Quintiles acquires Encore Health Resources

Singapore: Global clinical research organization, Quintiles has acquired Encore Health Resources, a health-information a...

July 3, 2014 | Thursday | News
Takeda initiates Ph3 trial for Ixazomib in Asia

Singapore: Takeda Development Center Shanghai (TDC Shanghai) and Takeda Development Center Asia has commenced TOURMALINE...

January 28, 2014 | Tuesday | News
APAC robotic surgery touched $217.4 mn in 2013

Singapore: Asia-Pacific is a hotbed of investment activity owing to the booming economic growth in its emerging countrie...

February 14, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
Shimadzu launches i-series of HPLC system in Singapore

Singapore: Japan-based global analytics technology provider, Shimadzu (Asia Pacific), has launched i-Series of new indus...

August 19, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Scientists discover disease control mechanism

Singapore: A*STAR scientists from the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) and the Singapore Bioimaging Consor...

July 3, 2012 | Tuesday | News
FDA approves Avastin for cervical cancer

Singapore: US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new use for Genentech's Avastin (bevacizumab) to treat p...

August 18, 2014 | Monday | Regulatory
AYOXXA to develop ophthalmic diagnostic tools in Singapore

Singapore: Singapore start-up and Germany-based biotech firm, AYOXXA, has collaborated with Singapore Eye Research Insti...

February 4, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Evolving trends in clinical trial designs

In the current competitive era of drug development, establishing the superiority of a new medical intervention compared ...

October 9, 2014 | Thursday | Opinion
Strategic site selection could help reduce study delays

With surveys indicating that 70 percent of clinical trials across Asia, Europe, Canada and Latin America experience dela...

October 9, 2014 | Thursday | Opinion
Bloomage BioTech, GIC to invest in China

Singapore: Bloomage BioTechnology Corporation ("Bloomage BioTech" or "the Company"; together with its subsidiaries, coll...

November 9, 2015 | Monday | News
Potential replacement for antibiotics found

Singapore: A team of researchers at Nanyang Technology University, Singapore, have developed a new antimicrobial solutio...

May 22, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Molecular painting sparks biologics research

At the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Austria, Dr John Dangerfield and Dr Brian Salmons along with Dr Chri...

August 1, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
Lack of co-operations hinders antibody R&D in Asia

The antibody market has emerged as a hot segment at a time when pharmaceutical companies are facing a drying pipeline of...

October 2, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
Healthcare delivery revolution in APAC

Asian countries face the challenge of wide demographics, resource accessibility and disruptive connection between health...

May 30, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
Singapore stem cell firm initiates for ASX listing

Singapore: On Q Group, changing its name to StemCell United, a Singapore-based biotechnology company headquartered in Au...

July 15, 2015 | Wednesday | News
US diagnostic lab expands in China

Singapore: ACM Global Central Laboratory, US-based diagnostic central laboratory, has expanded in China with the opening...

September 10, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Agilent, A*STAR to develop new analytical tools for glycoprotein testing

Singapore: Agilent technologies recently announced collaboration with Singapore's Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BT...

July 15, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Baxter inaugurates biologics facility in Singapore

Singapore: Baxter International has launched an advanced recombinant biologic facility in Singapore. The suite supports...

August 7, 2014 | Thursday | News
Aussie parkinson tech company raises $14.8 mn

Singapore: Australian health technology company, Global Kinetics, has raised $14.8 million to rapidly progress the compa...

June 2, 2015 | Tuesday | News
International Society of Cell Therapy appoints Dr Anish Majumdar as VP-Elect for Asia

Singapore: Dr Anish S Majumdar, chief scientific officer and Executive VP at India based Stempeutics Research, is electe...

March 20, 2015 | Friday | Influencers
Singapore inaugurates Single-Cell Omics Center

Singapore: Singapore has inaugurated Single-Cell Omics Centre (SCOC), the first research centre in Asia exclusively dedi...

April 16, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Singapore launches 8 massive biomedical collaborations

Singapore: Singapore announced the initiation of eight biomedical sciences research programmes, including polaris, genet...

November 12, 2012 | Monday | News
Austrianova's encapsulated cell to treat pancreatic cancer

Singapore: Singapore-based Austrianova's encapsulated cell technology has demonstrated to treat pancreatic cancer in a p...

August 14, 2014 | Thursday | News
Medtronic eying developing countries

Singapore: One of the biggest names in the medical technology industry, Medtronic, over $16 billion company, is integrat...

August 14, 2014 | Thursday | Influencers
Soon, malaria diagnosis will take less than a minute

Singapore: In a breakthrough discovery, researchers at the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (MIT) have...

