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Global pharma firms interested in local startup's new glaucoma treatment

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Published Tue, Dec 9, 2014 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    "FIRST you have my interest, now you have my attention."

    And that is what local biotech startup Peregrine Ophthalmic managed to do, in the words of associate professor Tina Wong, who was describing how a new glaucoma drug delivery solution developed by her 15-month-old startup has attracted inquiries from the world's top five pharmaceutical companies.

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