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Danone partners Lazada to strengthen e-commerce business in South East Asia
Strategic regional partnership covers Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand and to offer a enhanced online shopping experience for key product categories. Danone and Lazada Group announce that they have signed a Strategic Regional Partnership for...
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APP-ropriate Insurance: Interview
With his app tailored to the Singapore market, UEX CEO, Grégoire Rastoul looks to enable a more holistic approach to health insurance.. How was the idea for this app born? Why the interest in health insurance? I studied at the Lycée Français de Singapour...
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Heal the World: Interview
Acute and chronic wounds affect an increasing fraction of the world population. In this interview, Paul Basson, Regional Director Asia, URGO, shares with us about the Group’s activities in wound care and innovation. Can you introduce us to URGO? URGO...
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Anatomy of Collaboration in Pharma and R&D: Interview
Singapore has positioned itself well as a leading medtech and biotech hub. In this interview, Emmanuel Montet, General Manager Singapore and ASEAN Director, Ipsen Specialty Care, shares with us about the company and its projects in Singapore. What are IPSEN's...
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Matters of the Heart: Interview
Alexandre Civière, Project Manager at CellProthera, talks about research and breakthroughs in the regeneration of heart muscle after a severe heart attack and the prevention of congestion heart failure. Can you tell us about CellProthera and its therapeutic...
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Moving Healthy Ageing Forward: Interview
An ageing population presents both challenges and opportunities. Fabien Clavier, Lead Project Manager and Angela Saenz, Project Manager, IPAL CNRS (Singapore) tell us more about IPAL and its projects in Singapore, notably its work on ageing. What are IPAL main...
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Nutrition Solutions for Health in Early Life: Interview
Rocio Martin, R&D Director at Danone Nutricia Research Singapore, talks allergy biomarkers detection early in life, enhanced microbial start for c-section babies and future endeavours for research and innovation. How is Nutricia Research exploring the...
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Complete Healthcare International announces opening of new Well-Baby Clinic
Having a baby can be both an enjoyable and challenging time for parents. Complete Healthcare International (CHI) is happy to announce the opening of the Well-Baby Clinic to help parents and babies in their journey. At CHI, we believe that the aim of the...
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Consultations Just an App Away: Interview
Medical advice is now within reach for populations that were once overlooked. Emmanuel Prado, CEO of Health2i, tells us about the mobile app that is making it all possible. Every industry is experiencing a wave of digitisation, including healthcare,...
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Diving Deeper into Diagnostics: Interview
In vitro diagnostics play a pivotal role: between 60% and 70% of healthcare decisions are based on diagnostic test results. Florent Mulatero, General Manager, bioMérieux, details the high medical value of diagnostics and his vision of recent developments in South East...
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Innovating for the Patient: Interview
Innovation beyond the product or the pill is more important than ever to address Singapore's emerging health needs. Carole Real, Business Development Manager, and Yann Ferrisse, Managing Director, Alcimed, share their views. Can you tell us about Alcimed and...
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Ipsen and Exelixis announce results from Phase 2 CABOSUN trial of cabozantinib versus sunitinib in previously untreated advanced renal cell carcinoma at ESMO 2017
Independent Radiology Review Committee confirms primary endpoint analysis per investigator: cabozantinib provided statistically significant improvement of progression-free survival, with a 52 percent reduction in the rate of progression or death compared to sunitinib...
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In the Pink of Health on the Little Red Dot
The latest edition of FOCUS Magazine explores the theme of healthcare and Dr Philippe Guibert, Regional Medical Director, Consulting Services, Asia, International SOS, introduces the issue in the Guest Editor’s Note. It has been said that our world has entered...
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Breakfast Talk with Dr Raj Thampuran, Managing Director, A*STAR
Science and technology to advance innovations is an essential effort in the future of Singapore’s economic story. With intensifying global competition and rapid technological changes brought about by the digital age and other global trends, companies and industries...
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The French Chamber welcomes MOH Holdings
We welcomed a delegation from MOH Holdings on Thursday 31 August 2017 to discuss potential collaborations on the next edition of HI.TEC. This meeting aimed at seeing how French Healthcare companies could collaborate and contribute to the 2018...
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Interview with Patrick Cozzone, Executive Director of the Singapore Bioimaging Consortium of A*STAR
How would you define innovation? There is a lot of misunderstanding about innovation. First, people tend to confuse invention and innovation. According to international standards, an innovation is the process of translating an existing invention into an application...
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