Research reveals Beckman Coulter's Access hsTnI's diagnostic accuracy

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 25 Jul, 2018

A recent article in the Annals of Emergency Medicine reported on the diagnostic accuracy of the newly released Beckman Coulter Access hsTnI assay in expediting the emergency department (ED)...Read more

Scientists develop the first blood test for melanoma detection

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 23 Jul, 2018

Scientists at the Edith Cowan University (ECU), Australia, have developed a blood test to detect melanoma in its early stages. The blood test trial was carried out on 105 people with melan...Read more

Novotech partners with Asian Eye Institute

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 17 Jul, 2018

Asia-Pacific specialist CRO Novotech has partnered with the Asian Eye Institute, Inc (AEI), a private eye centre in the Philippines, to facilitate high-quality and rapid feasibility, start-...Read more

Glenmark to commercialise Ryaltris in Australia, NZ

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Jul, 2018

Glenmark Pharma’s subsidiary Glenmark Specialty has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Australia's Seqirus to commercialise its nasal spray Ryaltris in Australia and N...Read more

UNSW student's pioneering artificial intelligence boosts IVF success

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Jul, 2018

A problem first posed in a UNSW lecture has driven a current Medicine student to design a pioneering artificial intelligence system that is now helping women become pregnant via IVF. Aengu...Read more

Western Australia to get new biotech hub

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Jul, 2018

An initiative to grow Western Australia’s life sciences and innovation sector and boost local research capability was announced as part of a collaboration between the State Government...Read more

AFDR, Kadimastem to receive bi-national grant to explore diabetes solution

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Jul, 2018

Israeli biotechnology company Kadimastem has announced the approval of the Australian Government and the Israel Innovation Authority to receive a joint research grant as part of a bi-nation...Read more

HIMSS, eHealth Queensland sign treaty for Healthcare Anytime, Anywhere

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Jul, 2018

eHealth Queensland and HIMSS Asia Pacific have signed an agreement for eHealth Queensland to assist with the facilitation of the HIMSS AsiaPac18 Conference and Exhibition, to be held at the...Read more

Cell-in-a-Box encapsulated cells to produce interleukin-2

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 25 Jun, 2018

Singapore- When it was first discovered in 1976, the cytokine interleukin-2 (IL-2) was characterized as a soluble factor with the unique ability to promote clonal expansion of immune (T and...Read more

Australia's Health Engine allegedly shares clients information with lawyers

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 25 Jun, 2018

According to Australia’s leading news portal ABC news, the country’s largest online doctor appointment service, Health Engine has allegedly funneled hundreds of users' private m...Read more

Sydney based start-up HealthMatch raises $1.3M

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 18 Jun, 2018

HealthMatch, an Australian start-up aiming to become the go-to platform linking sick patients with clinical trials of potential treatment, is targeting US expansion after a $1.3 million cap...Read more

Moxidectin gets USFDA nod to treat River Blindness

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Jun, 2018

Medicines Development for Global Health (MDGH) and the World Health Organisation Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) have announced that the United States...Read more

Spin-outs from University of Queensland generate $600 million

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Jun, 2018

UniQuest, The University of Queensland’s commercialization company, is leading Australia and competing globally in creating spin-out companies based on academic intellectual prop...Read more

Melbourne-based Company to invest more than £3M in Wales

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 25 May, 2018

A Melbourne-based life science research and development company has invested more than £3 million in Wales. The move comes as part of a deal by Medical Ethics, a firm which develops ...Read more

Startup Indee Labs raises $2.6 M in seed funding

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 21 May, 2018

Indee Labs has announced that it has received $2.6 million in venture financing extending its seed-stage funding to more than $5.4M (AU$7.1M). The funding will be used to accelerate th...Read more

Australian Government signs J Roughhead for the clinical trials campaign

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 17 May, 2018

The Turnbull Government is launching a national awareness campaign to get to get more Australians into ground-breaking clinical trials, opening up access to life-saving new medicines and tr...Read more

Researchers reduce childhood asthma with tailored intervention

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 17 May, 2018

Asthma is one of the most common childhood diseases and impacts children’s quality of life, leaving them more susceptible to growth delays and at higher risk of developing learning di...Read more

Australia allocates $393 M to Nanotechnology & Genomics

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 15 May, 2018

After recommendations by an expert group led by the chief scientist, Alan Finkel, the federal government in Australia released its response and allocated funding to its research prioritites...Read more