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
Thermo Fisher Scientific celebrates 20th year in Singapore

Singapore: Thermo Fisher Scientific has completed 20th year of its operation in Singapore. The company celebrated the mi...

August 30, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Chugai pharma to invest in its research center in Singapore

Singapore: Japan-based drug giant, Chugai pharmaceuticals recently announced that the company planned to invest nearly S...

February 2, 2015 | Monday | News
US-based TriReme looks for big growth in Asia

TriReme Medical, a US-based start-up medical devices company dedicated to the development and manufacturing of innovativ...

May 31, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
New hope for personalized cancer therapy

Singapore: A team of scientists led by Associate Professor Zeng Qi from A*Star's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology...

August 7, 2013 | Wednesday | News
New Bio Accelerator boosts start-ups in Bangalore, Singapore

Singapore: In recent years Bangalore has emerged as one of the region's hottest destinations for budding entrepreneurs w...

July 19, 2014 | Saturday | News
APAC healthcare industry becomes cloud friendly

Singapore: A recent report presented by Frost & Sullivan has said that the healthcare industry in Asia Pacific is em...

November 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
R&D expenditure touches $6 bn in Singapore

Singapore: Singapore's gross expenditure on R&D (GERD) recorded a new high of $6 billion (S$7.4 billion) in 2011, ac...

December 14, 2012 | Friday | News
VeriStem wins BioSpectrum award for stem cell technology

Development of stem cell therapies requires innovative technologies and processes to overcome safety concerns and VeriSt...

March 15, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Interventional radiology earned $591mn in 2012

Singapore: A new report by Frost & Sullivan titled 'Asia Pacific interventional radiology and cardiology market asse...

March 28, 2013 | Thursday | News
GoBalto cloud-based trials software gets $12 mn

Singapore: US-based GoBalto, which makes cloud-based software to support the clinical trials of pharmaceutical companies...

January 4, 2013 | Friday | News
Glaucoma causing genes found

Singapore: Singapore scientists have identified three new genes associated with primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG), a...

September 4, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Carego software to further remote health clinics

Singapore: US-based healthcare solution company, Carego International, has launched a new software built with the Progre...

November 27, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Biomarker and drug for brain cancer found

Singapore: A*STAR scientists have identified a biomarker of the most lethal form of brain tumours in adults, glioblastom...

September 4, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Novotech to support drug development in Korea

Singapore: Australian clinical research organization, Novotech, has partnered with Korea Drug Development Fund (KDDF) to...

July 5, 2014 | Saturday | News
What bioscience trends do the industry leaders predict for 2013?

The bioscience industry is about to step into 2013 and the year is predicted to unfold with new opportunities and trends...

January 3, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Medizone granted patent in Singapore for AsepticSure

Singapore: Medizone International, developers of AsepticSure, a unique room disinfection system, has been granted a pate...

February 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
NUS, Fujitsu leverage use of 'cloud' in healthcare

Singapore: Fujitsu Laboratories, Europe; Fujitsu Asia and National University of Singapore (NUS), have inked a collabora...

November 27, 2012 | Tuesday | News
PPD expands testing facilities at Singapore, Brussels

Singapore: Pharmaceutical Product Development (PPD), a contract research organization providing drug discovery, developm...

February 8, 2013 | Friday | News
Singapore to open new skin research center

Singapore: The Skin Research Institute of Singapore has announced that the Agency for Science Technology and Research (A...

September 26, 2013 | Thursday | News
Japan, Singapore to bring innovation in drug, device, technology

Singapore: Japan's Kanagawa Prefecture's Global Collaboration Center for Life Innovation (GCC) and the Agency for Scienc...

November 29, 2013 | Friday | News
What are the key mergers & acquisitions of Q1 2013?

Most pharmaceutical companies are sitting on the patent cliff and their drug pipelines are facing severe exhaustion. The...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
New hydrogel destroys superbugs

Singapore: Researchers from the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) and IBM Research unveiled the firs...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Singapore opens research centre for circulating tumour cell

Singapore: National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) and Clearbridge BioMedics, in partnership with the Pathology Departme...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
TauRx gets $10.5 mn funding from Dundee Corp

Singapore: Singapore-based TauRx Pharmaceuticals recieved equity investment of $10.5 million from Toronto's Dundee Corpo...

March 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Singapore President awards the nation's scientific talents

Singapore: Professor Wang Yue from A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) received the President's Scie...

November 8, 2012 | Thursday | News
Singapore tele-healthcare system gets top award

Singapore: Eastern Health Alliance, the regional health system for eastern Singapore, and IHiS is recognized with top As...

October 22, 2012 | Monday | News
What were the top 20 M&A deals in pharma and biotech sector in 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
GIS team discover gene that controls neurogenesis

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

August 30, 2013 | Friday | News
pSivida gets US patent

Singapore: pSivida, which is into developing sustained release, drug delivery products for treatment of back-of-the-eye ...

June 8, 2012 | Friday | News
Medtech companies need to bring innovation: PwC

Singapore: Medical technology companies may be losing their competitive edge and are in need of a different approach to ...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Singapore-UK joint event to advance skin research

Singapore: A*STAR's Institute of Medical Biology and the British High Commission are jointly holding the first Translati...

