HeartWare ventricular assist system trial results positive

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 May, 2012

Singapore: HeartWare International, a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies that are revolutionizing the treatment of advanced heart failure, re...Read more

Japan medtech firm signs $9 mn deal with A*Star

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 May, 2013

Singapore: Japan's technology company, Arkray is investing $9.1 million over a five-year period in a research venture and collaboration with A*Star's Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotec...Read more

India: Policy reforms enables bioscience sector

MedTech |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2013

Leveraging on the back of increasing sales of generic medicines, continued growth in chronic therapies and a greater penetration in rural markets, the Indian pharmaceutical market is expect...Read more

BD launches Cell Analyzer to enhance drug discovery

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 11 Jul, 2013

Singapore: BD Biosciences, a global medical technology company, has launched BD LSRFortessa X-20 Cell Analyzer, to deliver high-performance multicolor analysis with compact footprint in its...Read more

Fujifilm opens new lens factory in Philippines

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Jul, 2013

Singapore: Fujifilm Corporation has started full-scale operation of Fujifilm Optics Philippines in Laguna. The new company will become the core production base for high-performance lenses u...Read more

Trivitron acquires Ani Labsystem

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 27 Nov, 2012

Bangalore: Indian company Trivitron Healthcare acquired Finland-based Ani Labsystem, a leader in the in vitro diagnostics space with unique global position in the fast growing neonatal scr...Read more

Mouser Electronics focuses on medical imaging

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Jul, 2013

Singapore: Mouser Electronics has released an enhanced version of its Medical Applications site. New features focus on medical imaging solutions including MRI, portable ultrasound, and digi...Read more

Century Medical gets Japanese nod for Glider catheter

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 22 Apr, 2013

‎Singapore: TriReme Medical's Japanese partner, Century Medical, has received Shonin approval for Glider PTCA catheter, which is indicated for treating the stenotic portion of coronar...Read more

US researchers develop transparent skull implant

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 04 Sep, 2013

Singapore: A team of University of California, Riverside, researchers have developed a novel transparent skull implant that literally provides a 'window to the brain', which they hope will ...Read more

Medtronic opens facility to support R&D in China

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 04 Sep, 2012

Singapore: Medtronic, a medical technology company, officially opened its innovation center in Shanghai, China. The new facility, located in the company's China headquarters and the first o...Read more

Singapore gets medical device regulatory curriculum

MedTech |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Jun, 2014

Singapore: With the objective to enhance regulatory ecosystem in Singapore, Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) and National University of Singapore (NUS) have jointly launched ...Read more

Genetic diagnostics usher in a new era in healthcare

MedTech |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Dec, 2012

Thanks to the Human Genome Project, scientists now have a set of tools that can be readily used to understand the complexity of diseases and their variability in human beings. These tools a...Read more

Accenture study: Healthcare IT solutions rising in Singapore

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 10 Sep, 2012

Singapore: Singapore is making significant strides in adopting healthcare IT and translating these advanced capabilities, such as clinical decision support, into regular use among physician...Read more

Fujifilm leverages on 3D breast imaging technology

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 Nov, 2012

Singapore: Fujifilm Medical Systems is entering women's health market with 3D breast imaging technology that provides a direct visual representation of the volumetric structure of the breas...Read more

Biogenica Scientific brings out kit to certify halal food

MedTech |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 Mar, 2012

Biogenica Scientific Sdn Bhd (BSSB), a Malaysian biotechnology company, incorporated in 2008, has developed the first-of-its-kind antibody-based rapid diagnostic test kit to detect non-hala...Read more

Taiwan univ, Quanta unveil cloud solution for neonatal care

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 May, 2013

Singapore: National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) of Taiwan has collaborated with Quanta Computer to launch a cloud solution that will provide neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) doctors and...Read more

FDA nod for Cepheid gonorrhea test kit

MedTech |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 28 Dec, 2012

Singapore: US FDA approved Xpert CT/NG, a qualitative in vitro molecular diagnostic test for the detection and differentiation of Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) and Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG), ...Read more

Abbott starts Absorb Japan trial in CAD patients

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 13 Jun, 2013

Singapore: Abbott announced that it has initiated the Absorb Japan randomized controlled clinical trial to evaluate the Absorb Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS) in patients with coronar...Read more