Global lead exposure still costs trillions and endangers children, NUS study finds

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Despite the global phase-out of leaded gasoline, lead pollution continues to threaten health and widen inequality, with low- and middle-income countries bearing the brunt SINGAPORE, Oct. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Lead poisoning was once thought to largely be a...

PFPFA Donates $100,000 to The Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund, Raising an Additional $64,000 at Charity Night 2025

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SINGAPORE, Oct. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — PFPFA Singapore Pte Ltd ("PFPFA Singapore") hosted its annual Charity Night on 11 October 2025 at the Pan Pacific Singapore, announcing a $100,000 corporate donation to The Straits Times School Pocket Money...

CARLSBERG ASIA AND GRAB CELEBRATE YEAR TWO OF PARTNERSHIP CHAMPIONING RESPONSIBLE DRINKING IN ASIA

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SINGAPORE, Oct. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Carlsberg Asia and Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading superapp, celebrated the second year of their strategic partnership on September 18, coinciding with Global Beer Responsible Day — an alliance that continues to...

Ascletis Selects a Best-In-Class Once-Monthly Subcutaneously Administered GLP-1R/GIPR Dual Peptide Agonist, ASC35, for Clinical Development

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– In head-to-head non-human primate (NHP) studies, average observed half-life of ASC35 was approximately 14 days, 6-fold longer than tirzepatide, which supports once-monthly subcutaneous (SQ) dosing in humans. – In head-to-head NHP studies, drug exposures...

Reach Surgical's OMNIBOT Performs First Urology Robotic Telesurgeries in Latin America

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Advancing regional collaboration and surgeon training in remote robotic-assisted surgery SINGAPORE, Oct. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Reach Surgical, the Surgical Solutions division of Genesis MedTech, has facilitated the completion of two robotic telesurgeries using...

Women-owned Suppliers Boost Corporate Revenue by 2.2% in Southeast Asia

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Report by The American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore (AmChamSG), Accenture and WEConnect International show that supplier diversity drives revenue growth, but women entrepreneurs continue to face structural barriers in procurement SINGAPORE, Oct. 11, 2025...