December 4, 2012 | Tuesday | News
NTU study find ways to prevent muscle loss, obesity and diabetes

Singapore: A research study from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has yielded important breakthroughs on how the ...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
FDA agrees to Mesoblast MPC supply in the US

Singapore: Mesoblast announced that US FDA is in agreement for the supply of its proprietary Mesenchymal Precursor Cell...

February 15, 2013 | Friday | News
Asia vaccine strategists call for collaboration

Asia needs a solution, that goes beyond traditional structure, models and pathways, to meet the essential vaccine supply...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | News
HIMSS leverages IT to solve healthcare problems

Singapore: Healthcare Information and Management System Society (HIMSS) AsiaPac12 conference and exhibition is being hel...

September 18, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Innovation in drug delivery system is in a constant state of evolution'

Ms Prasanna Vadhana Kannan is the industry analyst in medical devices & diagnostic imaging for Frost & Sullivan ...

March 14, 2012 | Wednesday | Opinion
Biosensors gets CE mark approval for heart stent

Singapore: Medical device developer, Biosensors International, received CE mark approval for its polymer-free drug-coate...

January 30, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Singapore embeds gold nanoparticle in genetic test kit

Singapore: Researchers at Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN), Singapore have developed a genetic test ...

May 29, 2014 | Thursday | News
Leo launches psoriasis education program

Singapore: Leo Pharma launched Psoriasis Coach All-Round Education (PsorCARE) program in Singapore on January 26, 2013....

January 30, 2013 | Wednesday | News
First ever genome-wide RNA structure revealed

Singapore: Scientists at A*Star's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and US-based Stanford University's School of Medic...

February 5, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Top 20: Singapore - High growth

Singapore: Singapore has been witnessing strong performance. Here are a few developments in the country that are proof...

July 9, 2014 | Wednesday | Analysis
How are patent laws leading to the harmonizing effect?

There have been recent changes to the US patent laws that have brought the US laws closer to those of the rest-of-the-wo...

February 11, 2013 | Monday | Opinion
Astellas Pharma opens office in Singapore

Singapore: Astellas Pharma, Japan's pharmaceutical giant with net sales of $10.7 billion and net income of $881 million ...

December 12, 2013 | Thursday | News
IBN engineered artificial human liver for drug testing

Singapore: The liver is an important target organ for drug testing because all drugs pass through it for detoxification...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
A*STAR, GSK develop medicines for emerging markets

Singapore: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and A*STAR's Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences (ICES) have signed a five-y...

April 9, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Austrianova strengthens its Thailand operations

Singapore: Singapore based biotechnology firm, Austrianova, has received Board of Investment (BOI) status for its Thai s...

June 20, 2014 | Friday | News
Singapore's R&D reached new high in 2011

Singapore: Singapore's gross expenditure on R&D (GERD) recorded a new high of S$7.4 billion in 2011, according to t...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
A*Star develops microscale epigenomics technology

Singapore: Scientists at A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have successfully developed a method to map the ep...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Scientists identify new biomarker for cancer

Singapore: Scientists from Singapore have identified FAIM, a molecule that typically prevents cell death, as a potential...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Singapore opens window for Korea medtech firms

Singapore: Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and Korean Health Industry Development Insti...

June 20, 2014 | Friday | News
Asia goes paperless for patient records

The rising demand for cost containment in healthcare and the need to improve quality of services are driving the growth ...

November 29, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Telecom services to boom in APAC healthcare sector: Report

Singapore: Telecommunication companies in Asia-Pacific are increasingly exploring vertical markets like healthcare to op...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Mundipharma, Shionogi tie up for pain treatment in Japan

Singapore: Mundipharma has entered a license agreement with Japan-based Shionogi for the exclusive rights to develop, ma...

November 22, 2013 | Friday | News
A*STAR scientists identify potential drug target for inflammatory diseases including cancers

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

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Mesoblast to set up stem cell drug plant in Singapore

Singapore: Australian regenerative drug company, Mesoblast, is planning to expand its global manufacturing base and the ...

May 29, 2014 | Thursday | News
Boehringer heart drug is particularly effective in Asian population

Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim has reported that in Asian populations, Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate) offers considerab...

September 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
Covance expands Singapore drug development lab

Singapore: Covance expanded its central laboratory facility in Singapore to enhance the company's current service offeri...

April 17, 2013 | Wednesday | News
IME, SFC Fluidics xollaborate to develop traumatic brain injury diagnostic device

Singapore: A*STAR's Institute of Microelectronics (IME) and SFC Fluidics, a USA microfluidics-based biomedical device d...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
BioSingapore appoints Quintiles director as chairman

Singapore: Biomedical association of Singapore, BioSingapore has appointed Mr Simranjit Singh, director, strategic plann...

October 10, 2012 | Wednesday | News
NUS develops 3-D tumor model

Singapore: A team of National University of Singapore (NUS) researchers from Departments of Bioengineering and Orthopaed...

