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

Alchemia cancer trial gets nod from drug safety board

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

Singapore: Alchemia announced that the independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) responsible for reviewing the safety data of Alchemia's phase III, double blind, randomized, pivotal ...Read more

Alchemia gets new CEO

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

Singapore: Brisbane drug discovery and development company Alchemia announces that Mr Charles Walker has been appointed to the position of Chief Executive Officer. Mr Charles (Charlie) Wa...Read more

Doctors now offer GI Dynamic's EndoBarrier Therapy to treat diabetes

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

Singapore: GI Dynamics announced that doctors at St. Vincent's Clinic and Macquarie University Hospital (MUH) in Sydney now offer EndoBarrier Therapy, a revolutionary, non-surgical, non-ph...Read more

What the future holds for the APAC CRO market?

Australia |  Analysis | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 18 Sep, 2013

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conducted in association with CyberMedia Research (CMR), yet again identifie...Read more

Indo-Aussie research to find ovarian cancer cure

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 04 Oct, 2012

Singapore: Scientists at Australia's Queensland University of Technology (QUT) are hot on the trail of a genetic pathway that regulates ovarian cancer stem cells. The university is collabor...Read more

Changes in PBS to help Aussies save $20 mn

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 05 Aug, 2013

Singapore: The listings and price changes that came into effect in Australia this August through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) is said to see saving of $20 million a year. Furth...Read more

Intl anesthesia society appoints board members

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 26 Dec, 2012

Singapore: SmartTots, a research initiative sponsored by International Anesthesia Research Society, a non-political medical society that supports anesthesia research and education, has appo...Read more

Australian firm registers 25 disease specific stem cell lines at NIH

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

Singapore: Australia's Genea Stem Cells, a supplier and developer of disease-specific human stem cells, has been successful in registering 25 of its disease specific embryonic pluripotent s...Read more

Trial begins for vaccine that builds gluten tolerance

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

Singapore: ImmusanT, an early-stage biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has initiated clinical trials to evaluate Nexvax2, the first therapeutic vaccine for patients wi...Read more

Adhesive patch to deliver drugs

Australia |  News | By Nandita Singh | 0 Comment | 14 Mar, 2012

One of the promising alternative drug delivery technologies is a transdermal delivery platform called targeted pentration matrix (TPM). Australia-based Phosphagenics has been working to dev...Read more

CSL Biotherapies awarded Pandemic Preparedness Contract by US Government

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

Singapore: CSL Biotherapies has been awarded by the United States (US) Department of Health and Human Services to supply pre-pandemic and pandemic vaccine antigens and related services to t...Read more

Uscom signs deal to distribute its devices in China

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 15 Oct, 2013

Singapore: Australia-based Uscom (Ultrasonic Cardiac Output Monitor) has gained a foothold into the rapidly growing Chinese medical device market after reaching an agreement with China Pion...Read more

Scientists discover childhood epilepsy genes

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 13 Aug, 2013

Singapore: National Institute of Health (NIH)-funded genetic study of childhood epilepsies has linked two new genes to severe forms of disease and provides a novel strategy for identifying ...Read more

CSL hemophilia therapy gets orphan drug status

Australia |  Regulatory | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 11 Jun, 2012

Singapore: CSL Behring's novel recombinant fusion protein linking coagulation factor IX with recombinant albumin (rIX-FP), which can be used for the treatment of Hemophilia B, has been gran...Read more

Genetic Technologies Announces Key Managerial Appointment

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

Singapore: Genetic Technologies announced the appointment of Mr. Mark Ostrowski as Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing Molecular Diagnostics. In this role, Mark will be responsible...Read more

IMCD acquires Aussie pharma distributor

Australia |  News | By BioSpectrum Bureau  | 0 Comment | 02 Aug, 2013

Singapore: Global distribution firm IMCD Group has acquired Capitol Ingredients Australia, a Sydney headquartered speciality ingredients distributor focused on the nutraceuticals, personal ...Read more