“We're seeing AI-powered diagnostic tools enhancing accuracy and efficiency, across multiple sectors”

As the new Group CEO, what is your strategic vision for Advanced MedTech Holdings? My strategic vision is to build upon...

August 1, 2024 | Thursday | Opinion
“APACMed is proactively addressing the challenges related to integrating AI in medical technologies”

Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed) will be hosting the 10th anniversary edition of the Asia Pacific M...

July 26, 2024 | Friday | Opinion
Singapore's SAFMC allies NUHS & SSHSPH to bolster healthcare capabilities of SAF servicemen

The Singapore Armed Forces Medical Corps (SAFMC) signed dual Memorandums of Understanding(MoU) with NUS Saw Swee Hock Sc...

July 25, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore takes steps to eliminate Hepatitis C

HCSA Community Services and Tzu-Chi Foundation (Singapore) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to forma...

July 25, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore's STCC enters imCORE Network to advance cancer research and therapeutics

Singapore Translational Cancer Consortium (STCC) enters into a new alliance with Roche/Genentech-led, immunotherapy Cent...

July 24, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Advancing diagnostics and treatment potentials to achieve global goal to eradicate hepatitis by 2030

Hepatitis is a major public health threat and leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Globally, 71 million p...

August 22, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore inks MoU with Quantinuum focusing on computational biology

Singapore's National Quantum Office (NQO), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), National Univ...

July 24, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore designs 3D printed active fabric for healthcare and robotics

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore have developed an innovative wearable fabric that is fle...

July 23, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Pfizer unveils new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Singapore

Pfizer Inc. unveiled its new highly automated Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) manufacturing facility in Tuas...

July 23, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Agilent introduces new ProteoAnalyzer at Singapore Cell and Gene Therapy Pan Asia Summit

Agilent Technologies has announced the release of its new ProteoAnalyzer system, in addition to existing product updates...

July 22, 2024 | Monday | News
Asia's Increasing Diabetes Burden Spurs Care Management Strategies

The rate of diabetes is rising at an alarming pace. The International Diabetes Federation projects that 783 million peop...

July 22, 2024 | Monday | Opinion
Singapore's Duke-NUS launches LIVE Ventures incubator to drive research commercialisation

Duke-NUS Medical School launched LIVE Ventures, a S$20 million incubation programme designed to catalyse the commerciali...

July 22, 2024 | Monday | News
NSG BioLabs and Amgen reinforce Singapore's Biotech ecosystem by rewarding disruptive innovations

NSG BioLabs, Singapore's largest biotech co-working biosafety level 2 laboratory provider, and Amgen, one of the world's...

July 17, 2024 | Wednesday | News
World Stroke Organization (WSO) and SingHealth inks MoU to strengthen Singapore’s Stroke Management initiatives

The World Stroke Organization (WSO) and Singapore's SingHealth have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to advanc...

July 17, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Steris announces new ethylene oxide processing facility in Singapore

As part of long-term commitment to supporting global medical device manufacturing, Ireland-based medical equipment compa...

July 16, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Funding boost for study on early childhood allergies in Singapore

A team of scientists led by Associate Professor Ashley St John from Duke-NUS’ Emerging Infectious D...

July 15, 2024 | Monday | News
Healthcare's Cyber Battle: Seven threats afflicting the industry

Under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, healthcare is a human right. Yet, despite this, cybercriminals routinel...

July 11, 2024 | Thursday | Analysis
Singapore develops 'band-aid' with microlaser technology for detecting glucose levels in sweat

Reseachers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore have developed a ‘band-aid’ or plaster ...

July 9, 2024 | Tuesday | News
National University Centre for Trauma opens in Singapore addressing vulnerable populations

The National University Hospital (NUH) has launched the National University Centre for Trauma, leading the charge in hol...

July 5, 2024 | Friday | News
NUS Medicine and 22 Health Ventures announce joint health tech accelerator in Singapore

The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of  Singapore (NUS Medicine), and 22Health Ventures, an ea...