June 21, 2013 | Friday | News
Singapore invests $17 mn in synthetic biology

Singapore: National University of Singapore (NUS) has taken a new research initiative called the NUS Synthetic Biology f...

September 30, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Critical Diagnostics expands in APAC

Singapore: Critical Diagnostics, a US-based biomarker company focused on cardiovascular diseases, added two distribution...

May 16, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Dendritic cells behind immune responses discovered

Singapore: Scientists at A*STAR's Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), in collaboration with Newcastle University, UK, t...

July 17, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Life sciences is top priority for the Netherlands in 2012

The Netherlands, despite its relatively small size, serves as the base for many multinational life sciences companies in...

May 22, 2012 | Tuesday | Influencers
Bio-XCell, Agila seals US$35mn deal

Singapore: Malaysian Bio-XCell and Agila Biotech have sealed US$34.4million (RM107million) build-and-lease agreement dur...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Singapore firm, Stehlin Foundation collaborate on anti-cancer drug

Singapore: NanoMaterials Technology (NMT), a Singapore based company, has signed an exclusive material supply agreement ...

October 15, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Healthcare evolution is fuelled by silicon tech

To get an idea of how much silicon technology will impact healthcare and wellness, we just need to look at how semicondu...

February 25, 2013 | Monday | Opinion
A*Star sets up robotics lab to help medtech sector

Singapore: Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Te...

July 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Singapore opens its biggest neuroscience institute

Singapore: National Neuroscience Research Institute Singapore (NNRIS), a joint venture by the National Neuroscience Inst...

March 13, 2014 | Thursday | News
A*Star re-shuffles board members

Singapore: The Ministry for Trade and Industry (MTI), Singapore, has made appointment changes at the Agency for Science...

February 1, 2013 | Friday | News
Hydrogel-based delivery

The Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Singapore, has developed an injectable biodegradable hydrogel system...

March 14, 2012 | Wednesday | News
5 major policy developments of 2012

The Year 2012 has seen crucial policy changes in the bioscience industry around the world. These changes that have taken...

December 20, 2012 | Thursday | Regulatory
Singapore scientists, clinicians collaborate on 8 projects

Singapore: Singapore has announced 8 biomedical sciences research programmes to advance understanding and treatment of d...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
A*STAR Scientists Discover Potential Drug for Deadly Brain Cancer

Singapore: A*STAR scientists have identified a biomarker of the most lethal form of brain tumours in adults - glioblast...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Early Hep B treatment effective in clearing virus

Singapore: Scientists from A*STAR's Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), together with clinical collaborato...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
What the future holds for the APAC CRO market?

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
TriReme catheter gets FDA nod for expanded matrix

Singapore: TriReme Medical, medical device company with focus on the US and the emerging Asian markets, has received US ...

July 17, 2012 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Report: Taiwan is 3rd best country to invest in the world

Singapore: Taiwan stands second in the ranking of best investment environment in Asia and third in the world racing behi...

September 6, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
VolitionRx-led consortium gets $1 mn Eurostars grant

Singapore: Eureka Eurostars scheme has awarded around $1 million (€779,493) to a consortium, which is being led by...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | News
Singapore to host Stem Cell Symposium

Singapore: The Stem Cell Society Singapore (SCSS) is holding its 4th Annual Symposium on September 6-7, 2012, at the Bio...

August 7, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Singapore injects $27 mn in PatientSafe Solutions

Singapore: PatientSafe Solutions, a leader in point-of-care patient safety clinical workflow applications, has closed a ...

September 26, 2013 | Thursday | News
DHL appoints new CEO for APAC region

Singapore: Global logistics company, DHL, has appointed Mr Oscar de Bok as chief executive officer for the Asia-Pacific ...

June 10, 2014 | Tuesday | Influencers
WEB Biotechnology makes wireless ECG a reality

Electrocardiography (ECG) imaging system with a bulky instrument, tangled with wires may soon become a thing of the past...

March 15, 2012 | Thursday | News
Multiple organzations join hands to curb fake drug business

Singapore: US Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is gearing up its efforts to combat fake medicine circulating in the market...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
BioStorage to expand in Asia Pacific

Singapore: BioStorage Technologies, a global provider of comprehensive sample management solutions for the bioscience in...

July 17, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Recycled plastic can kill drug-resistant fungi

Singapore: Researchers at Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) and California's IBM Research...

December 10, 2013 | Tuesday | News
VolitionRx files two personalized medicine patents

Singapore: VolitionRx, a life sciences company focused on developing blood-based diagnostic tests, filed two new patent ...

April 5, 2013 | Friday | News
Genetic diagnostics companies speed ahead

The playing field for research and development for genetic diagnostics has been leveled. The landmark decision by the US...

June 28, 2013 | Friday | Opinion
Cadi expands RFID technology in Korea

Singapore: Singapore-based healthcare technology company, Cadi Scientific, has partnered with Choongwae Information Tech...

July 29, 2013 | Monday | News
NUS microfluidic device detects all bioparticles

Singapore: A bioengineering research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) team, led by Associate profess...

April 15, 2013 | Monday | News

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