Australia announces world first trial for kids with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Three boys in New South Wales (NSW), Australia have become the youngest patients in the world to receive therapy for Duc...

July 19, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Quest Diagnostics with Australian firm Envision Sciences launches novel prostate cancer test in US

US-based Quest Diagnostics has announced the launch of a novel prostate cancer biomarker test through its subspecialty p...

July 18, 2023 | Tuesday | News
$3.8 M funding boost to BioSpine research project in Australia

A crucial Griffith University research programme focusing on digitally-enabled rehabilitation technology for spinal cord...

July 14, 2023 | Friday | News
STI test kit vending machines trial to improve sexual health services in Victoria

Free sexually transmitted infection (STI) test kit vending machines have been introduced for the first time in regional ...

July 13, 2023 | Thursday | News
Data collection underway for ground-breaking cancer study in Australia

A first of its kind study exploring cancer in First Nations Australian communities has begun data collection with the la...

July 12, 2023 | Wednesday | News
China Scholarship Council and University of Melbourne partner to fund PhD candidates until 2027

The University of Melbourne, Australia has announced a partnership renewal with the China Scholarship Council for ...

July 11, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Australia launches new cardiovascular research centre

A new cardiovascular research centre in Australia is bringing together Monash University, the Baker Heart and ...

July 10, 2023 | Monday | News
Australia’s biomedical research sector set to expand

Monash University in Australia has acquired a prime Parkville property that will become a key addition to its Parkville ...

July 6, 2023 | Thursday | News
Australian startup Inoviq inks global joint marketing agreement with Promega

Australia-based startup Inoviq, an innovative developer of exosome solutions and precision diagnostics, and US-based Pro...

July 7, 2023 | Friday | News
“Urgent action is needed worldwide to reduce AMR and protect our existing antibiotics"

What is being done to tackle AMR in the APAC region?  AMR is a global problem and it requires a global response. T...

July 4, 2023 | Tuesday | Opinion
“New technologies are required to fill the gap and reverse resistance to existing antibiotics”

What is being done to tackle AMR within APAC? In 2015, the Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly endorsed The Global Acti...

July 4, 2023 | Tuesday | Opinion
Australia explores use of yeast dust to make affordable diagnostic test

Researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, have made a dust from baker’s yeast that can detect...

July 3, 2023 | Monday | News
Australia designs smart glasses to improve diagnosis and treatment of foot wounds

Mixed-reality smart glasses with holographic features are set to revolutionise the treatment of leg and foot wounds for ...

June 27, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Australian startup Psylo advances depression treatment with Japanese pharma firm Daiichi Sankyo

Australia-based biotech startup Psylo has entered into a Sponsored Research Agreement with global Japanese pharmaceutica...

June 23, 2023 | Friday | News
Jumar Bioincubator in Australia calls for next-gen biotech startups

Australia's newest biotech incubator is calling for innovative early-stage Australian biotechs to take up residency...

June 22, 2023 | Thursday | News
Australian government unveils plans of building Institute for Infectious Disease

The Australian Institute for Infectious Disease (AIID) is a visionary $650 million project supported by the Victorian St...

June 21, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Australia's national science agency CSIRO names Professor Doug Hilton as Chief Executive

The Board of Directors of Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s n...

June 20, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Vaxxas opens manufacturing facility in Australia to produce needle-free vaccine patch

Vaxxas, a clinical-stage biotechnology company commercialising a novel vaccination platform technology, has announced th...

June 19, 2023 | Monday | News
Trajan's Mitra microsampling devices receive IVD registration in Australia

Trajan Scientific and Medical, a leading provider of analytical and life sciences products and solutions, has announced ...

June 16, 2023 | Friday | News
COVID-19 can cause brain cells to ‘fuse’: Australian study

Researchers at The University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia have discovered viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 can cause brain...

June 14, 2023 | Wednesday | News
CSIRO invests $25 M to drive biotech innovation in Australia

Australia’s national science agency, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), has inv...

June 13, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Australian pharma firm Telix invests €14.1 M in Europe's radiopharmaceutical production facility

Australia-based Telix Pharmaceuticals has opened Telix Manufacturing Solutions, the company's radiopharmaceutical produc...

June 9, 2023 | Friday | News
Australia drives digital transformation of biopharma sector with new ARC Hub

A new Australian Research Council (ARC) Hub to help forge an internationally competitive Australian biopharmaceutica...

June 12, 2023 | Monday | News
Malaysia approves Australian pharma firm Starpharma's antiviral nasal spray Viraleze

Australian pharma firm Starpharma has achieved regulatory approval for its antiviral nasal spray product, Viraleze,...

June 6, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Sydney invests in Australia's research future with innovative fellowship scheme

An unprecedented investment by the University of Sydney, Australia will support up to 40 new continuing positions, empow...

