Singapore's medtech sector to get two growth boosts

Singapore

MEDICAL technology (medtech) in Singapore - a sector which industry watchers have said is one to watch this year - got a fillip from two announcements on Wednesday.

In both cases, the leg-up given to overseas medtech companies to open up for them access to the Asian market will lead to technology transfer and job-creation opportunities for the industry here.

In the first development, EDBI, the corporate investment arm of the Singapore Economic Development Board, announced th…