AbbVie expands Biologics Manufacturing Capacity with $223 M investment at Singapore Site 

AbbVie expanded its Singapore manufacturing facility on 25th Jan, strengthening its manufacturing capabilities. With a n...

January 25, 2024 | Thursday | Company results
Exploring Novel Strategic Interventions for Pediatric Myopia Management (MM) in Early Childhood

Kathy Park, President, APAC, CooperVison (Top left) Shila Gupta, Myopia Management General Manager, CooperVison&nb...

January 25, 2024 | Thursday | Opinion
MedTech firm Biorithm secures $3.5M in Series A funding to advance maternal care globally

Biorithm, a global women’s health MedTech has secured $3.5 million in Series A funding, co-led by Adaptive Capit...

December 18, 2023 | Monday | News
Singapore GDMC to expand Global Genetic Medicines Design and Manufacturing Operations

Singapore headquartered Genetic Design and Manufacturing Corporation (GDMC), a design and manufacturing organisation tha...

January 24, 2024 | Wednesday | Company results
Mechanobiology Institute in Singapore receives S$49 M to develop biomedical innovations

The Mechanobiology Institute (MBI) at the National University of Singapore (NUS) has recently secured S$49 mil...

January 25, 2024 | Thursday | News
Upscaling critical medical technologies with IoMT secures data integrity and interoperability

Healthcare in Singapore is at a crossroads. A rapidly ageing population - the government estimates that one in four of t...

January 24, 2024 | Wednesday | Analysis
Are We Missing the Beat When Tackling Rising Rates of Heart Conditions?

Multiple factors are known to affect the cardiovascular system and contribute to the standard risk factors for atheroscl...

January 24, 2024 | Wednesday | Analysis
New approaches to treat diverse bile duct cancers prevalent in Southeast Asia

An international study led by the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) and Duke-NUS Medical School has effectively ta...

January 24, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore paves way for therapies to maintain mental well-being of ageing individual

A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has demonstrated that commun...

January 22, 2024 | Monday | News
Molecular Diagnostics may offer Hope for Cancer Drug Shortages in Asia

Projections by the International Agency for Research on Cancer estimate 15.1 million new cases per year, until 2040. Thi...

January 19, 2024 | Friday | Opinion
Safeguarding Artificial Womb Technology: An analytical perspective around Singapore's Medical landscape

In recent years, there is an increasing occurrence of premature births in Singapore that requires warding in highly-expe...

January 17, 2024 | Wednesday | Opinion
VirtualiSurg Mediverse accelerates training for surgery and health-tech sectors globally

Paris-headquartered international medtech firm, VirtualiSurg has created an immersive mediverse – a virtual learni...

January 17, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's TVM Capital Healthcare invests in Vietnamese Eye Care Business Alina Vision

The Fred Hollows Foundation, Australia, Rohto Pharmaceutical, Japan, and TVM Capital Healthcare, S...

January 16, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore's SIT launches Innovative Healthcare Programmes to empower nursing profession

As Singapore faces a rapidly ageing population and a growing burden of chronic and complex health conditions, the need t...

January 16, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Zuellig Pharma & Substipharm Biologics expand access to Japanese Encephalitis vaccine across Asia

Singapore-based Zuellig Pharma has announced its commercialisation partnership with French pharmaceutical company Substi...

January 16, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Qatar-based startup Droobi Health merges with India’s Smit.fit to form DroobiSmit

Droobi Health, a digital diabetes player in the Middle East from Qatar, and Smit.fit, a frontrunner in India’s dig...

January 16, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore evaluates 'Innovation Enhancing Techniques' (IETs) to tackle healthcare-biomedicine R&D and entrepreneurship barriers

Researchers from Singapore's Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) and the Un...

January 15, 2024 | Monday | Analysis
Singapore’s IWHP researchers at NUH and NUS Medicine reveal menopausal arthralgia prophylaxis

Women in their mid-50s faces a cascade of menopausal symptoms. Among them, arthralgia —muscular and joint pain &md...

January 12, 2024 | Friday | Company results
Singapore's Health Ministry lays focus on manpower planning for future national crises

The Ministry of Health (MoH), Public Service Division (PSD), and the Singapore Airlines (SIA) Group have signed a Memora...

