes hand, foot and mouth disease, a highly contagious disease that us...

February 13, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Singapore biotech startup raises $10M to enhance drug discovery

Engine Biosciences, a Singaporean startup that is using artificial intelligence to make drug discovery more efficient, h...

February 12, 2018 | Monday | News
Singapore Health approves Zika test by Vela Diagnostics

Singapore Health Sciences Authority has recently given approval to the Real-Time PCR-based Sentosa SA ZIKV RT-PCR Test b...

February 9, 2018 | Friday | News
Tessa Therapeutics announces opening of recruitment sites across the United States for its Phase III trial

Singapore- based clinical stage immunotherapy company Tessa Therapeutics, announced that the Stanford Cancer Institute r...

February 8, 2018 | Thursday | News
EmTech Asia explores future of life, humanity and economy

Singapore – The fifth edition of EmTech Asia, co-organised by MIT Technology Review and Koelnmesse Pte Ltd, c...

February 7, 2018 | Wednesday | News
IHH Healthcare, Temasek looking to buy majority stake in India’s Medanta

Malaysia's IHH Healthcare Berhad and Singapore investor Temasek Holdings are in separate discussions to acquire controll...

February 6, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Singapore, Korea buy stake in Australia fertility clinic

South Korea's CHA Healthcare Co Ltd and Singapore Medical Group Ltd have together bought a majority stake in A...

February 1, 2018 | Thursday | News
Singapore team works on photodynamic therapy for cancer

A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a way to wirelessly deliver light int...

January 31, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Welfare Foundation awards grants for innovative research

Singapore – The Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Welfare Foundation (“MSIWF” and the “Foundation”...

January 31, 2018 | Wednesday | News
"Takeda’s business strategy is centered around innovation": Gordon Cameron

Gordon Cameron, Vice President, Asia-Pacific Area, Emerging Markets, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International has a strong u...

January 23, 2018 | Tuesday | Opinion
Singapore releases new guidelines for gestational diabetes

A new set of guidelines has been drawn up by the College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Singapore to help doctors ...

January 15, 2018 | Monday | News
HSA approved Histoindex’s stain-free digital pathology system

HistoIndex is a technology spin-off company from the Institute of Biotechnology and Nanotechnology (IBN), Agency of Scie...

January 11, 2018 | Thursday | Regulatory
MiRXES, J&J and Janssen unites for early detection of lung cancer

MiRXES has announced a strategic collaboration with Johnson &Johnson Innovation and Janssen Pharmaceutica NV to furt...

January 10, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Jimson Cheng joins Heidrick & Struggles

Heidrick & Struggles serves the executive talent and leadership needs of the world's top organizations as a premier ...

January 9, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Active Health Lab starts services in Singapore

An initiative by Sport Singapore and its healthcare partners, Active Health Lab has started with its services at &n...

January 2, 2018 | Tuesday | News
“Funding is the biggest challenge for any startup in Asia”

Based in Singapore, Nova Satra Dx is a molecular diagnostics company committed to empowering patients and physician...

January 1, 2018 | Monday | Influencers
SingHealth deputy group gets a new CEO

Professor Wong Tien Yin will be appointed as SingHealth’s deputy group CEO in research and education with effect f...

December 27, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Singapore researchers use AI for treating eye diseases

A collaborative study between the Singapore National Eye Centre, Singapore Eye Research Institute, National University o...

December 21, 2017 | Thursday | News
Strides Shasun procures Controlling Stake In Trinity Pharma

Strides Shasun, is an Indian pharmaceutical company, headquartered at Bangalore, India. The company manufactures pharma...

December 20, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Women Achiever's Spl: Spreading the breadth of opportunities: DR YOONI KIM Executive Director, Asia Operations, Novotech

Dr Yooni Kim, Executive Director, Asia operations, Novotech is responsible for overseeing Novotech’s operations an...

December 20, 2017 | Wednesday | Influencers
Singapore scientist earns academic accolades

Professor Jackie Y. Ying, Executive Director of the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Singapore, has...

December 19, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Globavir and SingHealth Duke-NUS team up together to Study Dengue Treatment

Globavir Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company developing therapeutics and diagnostics for infectious diseases. Th...

December 19, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Rowsley to buy out Thomson Medical

Rowsley has announced the acquisition of Thomson Medical healthcare businesses from tycoon Peter Lim for S$1.6 billion. ...

December 18, 2017 | Monday | News
HSA Singapore got recognition as Regulatory Member in ICH

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore has been internationally accepted as a Regulatory Member of the Interna...

December 18, 2017 | Monday | News
Singapore doctors employ new technology to locate cancer cells

Doctors at Tan Tock Seng Hospital are using a new technology called navigational bronchoscopy, which uses virtual realit...

December 15, 2017 | Friday | News
Samsung Medical Centre to focus on liver cancer treatment

Leading academic medical centre in Seoul, Republic of Korea, Samsung Medical Center (SMC) is collaborating with scientis...

December 14, 2017 | Thursday | News