Life sciences

DUE DILIGENCE

AI for life science: Queen’s Gambit or fool’s wager?

2026-08-10T23:00:00.000Z
The advancements made by the joint research will enable Singapore companies to better serve clients in the aerospace and semiconductor sectors, among others.

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

2025-10-15T01:00:00.000Z
Born in London on Apr 3, 1934, Goodall grew fascinated with animals in her early childhood, when her father gave her a stuffed toy chimpanzee that she kept for life.
OBITUARY

World-renowned chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies at 91

2025-10-02T02:19:28.000Z
Javier Bilbao, CEO Asia-Pacific at DHL Supply Chain, says that tariffs mean logistics expertise will be in more demand than ever.
TOPLINE

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

2025-04-28T07:27:50.000Z
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

Investing in synthetic biology: Rewriting life’s code

2025-01-24T21:00:00.000Z
The Business Times reported in May 2023 that AcroMeta, which launched Life Science Incubator in 2021, was eyeing further expansion.

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

2024-10-21T14:59:16.000Z
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.

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

2024-10-17T08:37:25.000Z
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.

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

2024-08-12T08:29:47.000Z
Kidneys from similarly edited pigs raised by eGenesis had successfully been transplanted into monkeys that were kept alive for an average of 176 days.

First human to receive transplanted pig kidney dies

2024-05-12T23:06:30.000Z
Currently, only some 20 people globally have been officially diagnosed with the auto-brewery syndrome.

Belgian whose body brews alcohol beats drink-driving rap

2024-04-23T05:44:55.000Z