Singapore

French firm Servier has launched Coralan (ivabradine) in Singapore for the treatment of angina. Because of the city state's affluence and the increasing burden of cardiovascular disease,... 2008-08-13

The National Healthcare Group (NHG) of hospitals in Singapore has contracted local real-time systems provider TCM-RFiD to help pharmacists, nurses and doctors keep track of pharmaceuticals... 2008-02-04

Swiss drug giant Novartis has announced that it is to invest US$700mn in a new biotechnology manufacturing plant in Singapore.

Driven by increasing global demand for medicines, the export of pharmaceuticals from Singapore increased dramatically in March 2007. The trade figures have been welcomed by the country's... 2007-04-18

BMI has reaffirmed its encouraging prospects for Singapore's biomedical sector after UK-based GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that a clinical candidate will emerge from the Biopolis... 2007-03-13

With no national debt and the economy growing at 6.3% in 2006, according to BMI forecasts, Singapore is able to invest around US$25- US$30mn on average per year in stem cell research.... 2007-01-03

Singapore has completed the first phase of its Biomedical Science (BMS) initiative, and is keen to push on to phase II, which will have government investment of US$1.4bn. Under the... 2006-11-24

UK-based drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has indicated that in future it will be conducting more of its R&D in Asia, with Singapore and India looking like the company's favoured... 2006-11-20

Singapore's volatile pharmaceutical exports sector rose by 60% in September, according to United Overseas Bank (UOB), boosted by strong demand in Europe. Pharmaceuticals are a key... 2006-10-19

Singapore-based healthcare group Parkway Holdings is expecting its clinics in India to start making profits in 2007, although its medical centres in Vietnam and China will continue... 2006-09-13