Cell pics by GE contest winners to light up Times Square

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 28 Feb, 2013

Singapore: GE Healthcare Life Sciences has chosen Ms Jane Stout (from the US), Ms Anushree Balachandran (from Australia) and Mr Markus Posch (from the UK) as winners of the GE Healthcare 20...Read more

Viralytics accelerates patient recruitment for Cavatak trial

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

Singapore: Patient recruitment in phase II CALM trial has accelerated significantly in the past three months with 25 patients now enrolled. Viralytics, which is conducting the trial, said ...Read more

OECD: Australia has 527 biotech firms, ranks 6th

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 17 Jan, 2013

Singapore: According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) directorate for Science, Technology and Industry statistics (updated until December 2011), Austra...Read more

Dr John Ballard: Angel of Australia biotech

Australia |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 13 Mar, 2012

Veterans in the life sciences industry in Australia distinguish Dr John Ballard as one of the founding and most significant leaders of the country's biotechnology industry. He is co-founder...Read more

AtCor Medical wins $3.2 mn contract

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Oct, 2012

Singapore: AtCor Medical, developer and marketer of the SphygmoCor system which measures central aortic blood pressures and arterial stiffness non-invasively, has signed a contract to suppl...Read more

BioSA awards for Aussie innovators

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 28 Mar, 2013

Singapore: BioSA revealed that names of the awardees of the BioSA Bioscience Achievement Awards at its Welcome Reception for the AusBiotech Business Development Forum, held in Glenelg, Adel...Read more

iSonea updates its AsthmaSense app

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 07 Dec, 2012

Singapore: Medical technology company iSonea has unveiled an updated version of its AsthmaSense asthma management smartphone app at a US mobile health conference. The updated version is e...Read more

Abraxane cancer trial shows positive results in Australia

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

Singapore: Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA) is going to publish abstracts related to its phase III metastatic melanoma study with Abraxane (nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel) at...Read more

Aus govt gives Mesoblast $4.3 mn for stem cell work

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Jul, 2013

Singapore: Mesoblast has received approximately $4.3 million under the Australian Government's Innovation Australia Research and Development (R &D) Tax Incentive Program for R&D act...Read more

Paul Ramsay leaves $3 bn to Ramsay Healthcare

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 12 May, 2014

Singapore: The founder of Ramsay Health Care, Mr Paul Ramsay breathed his last and even during his last moments left more than $3 billion to the foundation bearing his name. The 78-year-ol...Read more

Australia develops intelligent hi-res retinal camera

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Feb, 2013

Singapore: The Australian Government's Cooperative Research Center (CRC) Program is providing susbtantial amounts of funds to researchers in order to develop the Intelligent Retinal Camera ...Read more

IDT appoints Paul MacLeman as CEO

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Apr, 2013

Singapore: IDT Australia appointed Dr Paul MacLeman as CEO, effective April 15, 2013. Dr MacLeman was recently the CEO of Melbourne-based biotechnology company Genetic Technologies, where h...Read more

Obese children more prone to Asthma: Study

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2013

Singapore: Researchers from the UK and Australia proved in a study that excess weight and obesity among children was a major reason contributing to Australia's high rates of asthma. The st...Read more

Dr Brian McNamee to step down from CSL

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 06 Aug, 2012

Singapore: After 23 years of being at the helm of CSL, Dr Brian McNamee will leave the firm in July 2013 and will be succeeded by Mr Paul Perreault, who is currently the president of CSL Be...Read more

Canada's investment giant enters Aus life science

Australia |  Influencers | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 08 Nov, 2012

On October 25, 2012, Canada-based international investment bank, Canaccord Genuity, expanded its Australian operations with the addition of a high profile life sciences team. Canaccord Genu...Read more

Celgene's anti-cancer drug reactivates dormant HIV: Study

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2013

Singapore: A study presented by Danish scientists at the AIDS 2014 conference, indicated that an anti-cancer drug made by US biotech firm Celgene could reactivate dormant HIV in patients, f...Read more

BioDiem expands antimicrobial profile

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 24 Apr, 2013

Singapore: Infectious disease therapies developer, BioDiem has expanded its local partnership network by signing an agreement with Griffith University to expand the range of formulations of...Read more

Pharma companies set eyes on China

Australia |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 19 Jun, 2012

China reported total of 97 deals worth $6.5 billion, the highest in Asia Pacific, according to a mergermarket report. The country was followed by Australia with 40 deals and India and South...Read more