PSA appoints Belinda Wood as new GM

Outgoing CEO of the Generic and Biosimilar Medicines Association (GBMA), Belinda Wood has been appointed to the role of ...

April 12, 2018 | Thursday | News
Australian University research gives hope to thalassemia patients

Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, have used CRISPR gene editing technology t...

April 6, 2018 | Friday | News
Cellmid inks deal for anti-aging skin brand

Cellmid Limited announced that it has entered into an agreement with Labo International S.r.l to undertake the exclusive...

April 4, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Biocon gets European nod for its insulin to market globally

Indian biotech major Biocon said that the biosimilar insulin glargine co-developed with US drug major partner Mylan rece...

March 28, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Mayne pharma launches generic version of Monodox in Australia

Australia's Mayne Pharma Group recently announced the launch of  doxycycline monohydrate immediate release (IR...

March 19, 2018 | Monday | News
Propanc Biopharma Completes Reproduction run for its pancreatic drug

Propanc Biopharma Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focusing on development of new and proprietary treatm...

March 15, 2018 | Thursday | News
Fresenius Medical Care gets recognition by ACHS

The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS), Australia's leading independent authority on healthcare, has reco...

March 15, 2018 | Thursday | News
Merck inks deal with Australian biotech firm Immutep

Australia’s biotech giant Immutep has announced that it has entered into a clinical trial collaboration and supply...

March 13, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Kerry Corning initiates phase 1 trial for narcoleptic drug

Phase I clinical trials to assess its safety, human tolerance, and pharmacokinetic properties. XW10172 is the first comp...

March 13, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Australian scientists to develop blood test for lung cancer

A team of scientists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Australia have discovered a unique ...

March 11, 2018 | Sunday | News
'Cancer is an increasingly important health issue in the APAC region’

Globally, the radiopharmaceutical medicine market is expected to reach USD 13.8 billion by 2024, according to a new repo...

March 9, 2018 | Friday | Influencers
Merck snaps up Australian firm Viralytics for $394M

In  a bid to further broaden its immune-oncology portfolio, Merck has recently acquired Australian firm Viralytics ...

February 26, 2018 | Monday | News
Atomo, RPS Diagnostics collaborate to address respiratory infections

Australian firm Atomo Diagnostics has collaborated with US-based biotechnology company RPS Diagnostics for the developme...

February 23, 2018 | Friday | News
Zealand Pharma, Uniquest collaborate for gastrointestinal drugs

The commercialisation company of The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia announced collaboration with Zealand Pharm...

February 21, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Mundipharma acquires Australia's Tolmar; adds Eligard to its portfolio

Mundipharma recently announced the acquisition of specialist pharmaceutical company, Tolmar Australia , including exclus...

February 21, 2018 | Wednesday | News
US's PCI Pharma services to acquire Australian packaging firm

US firm PCI Pharma Services (PCI) has announced the acquisition of Australia-based Pharmaceutical Packaging Professional...

February 15, 2018 | Thursday | News
Proteomics International unites with CPR Pharma Services

MedTech pioneer Proteomics International has entered into a strategic alliance with CPR Pharma Services (CPR), targeting...

February 12, 2018 | Monday | News
Australian researchers identify drug to reverse alcohol effect

A group of researchers from Queensland University of Technology, Australia has identified a drug that could potenti...

February 10, 2018 | Saturday | News
Allergan to acquire Australian biotech startup Elastagen

Global pharma giant Allergen has struck a deal to acquire Australia's Elastagen , a clinical stage company developing me...

February 9, 2018 | Friday | News
Japan, Australia researchers work on early Alzheimer’s detection

Researchers at Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, and University of Melbourne, Australia and Japanese N...

February 6, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Starpharma to commence DEP cabazitaxel phase 1/2 trial

Australia’s Starpharma today announced that it has received regulatory and ethics approvals to commence its phase ...

January 31, 2018 | Wednesday | News
Cynata signs MoU with US biotech company

Cynata Therapeutics has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Celularity Inc., a US-based biotech company focu...

January 23, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Patent is awarded to RNAi Technology of FuturaGene

FuturaGene is a wholly owned subsidiary of Suzano Pulp and Paper, and Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Indu...

January 18, 2018 | Thursday | Regulatory
Australian researchers develop a method to supercharge antibiotics

A team of scientists at University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Australia has modified an o...

January 16, 2018 | Tuesday | News
Biocept got patent for its Molecular Biomarker Technology

Biocept, Inc. is a molecular diagnostics company with commercialized assays for lung, breast, gastric, colorectal and pr...

