Guest Post: Twenty years in, Singapore still searches for its biotech success story

Guest Post: Twenty years in, Singapore still searches for its biotech success story

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Singapore set out on a journey to become a biotech hub back in 2000 when the local government made biomedical research the “fourth pillar” of the city state’s economy in what’s known as the National Biomedical Science Strategy. Under that initiative, Singapore in 2003 established Biopolis, a custom-built biomedical R&D hub.

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