Indonesia Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy implements Health Protocol

Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy/Tourism and Creative Economy Agency launched "Indonesia Care", a national campa...

July 13, 2020 | Monday | News
Vietnam's Vingroup to give 2,400 ventilators to Russia, Ukraine and Singapore

On July 10, 2020, VinGroup fulfilled its obligations to deliver ventilators to Singapore, Russia and Ukraine. ...

July 11, 2020 | Saturday | News
Singapore develops novel COVID-19 swabs to address global and local shortage

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there has been a global surge in demand for nasopharyngeal (NP) swabs, a key element in ...

July 15, 2020 | Wednesday | News
World's First FDA IDE Coronary Patient Treated With a DEB

MedAlliance has announced enrollment of the first patient in its study of SELUTION SLR™ 014 DEB for the ...

July 13, 2020 | Monday | News
Ushering in a new era in wound care to manage influx of patient cases

Approximately 313 million surgeries are undertaken globally every year[1] – a number that was previously unheard o...

July 13, 2020 | Monday | Opinion
Caution on viewing COVID-19 vaccine as silver bullet: NUS webinar

The “COVID-19: Updates from Singapore” weekly webinar series is a forum for leading clinicians, scientists, ...

July 9, 2020 | Thursday | News
The EIU reports excess cancer mortality in many Asian countries

Asia-Pacific had an estimated 8.8m new cases and 5.5m cancer deaths in 2018. Changing demographics associated with aging...

July 8, 2020 | Wednesday | News
CAREhab – Singapore Rehabilitation Conference 2020 goes digital this July

Asia-Pacific’s annual premier healthcare platform CAREhab and conference element 6th Singapore Rehabilitation Conf...

July 8, 2020 | Wednesday | News
"Aiming for Perfection in a Pandemic", an opinion by Datwyler

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unfold, the industry is working tirelessly to identify an effective treatment and ...

July 7, 2020 | Tuesday | Opinion
23rd International AIDS Conference "AIDS 2020: Virtual" on HIV/AIDS; 6-10 July 2020

The 23rd International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2020 became the first virtual edition of the International AIDS Conference,...

July 6, 2020 | Monday | News
World's largest conference on HIV/AIDS, "AIDS 2020: Virtual" happening from 6-10 July

Asia Pacific has long been battling a debilitating and complex epidemic – HIV/AIDS. In 2018, UNAIDS reported that ...

July 7, 2020 | Tuesday | Opinion
NZ launches website to reduce drug harm

An early warning system has been launched to help reduce drug harm in New Zealand communities. Available at www.hi...

July 6, 2020 | Monday | News
Eisai joins REMAP-CAP on innovative trial to combat COVID-19

US based Global Coalition for Adaptive Research and Japanese firm Eisai Co., Ltd., in collaboration with UPMC (Universit...

July 6, 2020 | Monday | News
Korea invites global innovators to improve patient care post COVID-19

Janssen Korea Ltd. and Johnson & Johnson Innovation LLC have announced the launch of the Seoul Innovation QuickFire ...

July 6, 2020 | Monday | News
Malaysia explores effectiveness of Betadine against coronavirus

Laboratory testing completed at the Tropical Infectious Diseases Research and Education Center (TIDREC) at the Universit...

July 3, 2020 | Friday | News
Plano, Santen team up to tackle global burden of myopia

Japan based Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Singapore based Plano Pte. Ltd have announced a strategic alliance to ta...

July 2, 2020 | Thursday | News
Australia starts new projects to deal with drug resistance

Australia’s commitment to support the health and wellbeing of the Pacific Island neighbours remains steadfast, wit...

July 2, 2020 | Thursday | News
China works on traditional medicine formula against COVID-19

The research team of Handian Pharmaceutical Medical Center and Handian Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital has devoted...

July 2, 2020 | Thursday | News
BI reveals novel findings on Asian adults with T2D

Boehringer Ingelheim have announced the results of a sub-group analysis from the CAROLINA® cardiovascular outcome tr...

June 30, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Taiwan offers COVID-19 pandemic counselling

In response to the severe and negative effect that COVID-19 has had on people's physical and mental health, Ta...

July 1, 2020 | Wednesday | News
CAREhab – Singapore Rehabilitation Conference 2020 goes digital this July

Asia-Pacific’s annual premier healthcare platform CAREhab and conference element 6th Singapore Rehabilitation Conf...

June 30, 2020 | Tuesday | News
NZ resumes bowel screening programme amid pandemic

The National Bowel Screening Programme in New Zealand is sending out thousands of home test kits this week for the first...

June 30, 2020 | Tuesday | News
J&J presents Significant Progress in Myopia Screening and Education in APAC

Johnson & Johnson Vision, a global leader in eye health and part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Compan...

June 25, 2020 | Thursday | News
J&J Vision presents finding on Myopia disease progression in children

Johnson & Johnson Vision*, a global leader in eye health and part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Compa...

June 25, 2020 | Thursday | News
"Portable Droplet and Aerosol Reducing Tent (DART)" lessens COVID-19 risk

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has invented a foldable tent-like device that serv...

June 25, 2020 | Thursday | News