Tag: BHSC
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Evidence Under Review: A Day of Regulatory Practicums in Singapore
Good clinical evidence does not announce itself. It has to be built, claim by claim, endpoint by endpoint, and then read the same way by everyone who looks at it. That was the focus of Day 03 of Duke NUS Medical School’s GMS5008 module, Regulation and Clinical Evaluation of Medical…
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A Decade Honoured, a New Chapter Begins
The 17th Biomedical and Health Standards Committee (BHSC) meeting paired a heartfelt farewell to its Chair with an ambitious look ahead — from a landmark precision medicine roadmap to Singapore’s growing voice on the international stage. There are meetings that keep the wheels turning, and there are meetings that mark…
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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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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 2026, the World Metrology Day Conference brought that work into sharp focus, gathering industry practitioners,…
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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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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 this technological transformation. The gathering at Spaces@Clarke Quay brought together leaders from government, academia, healthcare…
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New Generation Takes Lead in Singapore’s TCM Standards Initiative
SINGAPORE, 8 January 2026 – Singapore has officially established a new National Mirror Working Group (NMWG) for ISO Technical Committee 249 Subcommittee 1, marking a significant step forward in the nation’s participation in developing global standards for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). The inaugural meeting brought together a diverse coalition of…