Press Releases

  Genetic factors predisposing Singapore’s ethnic groups to prevalent disease conditions and responses to commonly used medications have been identified Many of these factors are under-represented in Western population studies The studies are part of Singapore’s National Precision Medicine programme which seeks to harness precision medicine to improve the health of Singaporeans   SINGAPORE, 20 […]

Singapore launches Southeast Asia’s most comprehensive consented population study with 100,000 whole genomes for health and clinical breakthroughs Unique large-scale population study will yield insights into Asian-specific diseases, improving population health, patient outcomes, and innovations in the local biomedical technology industry.   SINGAPORE, 26 May 2022 – Precision Health Research, Singapore (PRECISE), the central entity […]

A new national consortium – the Consortium for Clinical Research and Innovation, Singapore (CRIS) – has been officially launched by the Minister for Health Mr Ong Ye Kung on 6 April 2022 CRIS brings together five key national R&D, clinical translation and service initiatives that will advance clinical research and innovation for Singapore, and establish […]

New national body established to further research insights, improve patient outcomes and create new economic opportunities for the biomedical technology industry SINGAPORE, 7 April 2021 – Precision medicine is part of Singapore’s Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2025 strategic goal to transform and protect the health of every Singaporean. Identified as a priority by the […]