July 2, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Scientists in Singapore discover unexpected molecular heterogeneity in same liver tumours, provide better understanding of disease

A study led by clinician-scientists and scientists from the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) and A*STAR’s G...

June 24, 2024 | Monday | News
Juniper Biologics expands distribution rights for Caris Life Sciences' molecular profiling in Middle East and Africa

Singapore-headquartered Juniper Biologics, a leading healthcare and pharmaceuticals company focused on commercialising n...

June 24, 2024 | Monday | News
Singapore-India strategic partnership to redefine elderly care

Indian firm Fischer Medical Ventures with its wholly owned subsidiary –Time Medical International Ventures (India)...

June 21, 2024 | Friday | News
Biotech startup ArrowBiome in Singapore raises $1 M in seed funding

ArrowBiome, a cutting-edge Singapore-based biotechnology startup, has announced a $ 1 million seed funding round fr...

June 20, 2024 | Thursday | News
MSD launches IDEA Studios to fuel healthcare innovation

MSD (tradename of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA) has announced the launch of its IDEA Studios, a new initiati...

June 19, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore launches child & maternal health, well-being strategy and action plan report

The interagency Child and Maternal Health & Well-being (CAMH) Taskforce in Singapore has completed its Strategy and ...

June 17, 2024 | Monday | News
Thermo Fisher, NUH, Mirxes collaborate to enhance access to early cancer detection genomic tests in Singapore

To increase patient access to affordable, advanced genomic testing for cancer in Singapore, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc...

June 14, 2024 | Friday | News
Emergence of Cell and Gene Therapy Community in Singapore

Having previously pivoted towards medical devices more than 10 years ago, Singapore has recently seen a biotech resurgen...

June 14, 2024 | Friday | Opinion
NSG BioLabs and Eppendorf Group partner to support biotech companies in Singapore

NSG BioLabs, Singapore's largest provider of biotech co-working laboratory and office space, has announced a n...

June 13, 2024 | Thursday | News
Myriad Genetics collaborates with GSK to improve access to HRD testing in 9 countries

US-based Myriad Genetics, Inc., a leader in genetic testing and precision medicine, has announced a collaboration with B...

June 11, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore Institute of Advanced Medicine to revolutionise cancer treatment in Asia

EnGeneIC, an Australia-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company pioneering the development of a First-in-Class tar...

June 7, 2024 | Friday | News
Singapore's NUS Medicine researchers engineer bacteria for targeted chemotherapy delivery

Traditional chemotherapy often poses significant challenges, including severe side effects, damage to healthy tissue and...

June 6, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore-Japan team finds common virus that triggers growth of nasopharyngeal cancer

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and Chiba University in Japan have shown how...

June 6, 2024 | Thursday | News
ISPE SINGAPORE AFFILIATE CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 2024: Re-Imagining A Sustainable Pharma

With increasing awareness of the environmental and social impact of pharmaceutical production and distribution, the indu...

June 4, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops promising vaccine approach for longer-lasting protective immunity against COVID-19

A scientific team from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and Mo...

June 5, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore’s Biomedical Sciences Industry and Future Growth Opportunities

The Biomedical Sciences industry, which comprises the biopharmaceutical and medical technology sectors, is a key contrib...

May 31, 2024 | Friday | Analysis
Singapore’s Synapxe Introduces ‘HEALIX’, a New Cloud-Based Analytics Platform

Synapxe, Singapore's national HealthTech agency, has launched HEALIX, the platform for Health Empowerment thru...

May 31, 2024 | Friday | Company results
NUS Enterprise staged Asia’s largest university start-up showcase in Singapore

Themed "Driving Innovation, Nurturing Talents: Creating Impact for Asia", InnovFest x Elevating Founders 2024&nbs...

May 30, 2024 | Thursday | Company results
Singapore study reveals surprising twist in how diabetes drugs help the heart

A randomised, placebo-controlled clinical trial led by a collaboration between Duke-NUS Medical School, National Heart C...

May 31, 2024 | Friday | News
Singapore includes Novavax XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccine under National Vaccination Programme

Singapore's Ministry of Health has announced that Novavax/Nuvaxovid XBB.1.5 COVID-19 vaccine will be available under the...

