New Zealand provides hope for better cerebral palsy outcomes

A pair of researchers at the University of Auckland in New Zealand has led a successful bid to trial regional hubs for d...

July 25, 2022 | Monday | News
Indian Immunologicals opens new facility in New Zealand for sterile filtered serum

Pristine Biologicals NZ, a subsidiary of Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL) has inaugurated a new facility in Dargaville fo...

July 12, 2022 | Tuesday | News
New Zealand backs study for safer alternative to opioids

A New Zealand-led research team who have developed a suite of non-addictive drug compounds to treat pain have received a...

July 6, 2022 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand emphasises on dental healthcare for children

Urgent and radical change is needed to address the declining dental health of Aotearoa’s children, but the pr...

July 6, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Volpara Health partners with Microsoft to fight heart diseases in women

New Zealand-based Volpara Health Technologies has announced a new research and development collaboration with Microsoft ...

June 24, 2022 | Friday | News
New Zealand designs medical tool for gut disorders

Alimetry, a spin-out of New Zealand's Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) and the Faculty of Medical & Health Sc...

June 20, 2022 | Monday | News
New Zealand unveils first mobile optometry clinic

New Zealand's first custom-built mobile optometry service has been launched at the University of Auckland in a bid to im...

June 14, 2022 | Tuesday | News
New Zealand shows strong link between COVID‑19 and worsening mental health

An international study, involving hundreds of New Zealanders, has sparked a call for more public health awareness of the...

June 8, 2022 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand's Ministry of Health announces interim structure

Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield has announced the Ministry of Health’s new interim structure. The...

June 8, 2022 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand to design risk-prediction tool to help patients predict asthma attacks

A project to develop a real-time risk-prediction tool that takes information from the environment and smart devices and ...

June 6, 2022 | Monday | News
New Zealand lays focus on predicting effects of traumatic brain injury

Researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) in New Zealand have received $150,000 from the Health Researc...

May 30, 2022 | Monday | News
New Zealand announces funding worth $40.7 M for development of novel mRNA vaccines, therapies

The University of Auckland in New Zealand has received budget funding of $40.7 million for development of novel mRNA vac...

May 24, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Biopharma Helico raises seed funding for producing edible medicines

New Zealand based startup Biopharma Helico has completed an AUD $1.8 million seed funding round, attracting internationa...

May 18, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Long COVID could cast decades-long shadow: Symposium in NZ

The shadow of lasting illness could be with us for decades once the acute phase of the COVID‑19 pandemic has passed, t...

May 18, 2022 | Wednesday | News
NZ reports decline in number of people diagnosed with HIV

The number of people being diagnosed with Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in New Zealand (NZ) continues to ...

May 16, 2022 | Monday | News
New Zealand backs Parkinson's disease research with new grant

  A team of researchers- Professor Leigh Hale and Dr Paulo Henrique Silva Pelicioni, of the School of Physiotherap...

March 28, 2022 | Monday | News
New Zealand puts focus on designing mRNA vaccine for Staphylococcus bug

A group of scientists at the University of Auckland in New Zealand are working towards developing an mRNA-based vaccine ...

March 21, 2022 | Monday | News
New Zealand and WHO partner for healthier future

Minister of Foreign Affairs of New Zealand, Nanaia Mahuta recently met for the first time with Dr Tedros Adhan...

March 2, 2022 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand launches $1M fund to enhance healthcare workforce

The Ministry of Health in New Zealand has launched a $1 million fund to help former nurses return to the healthcare...

February 21, 2022 | Monday | News
New Zealand to hold trial of bionic pacemaker that can reverse heart failure

A revolutionary pacemaker that re-establishes the heart’s naturally irregular beat is set to be trialled in New Ze...

February 18, 2022 | Friday | News
Genetic research in NZ offers hope for preventing Parkinson’s disease

There’s new hope for treating Parkinson’s disease with the publication of groundbreaking genetic research fr...

