Australia to focus research on five virus families likely to cause future pandemics

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national science agency,...

August 30, 2022 | Tuesday | 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
Some cancer immunotherapy treatments may damage fertility: Australian study

Researchers from Monash University, Australia have discovered that some immunotherapy treatments used to treat cancer ca...

August 29, 2022 | Monday | News
Australia cracks down on counterfeit drugs

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) led Australia's participation in INTERPOL's Operation Pangea, which tackles t...

August 26, 2022 | Friday | News
Australia opens first dedicated children's immunotherapy centre

Australia’s first dedicated children’s immunotherapy centre will investigate treatments to not only increase...

August 25, 2022 | Thursday | News
Alterity Therapeutics opens first site in Europe for drug trial of Multiple System Atrophy

Australia-based Alterity Therapeutics has announced that the company’s Phase 2 clinical trial of ATH434 for ...

August 25, 2022 | Thursday | News
Australia launches mobile service for mental healthcare

The Australian Government has announced the launch of the new Head to Health phone service which will help Aus...

August 23, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Hydrix receives approval for Guardian device in Singapore

Australia's Hydrix Limited has announced that the Health Services Authority of Singapore (HSA) has approved The Guardian...

August 23, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Long COVID-19 study in Australia identifies potential diagnostic and therapeutic targets

Australia-based Antisense Therapeutics has announced the outcomes from its collaboration to study the neurological aspec...

August 23, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Australia launches world-first preventative DNA screening for cancer, heart disease risk

The nationally collaborative project, led by Monash University and supported by researchers and clinicians across Austra...

August 22, 2022 | Monday | News
Australia invests $30 M to support vital brain and mental health research

Monash University has received a $30 million philanthropic gift that will fund vital mental health research and preventa...

August 19, 2022 | Friday | News
Australian startup Carina Biotech raises $7.5 M

Australia-based startup Carina Biotech has raised $7.5 million at first close of its current funding round, welcoming on...

August 18, 2022 | Thursday | News
EpiAxis Therapeutic, Peptilogics enter strategic drug discovery partnership

Australia's EpiAxis Therapeutics, a leading epigenetics company with a focus on the treatment, diagnosis and monitoring ...

August 17, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Moderna to build first mRNA production facility in Southern Hemisphere

Australia's Monash University has announced that US-based firm Moderna will be joining other world-leading research and ...

August 16, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Australia investigates how to stop painful chemo for kids

Stopping children undergoing chemotherapy from feeling pain and other debilitating side-effects is the focus of research...

August 12, 2022 | Friday | News
CSIRO opens 'missing link' lab to developing Australian vaccine pipeline

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), an Australian Government agency responsible for sc...

August 11, 2022 | Thursday | News
Starpharma signs new research agreement with Merck

Australian biotechnology company Starpharma has signed a new DEP Research Agreement with MSD, the trade name of Mer...

August 10, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Govt backs Victoria's first mRNA innovation with $5.4 M

A collaborative team of Melbourne researchers from Monash University and the University of Melbourne in Australia have r...

August 9, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Griffith University launches two cancer research centres with $4.6 M funding

Griffith University has launched two cancer research centres backed by $4.6 million in funding from the Australian Cance...

August 9, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Telix Pharma, University of Queensland to advance work on radiopharmaceuticals

Australia-based Telix Pharmaceuticals has been jointly awarded a $4.8 million Australian Research Council (ARC) grant to...

August 8, 2022 | Monday | News
Genesis Capital invests in Australian firm Crux Biolabs

Crux Biolabs, a leading Australian laboratory for vaccines, immunotherapies, immuno-oncology and infectious diseases, ha...

August 5, 2022 | Friday | News
Lining of children's noses better at fighting COVID-19: Australian study

University of Queensland (UQ), Australia led research has found the lining of children’s noses is better at inhibi...

August 4, 2022 | Thursday | News
COVID-19 vaccine patch fights variants better than needles: Australian study

A needle-free vaccine patch could better fight COVID-19 variants, such as Omicron and Delta, than a traditional needle v...

August 1, 2022 | Monday | News
MTPConnect launches funding opportunity for medtech players in Australia

The Clinical Translation and Commercialisation Medtech (CTCM) Programme, a Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) initiativ...

July 28, 2022 | Thursday | News
Australia calls for screening of women for heart disease after complicated pregnancies

Researchers from the University of Adelaide’s Robinson Research Institute (RRI) and Flinders University in Austral...

July 27, 2022 | Wednesday | News