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Japan, China, and Australia have ranked top in the Nature Asia-Pacific Publishing Index, a website which measures the annual output of research articles in Nature-branded journals from countries and institutions in the Asia-Pacific region
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The Australian oncology markets high value and growth opportunities have made it an attractive arena for drug developers to enter. Top 20 cancer therapy brands sales totaled $545 mn in Australia in 2008, growing at a CAGR of 30% since 2005
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Acurex collaborates with Eli Lilly for Axiron
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| Eli Lilly and Acrux have entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement for the potential commercialization of Acruxs experimental underarm testosterone solution (proposed trade name Axiron) |
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Lilly to acquire global license to AXIRON from Acrux
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| Eli Lilly and Company, and Acrux, an Australian drug delivery company, have entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement for the potential commercialization of Acrux' experimental underarm testosterone solution |
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FEATURES |
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Australia, biotech's destination next
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| Located in the southern hemisphere, Australia, officially known as the Commonwealth of Australia, is striving to become the well-established destination for biotechnology. Its government has a vision to become one of the top five global locations |
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R & D |
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Ondek starts first human trial of life saving oral vaccines
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| Ondek, an Australian biotechnology company, founded by Prof Barry Marshall, an Australian who won a Nobel Prize for discovering the bacteria that causes stomach ulcers has launched the first human clinical trial to see if the same bugs can be used |
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POLICIES |
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Mesoblast gets US patent for bone repair products
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| Australia's regenerative medicine company, Mesoblast said that the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted a key patent that provides exclusive commercial protection for its bone tissue generating products in the US |
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DispersinB gets Australian patent
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| Kane Biotech, a biotechnology company developing products that prevent and disperse microbial biofilms, has received patent No. 2003284385 entitled Compositions and methods for enzymatic detachment of bacterial and fungal biofilms by IP Australia |
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