January 8, 2018 | Monday | News
Women Achiever's Spl: Seizing opportunity however small it may be: DR DEBORAH RATHJEN CEO, Bionomics, Australia

A seasoned biotech executive of over 20 years, Dr Deborah Rathjen joined Bionomics in June 2000 from Peptech Limited, wh...

December 20, 2017 | Wednesday | Influencers
Proteomics and Dimerix partner to improve the treatment of kidney disease

Ausstralia-based Proteomics International (PI) has developed PromarkerD, a predictive and diagnostic test for diabetic k...

December 18, 2017 | Monday | News
MNX acquires Healthcare logistics provider

MNX Global Logistics has acquired international logistics solutions provider Logical Freight Solutions P/L (LFS). ...

November 21, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Hydroponics to partner with Israel’s BOL Pharma

The Hydroponics Company Ltd, a star performer since listing in the surging medical cannabis sector, is entering into a p...

November 20, 2017 | Monday | News
Australia's research efforts get further boost

In a bid to further promote Australia’s research and development in medicine, the Australian government is plannin...

November 3, 2017 | Friday | News
Australia: A thriving lifescience hub with a global reach

Biotechnology may not have been Australia’s forte for the past few years, but the Land Down Under is racing up the...

October 20, 2017 | Friday | Analysis
Australia launches national cancer programme

A new, Australia-wide initiative intends to wipe out childhood cancer in a program that will see multiple healthcare fac...

September 20, 2017 | Wednesday | News
CWCF introduces app for ovarian cancer patients

The Cherish Women’s Cancer Foundation, a Brisbane-based charity, has launched a smartphone app to help women with ...

September 20, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Australian researchers develop novel therapies for cancer spread

In a breakthrough against skin cancer, Australian researchers have developed a combination of new treatments to stop mel...

September 13, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Australia, Brazil, China join forces to advance research in science

In a bid to advance research and tackle rising diseases in  an ageing society, Australian government has announced ...

September 12, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Strides Shasun subsidiary Arrow Pharma acquires Australia's Amneal Pharma

Arrow Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Strides Shasun recently announced that it has acquired Australian operations of U...

September 1, 2017 | Friday | News
AstraZeneca to expand production at its Australian facility

If reports are to be believed, global pharma giant Astrazeneca is planning to spend nearly $100 million to expand its Sy...

July 18, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Australia’s Cochlear plans expansion in China

Bionic ear implant maker Cochlear is expanding its global manufacturing capacity with a new $50 million facility in Chin...

July 14, 2017 | Friday | News
Researchers in Melbourne provide new biotechnology tool

Researchers at the University of Melbourne have demonstrated a way to detect nuclear spins in molecules non-invasively, ...

July 4, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Starpharma sells crop chemical business to Agrium for $26m

Australia based biotech firm Starpharma Holdings has recently sold its agro-chemicals unit to Agrium which deals with fa...

June 14, 2017 | Wednesday | News
New leukemia treatment outperforms standard chemotherapies

Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) are working on a new treatment for an aggressive type of leukemi...

June 12, 2017 | Monday | News
Ace swimmer Micheal Phelps joins Australia's Medibio board

Singapore: Ace American Swimmer and one of the most celebrated athlete in Olympic history, Mr Micheal Phelps has joined ...

June 9, 2017 | Friday | News
QIC Consortium to buy Australian Icon Group for A$1 Billion

A consortium comprising QIC Ltd., Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s private equity arm and China’s Pagoda Investmen...

May 23, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Funds for new stroke research

Stroke Foundation will provide more than $205,000 to eight Australian researchers, underpinning new research projects an...

May 12, 2017 | Friday | News
New imaging technique for removing tumors

Researchers at BRITElab at Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and the University of Western Australia have deve...

May 12, 2017 | Friday | News
Ex-Telstra executive Ballantyne takes charge of Healthscope

Gordon Ballantyne, previously at Telstra, is joining the top ranks of Australia’s healthcare sector following the ...

April 27, 2017 | Thursday | News
Australia slashes prescription drug prices

Singapore: Bringing in much needed relief for millions of consumers, the Australian government announced that is reducin...

March 31, 2017 | Friday | News
Pfizer announces closure of its Australian facility

Singapore: Global pharma giant Pfizer recently announced its plans to close an Australian manufacturing plant by 2021 th...

February 16, 2017 | Thursday | News
Bionomics progresses to develop novel drug for CNS

Singapore: Bionomics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of innovative therapeutics fo...

February 10, 2017 | Friday | News
Australian research receives A$125 mn funding boost

Singapore: In a bid to further boost research and development, Australian government has announced afresh series of fund...