September 3, 2014 | Wednesday | News
GE Healthcare appoints GM in Singapore

Singapore: GE Healthcare Life Sciences has appointed Mr Olivier Loeillot as general manager, Asia Commercial for BioProc...

August 14, 2014 | Thursday | Influencers
What's the stem cell regulatory scenario like in APAC?

The pioneering work of Nobel Laureates Sir John Gurdon and Dr Shinya Yamanaka on reprogramming adult stem cells has open...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
BioIndustry Trends in 2014 in Singapore

Industry There has been much activity in the Healthcare Industry as a whole. Consolidation of key players and the acquis...

February 19, 2014 | Wednesday | Opinion
Singapore develops novel cancer drug candidate

Singapore: Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medic...

July 16, 2015 | Thursday | News
Start-up Innovation: Real time cancer diagnosis

Singapore: Endofotonics, a medical technology company spun off from National University of Singapore (NUS),  has develo...

April 16, 2014 | Wednesday | Influencers
Viral antibody discovered offers hope against flu

Singapore: Researchers from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have developed a new antibody that has shown...

February 23, 2015 | Monday | News
Tech drive demand for 3D medical imaging

Singapore: Global Industry Analysts (GIA) announces the release of a comprehensive global report on 3D medical imaging m...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | News
BSA-CMR Survey: CROs hopeful despite stifled growth

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Taiwan firm Delta, A*Star launches diagnostics lab in Singapore

Singapore: Taiwan based Delta Electronics has invested in Singapore to develop next-generation infectious disease detec...

January 16, 2015 | Friday | News
Mundipharma expands in Mexico

Singapore: Singapore headquartered Mundipharma has entered the Mexico market by opening its new office and intends to fo...

September 11, 2014 | Thursday | News
PathGEN chip can detect more than 70,000 microbes

Dr Christopher Wong, founder and director, PathGEN Dx, Singapore, has dedicated his research to studying genomics since ...

August 27, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
A*Star to validate Curiox's droparray system

Singapore: Singapore based Curiox Biosystems has collaborated with Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) ...

April 6, 2015 | Monday | News
COPD in Asia is a gathering storm

Predictions for the burden and impact of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) have exceeded all expectations. In...

June 13, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
AB Sciex expands R&D base in Singapore

Singapore: AB Sciex, a global firm in analytical technologies, has opened a new R&D center in Singapore. The facili...

October 31, 2013 | Thursday | News
Globalization, demography drive APAC healthcare industry

Singapore: The healthcare industry in Asia Pacific (APAC) is rapidly growing, fuelled by increased spending on health, l...

July 27, 2012 | Friday | Analysis
BGI China, INEX develop blood test for Down syndrome

Singapore: INEX Innovations Exchange (INEX), a leading women's health diagnostics company based in Singapore, has partne...

September 25, 2012 | Tuesday | News
An App to fight dengue using Google Maps

Singapore: As mobile innovation and Dengue attacks across the world grow, researchers at the Nanyang Technological Unive...

September 10, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Gene that induces acute myelogenous leukaemia

Singapore: A novel study by Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at National University of Singapore (N...

September 23, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Singapore, Korea scientists find clue to tumour suppression mechanism

Singapore: RUNX3, a gene that is intensively studied for its function as a tumour suppressor, is likely to be a key and ...

November 12, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Study points out Asia's top medical tourism hubs

Singapore: In a recent report released by KPMG and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) - ...

September 3, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Thinking about love makes food, drink sweeter

Singapore: According to the latest research findings by the University of Singapore, thinking about love or romance make...

October 18, 2013 | Friday | News
Singapore biomedical innovation wins President's Technology award

Singapore: Singapore's President's Technology Award (PTA), 2014 is conferred to two teams in biomedical sector who have ...

November 11, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Sphaera Pharma, DDRC, Wellcome Trust collaborate to foster TB research

Singapore: In a bid to further foster new drug research for drug resistant tuberculosis (TB), Wellcome Trust has collabo...

August 10, 2015 | Monday | News
PM Lee Hsien Loong inaugurates new R&D hub in Singapore

Singapore: Singapore has unvieled Fusionopolis Two, a new R&D hub for bringing public and private sector together to...

October 20, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Partnership crucial to overcome cost challenges of novel drugs'

Singapore: With the average cost of getting a novel drug to market at almost $2.5 billion, and few products achieving bl...

December 16, 2015 | Wednesday | Analysis
iSirona signs reseller deal with myHealth Sentinel

Singapore: Panama-based iSirona, a provider of simplified solutions for medical device integration, has formed a strateg...

