Medical devices marketed and distributed in Singapore have long been subject to strict requirements that mandate any safety hazards associated with their use be reported to government authorities. Now a new online system makes reporting of what is known in Singapore as... Read More
This article was originally published on MedTech Intelligence. Led by Chinese Internet commerce giants Tencent and Alibaba, internet providers have been offering a vast array of cloud computing services free to researchers and clinicians, while hiking their investment in advanced technologies, since... Read More
New regulatory guidelines released by Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority outline specific requirements required to register next-generation sequencing-based in vitro diagnostic tests, known as NGS IVDs, in the country. The new registration regulations are designed to address rapid advances in genomic technology that... Read More
With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting clinical trials worldwide, Singapore is among the countries that have issued guidance for sponsors, investigators, and review boards on handling trials that were already in progress. Under the guidance issued by Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA), sponsors... Read More
Pharmaceutical companies seeking to deepen penetration of Singapore’s market are coming up against barriers to ensuring their intellectual property is protected and to keeping down costs of conducting clinical trials. The pharma industry is rising in importance in the country’s manufacturing sector.... Read More
As the use of artificial intelligence (AI) takes hold in Asia’s healthcare industry, researchers are collecting detailed health profiles of citizens and using the data to test treatments, monitor adverse drug reactions in patients, detect the risk of cognitive issues in children... Read More
Manufacturers of medical devices will be required to take specific actions to eliminate or mitigate potential risks associated with the use of their products already on the market in Singapore, under new regulations published by the country’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA). The... Read More
With computer software increasingly central to the operations of many medical devices, Singapore’s medical authority is developing guidelines designed to ensure the quality of devices sold in the country which employ softwares. A draft of the guidelines released in late January by... Read More
This article was originally published on MedTech Intelligence. Driven by an aging population with growing needs for new medical technologies—and more means to pay for them—governments and hospitals in China, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and Korea are joining forces to purchase an increasing... Read More
Spiraling trade tensions between the U.S. and China are injecting uncertainty into what was already a complex environment for MedTech manufacturers. Accelerating steps, some medical technology firms have already been starting to move their operations to other countries in the region. Directly... Read More