According to a report by the United Nations on World Population Prospects, it is estimated that by 2050, one in six people worldwide will be over the age of 65. However, in Singapore's context, one in four people will be over 65 by 2030 - exponentially earlier and higher than the global predicted average. With the worldwide population living longer lives, what are the ways science and technology can ensure an extended period of good or better health?
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred innovations and research into improving the ageing experience for older adults. Find out from our experts as they share what it would take to be healthy for longer and to age in place by keeping one's independence in the comfort of one's home.
Topics: MedTech / HealthTech / BioTech
In response to the COVID-19 as the most pressing healthcare challenge of our time, the global science and technology innovation ecosystem has been collaborating and accelerating radical solutions to the pandemic and better meet the future's healthcare needs.
In Singapore, Deep Tech innovations have played a critical role to help manage the pandemic, such as Biofourmis’ AI-powered remote monitoring platform to detect early deterioration in COVID-19 patients, and also the Digital Health Passport, the first blockchain-powered solution to issue secure, tamper-proof digital COVID-19 medical records at scale with 100,000+ records issued and 4,000,000+ verifications performed. Similarly, health innovations across India have been growing fast in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the “India’s Healthtech Landscape In A Post-Covid-19 World Report 2020” by DataLabs, the size of the HealthTech market in India is likely to increase to US$21 billion by 2025 from US$5.2 billion in 2019.
In this Leaders’ Dialogue, our industry leaders from Singapore and India will be discussing the impact of Deep Tech innovations on the future of healthcare and how startups, hospitals and other stakeholders may collaborate to accelerate the process.
Topics: Artificial Intelligence / Deep Learning / Machine Learning / Robotics, MedTech / HealthTech / BioTech
Discover from the world's clinical and technical experts as they share and discuss the state-of-art technologies in healthcare, and how to bring the technology from bench to bedside.
Topics: Artificial Intelligence / Deep Learning / Machine Learning / Robotics, MedTech / HealthTech / BioTech
In line with Singapore’s National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy, a study done in 2018 found that healthcare professionals in Singapore were found to be ranked third globally when it comes to using AI for clinical diagnosis. However, more healthcare innovators and practitioners are now pushing the limits to what AI in the healthcare industry can do. With the development of novel AI models for disease prediction and management, companies have shown that through innovation and collaboration, there is an opportunity for AI to be a useful tool in more ways than one.
One avenue that AI in healthcare has shown promise in is immunotherapy for cancer treatment. AI platforms have shown promise when it comes to site activation, rapid identification, as well as drug screening and discovery. With cancer cases rising over the years in Singapore and other countries around the world, such platforms could give healthcare professionals an edge in the global fight against cancer.
At this session, we look at how AI-powered solutions could be used to address major challenges in drug discovery and precision medicine. Join us at our event as we hear from industry experts on how the healthcare industry could leverage AI platforms in immunotherapy and how this could be a potential game-changer for cancer therapy.
Topics: MedTech / HealthTech / BioTech
Our lives have suddenly been forced into the core of the digital world this year. We are still able to work and socialise globally because of the advancement in technology. Despite the situation we are in today, scientists will continue to advance the technology to aid the human race.
Topics: MedTech / HealthTech / BioTech
Chronic respiratory diseases account for four million deaths annually, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) who has made the prevention, control and cure for respiratory diseases a top health priority. As most chronic respiratory disorders are under-diagnosed and under-treated, a global collaborative effort will be needed to improve medical care for those afflicted with respiratory diseases.
Topics: MedTech / HealthTech / BioTech
The importance of the microbiome to human health has gradually been elucidated in recent years. The collective activities of the microbes – their metabolism, their interactions among different species, and their interactions with the host's immune system – play important roles in maintaining the health status of multiple systems, including the gastrointestinal, metabolic, and the neurological systems. Since the early 2000s, there had been multiple startups and non-profit clinical projects investigating the use of microbiome components as therapeutics for various diseases. With the development of synthetic biology, novel methods of applying genetically engineered microbes to specifically target certain disease mechanisms are also being developed.
Topics: MedTech / HealthTech / BioTech, Startups
The global Coronavirus pandemic has put Singapore's research and development capability in the spotlight. Singapore's decades' old groundwork on nurturing the research, innovation and enterprise ecosystem, especially in the health and biomedical sciences,
has put Singapore in the unique position of being able to respond quickly to the health crisis with deep technology-driven solutions.
Topics: MedTech / HealthTech / BioTech, Startups
Our lives have suddenly been forced into the core of the digital world this year. We are still able to work and socialise globally because of the advancement in technology. Despite the situation we are in today, scientists will continue to advance the technology to aid the human race.
Topics: FoodTech, MedTech / HealthTech / BioTech
As the world moves into the next era of the industrial revolution, technologies today are primarily guided by big data and adoption of interconnectivity across multiple industries and healthcare is no exception.
Topics: MedTech / HealthTech / BioTech
The Covid-19 pandemic is an important reminder of the long-term importance of investing in and building human capital – health, knowledge, capabilities, skills and resilience - that are critical to ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to reach their full potential. This is especially true in Africa, which is home to the world’s youngest population and also to some of the toughest human capital challenges.
Topics: Artificial Intelligence / Deep Learning / Machine Learning / Robotics, FoodTech, MedTech / HealthTech / BioTech
