Aussie drug delivery firm raises $19.3 mn

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Jul, 2014

Singapore: Australian drug delivery company, Phosphagenics, has raised $19.3 million via a placement of $16.3 million to institutional and sophisticated investors in Europe, USA, Asia and A...Read more

AusBiotech, Hong Kong firm to partner on investment events

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 03 Oct, 2012

Singapore: Biotechnology industry group, AusBiotech and Beacon Events, organiser of the largest resource sector investor event in the Asia Pacific Region called Mines and Money, announced a...Read more

University of Sydney makes big takeover

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 16 Jul, 2014

Singapore: In a bid to ahead a major initiative towards the advancement of fertility research and treatment, the University of Sydney has announced a big take over. It said in an official s...Read more

PolyActiva raises US$9.4 mn in Series B venture funding

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2012

Singapore: PolyActiva announced today that it has raised US$9.4 million (AU$9.2 million) in a Series B financing round from a consortium of investors including Medical Research Commercialis...Read more

Viralytics gets positive prelim data for Cavatak

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 Nov, 2012

Singapore: Viralytics, a company listed in the Australian Securities Exchange, has received positive preliminary data in bladder cancer in its collaboration with Professor Hardev Pandha's ...Read more

Starpharma's formulation shows improvement in crop protection

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2012

Singapore: Starpharma Holdings announced that its new agrochemical dendrimer formulations have shown further improved features compared to commercially available products. Starpharma has ...Read more

New South Wales gets Medical Devices Fund

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2012

Singapore: New South Wales (NSW) Health and Medical Research Strategic Review has established Medical Devices Fund (MDF) of $5 million per annum to contribute to the discovery and applicati...Read more

Ansell, Ramsay enter global purchasing agreement

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2012

Singapore: Australia-based healthcare safety solutions provider, Ansell, entered into a multi-year purchasing agreement with Ramsay Health Care, one of the largest private hospital groups i...Read more

Algae.Tec biofuels technology to feature at 2012 ILA Berlin airshow

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2012

Singapore: Sourcing sustainable aviation biofuels at-scale is a major theme at this year's ILA Berlin Airshow and its dedicated Alternative Aviation Fuels Pavilion, designed to showcase th...Read more

Science Academy welcomes biomedical research commitment

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2012

Singapore: The Australian Academy of Science has welcomed the Federal Government's announcement of the medical research grants awarded by the National Health and Medical Research Council fo...Read more

Viralytics receives $1.4 mn R&D tax concession

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2012

Singapore: Viralytics has received $1.467 million from the Australian Taxation Office for a research and development tax concession relating to the financial year to June 2012. This is gr...Read more

Tamoxifen found to reduce second breast cancer

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 21 Aug, 2013

Singapore: A latest research has shown that taking the drug tamoxifen is found to sharply reduce the risk of getting a second breast cancer among those women who carry either of the breast ...Read more

Ansell, Ramsay Health Care Enter Global Multi-Year Purchasing Agreement

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2012

Singapore: Ansell, a global leader in medical gloves and healthcare safety solutions, has entered into a multi-year purchasing agreement with Ramsay Health Care (ASX: RHC), one of the larg...Read more

First RayStation order from Australia

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2012

Singapore: RaySearch Laboratories has received an order for its RayStation treatment planning system from The Radiation Oncology Institute in New South Wales, Australia. The Radiation Onc...Read more

Prima BioMed appoints Mathew Lehman as CEO

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 29 May, 2012

Singapore: Mr Matthew Lehman will be the new chief exceutive officer of Australia-based Prima BioMed. The company's present CEO, Mr Martin Rogers, will step down on August 31, 2012. Mr Roge...Read more

New investment fund Verde started in Australia

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Nov, 2012

Bangalore: A new investment fund called Verde has been set up to finance the commercialization of Australia's world leading medical, defence and technology devices. Verde aims to translate...Read more

Biodiem gets US patent allowance for antifungal therapy

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2012

Singapore: Australian infectious disease therapy and vaccine development company BioDiem has received notice of Allowance of a new US divisional patent from US Patent and Trademark Office, ...Read more

AusBiotech joins new Council to represent Australian agricultural biotechnology

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2012

Singapore: A joint initiative of AusBiotech, CropLife Australia, Grains Research and Development Corporation and the National Farmers' Federation has launched the Agricultural Biotechnolog...Read more