Irish medtech firm Mainstay starts clinical trials

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 10 Mar, 2014

Singapore: Irish medtech firm Mainstay Medical has started its clinical trials on Implanted Reactiv8 unit that is being designed to stabilize spinal muscles with electrical impulses. Targe...Read more

Co-Diagnostics, DNA Logix JV to target poor nations

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Jul, 2013

Singapore: US-based Co-Diagnostics and DNA Logix have formed a joint venture, Co-Diagnostics HBDC to address diagnostic problems for infectious diseases unique to high burden developing cou...Read more

Amaranth gets $20 mn from DCP Management

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Oct, 2013

Singapore: Singapore-based Amaranth Medical, a privately-held medical device company, has closed $20 million series B financing led by new investor DCP Management, Singapore. Existing inve...Read more

Siemens launches syngo ultrasound software

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 13 Dec, 2012

Singapore: Siemens Healthcare launched syngo Ultrasound Breast Analysis, a software application for offline review of images, volumes and clips produced with the Acuson S2000 Automated Brea...Read more

US venture capital firm to invest in China

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 Mar, 2013

Singapore: Domain Associates, a US venture capital firm investing in breakthrough life sciences technologies, and Elite Consulting, consultants and financial advisers to the Chinese pharmac...Read more

Dassault launches 3D drug solution for bio firms

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 Jul, 2013

Singapore: Europe-based Dassault Systèmes, specializing in 3D design, 3D digital mock up and product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, has launched a new industry solution experience...Read more

Japan approves Zoll's temp management system

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 Feb, 2013

Singapore: Zoll Medical, a manufacturer of medical devices and related software solutions, has received Shonin approval from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) to ent...Read more

HistoIndex sets new standards in fibrosis diagnosis

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 Mar, 2012

Biopsy has been used as a gold standard for determining the extent of liver disease. But this method has its limitations and many times it fails to provide critical information about the se...Read more

Abbott receives CE Mark for FreeStyle Optium

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Sep, 2013

Singapore: Abbott has received CE Marking (Conformite Europeenne) in Europe for the FreeStyle Optium Neo Blood Glucose and Ketone Monitoring System. The new icon-driven system provides slee...Read more

Ultra-fast DNA sequencer to detect bird flu

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 09 May, 2013

Singapore: A team of scientists from the National Chiao Tung University (NCTU), Hsinchu City, Taiwan, developed a rapid, precise and economical technique for single-molecule DNA sequencing....Read more

TechInnovation 2013 kicks off in Singapore

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Sep, 2013

Singapore: Industry-technology matching event TechInnovation 2013 kicked off in Singapore on September 24 to enhance innovation in Singapore-based industries through collaborations and part...Read more

Medtronic launches stent system in Japan

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 30 Aug, 2012

Singapore: Medtronic launched the Resolute Integrity Coronary Stent System in Japan, which is the world's second largest market for medical devices. Indicated for the treatment of coronary ...Read more

Positive results for CardioCel implants in phase II

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Mar, 2013

Singapore: Allied Healthcare's CardioCel implants has shown no calcification four years after being implanted. Patients involved in an ongoing phase II extension study were assessed four ye...Read more

Maxillent iRaise to solve dental implant problems in Hong Kong

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 11 Sep, 2012

Singapore: Maxillent, a company dedicated to innovative solutions for dental implants, signed an exclusive contract with Pioneer Richteeth Medical Distribution Company, Shanghai, for the d...Read more

XCode decodes DNA, wins BioSpectrum award

MedTech |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Mar, 2013

Dr Saleem Mohammad, who founded XCode Life Sciences in December 2010, first had the idea of starting this company while he was pursuing his PhD in Bioinformatics from the University of Nebr...Read more

A*Star, University of Leeds sign medtech MoU

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 31 May, 2013

Singapore: Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and University of Leeds, UK, have ink...Read more

Clearbridge wins ¥3 mn award in Japan

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 May, 2012

Singapore: Clearbridge BioMedics has won the 2012 Asian Entrepreneurship Awards, which was held from May 9-11, 2012, in Kashiwanoha, Chiba Prefecture, in Japan. A total of 18 start-up compa...Read more

Indian PM unveils science & technology policy

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 03 Jan, 2013

New Delhi: The Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, unveiled the country's science, technology and innovation policy at the 100th Indian Science Congress, which was held in Kolkata, In...Read more