Baird Medical accelerates global commercial roadmap in partnership with Stonewood Key Capital in New Zealand

China-based Baird Medical Investment Holdings, a market leader in minimally invasive Microwave Ablation (MWA) technology...

January 29, 2026 | Thursday | News
Santhera licenses AGAMREE to Japan's Nxera Pharma in $205 M Asia-Pacific deal

Swiss firm Santhera Pharmaceuticals has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Nxera Pharma UK for the development...

January 9, 2026 | Friday | News
BIOVOZ and University of Auckland join forces to lead anti-ageing research

Hong Kong's BIOVOZ has announced a strategic research partnership with the University of Auckland, New Zealand marking a...

November 21, 2025 | Friday | News
Nuclera expands access to eProtein Discovery for APAC region

Nuclera, the biotechnology company accelerating drug discovery by providing rapid, easy access to functional proteins th...

November 4, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Algorae teams up with Cadila Pharma to launch two generic medicines in Australian and New Zealand markets

Australia-based AI-enabled pharmaceutical company Algorae Pharmaceuticals has entered into a binding term sheet with Cad...

October 21, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Baxter introduces Hemopatch Sealing Hemostat in New Zealand

After its global launch in Europe, Baxter has introduced Hemopatch Sealing Hemostat in New Zealand.&...

September 17, 2025 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand's MARS Bioimaging to scale-up world-first colour CT imaging system

MARS Bioimaging, a New Zealand-headquartered medical device company specialising in spectral molecular imaging CT s...

September 4, 2025 | Thursday | News
New Zealand-based medtech startup Avasa secures funding to proceed with US FDA clearance

Auckland-based medtech startup Avasa has secured the first close of its Pre-Series-A capital raise. The round was l...

August 28, 2025 | Thursday | News
Stryker’s spinal implants biz in Australia and New Zealand fully transitions to VB Spine

VB Spine LLC, a global, family-led spine company dedicated to advancing patient outcomes, has announced the completion o...

August 4, 2025 | Monday | News
BeauEver secures New Zealand's support to accelerate global skincare expansion

At the 2025 China–New Zealand Trade Innovation Summit, New Zealand Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, witnessed th...

July 4, 2025 | Friday | News
New Zealand grants approval to prescribe psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression

Medsafe, New Zealand's regulator of medicines and medical devices, has given approval for psychiatrists to pre...

June 20, 2025 | Friday | News
Shionogi inks commercial deal for Cefiderocol in Australia and New Zealand

Japanese pharmaceutical company Shionogi & Co. has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Link Medical P...

April 3, 2025 | Thursday | News
US-based Alamar Biosciences expands commercial support in Asia Pacific region

Alamar Biosciences, a US-based company powering precision proteomics to enable the earliest detection of disease, has an...

March 20, 2025 | Thursday | News
New Zealand strengthens academic ties with Indian research institutes

The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Christopher Luxon, recently chaired an education focused event at the Indian Institut...

March 20, 2025 | Thursday | News
Medtech startup Tetrous inks distribution agreement in New Zealand to expand presence in APAC market

US-based startup Tetrous, Inc., focused on bone-to-tendon healing following orthopedic surgery, has announced the s...

March 20, 2025 | Thursday | News
New Zealand launches strategic approach to immunisation for next five years

Health Ministry in New Zealand has launched a Strategic Approach to Immunisation 2025–2030, to provide a renewed v...

March 10, 2025 | Monday | News
New Zealand's Orion Health expands Vietnam footprint through key partnerships

A signing ceremony with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Franco-Vietnamese (FV) Hospital ...

February 27, 2025 | Thursday | News
New Zealand announces groundbreaking PhD funding scheme

Minister Shane Reti, whose portfolios include Science Innovation and Technology, and Universities, chose the Auckla...

February 25, 2025 | Tuesday | News
Smith+Nephew introduces innovative sports medicine foot & ankle repair solutions in Australia and New Zealand

Smith+Nephew, the global medical technology company, has announced the launch of a comprehensive foot & ankle repair...

