Category: International Meeting
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Singapore Refines Technical Specification for NGS-based Oncology Applications at ISO Meeting
Advancing the Standard for NGS in Oncology Cancer care is shifting from one-size-fits-all treatment toward precision medicine – understanding each patient’s disease at the molecular level. Advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) have made this possible, but also raises the stakes for consistent workflows that ensure reliable, high-quality patient care. Singapore is leading an initiative developing ISO/TS 25725…
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Biotech Is Evolving and Singapore Is Helping Write Its Rulebook
Biotechnology is expanding rapidly into emerging areas — biobanking, bioprocessing, data processing, protein analytics, organoids, and gene delivery technologies among them. As these fields grow, so does the need for international standards that ensure consistency, reproducibility, and interoperability across the sector. This was the central theme of the 15th ISO/TC 276…
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One Standard, Many Hands: Singapore Helps Sharpen ISO Guidance on Medical Device Quality Management in Prague
A single medical device rarely stays in one pair of hands. It may be designed in one country, manufactured under contract in another, sterilised by a third party, and finally distributed to hospitals through a fourth. Holding that entire chain to a consistent standard of quality is the quiet, unglamorous…
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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, Canada, to participate in the 43rd meeting of ISO/TC 212/WG 1 on Quality and competence…
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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, Japan, to participate in the 13th ISO/TC 215/SC 1 Plenary Meeting and the 12th meeting…
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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 Working Group on AI in Healthcare (WG-AI) joined the national delegation to the 53rd meeting…
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Global Experts Unite in Berlin to Advance Standardisation for Next-Gen Cancer Diagnostics
On 24-25 June 2025, a major milestone in biomedical innovation was achieved as global experts gathered for the inaugural Project Team Meeting of ISO/AWI 25725 — launching a pioneering initiative to standardise the design and workflow requirements for in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) in next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based oncology applications. Held in…
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Advancing Global Microbiology Standards: CoRE-SDO Hosts the 26th ISO/TC 212/WG 4 Meeting in Singapore
Singapore recently became the epicenter of microbiology innovation and collaboration as CoRE-SDO (Centre of Regulatory Excellence – Standards Development Organisation) hosted the 26th ISO/TC 212/WG 4 meeting from 11 to 13 November 2024. This hybrid event, held at the Raffles City Convention Centre (RCCC) and Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG), brought together…
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Singapore Team Advances Proposal for New International Standard at ISO Meeting in Berlin
During the recent ISO TC 212 Medical laboratories and in vitro diagnostic systems – WG 4 Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics meeting held at the German Institute for Standardisation (DIN) from 12 to 14 June 2024, a significant proposal for a new international standard on “Design and Workflow Requirements for NGS-based…