January 15, 2024 | Monday | News
ClinChoice acquires CSI, expanding global footprint into Southeast Asia

ClinChoice, a global Contract Research Organisation (CRO), has announced expanding its global footprint with the acquisi...

January 12, 2024 | Friday | News
Enterprise Singapore & A*STAR upholds Singapore's promising biomedical companies at JPM 2024 Conference

The 42nd Annual Healthcare Conference was held on January 8-11, 2024 in San Francisco, CA. Global industry leaders, fast...

January 12, 2024 | Friday | News
Rethinking pharmacovigilance efficiencies amidst APAC's diverse regulatory landscape and rising drug development costs

Globally, the pursuit for treatments with better patient outcomes and more effective care is a never-ending quest. As di...

January 11, 2024 | Thursday | Analysis
Novel CAR T-cell therapy regimen to augment oncology care for hard-to-treat cancers

Kite Pharma, a Gilead Company, is a global biopharmaceutical company specializing in cancer cell therapy As the global c...

January 11, 2024 | Thursday | Opinion
Biotech and Biopharma Industry Trends: What to Watch for in 2024

Emerging biotech and biopharma (EBP) companies continue to drive global medical innovation, with Asia Pacific playing a ...

January 10, 2024 | Wednesday | Opinion
Singapore's Duke-NUS scientists discover potential nasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate

A team of scientists, led by Singapore’s Duke-NUS Medical School, has discovered a potential intranasal vaccine ca...

January 10, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Imperial College London partners with NTU Singapore in S$20 M medical research programme

Imperial College London has opened its first overseas research and innovation centre in Singapore to strengthen collabor...

January 9, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Global Young Scientists Summit (GYSS) 2024 convenes international young scientists in Singapore fostering research and collaboration

GYSS 2024 is celebrating the values of science promoting collaboration and teamwork in Singapore from 8 to 12 January 20...

January 9, 2024 | Tuesday | Company results
Specialised Therapeutics, Ascendis Pharma to commercialise endocrinology therapies in Australia and SE Asia

Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics Asia (ST) has added three new endocrinology ther...

January 8, 2024 | Monday | News
Singapore uses AI to create safety system for patients, helps predict falls

Applying artificial intelligence (AI) technology to one of the main concerns in patient safety, Singapore-based Nanyang ...

January 5, 2024 | Friday | News
Singapore develops AI-based tool for accurate 3D structure prediction of RNA to enhance drug designing

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

December 26, 2023 | Tuesday | News
ImmunoScape & Experimental Drug Development Centre ink cell therapy partnership in Singapore

Singapore-based biotech startup ImmunoScape has announced a partnership with the Experimental Drug Development Centre (E...

December 21, 2023 | Thursday | News
Austrianova succeeds in metronomic therapy using Cell-in-a-Box® to treat pancreatic cancer

Austrianova, a member of the SGAustria group of companies, and a leading provider of cell encapsulated products as well ...

December 19, 2023 | Tuesday | News
New research in Singapore could aid regenerative heart therapies

Scientists led by Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore and the University of California, Los Angeles, (UCLA) in the Un...

December 20, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Redefining the Art of Patient Care in a Technology-Driven World

In recent years, there has been a notable surge in the advocacy for incorporating data and technology into healthcare pr...

December 20, 2023 | Wednesday | Opinion
Singapore takes step forward in diagnosing severe cases of dengue

Scientists and clinicians at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and the National Centre for Inf...

December 19, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Scientists in Singapore develop innovative and flexible method to study immune cell capabilities

Assistant Professor Cheow Lih Feng from the National University of Singapore's (NUS) Institute for H...

December 18, 2023 | Monday | News
Bioscience Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Investment Drives

BioSpectrum Asia (BSA) unveiled "BSA Symposium, 2023" on 4 Dec 2023 to explore and indulge in novel facets of Bioscience...

December 18, 2023 | Monday | Company results
Singapore reveals novel ways to treat and study neurodegenerative diseases

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) in Singapore and their collaborators have come up with new methods to...

December 16, 2023 | Saturday | News
Vietnam-based USM Healthcare receives investment from Sweef Capital to improve cardiac care

Sweef Capital has announced the second investment of its Southeast Asia Women’s Economic Empowerment Fund (SWEEF) ...

