Biofourmis, Brigham and Women’s Hospital collaborate to co-develop Biovitals

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Nov, 2018

Singapore – Biofourmis, a fast-growing digital health startup that augments personalized care using digital therapeutics, has entered into a collaboration with Brigham and Women&rsquo...Read more

Singapore hosts dialogue on future trends, challenges impacting health

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Nov, 2018

Singapore – By 2025, more than half the workforce will be automated. Worldwide healthcare spending will reach $25 trillion by 2040. Globally, 1.6 billion people will be 65 years and o...Read more

First asian real-world experience of regorafenib presented at ESMO Asia

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Nov, 2018

Singapore – A new multicenter, retrospective analysis of South Korean patients highlighted that the oral targeted therapy regorafenib is effective and well-tolerated for second-line t...Read more

Marmosets viable in vivo models for developing immune-based therapies

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Nov, 2018

Singapore – Scientists from A*STAR’s Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN) and Singapore Bioimaging Consortium (SBIC) have established marmosets as viable in vivo models for inves...Read more

Guardant Health AMEA launches regional headquarters in Singapore

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Nov, 2018

Guardant Health AMEA today announces the launch of its Asia, Middle East and Africa headquarters in Singapore with the goal of addressing the unmet medical nee...Read more

Philips launches Learning Academy for healthcare professionals in Singapore

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 26 Nov, 2018

Singapore – Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology aims to upskill the region’s healthcare professionals with the introduction of Phillips Learning Academy at the P...Read more

Roche launches FoundationOne CDx to help guide personalised treatment decisions

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Nov, 2018

Singapore - Roche announced that FoundationOne CDx, Foundation Medicine’s comprehensive companion diagnostic test for personalised cancer care, has launched in Singapore. FoundationOn...Read more

World’s first migraine-specific prevention treatment available in Singapore

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 22 Nov, 2018

Singapore – Novartis announced that the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has approved Aimovig (erenumab) in Singapore for the prevention of migraine in adults. Aimovig i...Read more

MIT Technology Review shortlists 10 ‘Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific’ for 2019

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Nov, 2018

Singapore – MIT Technology Review  announced the top 10 young Innovators under the age of 35 in the region. Close to 200 nominations from talented researchers, inv...Read more

Dornier collaborates with NUH to initiate new clinical study

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 21 Nov, 2018

Singapore – Dornier MedTech, a global leader in urology, announced the initiation of a new clinical study to determine the safety and efficacy of low-intensity shockwave therapy (Li-S...Read more

Digital transformation - Key to improve healthcare continuum

Singapore |  Opinion | By Keren Priyadarshini, Regional Business Lead, Worldwide Health, Microsoft Asia | 0 Comment | 16 Nov, 2018

Cardiovascular disease is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in India. When Apollo Hospitals’ founder Dr Prathap C. Reddy lost a patient to heart disease in 1983 due...Read more

EDBI-backed Moderna Therapeutics files for $500M IPO

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 15 Nov, 2018

Singapore - US biotech giant Moderna Therapeutics – which is backed by Singapore-based EDBI and Sequoia Capital China – has filed with the SEC to raise up to $500 million i...Read more

MindFi App makes mindfulness smart and measurable

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Nov, 2018

Singapore - MindFi, a Southeast Asian leader in digital wellness, has launched the third generation of its mobile application, MindFi V3, that will pioneer a brand new mindfulness and medit...Read more

Esco Medical secures CFDA approval for Embryo Incubators

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Nov, 2018

Esco Medical, the IVF medical technology business unit of the Esco Group, has announced that it has received the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) approval on the MIRI Time-Lapse an...Read more

New study reveals substantial gap in understanding of diabetes

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 13 Nov, 2018

Singapore - The latest Sun Life Financial Asia Diabetes Awareness Study themed “Family and Diabetes” reveals that although there is an improvement in awareness and und...Read more

Book launch pays tribute to Nobel Laureate Dr Sydney Brenner

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Nov, 2018

Singapore - Madam Halimah Yacob, President of the Republic of Singapore launched the book “Sydney Brenner’s 10-on-10: Chronicles of Evolution” recently, a tribute to Nobel...Read more

3-D study delivers first pre-clinical results on the toxicological impact of novel e-cigarette

Singapore |  News | By Keyur Trivedi, M.Phil., M.Sc., Philip Morris International | 0 Comment | 12 Nov, 2018

Singapore - Philip Morris International (PMI), has conducted an in vitro study using epithelial cells taken from the mouth and small airways of a human donor, in early stage, pre-clinical a...Read more

SNEC, SERI, J&J Vision collaborate to tackle myopia

Singapore |  News | 0 Comment | 12 Nov, 2018

The Singapore National Eye Centre (SNEC), the Singapore Eye Research Institute (SERI) and Johnson & Johnson Vision has announced a US$26.35 million (S$36.35 million) research collaborat...Read more