June 5, 2023 | Monday | News
University of Sydney inks MoU with Pharos Therapeutics for AI-based drug discovery

The University of Sydney, Australia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pharos Therapeutics, the Austral...

May 31, 2023 | Wednesday | News
India's Sun Pharma inks new deal to commercialise skin cancer drug in Europe, Australia and New Zealand

India-based Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and Swiss-Italian biotech firm Philogen S.p.A have entered into a licensing ag...

May 31, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Australian startup Cyteph secures $1.5 M for brain cancer immunotherapy trial

Cyteph, a spin-out biotechnology company from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia, has been awa...

May 30, 2023 | Tuesday | News
India-Australia partnership to tackle non-communicable diseases

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Chhattisgarh Health Department in India and Australia's ...

May 29, 2023 | Monday | News
Australia to create biobank of different phages for killing superbugs

In a modern take on the Victorian gold rush, a Monash University-led project is successfully ‘bioprospecting&rsquo...

May 25, 2023 | Thursday | News
Australian pharma firm Amplia partners with CSIRO to develop wound healing solutions

Australia-based pharmaceutical firm Amplia Therapeutics has received grant funding to undertake a research collaboration...

May 23, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Australia deploys nanotechnology to design new ultra-thin skin patch to monitor health

A new ultra-thin skinpatch with nanotechnology able to monitor 11 human health signals has been developed by researchers...

May 19, 2023 | Friday | News
US investors back Australian innovation of retinal imaging with $12 M investment

New York-based healthtech company creation platform Ascertain is investing $12 (A$18) million in Eyetelligence, a ...

May 22, 2023 | Monday | News
University of Sydney opens new clinical school to increase healthcare workforce

The University of Sydney in Australia has launched a new clinical school to enhance general practice (GP) as a preferred...

May 18, 2023 | Thursday | News
First Long COVID diagnostic test launches across Australia

The first diagnostic test for long COVID is now available to patients across Australia. The test can help physicians dia...

May 17, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Australian startup Microba to discover disease specific microbiome biomarkers

German biotech company Mainz Biome has announced a research collaboration with Australian startup Microba Life Sciences....

May 16, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Australia launches free programme for SMEs in health and medtech sector

Australia’s national science agency, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), has lau...

May 15, 2023 | Monday | News
Australia develops AI tool to predict Parkinson's disease onset

Scientists from University of South Wales (UNSW) Sydney, Australia with collaborators at Boston University, US have deve...

May 12, 2023 | Friday | News
Australia-based Antisense Therapeutics appoints new CEO

The Board of Directors of Australian firm Antisense Therapeutics has announced the appointment of Dr James Garner as Man...

May 10, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Australia backs mental health initiatives by George Institute for Global Health in India

The Australian High Commissioner to India, Barry O’Farrell, and the Consul General – Chennai, Sarah Kirlew h...

May 11, 2023 | Thursday | News
Australia takes step towards using smartwatches in chronic disease prevention

University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have developed a roadmap for the integration of smartwatches into Australian h...

May 9, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Innovation Hub opens first stage of Sydney Biomedical Accelerator

The first stage of the $650 million Sydney Biomedical Accelerator (SBA) has been officially launched with the opening of...

May 6, 2023 | Saturday | News
Sydney spin-out inks A$273 M deal to develop drugs for psychiatric disorders

Australia's University of Sydney spinout, Kinoxis Therapeutics, has announced a partnership with global pharmaceutical c...

May 5, 2023 | Friday | News
Australia-based AI radiology startup Annalise.ai opens new office in India

Annalise.ai, Australia-based artificial intelligence (AI) radiology startup, has announced that it is continuing its g...

May 5, 2023 | Friday | News
University of Melbourne gets $8.7 M funding for world’s largest colorectal cancer registry

The international registry of colorectal cancer patients and relatives, supporting earlier diagnosis and research to imp...

May 4, 2023 | Thursday | News
PharmAla Biotech to form Australian Psychedelics Joint Venture with Vitura Health

Canadian firm PharmAla Biotech Holdings Inc. has announced the establishment of a 50:50 joint venture, Cortexa, wit...

May 2, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Cartherics and Shunxi explore new path for treating recurrent ovarian cancer in Greater China

Australian startup Cartherics has granted Shunxi Holding Group Co. a licence to develop, manufacture and commercialise C...

April 28, 2023 | Friday | News
Australia advances genomics research by introducing ultra-high throughput sequencer

MGI and  South Australian Genomics Centre (SAGC) have announced their joint efforts to advance genomics research in...

April 28, 2023 | Friday | News
Australia lagging behind similar countries in funding biotech research: Study

A study co-led by The University of Queensland (UQ) has found Australia is lagging behind similar countries in funding b...

April 27, 2023 | Thursday | News
Bridgewest to commercialise sterile injectable drugs under LumaCina biz unit in Australia

Global private investment firm, Bridgewest Group, has established LumaCina business unit under Bridgewest Perth Pha...

