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Enough ART kits in stock to meet surge in demand, say suppliers
Distributors here are confident of meeting the rising demand for Covid-19 antigen rapid test (ART) kits, with months' worth of stock in warehouses and shipments coming in every week to meet the surge in orders.
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Covid-19: Shipments of antigen rapid test kits arriving
Suppliers of Covid-19 antigen rapid test (ART) kits tell The Straits Times that there are months' worth of stock in warehouses, and shipments are arriving every week. It comes amid surging demand for ART kits, with more people required to get tested before going into the office or to events.
Enough ART kits in stock to meet surge in demand, say suppliers
Distributors here are confident of meeting the rising demand for Covid-19 antigen rapid test (ART) kits, with months' worth of stock in warehouses and shipments coming in every week to meet the surge in orders.
10 Covid-19 ART kits for every household
The Ministry of Health (MOH) will mail them via SingPost, making it more convenient for the public to test themselves regularly at home.Households will be receiving the SD Biosensor Standard Q Covid-19 Ag Home Test, which biomedical and life sciences distributor SPD Scientific has brought in from So...
10 Covid-19 ART kits to be delivered to every S'pore household
This will benefit some 1.54 million households, the Ministry of Health (MOH) told The Straits Times. The kits will be mailed out via SingPost, making it more convenient for the public to test themselves regularly at home.This distribution exercise - which will last from Friday to Dec 7 - is the...
HSA Grants Interim Authorisation for Four COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test
These are antigen rapid tests (ARTs) that can be used by consumers (untrained lay-users) for self-testing to detect active SARS-CoV-2 infection in nasal swab samples. ARTs detect the viral proteins in the nasal swab samples of infected individuals and usually work best in the early stages of infecti...
ART kit vending machine near Ng Teng Fong General Hospital
On Sep. 15, a vending machine dispensing Covid-19 tests outside Ng Teng Fong General Hospital was seen with incorrect information displayed on it. The vending machine outside Ng Teng Fong General Hospital dispenses Biomedia SPD Scientific Covid-19 home test kits.
Singapore authorises four COVID-19 antigen rapid test self-use kits
These are antigen rapid tests (ARTs) that can be used by consumers (untrained lay-users) for self-testing to detect active SARS-CoV-2 infection in nasal swab samples. ARTs detect the viral proteins in the nasal swab samples of infected individuals and usually work best in the early stages...
Stock levels of ART kits 'healthy and sufficient'
Distributors here are confident that they are able to meet the rising demand for Covid-19 antigen rapid test (ART) kits, with months' worth of stock in warehouses and shipments coming in every week to meet the surge in orders.This follows the rush for ART kits at many pharmacy retailers, where...
EPF awards Covid-19 test kit supply contract to Singapore firm...
KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has awarded a Covid-19 saliva test kit supply contract to Singapore-based biomedical and life sciences services company Biomedia's Malaysian unit SPD Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd following a tender exercise by the EPF, according to the pension fu...
'Adequate' supply of COVID-19 self-test kits
SINGAPORE: Suppliers of COVID-19 self-test kits are working with retailers to ensure there are enough test kits available, as demand has gone up in recent weeks, they told CNA.SPD Scientific managing director Jes Lim said on Wednesday (Sep 22) that while demand has shot up many times, stoc...
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the successful completion of our stand-building project for Intersurgical at 19th WFSA World Congress of Anaesthesiologists in Singapore.
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TB management at the World TB Day 2024
Our team from Biomedia Thailand had an incredible time delving into the latest research and strategies for TB management at the World TB Day 2024Our team from Biomedia Thailand had an incredible time delving into the latest research and strategies for TB management at the World TB Day 2024Our team f...
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Biomarker Discovery in Women’s Oncology
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Should I Get Genetically Tested? A Women’s Guide to Making the Right Call
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More Than Just Pee Problems: Busting the Prostate Cancer Symptom Myth
Prostate cancer is the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide and the second most common in men. In 2022 roughly 1.5 million new cases were diagnosed globally (WCRF, 2025), and it's the top male cancer with about 7,500 cases from 2018-2022 in Singapore (National Cancer Center Singapore, 202...
Targeting Specific Cancers with Precision
Theranostics is an emerging field that combines diagnostic imaging with targeted therapy to fight cancer. In practice, doctors use a "homing" molecule labeled with a radioisotope to first image the tumor and then to deliver radiation directly to those cancer cells (Dargan, 2024). This approach often...
Theranostics: A New Frontier in Precision Oncology
In the quest to conquer cancer, medical science has continually sought innovative ways to improve diagnosis and treatment. Theranostics is a groundbreaking approach in modern oncology that seamlessly integrates diagnostics with therapeutics, offering unprecedented precision in cancer care. This...
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