May 30, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore strengthens collaboration with Kazakhstan educational institutions

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore is deepening its partnership with Kazakhstan with a new collaboration t...

May 29, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore ramps up cancer fight with S$50 M in national grant funding for precision oncology

Two multi-institution and multidisciplinary Singapore teams of clinician-scientists and researchers have been awarded gr...

May 27, 2024 | Monday | News
Singapore designs new genetic tool to investigate brain function and psychiatric disorders

Researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore have found that a new class of light-sensitive proteins are capabl...

May 24, 2024 | Friday | News
WuXi AppTec breaks ground on new R&D and manufacturing site in Singapore

WuXi AppTec, a global company that provides a broad portfolio of R&D and manufacturing services to enable companies ...

May 23, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore opens doors for new developments in cancer biomarker discovery

A team of researchers led by Associate Professor Alfredo Franco-Obregón from the NUS Institute for Health Innovat...

May 22, 2024 | Wednesday | News
AstraZeneca to invest $1.5 B for building ADCs manufacturing facility in Singapore

British multinational pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca intends to build a $1.5 billion manufacturing facilit...

May 20, 2024 | Monday | News
Singapore's SMART researchers identify malaria parasite drug resistance mechanism

Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-M...

May 17, 2024 | Friday | News
Singapore's AI potential and prospects to emerge as a premier clinical trials hub

As Asia establishes itself as the global hub for clinical trials, Singapore is bolstering its position as the preferred ...

May 17, 2024 | Friday | Opinion
Singapore opens first public-private partnership centre for specialty molecular testing

The National University Hospital (NUH) and Mirxes have announced the official opening of the NUH DMOC@Biopolis, one of S...

May 17, 2024 | Friday | News
Asian Medical devices market is propelling to reshape the health-tech businesses

Bijay Singh, Global Head, Business Unit Healthcare, DKSH Emerging trends in healthcare are demonstrating profound chang...

May 16, 2024 | Thursday | Opinion
Singapore approves world's first respiratory syncytial virus vaccine for older adults

GSK's Arexvy has been approved by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore for active immunisation for...

May 16, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore approves J&J's Bispecific Antibody treatment for Multiple Myeloma

Johnson & Johnson’s first-in-class, bispecific B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed CD3 T-cell-redirectin...

May 15, 2024 | Wednesday | News
AsiaMedic partners with Sunway to establish new diagnostic imaging centre in Singapore

AsiaMedic has announced that the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, AMC Healthcare has entered into a shareholders...

May 15, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore unveils first public-private partnership center for speciality molecular testing

Singapore's National University Hospital (NUH) and leading RNA technology company, Mirxes have officialy unveiled the NU...

May 13, 2024 | Monday | Company results
Singapore-based startup Allozymes raises $15 M paving way for new partnerships in pharma and life science industry

Allozymes, a leading innovator in enzyme discovery and engineering, has announced the closing of a $15 million ...

May 14, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore suggests repurposing of existing cancer drugs to treat aggressive brain cancer

Glioblastoma is an often fatal form of brain cancer, with only five per cent of patients surviving beyond five years. Th...

May 13, 2024 | Monday | News
Singapore launches new professional growth programme to nurture doctors

In August, the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singa...

May 10, 2024 | Friday | News
Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance (SDTA) Gears Up for Sustainable Innovation Asia 2024 (SIA),

Sustainability-focused deep-tech venture builder, Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance (SDTA) unveiled annual flagship...

May 9, 2024 | Thursday | Company results
Roche unveils First-of-its-kind National Women’s Checkup Week in Asia Pacific

Roche launched the National Women’s Check-up Week (NWCW) in Singapore for the second year running to empower women...

May 8, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore scientists develop high-precision tissue analysis AI tool to support drug discovery, diagnosis

A team of scientists from A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) and Bioinformatics Institute (BII) has deve...

May 8, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority inks MoU with Health Ministry in Malaysia

Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA) and the Ministry of Health, Malaysia have signed a Memorandum of Under...

