China to surpass Japan as 2nd largest medtech market

MedTech |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Apr, 2013

Singapore: As the world's largest population, prospects for medical device spending in China is huge. Government healthcare reforms are a major driving force behind China's healthcare secto...Read more

Singapore starts medtech site to address investment queries

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

Singapore: Singapore has launched medtech portal, www.medtech.sg, that aims to address international investors' queries on relevant and accurate information to evaluate medtech investment p...Read more

Boston Scientific embolization tech gets FDA nod

MedTech |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 20 Nov, 2013

Singapore: Boston Scientific has received the US FDA's clearance and CE Mark approval for its Direxion Torqueable Microcatheter, bolstering its portfolio of peripheral embolization technolo...Read more

Singapore launches A*Star Nanoimprint Foundry

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 30 Sep, 2013

Singapore: The pioneer initiative brings together nanotechnology suppliers and manufacturers to speed up productization of nanoimprinting, which imbues ordinary surfaces with unique propert...Read more

Implementation of policy is the key

MedTech |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2014

Singapore: A rapidly emerging middle class and an ageing population in Asian countries, coupled with growing affluence and increased instances of lifestyle diseases is necessitating smart...Read more

Robust regulations needed

MedTech |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2014

Singapore: The Asia Pacific (APAC) medical device market touched an estimated $54.5 billion at the beginning of 2012. This growth was primarily led by the population size, an ageing popu...Read more

Medtronic to help rebuild hospital in Japan

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 May, 2012

Singapore: Medtronic Foundation will partner with Project HOPE to rebuild the Yamada General Hospital in Japan's northern coastal town of Yamada. The hospital was destroyed in the earthquak...Read more

India gets another CyberKnife cancer center

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Nov, 2012

Singapore: India's specialty institutes Medanta (Medicity Cancer Institute) and the Roentgen-BLK super speciality hospital have acquired CyberKnife VSI System, the premier solution for full...Read more

Tablet coating inspection technology developed in Japan

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 25 Sep, 2012

Singapore: Sumitomo Electric Industries and Kwansei Gakuin University have jointly developed a tablet coating inspection technology and a polymeric organic material inspection technology, ...Read more

Medical devices market in India may grow to $5.8 billion by 2014: Report

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

Mumbai: The Indian medical device and equipment market is expected to grow to around $5.8 billion by 2014 and $ 7.8billion by 2016, growing at a CAGR of 15.5 percent, according to an indust...Read more

Trends in Diagnostics

MedTech |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2014

Singapore: A recent healthcare industry report by Frost & Sullivan states that the molecular diagnostics market in Asia Pacific clocked over $800 million in 2012 and according to est...Read more

Shimadzu to launch gas chromatograph Tracera

MedTech |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Feb, 2013

Singapore: Shimadzu will introduce Tracera, a high-sensitivity gas chromatograph equipped with the newly developed barrier discharge ionization detector (BID), which is capable of detecting...Read more

CardioCel continues to get surgeons' nod in Australia

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

Singapore: CardioCel, a cardiovascular tissue patch to repair heart deformities including repairing and reconstructing heart valves developed by Australia based Allied Healthcare Group, is ...Read more

Aimedics recalls sleep-time glucose monitor HypoMon

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

Singapore: Australia-based medical device developer Aimedics, in consultation with Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), is recalling all units of its HypoMon sleep-time hypoglycaemic mon...Read more

US patent for Unilife Unifill syringes

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

Singapore: The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Unilife patent for the Unifill ready-to-fill (prefilled) syringes. This key patent, which provides Unilife and its customer...Read more

MEDICAL DEVICES - The How To Guide

MedTech |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2014

Australia MEDICAL device is any instrument, apparatus, appliance, material or any other article (whether used alone or in combination, and including the software necessary for its proper a...Read more

Ganesh Ramaswamy is Pentax's global president

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

Singapore: Japan-based Hoya Group's Pentax Medical has appointed Mr Ganesh Ramaswamy to the position of global president. "Hoya Group is extremely pleased to have Mr Ganesh Ramaswamy lead t...Read more

Pharmigene leads in adverse drug reaction tests

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

Treatment of Pompe disease, an inherited disorder caused by build-up of a complex sugar called glycogen in the body's cells, was unknown to the scientific fraternity until Dr Y T Chen disco...Read more