April 26, 2023 | Wednesday | News
World-first app by Australia helps shift workers get better sleep

Australia's Monash University researchers have developed a world-first personalised app to improve the sleep and mood of...

April 25, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Australian government injects $50 M more for research into long COVID

The Australian Government will provide a further $50 million from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) for research i...

April 24, 2023 | Monday | News
Australian PhD graduates ill equipped in current job market: Study

Australia's Monash University study into the employability of PhD graduates has found that a PhD qualification alone doe...

April 19, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Australia develops ground-breaking heart failure treatment using 3D-printed tissue

Researchers from The University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia have demonstrated that 3D bioprinted heart tissues...

April 21, 2023 | Friday | News
Flexible gold sensor by Australia unlocks new generation of medical implants

A thin, flexible gold sensor engineered at The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia has the potential to unlock the ...

April 20, 2023 | Thursday | News
Spin-off developing oral insulin receives commercial backing in Australia

A spin-off company founded by three University of Sydney and Sydney Local Health District academics has received $2.2 mi...

April 18, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Australian scientists grow brain tissue in lab to treat rare diseases

Brain tissue grown in a laboratory by University of Queensland (UQ) researchers in Australia will be used to test a trea...

April 17, 2023 | Monday | News
Scientists in Australia build human lungs in dish to test medicines

Scientists at the University of Sydney, Australia with collaborators from Australia, South Korea and China. have devel...

April 14, 2023 | Friday | News
Research boost of $5.7 M for chronic disease prevention in Asia Pacific

$5.7 million in research grants has been awarded to four projects aiming to foster research partnerships between institu...

April 13, 2023 | Thursday | News
Don't Let Clinical Supply Risks Derail Your Success: Join Our Webinar

Title: Proactive Strategies to Evaluate and Mitigate Clinical Supply Risk Date: May 24, 2023 Synopsis ...

April 12, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Australia to deploy world-first sensor technology platform for aged care fall prevention

HSC Technology Group and partners Whiddon, Anchor Excellence and Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Or...

April 12, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Australia injects $12 M more into world-first childhood diabetes study

JDRF Australia and funding partner The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust have announced a combined additio...

April 8, 2023 | Saturday | News
Singapore's Life Science Incubator initiates building a co-working laboratory space in Australia

Singapore based German incubator for biotech companies,  Life Science Incubator Pte Ltd (LSI) has initiated a new p...

April 6, 2023 | Thursday | Company results
New health tech innovation centre opens in Melbourne with $2.4 M investment

Local health technology manufacturers looking to fast-track the development of their digital or connected products can n...

April 6, 2023 | Thursday | News
Bridgewest Group launches new sterile injectable CDMO in Australia

Global private investment firm Bridgewest Group, recognised for developing innovative companies in life sciences, softwa...

April 6, 2023 | Thursday | News
Sydney strengthens international ties in research and innovation

New international opportunities are open to Sydney researchers and students as the University expands partnership agreem...

April 5, 2023 | Wednesday | News
What’s on Australia’s 'scientific mind' in 2023?

At the beginning of 2023, Australia had announced the launch of the country’s first multicultural mental health li...

April 3, 2023 | Monday | News
Sepsis study in Australia to power new antibiotic discoveries

Australia's University of Queensland (UQ) researchers have led a national study on the four main bacteria that cause sep...

April 4, 2023 | Tuesday | News
“APAC continues to be a global hub for clinical trials”

What is your outlook for the Asia Pacific CRO market in 2023?  The latest Novotech research with GlobalData shows ...

April 1, 2023 | Saturday | Opinion
Funding boost for world-first cell transplantation research for nervous system repair in Australia

Australia-based Griffith University’s world-first study into cell transplantation to repair injuries to the nervou...

March 31, 2023 | Friday | News
International dementia research collaboration to address key health challenge in Australia and Japan

Three expert teams in Australia will share $1.5 million to undertake research into causes of dementia through projects f...

March 30, 2023 | Thursday | News
Two Australian healthcare companies to develop radiopharmaceutical treatments for cancer

Radiopharm Theranostics, a clinical-stage radiotherapeutics company, and GenesisCare, a leading global provider of integ...

March 30, 2023 | Thursday | News
Australian study of ENZAMET shows promise as prostate cancer treatment

A new drug combination for men with advanced prostate cancer has shown sustained increase in survival rates. The result...

March 29, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Australian biotech behemoth CSL unveils new vaccine R&D facility in US

Australian biotech firm CSL recently celebrated the official opening of the company's new state-of-the-art research and ...

March 28, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Australian PPE firm Ansell invests $80 M in new manufacturing facility in India

Ansell, a global leader in personal protective equipment (PPE), recently marked the first phase of Go Live for Packing &...

