NZ-based medtech startup Avasa raises $1.55 M to accelerate go-to-market efforts

New Zealand (NZ)-based startup Avasa, a medical device pioneer advancing surgical techniques for improved patient outc...

September 14, 2023 | Thursday | News
Singapore-based Specialised Therapeutics acquires rights of new oral MND therapy in Australia & NZ

Singapore-based biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics Asia (ST) will partner with Netherlands-based biotech...

August 28, 2023 | Monday | News
New Zealand’s medical cannabis industry to benefit from amended regulations

New Zealand’s Medicinal Cannabis Agency has received approval to make a number of changes to the Medicinal Cannabi...

August 1, 2023 | Tuesday | News
New Zealand makes amendments to ensure safe access to opioids

The Health Ministry of New Zealand has recently acknowledged the importance of Cabinet making the decision to reduce the...

July 26, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Researchers in New Zealand to launch long-COVID registry

Researchers at University of Auckland are launching a long-COVID registry in the hope of painting an accurate picture ...

July 12, 2023 | Wednesday | News
India's Sun Pharma inks new deal to commercialise skin cancer drug in Europe, Australia and New Zealand

India-based Sun Pharmaceutical Industries and Swiss-Italian biotech firm Philogen S.p.A have entered into a licensing ag...

May 31, 2023 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand supercharges cancer research with new levels of health data privacy

Two top medical research and biotech innovators in New Zealand have announced a partnership that will supercharge cancer...

May 26, 2023 | Friday | News
New Zealand runs trial to fix gut problems in autistic people

A ground-breaking clinical trial involving microbiome transfer to alleviate gut problems in Autistic people is starting ...

May 8, 2023 | Monday | News
New Zealand establishes routine poliovirus testing in wastewater

The Institute of Environmental Science and Research) and Ministry of Health in New Zealand have established routine poli...

May 1, 2023 | Monday | News
Centre for Pacific and Global Health opens in New Zealand

Centre for Pacific and Global Health is one of seven new transdisciplinary research centres at the University of Aucklan...

April 21, 2023 | Friday | News
New Zealand to improve immunisation coverage of measles

There are not enough children under the age of 5 in New Zealand protected against measles to stop a potential natio...

April 14, 2023 | Friday | News
New Zealand takes significant step in fight against drug resistance in TB

University of Otago researchers in New Zealand have discovered new ways to treat antibiotic-resistant strains of tubercu...

April 8, 2023 | Saturday | News
Nymbl Science brings app-based mobility programme to New Zealand’s older adults

US-based digital health startup Nymbl Science has announced a significant expansion of its partnership with New Zealand&...

April 6, 2023 | Thursday | News
Novel drug from New Zealand offers hope for heart failure patients

A novel drug is showing promise for alleviating heart failure, a common condition associated with sleep apnoea and a red...

March 30, 2023 | Thursday | News
New funding by NZ to boost RNA research into vaccines & healthcare

Victoria University of Wellington and University of Auckland, in New Zealand (NZ) have been named as co-hosts of a ...

March 27, 2023 | Monday | News
See-Mode Technologies gets approval for AI-based ultrasound solution in ANZ

See-Mode Technologies, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered medical imaging solutions, has receive...

March 24, 2023 | Friday | News
New Zealand outlines path to eliminate local transmission of HIV by 2030

The Ministry of Health in New Zealand has published the HIV Action Plan which outlines a path to eliminate loc...

March 22, 2023 | Wednesday | News
Breakthrough neurological drug comes from New Zealand to treat Rett Syndrome

A molecule discovered by Distinguished Professor Dame Margaret Brimble of the University of Auckland, New Zealand is the...

March 13, 2023 | Monday | News