Second Mention in Speech by Minister Iswaran at the Official Opening of the Australian Landing Pad in Singapore

SPEECH BY MR S ISWARAN, MINISTER FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY (INDUSTRY), AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE AUSTRALIAN LANDING PAD IN SINGAPORE, ON MONDAY, 13 MARCH 2017, 1040 HRS, AT BASH (79 AYER RAJAH CRESCENT) International connections are critical to facilitating innovation and supporting Singapore’s startup ecosystem. Excerpt:- 8. One example is home-grown local startup …

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First Mention in Committee of Supply Debate by Ministry of Trade and Industry

SPEECH BY MR LIM HNG KIANG, MINISTER FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY (TRADE), DURING THE COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY DEBATE UNDER HEAD V (MINISTRY OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY) ON FRIDAY, 3 MARCH 2017 STAYING OPEN AND CONNECTED Excerpt:- 32.         In addition, Singapore companies can partner larger companies to venture abroad. Invitrocue, a home grown biotechnology firm that was spun-off from A*STAR, …

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InvitroCue – A Singapore-based Startup That Is Transforming Bioanalytics

InvitroCue, a Singapore-based biotech company, made its debut on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: IVQ) on Jan 27 2016, – just four years after its founding. The company, a spin-off from A*STAR, announced that it had raised an AUD 3.15 Million (SGD3.17 Million) on the ASX through a reverse takeover. On March 1st, 2016, they …

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Bioanalytics Start-up InvitroCue is Preparing for the Global Stage

Featured on The Edge Enterprise, The Week of 07 March 2016 Biotech entrepreneur Dr Steven Fang is no stranger to the start-up scene … Fang recently listed bio-analytics firm InvitroCue on the ASX, just four years after the company was founded. “What we’re doing today breaks almost all records. We took four years to build …

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Artificial Human Liver Developed for Drug Testing

Featured on Singapore News & Top Stories – The Straits Times 05 Feb 2016 By Lin Yangchen The liver is an important organ in drug testing because all drugs pass through it to be detoxified, a process that reduces or removes harmful substances from the body. By constructing a microscopic 3D scaffold to cultivate liver cells …

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InvitroCue Takes Tech Licensed From A*STAR To Market

Q How did InvitroCue come about? A (Dr Fang) Many of the technologies that InvitroCue is commercialising today were developed by Professor Yu and his team, who are also working for the company now in its effort to take them to market. The development process took about six to seven years, in collaboration with A*Star, …

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Regional Liver Cancer Registry To Be Set Up

At Friday’s forum, National Cancer Centre Singapore also signed a separate agreement with local bioanalytics firm InvitroCue. They will be working on a study of 100 patients from at least five countries to try and better understand cancer disease patterns and how they relate to an individual person’s genetic data. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/regional-liver-cancer-registry-to-be-set-up

80% Of Liver Cancer Patients Are In Asia

全球肝癌病人 80% 在亚洲地区 (Picture from Left to Right) A/Prof Toh Han Chong Deputy Director NCCS, Prof Pierce Chow Senior Consultant Surgeon NCCS and Dr Steven Fang Executive Director IVQ at the MOU Signing Ceremony held on 29 Jan 2016.   《新明日报》刊。 Source: http://www.nccs.com.sg/Newsroom/MediaReleases/2016MediaReleases/Pages/29Jan2016_1.aspx