What the future holds for the APAC CRO market?

The fifth edition of the annual BioSpectrum Asia Pacific clinical research organization (CRO) Survey, which is conduct...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Indo-Aussie research to find ovarian cancer cure

Singapore: Scientists at Australia's Queensland University of Technology (QUT) are hot on the trail of a genetic pathway...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | News
Changes in PBS to help Aussies save $20 mn

Singapore: The listings and price changes that came into effect in Australia this August through the Pharmaceutical Bene...

August 5, 2013 | Monday | News
Intl anesthesia society appoints board members

Singapore: SmartTots, a research initiative sponsored by International Anesthesia Research Society, a non-political medi...

December 26, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Australian firm registers 25 disease specific stem cell lines at NIH

Singapore: Australia's Genea Stem Cells, a supplier and developer of disease-specific human stem cells, has been success...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Trial begins for vaccine that builds gluten tolerance

Singapore: ImmusanT, an early-stage biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has initiated clinical tria...

September 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
Adhesive patch to deliver drugs

One of the promising alternative drug delivery technologies is a transdermal delivery platform called targeted pentratio...

March 14, 2012 | Wednesday | News
CSL Biotherapies awarded Pandemic Preparedness Contract by US Government

Singapore: CSL Biotherapies has been awarded by the United States (US) Department of Health and Human Services to supply...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Uscom signs deal to distribute its devices in China

Singapore: Australia-based Uscom (Ultrasonic Cardiac Output Monitor) has gained a foothold into the rapidly growing Chin...

October 15, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Scientists discover childhood epilepsy genes

Singapore: National Institute of Health (NIH)-funded genetic study of childhood epilepsies has linked two new genes to s...

August 13, 2013 | Tuesday | News
CSL hemophilia therapy gets orphan drug status

Singapore: CSL Behring's novel recombinant fusion protein linking coagulation factor IX with recombinant albumin (rIX-FP...

June 11, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
Genetic Technologies Announces Key Managerial Appointment

Singapore: Genetic Technologies announced the appointment of Mr. Mark Ostrowski as Senior Vice President Sales and...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
IMCD acquires Aussie pharma distributor

Singapore: Global distribution firm IMCD Group has acquired Capitol Ingredients Australia, a Sydney headquartered specia...

August 2, 2013 | Friday | News
Bionomics, CTx advance in growth factor research

Singapore: Bionomics joint program with the Australian Partner consortium Co-operative Research Centre for Cancer Therap...

May 17, 2013 | Friday | News
Ansell Completes Acquisition of Comasec SAS

Singapore: Ansell, global leader in protective solutions, has successfully concluded its acquisition of Comasec SAS, ...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Commercialisation Australia grants $1 mn to Proteomics

Singapore: Commercialisation Australia has awarded Proteomics International, a life sciences company based in Perth, wit...

August 23, 2012 | Thursday | News
Vaccines do not cause autism: Study

Singapore: Researchers from the University of Sydney, have dismissed any link between development of autism and child...

May 30, 2014 | Friday | News
Cancer researcher gets Aus academy's highest accolade

Singapore: Cancer researcher Professor Jerry Adams has won the Australian Academy of Science's most prestigious award fo...

November 9, 2012 | Friday | News
Aussie drug delivery firm raises $19.3 mn

Singapore: Australian drug delivery company, Phosphagenics, has raised $19.3 million via a placement of $16.3 million to...

July 15, 2014 | Tuesday | News
AusBiotech, Hong Kong firm to partner on investment events

Singapore: Biotechnology industry group, AusBiotech and Beacon Events, organiser of the largest resource sector investor...

October 3, 2012 | Wednesday | News
University of Sydney makes big takeover

Singapore: In a bid to ahead a major initiative towards the advancement of fertility research and treatment, the Univers...

July 16, 2014 | Wednesday | News
PolyActiva raises US$9.4 mn in Series B venture funding

Singapore: PolyActiva announced today that it has raised US$9.4 million (AU$9.2 million) in a Series B financing round f...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Viralytics gets positive prelim data for Cavatak

Singapore: Viralytics, a company listed in the Australian Securities Exchange, has received positive preliminary data...

November 29, 2012 | Thursday | News
Starpharma's formulation shows improvement in crop protection

Singapore: Starpharma Holdings announced that its new agrochemical dendrimer formulations have shown further improved...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News
New South Wales gets Medical Devices Fund

Singapore: New South Wales (NSW) Health and Medical Research Strategic Review has established Medical Devices Fund (MDF)...

April 24, 2012 | Tuesday | News