First-of-its kind radiotherapy in Australia

Singapore: An 82-year-old prostate cancer patient has become the first person in Australia to be treated using the fast ...

July 17, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Aussie man contracts dengue in Japan

Singapore: As per a recent news report, an Australian traveler to Japan has been diagnosed with dengue fever. As per the...

September 15, 2014 | Monday | News
Pacific Edge's Cxbladder achieves sales in the US

Singapore: New Zealand-based cancer diagnostic specialist Pacific Edge has completed the first commercial sales of Cxbla...

October 18, 2013 | Friday | News
Medtronic pursues PMA for IN.PACT Admiral

Singapore: Medtronic announced the submission of its first pre-market approval (PMA) module to the US Food and Drug Admi...

August 21, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Regeneus clears procedures to initiate Progenza trial for osteoarthritis treatment

Sydney-headquartered Regeneus announced the completion of enrolment of all 20 patients in the STEP trial. Further, a rev...

May 17, 2016 | Tuesday | News
Point-of-care diagnostics is revolutionary

In 2011, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation rolled out a new grant of $31 million to fund innovation in point-of-ca...

December 17, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
ITC charged Apex for infringement on Resmed

Singapore: ResMed has won an import ban in the US against a Taiwanese device manufacturer alleged to be infringing on th...

June 12, 2014 | Thursday | News
US CRO appoints new Asia director

Singapore: US-based Harlan Laboratories, a leading contract research organization (CRO) and research models and service...

February 5, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Technology that seals heart valve

Endoluminal Sciences, an Australia-based company, is developing a breakthrough technology for the treatment of failing h...

May 16, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
Forbes 50 list features only 2 Asian pharma firms

Singapore: India's Sun Pharmaceuticals and Australia's CSL are the only two drugmakers that have been featured in the Fo...

August 31, 2012 | Friday | News
Prana gets +ve results in phase II Huntington trial

Singapore: Australia-based Prana Biotechnology has achieved positive result in its phase II clinical trial investigating...

February 19, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Avita Medical wins US contract for cell renew technology

Singapore: Australia based Avita Medical, a medical device company specializing in the treatment of wounds and skin defe...

September 30, 2015 | Wednesday | News
ITC enters consent decree against Apex on ResMed request

Singapore: A US government investigation started at the request of ResMed against Taiwanese manufacturer Apex Medical ha...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | News
AmpliPhi, SPH to combat antibiotic-resistant super bugs

Singapore: Australia-based AmpliPhi Biosciences is looking to acquire Brookvale, a Sydney-based Special Phage Services (...

September 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Embryonic stem cells remain a sticky wicket

Dr Shinya Yamanaka and Sir John Gurdon's discovery of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) has given the world an altern...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Nutraceutical cure for migraine

Singapore: Researchers at Griffith Health Institute's Genomics Research Center have entered the final phase in an extens...

January 22, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Aus Medtech association: Reimbursements remain constrained

The Medical Technology Association of Australia (MTAA) is the national association of Australia representing companies i...

April 29, 2013 | Monday | Influencers
STA to commercialize leukemia drug in Australia

Singapore: US-based Ariad Pharmaceuticals has granted Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA), a specialty pharmaceutic...

January 30, 2014 | Thursday | News