August 30, 2013 | Friday | News
Uriach extends collaboration with Hyphens on Rupafin

Singapore: J Uriach & Cia, a Barcelona-based Grupo Uriach company, and Singapore's sales and marketing company Hyphe...

July 10, 2012 | Tuesday | News
UPS APAC director: Temperature sensitive shipment demand on rise

Delivering pharmaceutical products to the designated market at right time and in right condition is the most critical ta...

January 1, 2013 | Tuesday | Influencers
Medtech to fuel future growth

Singapore: With the presence of major international medtech companies in the country, Singapore's key concern is to grow...

December 17, 2014 | Wednesday | Influencers
Singapore scientists find new clues on cervical cancer

Singapore: A team of scientists from Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of...

December 9, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Singapore braces to avoid Ebola

Singapore: Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) has assessed that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa poses a low public hea...

August 8, 2014 | Friday | Regulatory
Breast cancer boasts of highest drug pipeline'

Singapore: Breast cancer therapeutics pipeline has higher innovation in first-in-class molecules, with many new technolo...

September 8, 2014 | Monday | News
Newly discovered class of RNA lead to neuron generation

Singapore: Scientists at A*Star's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have discovered an unusual gene that controls the ...

August 28, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Singapore firm progresses on urinary tract infections drug

Singapore: Singapore's biopharmaceutical company, MerLion Pharmaceuticals, has recieved positive results from a phase 2 ...

January 9, 2015 | Friday | News
AbbVie aquires API manufacturing firm in Singapore

Singapore: AbbVie, a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013 following separation from Abbott, h...

November 25, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Packaging giant Pelican BioThermal opens new Asia HQ

Singapore:Global leading providing the largest range of innovative temperature-controlled packaging solutions, Pelican B...

May 16, 2016 | Monday | News
Zebrafish genes linked to human respiratory diseases'

Singapore: A small freshwater fish found in many tropical aquariums may hold the key to unlocking one of the leading cau...

September 22, 2014 | Monday | News
'Medical device regulatory is complex'

Singapore: Medical device industry is a complex one and even more complex is the regulatory landscape of the sector, ech...

November 4, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
JN Medsys launches PCR for cancer detection

Singapore: Singapore based JN Medsys has launched Clarity digital polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the detection of m...

November 3, 2014 | Monday | News
Malaria drug may cure asthma: Research

Singapore: National University of Singapore has demonstrated effectiveness of artesunate, a common herbal-based anti-mal...

August 4, 2014 | Monday | News
Biocon Foundation gets best CSR practices award

Singapore: India's Biocon Foundation has won Asia Best CSR Practices Award 2014 hosted by CMO Asia at Singapore, as a pa...

August 7, 2014 | Thursday | News
Clinuvel's subisidiary develops drug candidate for vitiligo

Singapore: Australia and Switzerland based Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals' Singapore subsidiary Vallaurix has successfully com...

May 6, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Cell death molecule is a cancer biomarker

Singapore: Scientists at A*STAR's Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) have identified Fas apoptosis inhibitory mol...

December 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
Demand for generics in Asia is drawing pharma majors

The clinical trials market in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region has been steadily growing with increased focus primarily on...

September 14, 2012 | Friday | Opinion
Agilent to supply genomic services to Angsana

Singapore: Agilent Technologies has partnered with Angsana Molecular & Diagnostics Laboratory, Singapore based multi...

October 7, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Nanodiamonds can be an effective cancer drug carrier

Singapore: A study led by the National University of Singapore (NUS) has found that attaching chemotherapy drug Epirubic...

January 30, 2015 | Friday | News
Dr Wan Yue wins Young Scientist Award

Singapore: Dr Wan Yue, GIS Fellow, Genome Institute of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research has won Yo...

September 17, 2015 | Thursday | News
Singapore begins trial of cancer vaccine

Singapore: National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) has launched a clinical trial of a new cancer vaccine, a form of canc...

January 30, 2015 | Friday | News
Strategies Driving M&As

Singapore: However, companies must reinvigorate and expand their deal-making strategies in order to become market leade...

May 15, 2015 | Friday | Analysis
Actavis sets up APAC headquarter in Singapore

Singapore: Global generics firm, Actavis, has opened its regional office in Singapore that will serve as the headquarter...

April 4, 2014 | Friday | News
Fortis sells Singapore unit to Malaysia's IHH healthcare

Singapore: Fortis healthcare announced that it has inked a deal to sell its entire diagnostic and molecular imaging unit...

