More than 1,600 Jobs to be Created in Singapore; Big Commitments Include Roche, Quintiles Transnational Corp., and Medtronic

Today Online -- It was a vital sector that buoyed up manufacturing in a troubled 2009, and drew $1.2 billion in total fixed asset investment as well as $700 million in total business spending for Singapore in the midst of a global downturn. Now, poised to grow between 5 and 10 per cent this year, the biomedical science sector also promises to create more than 1,600 jobs once these commitments are fully implemented.

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