Medtech/healthtech

From AI nation to brainpower hub: How Singapore can fuel the brain-computer interfaces leap

With world-class strengths in biomedical research and regulation, the Republic is uniquely positioned to translate BCI from lab to real world

Under specialised programmes, HSA experts will share insights on regulatory requirements and best practices for the medtech industry.

HSA, SMF team up to help medtech industry navigate regulation

The collaboration will also include the rollout of specialised professional development programmes

Gurpreet Singh, a former researcher at A*Star, founded Respiree in 2019 to address "alarm fatigue" in hospitals.

Building the ‘iOS for healthcare’: Respiree’s mission to cut strain on nursing resources with smarter AI monitoring

The medtech startup’s wearable sensor devices and AI-powered platform are already in three markets

From left: Beh Kian Teik, A*Star chief executive; Dr Tan See Leng, minister for manpower and second minister for trade and industry; Soh Leng Wan, assistant managing director (manufacturing) at Enterprise Singapore; Choo Heng Tong, executive vice-president at Economic Development Board; and Wong Anwei, executive director at Singapore Precision Engineering and Technology Association.

A*Star launches S$38 million MedTech Catapult to drive medical device commercialisation

Agency unveils a local supplier and contract manufacturer directory that details local manufacturers’ capabilities, allows medtech companies to find partners

Lucence’s founding CEO and medical director Tan Min-Han says the latest approval will ensure that more patients can benefit.

Medtech startup Lucence secures expanded US Medicare nod for cancer test

It enables patients to claim up to US$2,919 for the LiquidHallmark test, which profiles 80 genes and detects 15 types of cancer through a blood test

Hospitals across India are often understaffed and doctors and nurses are overworked resulting in small delays in patient care that can lead to life-threatening complications.

From AI beds to remote ICUs, startups are plugging India’s health gaps

WHEN racing car engineer Mudit Dandwate nearly lost an uncle to undiagnosed sepsis in an Indian hospital, he made it his mission to improve patient monitoring in the country of 1.4 billion.

Kuldeep Singh Rajput says: "The rapid advancement of complex reasoning capabilities of AI and real-time voice technologies offer significant potential for enhancing patient engagement in non-diagnostic settings, such as intake, follow-ups, and even clinical trial follow-ups.”

Biofourmis founder emerges with new startup OutcomesAI; partners SingHealth

Tech firm aims to increase capacity of existing nurses and care teams, reducing their time spent on administrative clinical tasks by almost 50%

Early-stage rounds have dominated South-east Asia’s overall tech investment landscape in the last 12 months as well, according to Tech in Asia data.

The players in SEA’s ailing healthtech landscape

SOUTH-EAST Asia’s healthtech space seems to be under the weather in 2024.

Biofourmis' web-based dashboard allows doctors to receive real-time information on their patients' vital signs.
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