Photosoft granted patent protection in Australia

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Sep, 2018

Singapore - ASX-listed life- sciences company, Invion Limited announces the grant in Australia of the patent for chlorin e4 sodium, a new generation photodynamic therapy over which Invion h...Read more

Centre marks new era in Israel-Australia research

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 06 Sep, 2018

Singapore - A new Israel-Australia research centre involving a major collaboration with Monash University will be officially launched in Tel Aviv, Israel. The Sagol Center f...Read more

Vertex announces reimbursement agreement in Australia for ORKAMBI

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 05 Sep, 2018

Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced the finalization of an agreement with the Australian Government that allows for reimbursement of ORKAMBI (lumacaftor/ivacaftor) for people ages six and...Read more

Cadrock gets $5M seed funding for heart therapy

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Sep, 2018

Cadrock Pty Ltd, which owns an investigational prevention and treatment therapy for coronary artery disease (CAD), has secured a $5 million seed investment from a Chinese investor to fund c...Read more

Australian scientists detect cancer with gold plated nanoparticles

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 30 Aug, 2018

Researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) in Australia have used gold-plated nanoparticles to detect low microRNA (miRNA) levels in blood samples. Impaired miRNA act...Read more

BGI, Xing Tech to advance diagnostic technologies

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 27 Aug, 2018

Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Australian firm Xing Technology aimed at the translation of diagnostic technologies. The partners will ...Read more

Merck receives Australian CRISPR Nickase Patent

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 16 Aug, 2018

Merck, the vibrant science and technology company has announced that the Australian Patent Office has allowed the company's patent application for the use of paired CRISPR nickases. Paired ...Read more

Star Combo Pharma acquires Ausway Group of Companies

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 10 Aug, 2018

Star Combo Pharma recently announced that it has signed a Heads of Agreement to acquire the Ausway Group of companies (Ausway) being, Ausway Pharmaceutical Pty Ltd, Austoyou ...Read more

Scientists use nanoparticles to detect deep-tissue cancers

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Aug, 2018

Australian and Chinese scientists have developed a method using coded nanoparticles to detect and help diagnose disease.    The research team from Macquarie University and Fudan...Read more

Australia gives its nod to Trastuzumab Biosimilar

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 09 Aug, 2018

Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TAG) has approved Celltrion’s Herzuma, the country’s first biosimilar trastuzumab. While Celltrion is in discussions with af...Read more

Stem Cell Research For Cystic Fibrosis Moves Forward

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 08 Aug, 2018

The fight against cystic fibrosis (CF) has taken a major step forward, with pioneering research by University of Adelaide scientists showing that cells causing the debilitating genetic diso...Read more

Australian Stem Cell Researchers Receive $3 Million Funding

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 01 Aug, 2018

Stem Cells Australia and The University of Melbourne have welcomed $3 million Federal Government funding to advance stem cell research towards new treatments. The Accelerated Research prog...Read more

Marken Opens Clinical Trial Logistics Hub in Melbourne

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 01 Aug, 2018

Marken has announced the opening of a new branch located in Melbourne. The new location joins Sydney and Brisbane as the third Australian hub and solidifies the company's position as the le...Read more

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