Mission
Propelling biomedical innovation, quality, and efficiency through standardisation
From Singapore, we develop and promote local and international standards in biomedical and healthcare landscape
Biomedical and Health Standards Committee (BHSC)
Develops and promotes critical standards for the biomedical and healthcare clusters to enable the development of Singapore into a world-class biomedical science hub. Supports priority areas under the relevant Industry Transformation Maps as well as emerging areas identified under the Health and Biomedical Sciences domain in the Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2025 Plan.
Our technical committees
Representing Singapore in international standardisation via National Mirror Committees (NMCs)
News and Events
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Trust Begins with Measurement: SS 582 in the Spotlight at World Metrology Day 2026
From ensuring that a weighing scale at a supermarket checkout is accurate to calibrating the sensors that monitor air quality across a city, metrology touches virtually every regulated decision in modern society. On 14 May… Read more
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Sharpening the Standards That Underpin Medical Laboratory Quality: Singapore at the Vancouver ISO/TC 212/WG 1 Meeting
Singapore’s engagement with international standards for medical laboratory quality and competence took another step forward in spring 2026, as Dr Adrian Yeo, Convenor of the National Mirror Working Group on ISO/TC 212, travelled to Vancouver,… Read more
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On the Path to ISO: Singapore’s Whole Genome Sequencing Quality Proposal Advances at Sendai Plenary
Singapore’s growing engagement in international genomics data standards took a meaningful step forward in May 2026, as representatives from CoRE-SDO and the National Mirror Working Group on ISO/TC 215/SC 1 Genomics Informatics travelled to Sendai,… Read more
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Architecting the Future of AI-Enabled Healthcare: Singapore at the 53rd ISO/IEC JWG 3 Plenary
Artificial intelligence is advancing rapidly — and Singapore is actively contributing to shaping its future in healthcare. From 20 to 24 April 2026, members from Technical Committee on Healthcare and Health Informatics (TC-HCHI) and the… Read more
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Adoption, Agility, and International Reach: Fifth Technical Committee Meetings Chart the Year Ahead
Singapore’s biomedical and healthcare standardisation efforts entered a more outward-looking phase with the completion of the fifth round of Technical Committee (TC) meetings, held between February and March 2026. Convened under the Biomedical and Health… Read more
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Singapore’s Biomedical and Health Standards Committee Charts New Course Amid Rapid Rise of AI in Healthcare
23 January 2026, Singapore — As artificial intelligence reshapes how people seek medical information and care, Singapore’s Biomedical and Health Standards Committee convened its 16th meeting to ensure the nation’s standards framework keeps pace with… Read more