Setting the scene

Singapore, in comparison with many other countries, may be small in land mass. but her dimunitive size has not diminished her giangantic dreams. What Singapore wants, Singapore almost always get (think F1 racing)

it is encouraging indeed to see how it has, in the mere span of 40 years been transformed from a laid-back kampung to the technologically advanced, economically competitive first world country that it is today.

Many of the regional offices of phamaceutical companies are located in Singapore. the government has gone to great lengths to woo the biomedical companies. the big money spinner for them is in manufacturing, contributing to $18b in 2005 alone.

pharma companies exist here not simply to promote their drugs but also to exploit the fantastic infrastructure and support committed by the government in this era of globalization.

And in the dawn of China and India rising, cosmopolitan Singapore may be in an advantageous position of bridging the gateway between the west and the immense markets up south.