December 13, 2023 | Wednesday | News
MedTech Innovator in partnership with APACMed announces winners of APAC Accelerator programme

US-based MedTech Innovator, the world’s largest accelerator of medical technology companies, in partnership w...

December 12, 2023 | Tuesday | News
German medtech firm BIOTRONIK opens new Asia Pacific hub in Singapore

BIOTRONIK has announced the opening of its new Asia Pacific Manufacturing and Research Hub. The 20,000 m² site will...

December 7, 2023 | Thursday | News
NTU & Singapore General Hospital to advance 3D printing in healthcare with joint R&D lab

Singapore General Hospital (SGH) patients are expected to benefit from healthcare innovations, such as customised medica...

December 6, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore-China collaboration to explore allogeneic gamma delta T cell technology for cancer treatment

CytoMed Therapeutics, a Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company focused on harnessing its proprietary technologies to ...

December 5, 2023 | Tuesday | News
US-Singapore collaboration to advance R&D in neurological disorders

US-based Cerecin Inc., has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapore-based A*STAR's Institute of Molecul...

December 1, 2023 | Friday | News
Singapore spearheads research in women health, establishes Global Centre for Asian Women’s Health

Singapore established Global Centre for Asian Women’s Health (GloW) at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, ...

November 28, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Singapore’s Cancer Drug List adds BeiGene's Zanubrutinib for multiple indications

BeiGene, a global, science-driven biotechnology company, has announced that its anti-cancer drug zanubrutinib, a Bruton&...

November 24, 2023 | Friday | News
BioSpectrum Asia Unveils "BioSpectrum Asia Symposium, 2023" to Propel Singapore's Biomedical Excellence

The symposium is a heartfelt gesture of gratitude and appreciation to Singapore's vibrant Bioscience community, followin...

November 24, 2023 | Friday | News
Singapore to develop Asia’s first bioengineered human heart-in-a-jar

National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) has partnered with US-based Medera’s Novoheart to create the world’s ...

November 23, 2023 | Thursday | News
Singapore's NDRIS organizes SEA's largest Scientific Dental Conference in Singapore

The Joint 37th International Association of Dental Researchers, Southeast Asia Scientific Meeting (IADR-SEA) and 2nd Int...

November 22, 2023 | Wednesday | Company results
MiyaHealth obtains ISO Certification and a CE Mark for its Chronic Disease Management Platform

MiyaHealth, a Singapore-headquartered global SaaS HealthTech, announced that it has secured ISO 13845:2016 certification...

November 23, 2023 | Thursday | News
Croda invests S$22 M in new pastillation facility to expand speciality chemicals manufacturing

Croda International Plc, the company that uses smart science to create high-performance ingredients and solutions cateri...

November 22, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Laxxon Medical joins German Accelerator’s Southeast Asia Market Access Class of 2023

Pharmaceutical 3D screen printing company Laxxon Medical has been selected alongside seven other high-potential companie...

November 22, 2023 | Wednesday | News
SK bioscience and Hilleman Laboratories to develop Zaire Ebola Virus vaccine

South Korea-based SK bioscience has entered into a development licensing agreement with Hilleman Laboratories, in Singap...

November 22, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's Experimental Drug Development Centre inks new collaboration with Chinese startup XtalPi

XtalPi, an innovative technology company powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, has signed a Memoran...

November 22, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore develops assistive device to help muscular dystrophy patients

In muscular dystrophy, genetic mutations interfere with the production of proteins needed to form healthy muscle. S...

November 20, 2023 | Monday | News
NTU Singapore designs Chinese Medicine undergraduate degree to address healthcare needs

From 2028, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) will confer its own Chinese Medicine degree. It i...

November 17, 2023 | Friday | News
S$5.8 M commitment to build Singapore's first breathlessness ecosystem

Lien Foundation and Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) have launched the Air Master service, which aims to help patients with...

November 16, 2023 | Thursday | News
Singapore accelerates development of advanced biometrics solutions

France-hedquartered IDEMIA, the global leader in identity technologies, and HTX (Home Team Science and Technology Agency...

November 16, 2023 | Thursday | News
Singapore to establish Centre for Sustainable Medicine in response to climate change

The Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) is establishing the Centre for Sust...

November 15, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore kicks off new project for reducing childhood myopia through light exposure app

TUMCREATE, a multidisciplinary research platform of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Singapore, and the Yong ...

