Singapore's medtech firm SynPhNe raises $5 M for neurological rehabilitation

SynPhNe, a medtech spin-off from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, has secured $5 million in Series A fundi...

March 14, 2024 | Thursday | News
Singapore scientists develop ultra-thin semiconductor fibres for use in healthcare wearables

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore have developed ultra-thin semiconductor fibres that ca...

March 13, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Sulzer opens new cutting-edge Innovation Technology Hub in Singapore

Sulzer offcialy opened its new Innovation Technology Hub (InTecH) in Singapore’s Jurong Innovati...

March 11, 2024 | Monday | News
Zika virus vaccine emerges as tool in battling brain cancer: Singaporean study

Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) at Singapore have developed a new approach using the Zika virus to de...

March 11, 2024 | Monday | News
Synapxe and A*STAR join forces to drive scalable HealthTech Innovation in Singapore

Singapore’s National HealthTech agency, Synapxe, has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Agenc...

March 8, 2024 | Friday | Influencers
Asia Photonics Expo (APE) 2024 unleashes in Singapore from 6-8 March

The inaugural Asia Photonics Expo (APE), was successfully launched at Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore on 6...

March 7, 2024 | Thursday | News
National University of Singapore strengthens partnership with universities in Vietnam

National University of Singapore (NUS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Vietnam National Universi...

March 6, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore SHF outlines a strategy and framework to prevent cardiovascular disease

Singapore Heart Foundation (SHF), the Singapore Cardiac Society (SCS) and the Academy of Medicine, Singapore (AMS), ...

March 5, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore approves Invitrocue’s Onco-PDO test as personalised oncology service

Invitrocue, Singapore-based biotechnology and medical innovation company, has achieved a breakthrough in clinical drug t...

March 5, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Pharmarack, Informatica partners to revolutionize Healthcare Network of India

Informatica, an enterprise cloud data management solution provider, announced that Pharmarack, India’s larges...

March 5, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Novel platform can significantly reduces drug testing and screening time in cancer diagnosis

In a breakthrough for personalised oncology, scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the National...

March 4, 2024 | Monday | News
Singapore MOH enrolls Pfizer's oral drug for atopic dermatitis (AD) under MAF listing

Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) has listed Pfizer Singapore’s Atopic dermatitis (AD) oral tablet abrocitinib un...

March 1, 2024 | Friday | News
Why Singapore is Deep Tech Innovation Frontrunner

Singapore has emerged as a significant player in the global deep tech landscape. Over the past decade, the government ha...

March 1, 2024 | Friday | Analysis
Singapore launches first Women’s Leadership Programme for medicine research

The inaugural Women’s Leadership Programme 2024, or WLP, jointly organised by National University of Singapore (NU...

March 1, 2024 | Friday | News
FedEx opens new regional headquarters in Singapore

FedEx Express (FedEx), a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. opened its new regional headquarters in Singapore housing teams that ...

February 28, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Korea and Singapore sign agreement on good manufacturing practice for medicinal products

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in South Korea has signed the Mutual Recognition Agreement on Good Manufactu...

February 28, 2024 | Wednesday | News
MiyaHealth expands its footprint in Indonesia and the Philippines

MiyaHealth, a Singapore-headquartered SaaS HealthTech, has expanded its proprietary suites, MiyaPayor and MiyaProvi...

February 23, 2024 | Friday | News
Rockwell Automation announces new country manager to oversee Singapore, Malaysia, and Brunei operations

Rockwell Automation, the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, ha...

February 22, 2024 | Thursday | News
Asia Photonics Expo 2024 to unveil futuristic Photonics Innovation in Singapore

APE 2024 - Asia Photonics Expo 2024 will be held from 6 to 8 March 2024 at Sands Expo and Convention Centre (Marina Bay ...

February 22, 2024 | Thursday | News
Lifebit opens R&D centre in Singapore in collaboration with Synapxe

Lifebit, a global leader in genomics and health data software, announces its expansion into Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ)...

February 22, 2024 | Thursday | News
Daiichi Sankyo unveils APAC regional hub for RDPV QA operations in Singapore

Daiichi Sankyo, an innovative global healthcare company, has launched its subsidiary Daiichi Sankyo Singapore ...