February 17, 2025 | Monday | News
First Australia-New Zealand clinical guidance for people living with multiple sclerosis

The first clinical consensus statement for managing multiple sclerosis (MS) in Australia and New Zealand has been releas...

February 10, 2025 | Monday | News
Researchers in New Zealand win $8.3 M grant to prevent influenza

New Zealand-based University of Auckland-led project plans to develop a tool to predict the risk and mitigate the effect...

January 18, 2025 | Saturday | News
Health Research Council in New Zealand puts $4.3 M into University projects

More than $4.3 million from the Health Research Council in New Zealand will allow University of Auckland researchers to ...

January 13, 2025 | Monday | News
Aidoc and Integral Diagnostics expand AI partnership in Australia and New Zealand

Aidoc, a global pioneer in clinical artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, has announced the expansion of its partnersh...

October 15, 2024 | Tuesday | News
New Zealand introduces new Mental Health Bill

The Health Ministry in New Zealand has announced that a new Mental Health Bill has been introduced and is now publicly a...

October 3, 2024 | Thursday | News
New Zealand to update clinical trial regulatory guidelines

A plan aiming to streamline clinical trial reporting procedures in some circumstances is now out for consultation in New...

August 26, 2024 | Monday | News
New Zealand makes invasive group A streptococcal infection “notifiable” disease

Invasive group A streptococcal infection (iGAS) will become a “notifiable” disease on 1 October 2024, enhanc...

August 11, 2024 | Sunday | News
New Zealand unveils first health strategy for people with rare disorders

The Ministry of Health has published New Zealand’s first dedicated, health system-led strategy for people with rar...

July 31, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Lumos expands distribution partnership in Australia, New Zealand for rapid POC test

FebriDx, Lumos' rapid point-of-care test, is now available to healthcare practitioners in Australia and New Zealand, fol...

July 5, 2024 | Friday | News
New Zealand designs metric for blood circulation in brain to better understand dementia

Researchers from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, New Zelanad have developed a new metric from measured blood circ...

June 21, 2024 | Friday | News
Novotech launches dedicated early phase unit for biotechs leveraging ANZ clinical environment

Novotech, the global full-service Contract Research Organization (CRO) that partners with biotech companies to accelerat...

June 14, 2024 | Friday | News
Breakthrough research in New Zealand offers hope for treating aggressive leukaemia

Researchers at University of Auckland in New Zealand are working on an innovative way to treat an aggressive blood cance...

June 13, 2024 | Thursday | News
LumaCina announces availability of oral morphine pain medication in New Zealand

LumaCina, the pharmaceutical supplier and marketing division of Bridgewest Perth Pharma, has announced new production of...

June 3, 2024 | Monday | News
Failure to invest more for adolescent well-being could cost $110 trillion: Report

Today’s adolescents, aged 10–19 years, face unprecedented challenges amidst a rapidly evolving world, accord...

May 28, 2024 | Tuesday | News
India and New Zealand to have deeper collaboration in pharma

A delegation led by India's Commerce Secretary, Sunil Barthwal held a number of constructive and outcome-oriented meetin...

May 3, 2024 | Friday | News
US-based Wound Care partners with NZ firm ARANZ Medical for wound management

Wound Care Plus, LLC, a leading provider of mobile wound care services in the US, has announced a groundbreaking partner...

April 16, 2024 | Tuesday | News
New Zealand announces new trial for treatment-resistant depression

Researchers at the University of Otago in New Zealand are recruiting for a novel trial, combining use of the drug ketami...

April 5, 2024 | Friday | News
New Zealand launches first training programme for cardiac ultrasound

A training programme in specialist heart imaging, crucial for diagnosing, treating and researching heart disease, has st...

March 20, 2024 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand government announces new health targets

The government in New Zealand has announced health targets for cancer treatment, child immunisation, emergency departmen...

March 13, 2024 | Wednesday | News
Japan's Casio launches Uterocervical Observation Camera in the US, Au and NZ

Casio Computer Co., Ltd. announced that its medical camera designed for uterocervical observation and photography in gyn...