February 9, 2017 | Thursday | News
Medicines Australia, MTP Connect ink MoU to boost innovation

Singapore: In a bid to boost the country's pharmaceutical sector and encourage new drug invention, The Medical Technolog...

January 31, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Google launches health cards in Australia

Singapore: Making a foray into healthcare, Google has recently launched health condition cards in Australia, that is tou...

February 2, 2017 | Thursday | News
Mainstay Medical seeks Australian approval to sell ReActiv8

Singapore: As per reports, global medical device firm Mainstay Medical has sought approval to market i its implantable d...

January 18, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Australia approves drug that can 'melt away' cancer cells

Singapore: Australian authorities have just approved a new drugvenetoclax that is touted to have the power to "melt away...

January 10, 2017 | Tuesday | News
GSK to shut down its Sydney plant by 2020

Singapore: According to reports, British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline will close its Sydney plant by 2020 after a review d...

November 7, 2016 | Monday | News
Australia changes drug approval norms to speed up approval process

Singapore: With a view to speed up the approval process and improve access to breakthrough drugs, the Australian federal...

September 21, 2016 | Wednesday | News
Hypoglycaemia monitor for diabetics wins award

AIMEDICS, an Australian medical device company, has come up with a device that help people with insulin-dependent diabe...

March 14, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Research and innovation critical for productivity'

Singapore: The report, entitled 'The role of science research and technology in lifting Australian productivity,' makes ...

June 16, 2014 | Monday | News
Phosphagenics patch delivers Oxymorphone for 72 hours

Singapore: Australian drug delivery technology company, Phosphagenics highlighted that it has achieved all end points of...

March 26, 2013 | Tuesday | News
New Australian facility to translate research into products

Singapore: Australian life sciences researchers will now be able to translate their discoveries into commercial products...

August 21, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Specialized Therapeutics grants sublicense to Mundipharma for anti-emetic products

Singapore: Specialized Therapeutics Pty Ltd and Mundipharma Pty Limited announce a sublicense agreement enabling Mundiph...

March 8, 2016 | Tuesday | News
CardioCel heals the heart by attracting stem cells

Singapore: Australia-based Allied Healthcare has demonstrated that its cardiovascular patches, CardioCel, promote healin...

November 28, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Novogen progresses on drugs against genetic, degenerative disorders

Singapore: Australian company Novogen, engaged in a pilot program aimed at breakthrough development of drugs to treat a ...

November 14, 2013 | Thursday | News
It's all in the genes!

Singapore: WHO estimates that globally, nearly 350 million people suffer from depression. As explained by the health gov...

August 19, 2016 | Friday | News
Lab-to-market is a challenge for Aussie researchers

Australia: Mr David Henderson, MD of UniQuest, which is one of the technology transfer companies in the Asia Pacific reg...

October 12, 2012 | Friday | News
Vaxxas' painless vaccine delivery tech fetches BioSpectrum award

Prof Mark Kendall, a scientist at the Australian Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology under University of Quee...

March 15, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Bone Medical reveals results of arthritis study

Singapore: Australia-based Bone Medical, a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of new medicines for mus...

January 30, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Stem cell study reveals potential diabetes cure

Singapore: A research conducted by Australian scientists on stem cells has shown that patients suffering from type 1 dia...

December 3, 2012 | Monday | News
Aussie firm grows human tendons in lab

Australia: Australia based regenerative medicine company, Orthocell, has successfully grown human tendons in a laborator...

November 10, 2014 | Monday | News
Australia announces victory over AIDS

Singapore: Ahead of the 21st International AIDS Conference, a team of Australian researchers and experts from the Austra...

July 14, 2016 | Thursday | News
There's still time to stop TPP from cutting off critical affordable generic medicines: MSF

Singapore: As representatives from the United States and 11 other Pacific-Rim countries gather in New Zealand to sign th...

February 5, 2016 | Friday | News
Luye Medical integrates Australia's Healthe Care to its group

Healthe Care, Australia's third largest private healthcare group, officially became a member of Singapore-headquartered,...

May 5, 2016 | Thursday | News
India, Australia partner to foster sugar research

Singapore: Sugar Research Australia recently announced a new research partnership with India to further research and fos...

May 4, 2016 | Wednesday | News
QRxPharma, FDA clarify steps for Moxduo release

Singapore: QRxPharma has clarified with the US FDA about the steps necessary for approval of immediate release Moxduo. ...

January 17, 2013 | Thursday | News
Australia's power woman Deborah Rathjen wins BioSpectrum award

Steering Bionomics' focus towards large markets where there is a defined clinical need for new treatments, Dr Rathjen he...

March 15, 2013 | Friday | Influencers
Cytori, Lorem to commercialize Cytori Cell Therapy

Singapore: US-based Cytori Therapeutics and China-based Lorem Vascular have formed a partnership to commercialize Cytori...

