Singapore
A*STAR – the lead public sector agency that spearheads Singapore’s research and development (R&D) work – will soon undergo a major restructuring.
Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean, who broke the news to the media on Monday, said that the restructuring will enable A*STAR to keep up with a biomedical industry that has “transformed tremendously”, and meet the objectives of the Committee on the Future Economy (CFE), which were unveiled just last week.
He said: “We’ve assembled over the years a good collection of people and knowledge which is now ready to be taken out into the industry.
“What we’re building now is the entire ecosystem together with the connections into the industry – to see how we can ta…
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