May 9, 2024 | Thursday | News
NSG BioLabs fuels biotech innovation in Singapore and Southeast Asia

NSG BioLabs, Singapore's largest provider of biotech co-working laboratory and office space, has announced par...

May 8, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore unveils ways for novel therapeutic interventions in Alzheimer’s disease

In a groundbreaking study published in Cell Research, researchers from the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the Nation...

May 6, 2024 | Monday | News
Ora and Singapore Eye Research Institute to propel ophthalmology innovation globally

Ora, Inc., a US-based ophthalmology contract research organisation (CRO), has announced a strategic, exclusive partnersh...

May 3, 2024 | Friday | News
“Biotech startups still need support in terms of talent, and resources to bring their innovations to market”

What are the key drivers for you to join Cytiva? What “new air” do you hope to bring to Cytiva? One of the ...

May 1, 2024 | Wednesday | Opinion
“We are exploring opportunities to collaborate with startups and incubators”

How is Agilent advancing cell and gene therapy modalities to enable next-gen therapeutics and applications? What are A...

May 1, 2024 | Wednesday | Opinion
Indonesia & Singapore ink MoU to facilitate training and collaborations in pharma sector

Duke-NUS Medical School and the Indonesian Food and Drug Authority (Indonesian FDA) have signed a Memorandum of Understa...

April 30, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops versatile drug delivery system inspired by self-assembling proteins from caterpillars

Harnessing the self-assembling abilities of proteins from the cuticles of Asian corn borer moth caterpillars (Ostrinia f...

April 29, 2024 | Monday | News
GenScript Singapore's Open Day reveals pioneering AI capabilities in recombinant protein production and drug discovery

GenScript, a global leader in life sciences and biotechnology, successfully hosted an Open Day event at its Singapore fa...

April 25, 2024 | Thursday | News
Asia's Biopharma resilience to become the next global biotech hub

Asia has positioned itself as the world's premier biomanufacturing hub, leveraging cutting-edge research and production ...

May 2, 2024 | Thursday | Opinion
Oracle empowers HCPs with centralized and integrated healthcare planning boosted by Oracle CloudWorld

Healthcare organizations have seen decreased demand for elective treatments, a skyrocketing demand for emergency room tr...

April 16, 2024 | Tuesday | Opinion
Asia's Diabetes Management Endeavor to Foster Stakeholders Collaboration

The rate of diabetes is rising at an alarming pace. According to the International Diabetes Federation, approximately 53...

April 19, 2024 | Friday | Opinion
Scientists in Singapore develop wearable sensor to measure real skin feel

To mark the 10th Anniversary of Procter & Gamble Singapore Innovation Centre (SgIC), a new innovative wearable s...

April 18, 2024 | Thursday | News
SCG Cell Therapy and A*STAR launch joint labs for cellular immunotherapies in Singapore

SCG Cell Therapy (SCG) and the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) have announced the launch joint labo...

April 17, 2024 | Wednesday | News
New centre for digestive health in Singapore to focus on early cancer detection

The National University Hospital (NUH) in Singapore is embarking on a major initiative to establish the N...

April 16, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore pilots personalised transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment resistant depression

The Institute of Mental Health (IMH), in collaboration with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National Universi...

April 13, 2024 | Saturday | News
Non-invasive tests are helping fight liver disease in Southeast Asia

As the rate of obesity rises in Southeast Asia and around the world, so too does the prevalence of liver disease, even a...

April 8, 2024 | Monday | Opinion
Singapore scientists grow ‘mini kidneys,’ revealing potential therapy for polycystic kidney disease

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore have successfully grown ‘mini kidneys’ in th...

April 8, 2024 | Monday | News
Singapore approves new asthma indication for GSK's Trelegy Ellipta

GSK Singapore has announced that the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has approved a new indication and a new strength fo...

April 5, 2024 | Friday | News
Driving Net Zero Healthcare in Asia and beyond

Planetary health is an essential aspect of healthcare, and the urgency of reducing carbon emissions in healthcare a...