November 10, 2023 | Friday | News
West Pharma appoints Nilesh Shah as VP and GM of Emerging Markets

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc., a global leader in innovative solutions for injectable drug administration, has appo...

November 9, 2023 | Thursday | News
Hilleman Lab invest $20M to launch new ACES cGMP Facility in Singapore

On 9 November, Hilleman Laboratories opened its ACES current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) facility in Singapore w...

November 9, 2023 | Thursday | Company results
Life sciences VC firm Flagship Pioneering expands into APAC region with new hub in Singapore

Flagship Pioneering, an American life sciences venture capital (VC) company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts that ...

November 8, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore, Korea become WHO-listed regulatory authorities

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Singapore; the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), Republic of Korea; and the ...

November 8, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Japan-Singapore partnership to accelerate innovation in drug discovery

Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) in Singapore and IPGaia, Inc. (IPG) in Japan have signed an agreement to jointly adva...

November 7, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Singapore pledges S$3 million to drive Sustainability OpenInnovation Challenge 2023

Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) launched the fifth edition of theSustainabilityOpen Innovation Challenge (SOIC) on 3...

October 31, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
Qatar Research, Development, and Innovation (QRDI) Council Elevates Qatar's Open Innovation Status at SWITCH 2023

The Qatar Research, Development, and Innovation (QRDI) Council, and Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG), announced the Q...

November 2, 2023 | Thursday | Company results
Enterprise Singapore expands Global Innovation Alliance for Singapore’s tech startups to connect with innovation hubs in Mumbai, Melbourne and Sydney

Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) announced the addition of three new Global Innovation Alliance (GIA) nodes on 31 Oct...

October 31, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
Hisamitsu Pharma launches Salonpas® Diclofenac Patch 1% in Singapore for pain relief

Japan-based Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical has launched the Salonpas® Diclofenac Patch 1% in Singapore. It is the first in...

November 3, 2023 | Friday | News
Austrianova announces German subsidiary and new location in Singapore

SG Austria (“Austrianova”), a leading provider of cell biological products and services, on 31st Oct an...

November 3, 2023 | Friday | News
Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore receives $6 M funding to foster tomorrow’s healthcare leaders

The Ngee Ann Kongsi, a charitable foundation in Singapore, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Duke-NUS ...

November 2, 2023 | Thursday | News
J&J Innovation launches Singapore QuickFire Challenge with the Singapore Economic Development Board

Johnson & Johnson International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. announced on 31 Oct at the Singapore Week of Innovation and Te...

November 1, 2023 | Wednesday | Company results
Singapore-based startup Engine Biosciences raises $27 M for precision oncology medicine development

Engine Biosciences, a venture-backed Singapore and Silicon Valley based startup leveraging machine learning and high-thr...

November 1, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Mesh Bio's predictive health-tech tool HealthVector® Diabetes approved in Singapore to detect renal disease

Singapore-founded health technology startup, Mesh Bio announces a dual milestone: regulatory approval of its HealthVe...

October 30, 2023 | Monday | News
Strides Pharma sells Singapore manufacturing facility for $15 M

Indian firm Strides Pharma Science has announced that its step‐ down wholly owned subsidiary, Strides Pharma Global, S...

October 27, 2023 | Friday | News
New discovery in T-Cell Research could lead to improved treatment of Solid Tumours

A local study led by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) discovered that by inhibiting the function...

October 25, 2023 | Wednesday | Analysis
Singapore discovers novel insights into transplanted retinal cells to treat degenerative vision in elderly

A team of scientists in Singapore has discovered new behaviour in transplanted stem cell derived retinal pigment epithel...

October 16, 2023 | Monday | News
Singapore's NUH launches Global Fellows Alliance to foster international healthcare collaboration

(From left) Professor Yeoh Khay Guan, Chief Executive, National University Health System; Professor Quek Swee Chye, Chai...

October 24, 2023 | Tuesday | Company results
65LAB enters Singapore biopharma landscape to advance Drug Discovery in Singapore

Lightstone Ventures, ClavystBio, Leaps by Bayer, Polaris Partners, and the Polaris Innovation Fund, along with global li...

October 5, 2023 | Thursday | News
Prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) risk to alleviate the financial burden during hospitalisation

Surgical Site Infection (SSI) is one of the most common nosocomial concerns associated with surgeries whi...