February 22, 2024 | Thursday | Company results
Health Ministry in Singapore introduces scheme to strengthen career opportunities in nursing

To attract and encourage nurses to build a lifelong career in nursing, the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Singapore will in...

February 26, 2024 | Monday | News
BD & Camtech Health to increase access to cervical cancer screening in Singapore

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) has announced a strategic partnership with Camtech Health, a digital health comp...

February 21, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore approves AffaMed Therapeutics drug for Ocular Inflammation

China's AffaMed Therapeutics, has obtained New Drug Application (NDA) from Singapore Health Sciences Authority (HSA...

February 21, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's Mount Alvernia Hospital allies with OutSystems for digital interoperability

Mount Alvernia Hospital has partnered with OutSystems, a global leader in high-performance low-code application developm...

February 21, 2024 | Wednesday | News
NTU Singapore launches new college of computing and data science to propel AI ambitions

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is launching a new college to deepen the University’s ...

February 20, 2024 | Tuesday | News
NTU Singapore develops stretchable electronics devices for medical applications

The Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has established a high-tech pilot laboratory capable of ...

February 14, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Asia-Pacific Biopharma Excellence Awards 2024

    The Asia-Pacific Biopharma Excellence Awards 2024 seeks to give recognition to exceptional Asian bio...

February 13, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore boosts national palliative care capabilities with launch of new Master’s programme

To meet the urgent need of upskilling healthcare professionals in end-of-life care, Nanyang Technological University, Si...

February 9, 2024 | Friday | News
QIAGEN expands syndromic diagnostic portfolio to Singapore

QIAGEN's QIAstat-Dx Meningitis/Encephalitis Panel, a qualitative multiplexed nucleic acid-based in vitro diagnostic...

February 7, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's Qritive drives AI adoption in pathology and diagnosis across India

Singapore headquartered QritiveTM, a leading provider of AI solutions for pathology labs worldwide, has partnered w...

February 6, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Singapore develops new programme to assist in early breast cancer detection

A group of researchers, led by Assoc Prof Ng Yin Kwee from NTU’s School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (M...

February 7, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's SCRI honors nine researchers with the DCA-CRC award recognizing R&D contribution

Singapore Clinical Research Institute (SCRI), a business unit under the Consortium for Clinical Research and Innovation,...

January 31, 2024 | Wednesday | Company results
Pfizer launches Rimegepant in Singapore for Acute and Prophylactic Migraine relief

Pfizer’s NURTEC® (rimegepant), an orally disintegrating tablet for both the acute treatment of migraine is now...

January 31, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore's Doctor Anywhere (DA) unveils DA MedSuites, an integrated medical facility

Singpaore's healthcare company, Doctor Anywhere (DA), has unveiled its flagship health screening and imaging c...

February 2, 2024 | Friday | Company results
Japan's Chugai to position Singapore subsidiary as permanent global drug discovery research centre

Chugai Pharmaceutical has decided to position its research subsidiary in Singapore, Chugai Pharmabody Research...

February 5, 2024 | Monday | News
Singapore develops new and precise way to treat most common type of brain cancer

Researchers led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new and precise way to t...

February 2, 2024 | Friday | News
Singapore, China explore use of spider-silk inspired electrode to shape future of medical devices

An international team of scientists from Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanj...

February 2, 2024 | Friday | News
Jubilant Pharma sells entire 25.8% stake in Sofie Biosciences Inc for $139.43 M

Jubilant Pharma Limited, Singapore (JPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Jubilant Pharmova Limited (formerly Jubilant Life...

January 31, 2024 | Wednesday | News
“We no longer need to endure the ravages of ageing”

What technologies is Gero using to solve ageing? To my knowledge, we are the only company that is using physics to mode...

February 1, 2024 | Thursday | Opinion
Singapore-based startup Mesh Bio raises $3.5 M to make digital twin technologies available at scale

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

January 31, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Singapore EDB aims to strengthen economic competitiveness by attracting investment

Singapore EDB aims to strengthen Singapore’s competitiveness amidst a rapidly changing external environment, build...

January 30, 2024 | Tuesday | Company results
Merck establishes first digital hub in Singapore

Science and technology company Merck has announced the opening of the Merck Digital Hub in Singapore, representing its f...

January 30, 2024 | Tuesday | News
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