February 15, 2022 | Tuesday | News
NZ links paracetamol during pregnancy with childhood depression

New Zealand-based University of Auckland study shows a 'small but significant' statistical association. Profe...

February 11, 2022 | Friday | News
Cytiva fuels biotech development in Australia and New Zealand

Cytiva, a global life sciences leader, announces the winner of its first BioChallenge for the Australia and&nb...

February 10, 2022 | Thursday | News
New Zealand gives provisional nod to first protein-based COVID-19 vaccine

US-based Novavax, Inc. has announced that New Zealand's Medsafe has granted provisional approval of NVX-CoV237...

February 4, 2022 | Friday | News
NZ-based Formus Labs raises $5M to automate orthopaedic surgery planning

Founded from within Auckland Bioengineering Institute in New Zealand (NZ), Formus Labs has raised $5 million&n...

February 3, 2022 | Thursday | News
NZ discovers link between high blood pressure and diabetes

Scientists at the universities of Auckland and Bristol are preparing to test a novel medication on patients with a poten...

February 2, 2022 | Wednesday | News
NZ develops method to disinfect PPE for potential reuse

Scientists at the University of Auckland, New Zealand (NZ) have developed a shipping container-based unit to disinfect N...

January 18, 2022 | Tuesday | News
New Zealand approves use of Ronapreve to prevent & treat COVID-19

The Ministry of Health’s medicine regulatory arm Medsafe in New Zealand has approved a new COVID-19 medicine Ronap...

December 23, 2021 | Thursday | News
New Zealand confirms skin infections as cause of rheumatic fever

Researchers at University of Otago in New Zealand have made a major breakthrough in further understanding acute rheumati...

December 22, 2021 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand develops strategy to improve health data management

The Ministry of Health in New Zealand has developed a strategy and two-year action plan to improve the way health data i...

December 13, 2021 | Monday | News
NZ explores needle-free anaesthetic for skin graft surgery

Researchers at in the Bioinstrumentation Lab at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) in New Zealand have been dev...

November 29, 2021 | Monday | News
NZ invests $10 M in vaccine development for rheumatic diseases

New Zealand (NZ) based University of Auckland’s medical faculty will lead a multi-million dollar government-funded...

November 24, 2021 | Wednesday | News
NZ strengthens focus on antimicrobial resistance

The Ministry of Health and Ministry for Primary Industries support the ‘One Health’ approach to spread aware...

November 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
NZ develops technology that allows for needle-free glucose monitoring

A needle-free technology that would allow people with diabetes to measure blood sugar levels without having to stick a n...

November 9, 2021 | Tuesday | News
NZ announces one-of-its-kind Pharmaceutical Science degree

Otago University's School of Pharmacy in the Division of Health Sciences will be offering a Bachelor of Pharmaceutical S...

November 8, 2021 | Monday | News
NZ secures anti-viral drug to treat medium-to-severe COVID-19 symptoms

New Zealand has secured access to an important new COVID-19 drug that can save lives and cut time in hospital. Heal...

November 3, 2021 | Wednesday | News
NZ invests $8.1M in MedTech to translate science into real life

The New Zealand (NZ) government is investing $8.1 million over three years in the MedTech Research Translator, co-led by...

October 26, 2021 | Tuesday | News
TB research in NZ to make ‘enormous global health impact’

New Zealand's University of Otago researchers are behind a major scientific breakthrough which could lead to elimination...

October 18, 2021 | Monday | News
AI’s utility in clinical dentistry receives recognition in New Zealand

US-based Pearl, developing artificial intelligent (AI) solutions for efficiency, accuracy, and consistency in dental car...

October 14, 2021 | Thursday | News
NZ discovers first brain marker for anxiety disorder

A University of Otago researcher has discovered a brain signal that will help improve the diagnosis and treatment of anx...

October 8, 2021 | Friday | News
NZ targets right atrium to fix irregularly beating hearts

A team of researchers at the University of Auckland, New Zealand (NZ) is advancing the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation ...