October 24, 2023 | Tuesday | Opinion
Singapore's deep tech startup Mesh Bio secures investment from Indonesia-based East Ventures

Mesh Bio, a Singapore-based health deep tech startup in transforming chronic disease management through predictive analy...

October 23, 2023 | Monday | News
Singapore furthers cooperation with China in traditional chinese medicine

Singapore will further its cooperation in several areas of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with the People’s Re...

October 23, 2023 | Monday | News
Singapore develops innovative magnetic gel to heal diabetic wounds faster

Diabetic patients, whose natural wound-healing capabilities are compromised, often develop chronic wounds that are slow ...

October 20, 2023 | Friday | News
Reinforcing healthcare equity, access, and resilience by fine-tuning the pharma supply chain in ASEAN market

As the world is progressively rebounding from pandemic impact, Moderna is constantly developing next-generation combinat...

October 19, 2023 | Thursday | Opinion
Leica Microsystems invests $60 M to open next-gen facility in Singapore

Leica Microsystems, a global leader in microscopy and scientific instrumentation, has announced the official opening of ...

October 19, 2023 | Thursday | News
SDTA showcases 8 Deep-Tech ventures from the Innovate UK Global Incubator Program

Sustainability-focused deep tech venture builder, Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance (SDTA) and Innovate UK hosted their first...

October 18, 2023 | Wednesday | Company results
New module in Singapore to better prepare medical students in diagnosing gastrointestinal diseases

US-based startup GigXR, Inc., a global provider of holographic healthcare training, has announced its partnership with t...

October 25, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore explores genetic glycoengineering to advance vaccines & therapeutics technology

A novel glycoengineering platform, created by the researchers at Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of...

October 17, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Singapore-Korea partnership for new ovarian cancer therapy

Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics Asia Pte Ltd (ST) has signed a license deal with Kore...

October 16, 2023 | Monday | News
Singapore and Japan join forces in pioneering telesurgery trial

Singapore's National University Hospital (NUH) and the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Sin...

October 13, 2023 | Friday | News
Recent real estate trends shaping Singapore’s burgeoning biomedical hub infrastructure

Life sciences facilities and biomedical hubs throughout Asia are booming, including Singapore, which has led to an extra...

October 11, 2023 | Wednesday | Opinion
Singapore’s first consumer centric e-pharmacy Glovida-Rx unveils

Glovida-Rx, Singapore’s first consumer-centric e-pharmacy, was launched on 9 Oct. Backed by WellChem Pharmaceutica...

October 11, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Taiwanese firm TaiGen Biopharma to develop and commercialise new drug in Malaysia and Singapore

TaiGen Biopharmaceuticals Holdings has announced that TaiGen Biotechnology, a subsidiary company of TaiGen, has signed a...

October 11, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's Changi General Hospital offers advanced mass spectrometry testing to diagnose hypertension

Changi General Hospital (CGH), through the Shimadzu-CGH Clinomics Centre (SC3), has successfully started performing clin...

October 11, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Tech Trailblazers: TechInnovation 2023 spotlights leading Innovators

TechInnovation 2023, IPI’s flagship event, returns for an eleventh edition as Asia’s premier technology-matc...

October 10, 2023 | Tuesday | News
TechInnovation 2023, Asia's premier tech-matching event, returns to Singapore for its 11th edition

TechInnovation 2023, IPI’s flagship event and a premier technology-matching platform, returns for its eleventh edi...

September 2, 2023 | Saturday | News
Singapore launches national mental health and well-being strategy

The Inter-agency Taskforce on Mental Health and Well-being has launched Singapore’s National Mental Health and Wel...

October 10, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Acrometa enhances co-working lab space operations for life sciences in Singapore

Acrometa Group has announced that its 70% owned subsidiary company Life Science Incubator (LSI) has entered into a Manag...

October 9, 2023 | Monday | News
First-of-its-kind partnership in Singapore to advance drug discovery

Lightstone Ventures, ClavystBio, Leaps by Bayer, Polaris Partners, and the Polaris Innovation Fund, along with global li...

October 6, 2023 | Friday | News
Hitachi's first proton therapy system to start treatment in Southeast Asia

Japanese firm Hitachi has delivered to National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) a proton therapy system, with which NCCS ...

October 5, 2023 | Thursday | News

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