March 28, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Australia announces world first framework for rural and remote nursing

A world first guide addressing the unique demands and challenges for Registered Nurses in rural and regional Australia h...

March 27, 2023 | Monday | News
American firm Enveric Biosciences opens Australian subsidiary to work on anxiety disorder

Enveric Biosciences, a US-based biotechnology company dedicated to the development of novel small-molecule therapeutics ...

March 24, 2023 | Friday | News
See-Mode Technologies gets approval for AI-based ultrasound solution in ANZ

See-Mode Technologies, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered medical imaging solutions, has receive...

March 24, 2023 | Friday | News
Australian startup Mindset Health raises $12 M to expand digital hypnotherapy apps

Mindset Health, a digital hypnotherapy startup based in Australia, has raised $12 million in an oversubscribed Seri...

March 24, 2023 | Friday | News
Australia invests $50 M into BioMedTech Incubator programme

Brandon BioCatalyst, in partnership with ANDHealth, has been selected by the Federal Government to deliver the $50 milli...

March 23, 2023 | Thursday | News
Australia injects $3M funding for world-first drug trial for poorly controlled epilepsy

Epilepsy affects over 150,000 Australians, and 50 million globally, with one-third struggling to control their condition...

March 22, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Australia-Israel partnership to accelerate medical innovation and health service transformation

Monash University, Australia is teaming up with Israel’s Sheba Medical Centre, to research and develop new medical...

March 20, 2023 | Monday | News
“Immutep has started exploring the potential of the first ever triple combination therapy with Eftilagimod”

Can you describe your immunotherapy research and how Immutep’s approach compares to other immunotherapies? Immute...

March 15, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Australia achieves clinical trial success for psoriasis drug

A company launched from Australia-based University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (I...

March 15, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Australia uses smart nanotechnology for more accurate delivery of insulin

More efficient and longer lasting glucose-responsive insulin that eliminates the need for people with type 1 diabetes to...

March 14, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Monash University in Australia leads $15M mitochondrial donation clinical trial

Around 50 Australian children are born every year with devastating mitochondrial disease, with an expected lifespan of o...

March 13, 2023 | Monday | News
Australia's Starpharma names Justin Cahill as Chief Financial Officer and Company secretary

Australian firm Starpharma Holdings has announced the appointment of Justin Cahill as Chief Financial Officer (CFO)...

March 10, 2023 | Friday | News
University of Melbourne inks academic collaboration with major Indian universities

The University of Melbourne in Australia will offer Indian students the opportunity to complete a new Bachelor of Scienc...

March 10, 2023 | Friday | News
Women-led healthcare startup innovations receive $750k investment in Australia

The University of Melbourne, Australia will provide pre-seed investment to support two innovative female-founded healthc...

March 8, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Australia to launch revolutionary new cholesterol drug in next two years

Hundreds of thousands of Australians with life-threatening high cholesterol are set to benefit from a revolutionary new ...

March 7, 2023 | Tuesday | News
IonOpticks unveils new technology to shake-up US proteomics sector

IonOpticks, an Australia-based producer of high-performance chromatography solutions for the global research community, ...

March 7, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Australia invests $10 M for mRNA medicines manufacturing workforce training centre

The Victorian Government and Monash University have partnered to establish Australia’s first dedicated mRNA medici...

March 3, 2023 | Friday | News
Public health experts launch Melbourne Centre for Behaviour Change to discuss challenges

Behavioural science has the power to help overcome some of the world’s biggest challenges, leading public health e...

March 2, 2023 | Thursday | News
Korea-based CJ BIO invests in Australian biotech startup Provectus Algae

Australian startup Provectus Algae has secured an undisclosed strategic investment from CJ BIO, a division of CJ CheilJe...

March 2, 2023 | Thursday | News
Australian startup Microba unveils next-gen human gut microbiome tests

Microba Life Sciences, a startup based in Australia, has announced that it’s next generation testing product range...

March 1, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Australia-based Mayne Pharma sells US generic prescription product portfolio for $90 M

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories SA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Indian pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, ...

February 28, 2023 | Tuesday | News
New funding bolsters medical and science research collaborations in Australia

Australia's University of Sydney medical and science researchers will be involved in two successful Cooperative Res...

February 27, 2023 | Monday | News
European Union approves first gene therapy for hemophilia B

Australian biotechnology leader CSL has announced that the European Commission has granted conditional marketing authori...

February 23, 2023 | Thursday | News
South Australian Government takes new initiatives to develop biomanufacturing sector

Biomanufacturing sector will be given a boost by the South Australian Government’s announcement of new initiatives...

February 22, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Funding injection of $8 M for Strep A vaccine research in Australia

Australia's University of Queensland (UQ)-led research effort to develop an mRNA vaccine against Group A Streptococcus (...

February 20, 2023 | Monday | News

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