November 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Australian TGA nod for superbug antibiotic

Singapore: An effective new antibiotic designed to specifically treat Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea will be...

April 26, 2013 | Friday | Regulatory
Generon initiates phase I clinical study for F-652 in Australia

Singapore: Generon (Shanghai)has initiated phase I clinical trial for F-652 in Australia. F-652 is a recombinant protein...

September 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
Aus drug delivery technology gets Chinese patent

Singapore: Australian drug delivery technology company Imugene has received key Chinese patent application for the compa...

April 30, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Post-chemotherapy pain killer trial begins

Singapore: Spinifex Pharmaceuticals, an Australian pain drug development company, announced that the first set of patie...

December 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Reva begins trial for bioresorbable scaffold

Singapore: Australia-based Reva Medical has initiated enrolment of patients for its ReZolve 2 bioresorbable scaffold at ...

July 1, 2013 | Monday | News
CSL files marketing plea for Privigen in Europe

Singapore: Australian company CSL Behring has submitted a variation application to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) f...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | Regulatory
Australia registers leukaemia drug in benefit scheme

Singapore: A treatment for patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) and Philadelphia chromosome positive acute lymp...

November 2, 2015 | Monday | Regulatory
Breast cancer market will rise to $3.4 billion by 2021'

Singapore: The Asia-Pacific (APAC) breast cancer market is set to experience considerable expansion from $1.9 billion in...

February 16, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Aspirin use increases risk of age-related eye disease

Singapore: Researchers at the Centre for Vision Research from the Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Research (WM...

January 23, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Orthocell gets patent in Canada

Singapore: Regenerative medicine company, Orthocell, has been granted a patent in Canada covering the combination of bio...

December 14, 2015 | Monday | News
Bioxyne acquires Vitality

Singapore: Bioxyne has entered into a non-binding term sheet for the proposed acquisition of 100 percent of the shares a...

February 22, 2013 | Friday | News
Mid-sized companies are able to achieve much better than big pharma companies in drug development'

Singapore: Australia-based Clinuvel has developed SCENESSE, its proprietary first-in-class photo protective drug, for in...

January 19, 2016 | Tuesday | Opinion
Aussie firm gets FDA nod to supply cancer antibody in US labs

Singapore: Sienna Cancer Diagnostics, Melbourne-based biotechnology company focused on developing novel in-vitro diagnos...

May 29, 2014 | Thursday | Regulatory
Circadian's new diagnosis tech to be launched in July

Singapore: A novel technology for aiding the diagnosis of Cancers of Unknown Primary (CUP), by Circadian Technologies, w...

June 28, 2012 | Thursday | News
Johnson & Johnson in innovation collaboration with the Queensland Government

Singapore: The Queensland Government has announced a collaboration with the US pharmaceutical and healthcare giant, John...

October 14, 2015 | Wednesday | News
APAC multiple myeloma market to value $2.8 bn by 2021: Report

Singapore: The treatment market for multiple myeloma across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries of China, India, Japan, an...

October 23, 2015 | Friday | Analysis
Aussie anesthetic firm gets patent from 7 nations

Singapore: Australia-based Drawbridge Pharmaceuticals has been granted patent for its anesthetic formulation Phaxan in t...

October 29, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Inex iGeneScreen Prenatal Test hits Australia

Singapore: Singapore's Inex Innovations Exchange, a fetal health diagnostics company, signed a distribution agreement fo...

February 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Mr Mario Pennisi, LifeScience Queensland: Aus govt will provide stimulus amidst slow economy

There is no doubt that the world is still in a delicate financial balance, with no significant chance of that improving ...

December 25, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
Lignol to invest $1 mn in largest Aus biodiesel plant

Singapore: Lignol Energy, a leading technology company in the advanced biofuels and renewable chemicals sectors, will in...

August 26, 2013 | Monday | News
Nohla Therapeutics raises $21mn

Singapore: Nohla Therapeutics, a developer of cellular therapies for haematological disorders and immunological diseases...

December 23, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Australia's TransBio, DendroCyte to develop antibody for transplant rejection

Singapore: Australia based TransBio and DendroCyte BioTech have entered into a multi-year collaboration to discover and ...

September 22, 2015 | Tuesday | News
New technologies push growth of Cochlear

Innovation, passion and expertise have brought recognition to Cochlear for its niche focus on hearing aids medical devic...

June 28, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Australian body launches research translation initiative

Singapore: Australia's body for supporting health and medical research National Health and Medical Research Council (NHM...

November 2, 2012 | Friday | News