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Singapore's Emerging Stronger Taskforce forming new coalition to focus on medtech

Move could create 4,000 new jobs, mostly in the areas of in-vitro diagnostics for disease preparedness, containment and control

Mindy Tan

Mindy Tan

Published Thu, Nov 19, 2020 · 09:50 PM
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A NEW industry-led coalition focusing on medtech could create 4,000 new jobs, mostly in the areas of in-vitro diagnostics for disease preparedness, containment and control.

The coalition is one of many created in recent months under the purview of the Emerging Stronger Taskforce (EST), part of the Future Economy Council.

"We are hoping that through medtech collaborations, we can... create a few thousand jobs," said Loo Choon Yong, executive chairman and co-founder of Raffles Medical Group.

Dr Loo is one of the members of the EST. Together with newly appointed members …

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