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

Western Australia to get new biotech hub

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 04 Jul, 2018

An initiative to grow Western Australia’s life sciences and innovation sector and boost local research capability was announced as part of a collaboration between the State Government...Read more

AFDR, Kadimastem to receive bi-national grant to explore diabetes solution

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 03 Jul, 2018

Israeli biotechnology company Kadimastem has announced the approval of the Australian Government and the Israel Innovation Authority to receive a joint research grant as part of a bi-nation...Read more

HIMSS, eHealth Queensland sign treaty for Healthcare Anytime, Anywhere

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 02 Jul, 2018

eHealth Queensland and HIMSS Asia Pacific have signed an agreement for eHealth Queensland to assist with the facilitation of the HIMSS AsiaPac18 Conference and Exhibition, to be held at the...Read more

Cell-in-a-Box encapsulated cells to produce interleukin-2

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 25 Jun, 2018

Singapore- When it was first discovered in 1976, the cytokine interleukin-2 (IL-2) was characterized as a soluble factor with the unique ability to promote clonal expansion of immune (T and...Read more

Australia's Health Engine allegedly shares clients information with lawyers

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 25 Jun, 2018

According to Australia’s leading news portal ABC news, the country’s largest online doctor appointment service, Health Engine has allegedly funneled hundreds of users' private m...Read more

Sydney based start-up HealthMatch raises $1.3M

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 18 Jun, 2018

HealthMatch, an Australian start-up aiming to become the go-to platform linking sick patients with clinical trials of potential treatment, is targeting US expansion after a $1.3 million cap...Read more

Moxidectin gets USFDA nod to treat River Blindness

Australia |  News | 0 Comment | 14 Jun, 2018

Medicines Development for Global Health (MDGH) and the World Health Organisation Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) have announced that the United States...Read more