Australia: A thriving lifescience hub with a global reach

Biotechnology may not have been Australia’s forte for the past few years, but the Land Down Under is racing up the...

October 20, 2017 | Friday | Analysis
Australia launches national cancer programme

A new, Australia-wide initiative intends to wipe out childhood cancer in a program that will see multiple healthcare fac...

September 20, 2017 | Wednesday | News
CWCF introduces app for ovarian cancer patients

The Cherish Women’s Cancer Foundation, a Brisbane-based charity, has launched a smartphone app to help women with ...

September 20, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Australian researchers develop novel therapies for cancer spread

In a breakthrough against skin cancer, Australian researchers have developed a combination of new treatments to stop mel...

September 13, 2017 | Wednesday | News
Australia, Brazil, China join forces to advance research in science

In a bid to advance research and tackle rising diseases in  an ageing society, Australian government has announced ...

September 12, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Strides Shasun subsidiary Arrow Pharma acquires Australia's Amneal Pharma

Arrow Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Strides Shasun recently announced that it has acquired Australian operations of U...

September 1, 2017 | Friday | News
AstraZeneca to expand production at its Australian facility

If reports are to be believed, global pharma giant Astrazeneca is planning to spend nearly $100 million to expand its Sy...

July 18, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Australia’s Cochlear plans expansion in China

Bionic ear implant maker Cochlear is expanding its global manufacturing capacity with a new $50 million facility in Chin...

July 14, 2017 | Friday | News
Researchers in Melbourne provide new biotechnology tool

Researchers at the University of Melbourne have demonstrated a way to detect nuclear spins in molecules non-invasively, ...

July 4, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Starpharma sells crop chemical business to Agrium for $26m

Australia based biotech firm Starpharma Holdings has recently sold its agro-chemicals unit to Agrium which deals with fa...

June 14, 2017 | Wednesday | News
New leukemia treatment outperforms standard chemotherapies

Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) are working on a new treatment for an aggressive type of leukemi...

June 12, 2017 | Monday | News
Ace swimmer Micheal Phelps joins Australia's Medibio board

Singapore: Ace American Swimmer and one of the most celebrated athlete in Olympic history, Mr Micheal Phelps has joined ...

June 9, 2017 | Friday | News
QIC Consortium to buy Australian Icon Group for A$1 Billion

A consortium comprising QIC Ltd., Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s private equity arm and China’s Pagoda Investmen...

May 23, 2017 | Tuesday | News
Funds for new stroke research

Stroke Foundation will provide more than $205,000 to eight Australian researchers, underpinning new research projects an...

May 12, 2017 | Friday | News
New imaging technique for removing tumors

Researchers at BRITElab at Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and the University of Western Australia have deve...

May 12, 2017 | Friday | News
Ex-Telstra executive Ballantyne takes charge of Healthscope

Gordon Ballantyne, previously at Telstra, is joining the top ranks of Australia’s healthcare sector following the ...

April 27, 2017 | Thursday | News
Australia slashes prescription drug prices

Singapore: Bringing in much needed relief for millions of consumers, the Australian government announced that is reducin...

March 31, 2017 | Friday | News
Pfizer announces closure of its Australian facility

Singapore: Global pharma giant Pfizer recently announced its plans to close an Australian manufacturing plant by 2021 th...

February 16, 2017 | Thursday | News

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