September 29, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Experts at NZ call for better mask guidelines to stop COVID-19

A new rapid evidence brief, Improving mask use to stop COVID-19 transmission, from Koi Tū: The Centre for Inf...

September 17, 2021 | Friday | News
NZ to develop ‘electroceutical’ for treating heart diseases

Researchers at the University of Auckland in New Zealand (NZ) have been awarded over $1 million by MBIE’s Endeavou...

September 10, 2021 | Friday | News
NZ raises alertness on myocarditis and pericarditis symptoms post-vaccination

The COVID-19 Vaccine Independent Safety Monitoring Board (CV-ISMB) has advised the Ministry of Health in New Zealand to ...

August 30, 2021 | Monday | News
Health Ministry in NZ studies COVID-19 impact on local population

Victoria University of Wellington has been awarded a contract for one of its health research centres to carry out a stud...

August 26, 2021 | Thursday | News
New Zealand’s to fund novel innovations to assist more mental health initiatives

New Zealand Health Ministery has set up a one-off defined mental health innovation fund to further expand the suppo...

August 19, 2021 | Thursday | News
NZ links chronic lung diseases with heart attacks

People using two different inhalers for common chronic lung diseases are more than 50 per cent more likely to have a hea...

August 16, 2021 | Monday | News
New Zealand unveils 12 health system indicator framework to reform health services

New Zealand's reform of the health system has unveiled a system to ensure the deliv...

August 16, 2021 | Monday | News
NZ tech firm creates AI prototype app to diagnoses pneumonia

A prototype app using artificial intelligence to diagnose pneumonia has won the developer an international award in Ne...

August 12, 2021 | Thursday | News
NZ takes next step for largest health infrastructure project

The Ministry of Health in New Zealand (NZ) is now in talks for next planning and design stage in the New Dunedin Hospita...

August 9, 2021 | Monday | News
NZ to establish new communicable diseases research centre

New Zealand (NZ)- based University of Otago’s Global Health Institute and Dunedin’s Mercy Hospital...

August 5, 2021 | Thursday | News
NZ brings technology to detect early signs of foot complications in diabetics

Researchers at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) in New Zealand (NZ) have received Health Research Council (HR...

August 4, 2021 | Wednesday | News
NZ develops device to detect 'lazy eye' or amblyopia

A novel device designed by researchers at the New Zealand-based Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) to test the eyes...

August 2, 2021 | Monday | News
NZ pledges more openness on use of animals in research

The University of Auckland has signed up to a New Zealand (NZ) agreement pledging openness on the use of animals in rese...

July 29, 2021 | Thursday | News
NZ lays focus on combined screening of stomach and bowel cancer

Dr Stephen Inns and his team from the University of Otago, in New Zealand (NZ) have secured almost $250,000 from the Hea...

July 22, 2021 | Thursday | News
NZ identifies unmet need for antenatal mental health support

The first-ever study to look at anti-depressant use and symptoms of depression in pregnant New Zealand (NZ) women has id...

July 20, 2021 | Tuesday | News
NZ opens door to better treatment of brain dysfunction

University of Otago scientists in New Zealand (NZ) have opened the door to improved treatment of brain dysfunction which...

July 16, 2021 | Friday | News
NZ-based startup Amaroq Therapeutics secures funding to develop cancer treatments

Amaroq Therapeutics, a new biotech start-up spun out of the University of Otago in New Zealand, with one of the world&rs...

July 12, 2021 | Monday | News
NZ uses genetic and mathematical modelling to understand lung disease

Researchers at the University of Auckland, New Zealand are pioneering a new approach to the understanding of Chronic Obs...

July 7, 2021 | Wednesday | News
NZ firm to commercialize 3D-printed titanium hip replacement joints in APAC

US-based Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., a global leader in musculoskeletal healthcare, announced a partnership with OSSIS...