September 15, 2014 | Monday | News
NUS develops patch for painless drug delivery

Singapore: Dr Kang Lifeng of the Department of Pharmacy at National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Science has...

September 8, 2014 | Monday | News
Is Singapore ready for a paradigm shift in healthcare management?

As the health sector's centre of gravity shifts towards customers, savvy new market players are moving fast to capitaliz...

August 28, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Singapore start-up progresses in Alzheimer's drug

Singapore: Singapore start-up and Scotland based TauRx Therapeutics is progressing in its two Phase III clinical trials ...

September 22, 2014 | Monday | News
Medtronic invests $200 mn in brain stimulation technology

Singapore: Global medtech giant, Medtronic, has acquired Netherland-based Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation (Sapiens SB...

August 27, 2014 | Wednesday | News
China firm develops new therapeutic vaccine for rabies

Singapore: China's Yisheng Biopharma, a biopharmaceutical company developing vaccines, has developed a new vaccine for t...

March 17, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Singapore invests in microbial detection technology firm

Singapore: Singapore Economic Development Board has invested in Rapid Micro Biosystems, a provider of automated, non-des...

September 2, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Study: Telomerase causes inflammation in cancer

Singapore: A*STAR scientists have identified the enzyme, telomerase, as a cause of chronic inflammation in human cancers...

November 22, 2012 | Thursday | News
Almac expands in Singapore, Japan

Singapore: Almac, a global clinical trial solution provider, is expanding clinical services and technologies capabilitie...

March 13, 2014 | Thursday | News
iNova Pharma relocates regional HQ to Singapore

Singapore: iNova Pharmaceuticals, a Valeant company, is relocating its regional headquarters from Sydney, Australia, to ...

October 22, 2012 | Monday | News
Apps and devices pave way to better healthcare'

Singapore: Throughout the world, governments are grappling with the growing challenge of providing quality, affordable h...

March 17, 2015 | Tuesday | Opinion
Post marketing surveillance stepped up in Singapore: Dr Raymond Chua

Singapore's regulatory agency Health Sciences Authority (HSA), since its establishment in 2001, has built a smart regula...

July 5, 2012 | Thursday | Regulatory
NUS among top 50 research institutions: Nature Publishing Index

Singapore: National University of Singapore (NUS) has secured 46th place in the Nature Publishing Index (NPI) 2013, up 2...

March 31, 2014 | Monday | News
TriReme balloon catheter gets FDA approval

Singapore: Asia focused medtech company TriReme Medical has received FDA clearance for an expanded matrix of sizes for i...

June 20, 2012 | Wednesday | Regulatory
A*Star fabricates 3D hair follicle model

Singapore: A*Star's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) has engineered a new hair follicle model throug...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | News
ParkwayHealth offers HBsAg Quantitative Assay

Singapore: ParkwayHealth Laboratory, a clinical laboratory service provider in Singapore, is to provide Hepatitis B Surf...

July 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's Aslan secures $34 mn funding

Singapore: Aslan Pharmaceuticals, Singapore biotech company focused on the development of immunotherapies and targeted ...

December 9, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Granules India shutting down Singapore subsidiary

Singapore: Granules India, the country's leading manufacturer of finished dosages, pharmaceutical formulation intermedia...

November 4, 2013 | Monday | News
Singapore to develop liver cancer registry in Asia

Singapore: National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), Singapore Clinical Research Institute (SCRI) and IMS Health Asia hav...

February 2, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Mundipharma, Horizon subsidiary sign arthritis deal

Singapore: Mundipharma has signed an exclusive agreement with the Swiss subsidiary of Horizon Pharma for the commerciali...

November 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Largest South East Asian 'hear-care' chain expands in Singapore

Singapore: The Hearing Solution Company (THSC), the largest hearing care retail chain in South East Asia with operations...

September 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
Glivec inventor wins Szent-Györgyi Prize

Singapore: Professor Alex Matter, CEO, Experimental Therapeutics Centre (ETC), A*STAR, Singapore, has been awarded the 8...

April 5, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Mass spectrometry market to touch $2.5bn:: Frost

Singapore: Global mass spectrometry (MS) market is growing much faster than high-end analytical instrumentation market. ...

November 26, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Austrianova expands cell banking services

Singapore: Singapore based Austrianova, having completed the set up of its new GMP facility, it is offering a GMP cell b...

February 1, 2016 | Monday | News
Strides Acrolab awarded international HQ status

Singapore: Strides Acrolab recently informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that the company's Singapore-based wholly owned s...

January 14, 2015 | Wednesday | News