In 2009, Singapore’s medical technology sector contributed about US$2 billion (S$3 billion) in manufacturing output and over 8,000 jobs.
30 global medical technology companies have set up commercial-scale manufacturing plants in Singapore.
Singapore is one of the world’s leading manufacturing sites for research tools and diagnostics instruments, supplying more than half of the world’s micro-arrays and 50 per cent of the global demand for thermal cyclers.
Global leaders that have set up manufacturing, R&D and headquarters function in Singapore include AB Sciex, Affymetrix, Alcon, Baxter International, Becton Dickinson, Bio-Rad, Ciba Vision, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Fluidigm, Edwards Lifesciences, Hoya Healthcare, Hill-Rom, Illumina, Qiagen, Japan Medical Supply, Medtronic and Siemens Medical Instruments.
