SINGAPORE - Around 90 additional research and engineering jobs will be created in the biomedical sector with the setting up of a new bioanalytical laboratory facility by leading contract research organisation Labcorp, and the expansion of its existing central laboratory here. The combined facility in Jurong East, which is the first of its kind in South-east Asia, "will add cutting-edge capabilities to our thriving biomedical ecosystem" and "make us an even more compelling regional biomedical hub, help us attract more leading-edge investments in the sector", said Trade and Industry Minister Gan Kim Yong on Wednesday (Nov 10) at the facility's launch. "In particular, Labcorp's new Good Laboratory Practice and Good Clinical Practice-compliant bioanalysis and immunochemistry platforms will provide bioanalytical testing services that are critical to early-stage development of biologics and vaccines in Singapore," noted Mr Gan. He said that job opportunities that come with the expansion include those in the healthcare sector, such as nursing coordinators to facilitate decentralised clinical trials, as well as data engineers to develop artificial intelligence technologies to assist in dia...