July 1, 2021 | Thursday | News
Researchers at NZ,UK bring world-first weight loss device

University of Otago in New Zealand and UK researchers have developed a world-first weight-loss device to help fight the ...

June 29, 2021 | Tuesday | News
NZ develops simple medical device that could prove a life-saver

Francis Pooke, from the University of Canterbury, is one of two finalists for Engineering New Zealand’s Stude...

June 18, 2021 | Friday | News
New Zealand-based Infratil strengthens diagnostic imaging biz

Infratil Limited, a New Zealand-based infrastructure investment company, has announced that it has executed a conditiona...

April 30, 2021 | Friday | News
NZ explores new technologies to enhance contact tracing

New Zealand's new COVID-19 tracing app, Elarm can monitor activity such as heart rate and exercise recovery rates from t...

April 23, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia and New Zealand strengthens MetaVision Clinical Information platforms

iMDsoft Ltd. and Dedalus on April 20, 201 announced their Channel Partner Agreement, authorizing Dedalus to distribute M...

April 20, 2021 | Tuesday | News
New-Zealand installs the world’s most advanced AI supercomputer

New Zealand’s most powerful supercomputer for artificial intelligence applications has been installed at the Unive...

April 19, 2021 | Monday | News
NZ seeks additional Janssen COVID-19 vaccine data

New Zealand's medicines regulator, Medsafe has requested additional information from Janssen, ahead of making a decision...

April 19, 2021 | Monday | News
New Zealand joins hands with WHO to eliminate health inequities

The Ministry of Health in New Zealand is joining the World Health Organization (WHO) as it calls for action to eliminate...

April 12, 2021 | Monday | News
NZ to start immunization programme for influenza in mid-April

The Ministry of Health in New Zealand (NZ) is confirming this year’s influenza immunisation programme will begin a...

April 1, 2021 | Thursday | News
Israel, NZ approve sale of SaNOtize’s anti-viral nasal spray

Canadian biotech company SaNOtize Research & Development Corp has announced that it has received interim approval to...

March 23, 2021 | Tuesday | News
NZ establishes knowledge-sharing network for mental wellbeing

The New Zealand government’s commitment to increase innovation and collaboration across mental wellbeing services ...

March 22, 2021 | Monday | News
New Zealand approves launch of Tilray’s medical cannabis products

Tilray, Inc, a global pioneer in cannabis research, cultivation, production, and distribution, has announced that it has...

March 12, 2021 | Friday | News
NZ unveils national platform for wound telehealth assessments

The US Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) is establishing New Zealand based ARANZ Medical's Silhouette solution as a V...

February 26, 2021 | Friday | News
New Zealand to launch 2021 health delivery funding opportunities

New Zealand Health Research Council's (HRC) Health Delivery Research Investment Round to fund research tha...

February 8, 2021 | Monday | News
New Zealand funds 3 R&D initiatives towards reducing breast cancer

The Health Research Council of New Zealand, Breast Cancer Cure and Breast Cancer Foundation NZ have funded three new res...

February 5, 2021 | Friday | News
New Zealand invests $0.45M in precision health studies

The Health Research Council of New Zealand and Precision Driven Health (PDH) have awarded two Postdoctoral Fellowsh...

February 3, 2021 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand develops early warning indicator for viral infection

Datamine, a New Zealand based AI company, has created ëlarm: a personal early warning indicator for viral...

January 25, 2021 | Monday | News
New Zeland to provide $75 M for Pacific and global COVID-19 vaccination support

New Zealand has announced $75 million of Official Development Assistance earmarked to support Pacific and global v...

December 29, 2020 | Tuesday | News
New Zealand secures AstraZeneca & Novavax COVID-19 vaccines

The New Zealand Government will purchase COVID-19 vaccines from pharmaceutical companies AstraZeneca and Novavax, me...

