Australia accelerates 'Microbiome Medicine' with new partnership between BiomeBank & Hudson Institute

The translation of research into the development of innovative and life-saving microbial therapies is set to transform i...

January 27, 2022 | Thursday | News
Australia discovers new antimicrobial therapeutics to fight superbugs

Researchers from Monash University in Australia have discovered a potential new way to prevent antibiotic resistance and...

January 24, 2022 | Monday | News
Australia provisionally approves oral COVID-19 pills by Merck & Pfizer

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia has issued provisional approval of the first oral treatments for...

January 21, 2022 | Friday | News
Australia grants provisional registration for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

Novavax, Inc. has announced that Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has granted approval for p...

January 20, 2022 | Thursday | News
Australia to launch first collaborative cardiovascular research accelerator

Federal Minister for Health, Greg Hunt has announced funding for two new Research Centres through the MTPConnect Targete...

January 19, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Australia pitches $24 M for telehealth to tackle growing cases of omicron

As Omicron case numbers grow, the Australian Government will make temporary changes to Telehealth to give general p...

January 18, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Australia gives recognition to Sputnik V vaccine for international travel

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia has determined that an additional COVID-19 vaccine, the two dose...

January 17, 2022 | Monday | News
Australia uncovers resistance gene in deadly E. coli

Scientists have pinpointed a gene that helps deadly E. coli bacteria evade antibiotics, potentially leading to better tr...

January 14, 2022 | Friday | News
Australia leads world-first clinical trial on benefits of losing weight prior to pregnancy

The University of Sydney, Australia is leading the world's largest clinical trial exploring how losing weight prior to p...

January 13, 2022 | Thursday | News
Australia invests $44 M to expand health and medical research capability

The Australian government is investing in the future competitiveness of Australian health and medical research with more...

January 12, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Australia discovers new treatments for infectious diseases

  Researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) in Australia have disc...

January 11, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Rare cancers & rare diseases research receives $63.4M boost in Australia

Research into some of the world’s rarest forms of cancer and disease have received a boost, with the Australian go...

January 10, 2022 | Monday | News
Mental health clinical trials receive funding worth $14.8 M in Australia

Seven clinical trials testing the use of potential breakthrough combination therapies to treat debilitating mental illne...

January 7, 2022 | Friday | News
Australia injects $5.5 M for clinical trials to treat low-survival breast cancers

Two clinical trials which could save lives through new therapies to treat breast cancers that have low rates of survival...

January 6, 2022 | Thursday | News
Australia grants provisional determination to AstraZeneca's Evusheld for adolescents

On 4 January 2022, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia granted a further provisional determination t...

January 4, 2022 | Tuesday | News
T-cell responses by vaccines and boosters effective against Omicron: Australian study

Research from the University of Melbourne in Australia and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKU...

January 3, 2022 | Monday | News
Australia identifies drivers of kidney disease

For the first time, researchers from Australian National University have identified a gene which shows the kidney has it...

December 28, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia forms world-first consortium to fight global blindness

Australian leaders in corneal bioengineering have collaborated to form BIENCO, a consortium to develop bioengineered eye...

December 27, 2021 | Monday | News