Intellect closes $10M Series A to scale mental healthcare across Asia

Asia’s largest and fastest-growing mental health startup, Intellect, announced the closing of $10 million in Serie...

January 25, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore explores use of wearables to help detect depression

A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a predictive compute...

January 24, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore leverages serious games and simulation in healthcare education

Dr Koh Poh Koon, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Health & Ministry of Manpower has unveiled the new SingHealth...

January 21, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore finds link between hearing, vision loss and mortality

A team from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) has found that pe...

January 20, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore enhances support to people with disabilities

The Seniors’ Mobility and Enabling Fund (SMF) and Assistive Technology Fund (ATF) in Singapore will be enhanced to...

January 19, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore finds antibody capable of neutralising major SARS-CoV2 variants of concern

In a study jointly conducted by the Bio-Safety Level 3 (BSL3) Core Facility at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (...

January 18, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Singapore deepens interest in dengue virus transmission

Software-analysed high-resolution videos have revealed that dengue-infected mosquitos are more attracted to mammals and ...

January 17, 2022 | Monday | News
Singapore welcomes first HSA-registered e-pharmacy, WellAway by Hyphens Pharma

Hyphens Pharma International Limited, Singapore’s leading specialty pharmaceutical and consumer healthcare group, ...

January 13, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore's SCG Cell Therapy acquires technology from A*STAR for novel cancer treatment

Singapore-based SCG Cell Therapy has acquired the rights to human “induced pluripotent stem cell” ...

January 13, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore's ConnectedHealth launches Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus care digital health system

Singapore-based digital health company ConnectedHealth has launched SugoSure, a digital health system supporting care fo...

January 13, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore-based JN Medsys develops PCR test kit for Omicron detection

Singapore-based biotech firm JN Medsys has developed a new PCR kit that detects for SARS-CoV-2 and identifies if the Omi...

January 13, 2022 | Thursday | News
Medical education in Singapore goes ‘Holographic’ with mixed reality from Microsoft

From April 2022, medical and nursing students at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in Singapore will be using three-di...

January 12, 2022 | Wednesday | News
GSK Singapore launches Shingrix vaccine against shingles (herpes zoster)

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Singapore has launched a new vaccine to help protect against shingles, Shingrix, in...

January 10, 2022 | Monday | News
US-based Allay Therapeutics expands operations in Singapore

Allay Therapeutics, a US-based clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering ultra-sustained analgesic products to tra...

January 7, 2022 | Friday | News
Singapore recommends booster dose at no later than 9 months

The Expert Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination (EC19V) in Singapore recommends that all vaccinated persons aged 18 years a...

January 6, 2022 | Thursday | News
Singapore sets stringent regulations for COVID-19 test kits for professional use

With effect from 1 January 2022, only COVID-19 tests that have received full-fledged registration with Singapore's Healt...

January 5, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Singapore inks MoU with Russia for research opportunities

National University of Singapore (NUS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Russia’s Skolkovo Insti...

December 24, 2021 | Friday | News
One antibody to neutralise both Zika & Dengue viruses in different ways: Singapore study

A research team from the Department of Biological Sciences and the Duke-NUS Medical School, National University of Singa...

December 21, 2021 | Tuesday | News