Novartis MenB vaccine gets approval in Australia

Singapore: Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved Novartis' Bexsero, a multi-component Meningoco...

August 15, 2013 | Thursday | News
Chickungunya can soon be prevented with a vaccine

Singapore: Australian biotech firm, Themis Bioscience GmbH declared the successful interim results of their prophylactic...

June 13, 2014 | Friday | News
Universal gets $250k tech implementation vouchers

Singapore: Universal Biosensors, developer of cardiac marker biosensor, is one-of-the-seven firms to receive Technology ...

April 15, 2013 | Monday | News
Who will wear the CSL mantle?

Singapore: Current president of CSL Behring, Mr Paul Perreault, will be the new CEO of the firm after Dr Brian McNamee s...

August 6, 2012 | Monday | Influencers
Cell pics by GE contest winners to light up Times Square

Singapore: GE Healthcare Life Sciences has chosen Ms Jane Stout (from the US), Ms Anushree Balachandran (from Australia)...

February 28, 2013 | Thursday | News
Viralytics accelerates patient recruitment for Cavatak trial

Singapore: Patient recruitment in phase II CALM trial has accelerated significantly in the past three months with 25 pa...

March 21, 2013 | Thursday | News
OECD: Australia has 527 biotech firms, ranks 6th

Singapore: According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) directorate for Science, Tec...

January 17, 2013 | Thursday | News
Dr John Ballard: Angel of Australia biotech

Veterans in the life sciences industry in Australia distinguish Dr John Ballard as one of the founding and most signific...

March 13, 2012 | Tuesday | Influencers
AtCor Medical wins $3.2 mn contract

Singapore: AtCor Medical, developer and marketer of the SphygmoCor system which measures central aortic blood pressures ...

October 8, 2012 | Monday | News
BioSA awards for Aussie innovators

Singapore: BioSA revealed that names of the awardees of the BioSA Bioscience Achievement Awards at its Welcome Reception...

March 28, 2013 | Thursday | News
iSonea updates its AsthmaSense app

Singapore: Medical technology company iSonea has unveiled an updated version of its AsthmaSense asthma management smart...

December 7, 2012 | Friday | News
Abraxane cancer trial shows positive results in Australia

Singapore: Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA) is going to publish abstracts related to its phase III metastatic me...

October 29, 2012 | Monday | News
Aus govt gives Mesoblast $4.3 mn for stem cell work

Singapore: Mesoblast has received approximately $4.3 million under the Australian Government's Innovation Australia Rese...

July 19, 2013 | Friday | News
Paul Ramsay leaves $3 bn to Ramsay Healthcare

Singapore: The founder of Ramsay Health Care, Mr Paul Ramsay breathed his last and even during his last moments left mor...

May 12, 2014 | Monday | News
Australia develops intelligent hi-res retinal camera

Singapore: The Australian Government's Cooperative Research Center (CRC) Program is providing susbtantial amounts of fun...

February 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
IDT appoints Paul MacLeman as CEO

Singapore: IDT Australia appointed Dr Paul MacLeman as CEO, effective April 15, 2013. Dr MacLeman was recently the CEO o...

April 8, 2013 | Monday | News
Obese children more prone to Asthma: Study

Singapore: Researchers from the UK and Australia proved in a study that excess weight and obesity among children was a m...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Dr Brian McNamee to step down from CSL

Singapore: After 23 years of being at the helm of CSL, Dr Brian McNamee will leave the firm in July 2013 and will be suc...

August 6, 2012 | Monday | News