Medicine

Haw Par Corporation H1 net profit up 18.2% at S$144.1 million 

It declares an interim dividend of 20 Singapore cents per share, unchanged from the year before

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt holds US President Donald Trump's letter to Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., July 31, 2025.

Trump pressures 17 pharma CEOs to cut US drug prices

[WASHINGTON] President Donald Trump sent letters to the leaders of 17 major pharmaceutical companies outlining how they should slash US prescription drug prices to match those paid overseas, the White...

Its traditional Chinese medicine formula, which forms the basis of its product candidates, “contains only natural ingredients without any synthetic components”.

Herbal medicine stock with no sales rallies 64,000%

The unbelievable rally has transformed Regencell Bioscience Holdings Limited, a penny stock as recently as April, to one worth more than US$20 billion in market value

YMS’s philosophy is that just as employees contribute to the business, the company must also value-add to their careers.
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Providing caregivers with more than just homecare products

Yeap Medical Supplies wants to be an advocate for caregivers too

Singapore’s strengths position it to ride the precision-medicine wave. The country has deep research and development and clinical expertise, strengths in genomics, and a burgeoning biomedical industry.

Singapore has a chance to shine in precision medicine

Existing research capabilities and support for new startups can drive growth in this field

Oxford Nanopore CEO Gordon Sanghera says science breakthroughs can be turned into real-world applications, in areas such as diagnostics and healthcare.

Temasek-backed biotech Oxford Nanopore wants to make genetics tech accessible to startups

The London-listed company is working with Singapore to catalogue 10,000 genes, which can help to pinpoint how genetic factors influence responses to medication

A doctor among five people charge in Perry's ketamine overdose death will be surrendering his medical licence, says a

Doctor charged in death of Matthew Perry 'incredibly remorseful'

ONE of two doctors who are among the five people charged in the ketamine overdose death of Friends star Matthew Perry was barred by a federal judge on Friday from practising medicine and through his l...

Two deaths and more than 100 people have been hospitalised after taking the supplements, which were marketed as helping to lower cholesterol levels.

Kobayashi Pharma ordered to recall red yeast rice pills after 2 deaths

JAPANESE authorities on Wednesday (Mar 27) ordered drugmaker Kobayashi Pharmaceutical to recall three dietary supplement products containing red yeast rice, or beni koji, after they were linked to two...

While most people have been shown to not take the medicines prescribed for them, doctors say patients seem to take blockbuster obesity drugs Wegovy and Zepbound faithfully, week in and week out.

Patients hate ‘forever’ drugs. Is Wegovy different?

The new obesity drugs might be an exception to a chronic, deadly problem: the failure to stick with medication

Unless sickle-cell patients are able to freeze their reproductive cells, they’re forced to choose between freedom from a painful lifelong condition and having children someday.

Be cured or have kids: Tough choice for sickle-cell patients

WHEN Celenise Mahmood first learned about two new gene therapies that could cure sickle-cell disease, she felt a wave of relief.