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11 Members of the consortium can tap on A*STAR’s researchinstitutes in the biomedical sciences, physical sciences andengineering to access a rich pool of scientific resources andexpertise to carry out leading-edge R&D in Singapore. There aremany success stories from the partnership with the A*STARresearch institutes, and companies have received globalrecognition for their innovative research and medical devices.Medical Technology Innovation in Singapore12 One such instance is SIMTech’s collaboration with Bio-Scaffold International, a Singapore-based biotechnologycompany. It resulted in the development of a new technology forprocessing scaffolds using FDA-approved biopolymers.Theaccolades for the product reflect Singapore's world-class R&Dstandards which is growing in competitiveness vis a vis industryplayers in USA, Japan and India.10