April 3, 2024 | Wednesday | Opinion
Singapore and Indonesia deepen cooperation in education with two new postgraduate scholarships

Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore and the Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education Agency (LPDP), a public...

April 3, 2024 | Wednesday | News
National University of Singapore opens new research institute in China to incubate medtech startups

The National University of Singapore (NUS) Guangzhou Research Translation and Innovation Institute (NUS GRTII)...

April 1, 2024 | Monday | News
“Because of its specificity and selectivity, ADCs have the potential to reduce adverse side effects and improve patient survival”

How does Daiichi Sankyo leverage antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) to execute precision therapeutics? Daiichi Sankyo has ...

April 1, 2024 | Monday | Opinion
Addressing Challenges in Cell Therapy Manufacturing

Cancer research has come a long way. Along with technology advancements, the basic options for treating cancer, such as ...

April 1, 2024 | Monday | Opinion
Lion TCR partners with NUSGRTII in Singapore to drive innovation in biomedical research

Lion TCR has forged a strategic partnership with the National University of Singapore Guangzhou Research Translation and...

March 28, 2024 | Thursday | News
Breakthrough antibiotic by Singapore shows promise against obstinate mycobacterial infections

Researchers from the Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials (I-FIM) at the National University of Singapore (NUS...

March 28, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore and Indonesia to foster bilateralism in healthcare, digital health, and biotechnology

During a recent Indonesia-Singapore Business Forum 2024, Singapore's Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Y...

March 28, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore supports development of AI-based clinical trial tool with S$50,000

A team of healthcare professionals has received a $50,000 award to transform their idea for an Artificial Intelligence (...

March 27, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore invents coin-sized device to rapidly isolate blood plasma for diagnostics

Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), have developed a coin-sized chip that can dir...

March 26, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's NUS launches AI Institute to accelerate frontier AI research in healthcare

Harnessing the advancements in AI for better healthcare, National University of Singapore (NUS) has established the new ...

March 25, 2024 | Monday | News
Orion Health brings first-of-its-kind Unified Healthcare Platform to South East Asia

New Zealand headquartered Orion Health is set to improve the healthcare experience across South East Asia by bringing it...

March 22, 2024 | Friday | News
Charles River extends gene therapy manufacturing alliance with NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine in Singapore

US-based Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. and National University of Singapore’s (NUS) Yon...

March 21, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore gives nod to China-based Everest Medicines' drug for nephropathy treatment

Everest Medicines, a China-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, manufacturing and comm...

March 20, 2024 | Wednesday | News
BioNTech, GSK, Sanofi, NTU, NTUitive, NUS and SIT joins forces with BioPIPS in Singapore

The Biologics Pharma Innovation Programme Singapore (BioPIPS) consortium has strengthened its competencies by partnering...

March 19, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore Scientific Colloquium unveils mRNA vaccine R&D consortiums

At the mRNA Technology Transfer Program organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Medicines Patent Pool (MPP)...

March 19, 2024 | Tuesday | News
WuXi Biologics to establish new CRDMO facility in Singapore

China's WuXi Biologics, a leading global Contract Research, Development and Manufacturing Organisation (CRDMO), has brok...

March 19, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Zuellig Pharma to commercialise anti-fungal medication across key markets in Asia

Singapore-headquartered Zuellig Pharma, a leading healthcare solutions company in Asia, has expanded its commercialisati...

March 18, 2024 | Monday | News
Singapore's NUS invests S$20M to nurture deep tech innovation and venture ecosystem

NUS Enterprise, the entrepreneurial arm of the National University of Singapore ...

March 18, 2024 | Monday | Company results
Singapore develops mobile app to help diabetic patients monitor feet health

A group of researchers, led by Nanyang Technological University (NTU), has developed a mobile application to educate ind...

March 15, 2024 | Friday | News
Novartis expands its biopharmaceutical manufacturing site in Singapore

Novartis is investing $256 million to expand its biopharmaceutical manufacturing plant in Singapore. The extended s...

March 15, 2024 | Friday | Company results