March 12, 2024 | Tuesday | News
Kimer Med inks contract worth NZD $1.3 M to pioneer antiviral drug advances

Kimer Med, a New Zealand (NZ)-based biotech startup, has signed a contract valued at up to $750,000 (NZD$1.3 million) wi...

March 8, 2024 | Friday | News
Ministry of Health in New Zealand inks MoU with University of Waikato to build medical school

The Ministry of Health, government of New Zealand, and the University of Waikato have signed a Memorandum of Unders...

February 16, 2024 | Friday | News
New Zealand creates molecule for treating rare genetic disorder

A molecule created at the University of Auckland, New Zealand is one step closer to becoming a treatment for an extrem...

February 5, 2024 | Monday | News
New Zealand MedTech Guns for Global Reach

From a burgeoning industry with a handful of homegrown companies to a powerhouse boasting over 200 players, the New Zeal...

February 1, 2024 | Thursday | Analysis
South Korea's Lunit buys NZ-based Volpara Health Technologies for $193 M

South Korea-based startup Lunit, a leading provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered solutions for cancer diagnos...

December 15, 2023 | Friday | News
New Medical Imaging Research Centre opens in New Zealand

A Medical Imaging Research Centre has been launched in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckl...

December 11, 2023 | Monday | News
New Zealand launches national polio response framework

The Ministry of Health in New Zealand has published a new National Poliomyelitis Response Framework, responding to the i...

October 27, 2023 | Friday | News
New Zealand makes classification change to low-dose medicinal cannabis products

Medsafe, the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, the medical regulatory body run by the New Zeal...

October 17, 2023 | Tuesday | News
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
New Zealand to propel development of world-first brain micro implant

A cash injection of $6 million into Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI) spin out Kitea is a major step toward scalin...

February 24, 2023 | Friday | News
New Zealand approves globally regarded soft-tissue sarcoma therapy

Singapore-headquartered biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics (ST) has announced that its portfolio therapy...

February 17, 2023 | Friday | News
New Zealand undertakes locally driven research to improve eye health

Pacific eye health leaders recognise that strengthening eye health systems requires evidenced-based research informed by...

February 3, 2023 | Friday | News
Scientists in New Zealand identify drug that could extend lifespan

The age-old quest for immortality has taken a step forward with the results of a New Zealand study recently published by...

January 27, 2023 | Friday | News
New Zealand approves new therapy to treat rare gastrointestinal stromal tumour

Specialised Therapeutics Asia (ST), based in Singapore, has announced that a new therapy to treat rare gastroi...

January 24, 2023 | Tuesday | News
Study in NZ, Australia set to change treatment of children with acute respiratory problems

A world-first Australian and New Zealand (NZ) study is set to change how clinicians treat children with acute respirator...

January 20, 2023 | Friday | News
New Zealand starts implementing world's only robotic radiation therapy delivery device

US-based biomedical firm Accuray has announced that Auckland Radiation Oncology (ARO) is the first centre in New Zealand...

January 18, 2023 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand boosts health research with $5.3 M funding

Researchers investigating a range of vital health issues at University of Auckland, have received more than $5.3 milli...

December 23, 2022 | Friday | News
NZ-based P3 Research secures investment from Genesis Capital to accelerate expansion

P3 Research, a leading New Zealand (NZ) clinical trials site network with seven locations across New Zealand, has t...

December 23, 2022 | Friday | News
New Zealand's health agencies explore ways to improve clinical trials

New Zealand's leading health agencies will explore system-level changes to improve benefits from clinical trials, based ...

December 15, 2022 | Thursday | News
New Zealand explores at-home testing for cervical cancer screening

About 3,000 New Zealanders are being given the opportunity to take part in a new study where they can choose to have the...

December 13, 2022 | Tuesday | News
NZ-based diagnostic startup Pictor raises $5 M for product development

New Zealand (NZ)-based startup Pictor, with operations in US and India, has announced a funding round to help accelerate...

December 6, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Pictor, Rako Science bring improved access to COVID-19 antibody testing for New Zealand

Auckland-based Pictor, a global leader in immunodiagnostics, has announced that its PictArray SARS-CoV-2 IgG enzyme-link...

