Japan’s new agency to oversee medical research in the country will locate its first overseas office in Singapore. This will be followed by offices in London and Washington, DC. These regional offices are to help the Agency for Medical Research and Development (Amed) to connect with medical research done around the world, with a view to collaboration, said Mr Hiroshi Nakamura, director of the Singapore office. Amed was set up in Apr last year and has a budget of US$1.4 billion (S$1.9 billion) this financial year. The Singapore office is in charge of Asia and Oceania. Aside from identifying and encouraging cooperative research, Mr Nakamura said his office will also share results from Japanese research projects. Mr Lim Chuan Poh, chairman of A*Star, welcomed Amed’s move. The Amed office, which will be opened officially next week, is located in Science Park 1.... Continue Reading