SIRIM Berhad: The Frontier in Medical and Health Technology

With the world recovering from a public health disaster in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic and with political and social upheaval in the forms of wars such as in Ukraine and Sudan, localised fighting in various hotspots, the medical field faces huge challenges in addressing the needs of the various stakeholders. Still, these disasters represent opportunities to advance the new discoveries without compromising on the safety of the patients or general population. The COVID-19 vaccines were pushed through with great urgency driving on new discoveries of the genomic research, i.e. RNA based vaccines. This is complemented by the use of big data to monitor the disbursement of the vaccine to the general public. Unmistakably these new developments in tackling serious health disasters will lead to improvements on how the world tackle future crisis. Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI), genomics discoveries and cell biology are driving research and fueling hope for the future. Amid this scenario of great upheavals and significant advances in technologies or emerging technologies for the health sector, SIRIM Berhad is increasing its preparedness in terms of development of new facilities and new competencies as well as building the platform for the communication of conventional health or medical technologies with other technologies particularly digital technologies to unlock the potential of emerging technologies in both medical and digital to develop novel solutions to future problems or challenges.