November 17, 2022 | Thursday | News
NZ-based startup develops eye drops to treat keratoconus

A new University of Auckland spin-out company, TheiaNova, is working to introduce a groundbreaking, non-invasive treatme...

November 8, 2022 | Tuesday | News
New Zealand’s Health Ministry unveils annual report 2021/22

Ministry of Health in New Zealand has outlined major results of the organisation’s latest annual report. Highlight...

October 26, 2022 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand explores genomic sequencing to improve newborns' well-being

Researchers from the University of Auckland’s Liggins Institute in New Zealand are about to harness the technology...

November 1, 2022 | Tuesday | News
NZ brain scientist wins research medal

The winner of this year's pre-eminent research award in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Professor Michael (M...

October 21, 2022 | Friday | News
Old drugs offer new ways of treating bowel cancer: NZ study

Old medicines, combined in new ways, are showing promise for treating bowel cancer, a group of University of Auckland re...

October 11, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Ulcer patch receives 'Smart Ideas' funding in New Zealand

Associate Professor Rajesh Katare at the University of Otago, New Zealand has been granted funding to research the devel...

October 5, 2022 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand opens doorways for better diabetic heart health

Dr June-Chiew Han and fellow researchers from Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland, New Zealand are looking closel...

September 30, 2022 | Friday | News
Study offers hope for preventing cerebral palsy

Severe brain injury that develops slowly after preterm births, causing the likes of cerebral palsy, may be treatable, ne...

September 23, 2022 | Friday | News
New Zealand offers improved alternative to screen patients with poor gut health

Non-invasive sensors laid on the skin's surface to measure bioelectrical activity could offer a better alternative for p...

September 22, 2022 | Thursday | News
New Zealand calls for funding automated insulin delivery system

University of Otago researchers in New Zealand are urging the government to fund an automated insulin delivery system fo...

September 16, 2022 | Friday | News
Respiratory diseases lower in homes with retrofitted insulation: NZ study

Retrofitting home insulation can reduce the onset of chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma by up to 10 per cent, n...

September 12, 2022 | Monday | News
Stem cells could be key to slowing ageing process: New Zealand study

A “serendipitous finding” by a team of researchers at the University of Auckland, New Zealand could shed lig...

September 8, 2022 | Thursday | News
Successful pilot trial of needle-free dental anaesthesia in New Zealand

Researchers are literally taking the pain out of visits to the dentist after the successful creation and pilot trial of ...

September 2, 2022 | Friday | News
NZ leads world in trial of futuristic therapy

A treatment that works at the gene level to solve the root cause of a genetic disease will soon be tested at the Unive...

September 1, 2022 | Thursday | News
Pfizer emerges as leading company in Asia for COVID-19 response

Pfizer has been ranked first in its COVID-19 response, patient centricity, patient safety and bringing innovative, high-...

August 27, 2022 | Saturday | News
New Zealand calls for improvement in diagnosis of gestational diabetes

A Liggins Institute study of over 4,000 pregnant New Zealand women suggests the country can improve babies' health and r...

August 23, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Nuvaxovid gets expanded provisional approval in NZ as COVID-19 booster for adults

US-based Novavax has announced that New Zealand (NZ)'s Medsafe has granted expanded provisional approval for Nuvaxovid (...

August 18, 2022 | Thursday | News
Breakthrough in search for tinnitus cure by New Zealand

After 20 years searching for a cure for tinnitus, researchers at the University of Auckland in New Zealand are excited b...

August 12, 2022 | Friday | News
New Zealand takes significant step on path to developing Alzheimer’s therapy

A brain protein with high potential to delay or reverse the onset of Alzheimer’s disease has been exploited by New...

August 5, 2022 | Friday | News
Health Research Council in New Zealand announces recipients of new grant

The Health Research Council of New Zealand has announced the recipients of Round 1 of its Health Delivery Rese...

July 27, 2022 | Wednesday | News
New Zealand evaluates Influenza and Measles vaccination programme of 2021

The Ministry of Health in New Zealand oversees the Māori Influenza and Measles Vaccination Programme (MIMVP) and provid...

July 27, 2022 | Wednesday | News
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

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