December 24, 2020 | Thursday | News
NZ takes action on face masks not meeting quality standards

The Ministry of Health in New Zealand (NZ) has advised District health boards (DHBs) to put on hold their stocks of...

December 23, 2020 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand invests $84.7M to support innovative research

The New Zeland Government is investing $84.7 million in innovative research projects including those focussed on health,...

November 30, 2020 | Monday | News
Koru Lifescience identifies drug compounds beneficial for COVID-19 trials

New Zealand's Koru Lifescience, drug discovery, and advanced formulation research laboratory in Auckland, has ident...

November 24, 2020 | Tuesday | News
NZ study links mitochondrial targeted antioxidant with protecting genomic DNA

New Zealand's researchers discovered that healthy male participants who take a novel antioxidant that specifically targe...

November 20, 2020 | Friday | News
New Zealand raises awareness on usage of antimicrobial medicines

The Ministry of Health is supporting World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (18 – 24 November 2020) by helping health ...

November 18, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Novel drug for Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumours (GIST) to be Launched in Au, NZ, SEA

A NEW therapy to treat advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) will be available to patients in Australia,...

November 6, 2020 | Friday | News
New Zealand offers new screening programme to fight bowel cancer

Residents of Timaru in New Zealand, and surrounding districts are about to get access to free bowel screening with South...

October 27, 2020 | Tuesday | News
New Zealand gives credit to allied health professionals

New Zealand’s response to COVID-19 has seen thousands of health professionals across the country working tirelessl...

October 15, 2020 | Thursday | News
New Zealand’s Ubiquitome signs NIH RADx contract for COVID-19 tests

New Zealand-based Ubiquitome is ramping up production of its mobile, real-time (RT) PCR technology with fundin...

October 7, 2020 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand changes prescribing rules for medicines

A change to prescribing rules will make it easier for New Zealanders to get the medicines they need, according to both t...

October 5, 2020 | Monday | News
Alcohol detection anklets gain attention in New Zealand

Alcohol Detection Anklets (ADA) are garnering a lot of attention in New Zealand and Australia for he...

September 22, 2020 | Tuesday | News
NZ strengthens management of communicable diseases

Work is underway to further strengthen New Zealand’s management of communicable disease outbreaks in response to r...

September 21, 2020 | Monday | News
New Zealand invests in ensuring mental wellbeing

The Ministry of Health has welcomed Sport New Zealand’s new $68 million Tū Manawa fund for community led play, ac...

August 25, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Aroa’s Endoform gains validation to recruit stem cells

New Zealand based soft tissue regeneration company Aroa Biosurgery Limited (Aroa) has gained further validation for Endo...

August 20, 2020 | Thursday | News
Pictor furthers R&D in COVID-19 and M. bovis

New Zealand's Auckland-based biotechnology company Pictor is embarking on a NZ$2.5 million fundraising round to enable i...

July 31, 2020 | Friday | News
NZ welcomes new nurse practitioner training programme

The Ministry of Health on New Zealand welcomes the launch of a new national partnership for the training and placement o...

July 30, 2020 | Thursday | News
NZ to offer free access to essential health information

Ministry of Health in New Zealand and mobile network operators have collaborated to offer free access to essential healt...

July 27, 2020 | Monday | News
Ardigen, CVC collaborate to develop SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

Poland headquartered Ardigen and New Zealand based CVC (COVID-19 Vaccine Corporation) have announced that...

July 13, 2020 | Monday | News
NZ launches website to reduce drug harm

An early warning system has been launched to help reduce drug harm in New Zealand communities. Available at www.hi...

July 6, 2020 | Monday | News
NZ resumes bowel screening programme amid pandemic

The National Bowel Screening Programme in New Zealand is sending out thousands of home test kits this week for the first...

June 30, 2020 | Tuesday | News
NZ working on post COVID-19 mental wellbeing

The Ministry of Health in New Zealand welcomes the recommendations of a newly released report about the need for additio...

June 23, 2020 | Tuesday | News

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