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Life sciences

Singapore

Stronger, tougher, cleaner: A*Star and local companies find new solutions in advanced manufacturing

Goodall’s most famous finding was that chimpanzees use grass stalks and twigs as tools to fish termites from their mounds.
Lifestyle
OBITUARY

World-renowned chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies at 91

Javier Bilbao, CEO Asia-Pacific at DHL Supply Chain, says that tariffs mean logistics expertise will be in more demand than ever
Companies & Markets
TOPLINE

DHL banks on burgeoning markets like South-east Asia as it aims for 50% revenue growth by 2030 

Whether it’s lab-grown meats or bioengineered materials, the scope of synthetic biology reaches far beyond traditional scientific innovation – it has the power to radically reshape industries, economies, and even social norms.
Wealth & Investing
WEALTH & INVESTING

Investing in synthetic biology: Rewriting life’s code

The Business Times reported in May 2023 that AcroMeta launched Life Science Incubator in 2021 and was eyeing further expansion.
Companies & Markets

AcroMeta to divest life-sciences business, pursue minerals trading business

Merck narrowed expectations for its Life Science business, aiming for annual organic sales growth in a 7-to-9 per cent range from a previously anticipated 7 to 10 per cent.
Consumer & Healthcare

Germany’s Merck open to more M&A for its Life Science division

Elementum, Ho Bee Land’s landmark biomedical life-science development. The group is selling a 49 per cent stake in this project to a sovereign wealth fund.
Companies & Markets

Ho Bee Land sells 49% stake in Elementum for S$134 million to sovereign wealth fund

Kidneys from similarly edited pigs raised by eGenesis had successfully been transplanted into monkeys that were kept alive for an average of 176 days.
Lifestyle

First human to receive transplanted pig kidney dies

Currently, only some 20 people globally have been officially diagnosed with the auto-brewery syndrome.
Lifestyle

Belgian whose body brews alcohol beats drink-driving rap

(From left) Johnson and Johnson Jlabs' global head of strategic partnership Erika Kula, vice-president Sharon Chan and global head Melinda Richter with EDB's executive vice-president Choo Heng Tong, assistant vice-president of healthcare Lee Chee How and senior lead Eleanor Low at the MOU signing ceremony. The collaboration will support early-stage life science companies in Singapore.
Startups

Local life sciences sector faces gap in late stage capabilities

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