Saluda Medical secures $5 mn from NSW Govt

Singapore: NICTA start-up company Saluda Medical has been awarded $5 million by the New South Wales Government to suppor...

July 22, 2013 | Monday | News
Invion completes patient enrolment for asthma drug trial

Singapore: Australian drug development company, Invion, has completed the enrolment in its phase II clinical trial of IN...

November 2, 2015 | Monday | News
CPR ventures into large molecule analytics

Singapore: Clinical research company, CPR Pharma Services, launched a new laboratory, in Adelaide, Australia, to provide...

March 26, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BioDiem, US NIAID advance TB research

Singapore: Australian infectious disease therapy and vaccine development company BioDiem has detailed a new phase of res...

February 1, 2013 | Friday | News
India, Australia to collaborate on science and research

Singapore: There must have been many Indian prime ministers who have visited Australia before. But this one by the curre...

November 18, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Gene therapy for leukemia, blood cancer patients

Singapore: Over six research groups have treated more than 120 patients with many different types of blood and bone-marr...

December 9, 2013 | Monday | News
Monash-GSK partnership wins collaboration award

Singapore: Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS) has been recognised for the Monash-GSK Australian Centre f...

November 11, 2013 | Monday | News
GSK eyes emerging markets with $27 mn investment

Singapore: Recently GlaxoSmithKline has announced introduction of a new technology to its Boronia manufacturing site in ...

November 21, 2014 | Friday | News
Breast cancer market to reach $17.2 bn by 2021'

Singapore: Global breast cancer therapeutics market is set to increase in value from $10.4 billion in 2014 to $17.2 bill...

January 7, 2016 | Thursday | Analysis
Minomic, US firm to develop prostrate cancer drug

Singapore: Australian biotechnology company Minomic International has collaborated with US partner to develop a potentia...

September 8, 2014 | Monday | News
Brandon Capital raises $200 mn for lifesciences funding

Singapore: Brandon Capital Partners has raised Australia's largest ever venture capital fund for the lifesciences indust...

April 20, 2015 | Monday | News
Australian CRO Novotech opens new office in India

Singapore: Further expanding its presence in Asia, Australia's leading Contract Research Organization Novotech recently ...

June 29, 2015 | Monday | News
Pharmaxis, Synairgen to develop drugs for fatal lung disease

Singapore: Australian pharmaceutical company Pharmaxis, and UK biotechnology company, Synairgen, have entered into a res...

August 6, 2015 | Thursday | News
Phylogica inks a deal with Genentech

Singapore: Australia-based drug discovering company, Phylogica has inked a pact with US-based Genentech, to discover nov...

December 22, 2014 | Monday | News
Singapore stem cell firm initiates for ASX listing

Singapore: On Q Group, changing its name to StemCell United, a Singapore-based biotechnology company headquartered in Au...

July 15, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Novogen announces cancer drug breakthrough

Singapore: Australian biotech firm Novogen has made a breakthrough in the development of its anticancer candidate TRXE-0...

June 5, 2015 | Friday | News
Biocon chief gets 'Mazumdar Drive' in Aussie University

Singapore: Ms Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, chairperson, Biocon has been honoured by Federation University Australia (FedUni) by ...

March 9, 2015 | Monday | Influencers
Australia to get independent clinical trial regulatory authority

Australia, often regarded by market experts as the most mature clinical research market in Asia Pacific, has leveraged s...

September 5, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Measure of central BP better than cuff BP in heart patients: AtCor study

Singapore: AtCor Medical highlighted that the results of a new randomized clinical study had demonstrated the benefits o...

September 30, 2013 | Monday | News
Cellmid receive patent approval from Australia

Singapore: Australia-based Cellmid has received patent approval from IP Australia for method of treatment or prevention ...

January 13, 2015 | Tuesday | News
An app to detect skin cancer

Singapore: An app embedded with skin identification system using image recognition software is on a trial by general pra...

February 4, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Philips appoints new head for Aus-NZ

Singapore: In a swift move, Royal Philips has announced the appointment of Mr Kevin Barrow as both Country Manager for P...

September 1, 2014 | Monday | News
A combo-drug designed to treat TB in HIV patients

Singapore: A novel drug combination, unveiled at the AIDS 2014 symposium allows tuberculosis to be treated while battlin...

July 23, 2014 | Wednesday | News
CSL ships 11 mn influenza vaccine doses to the US

Singapore: CSL Biotherapies, the US subsidiary of Australia-based CSL, has begun the shipment of its seasonal influenza ...

August 7, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Indian-origin doctor gets Order of Australia medal

Singapore: Professor Ajay Rane, Townsville hospital's director of urogynecology and James Cook University professor, who...

February 7, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
Aussie mhealth firm to roll out tool for Parkinson's

Singapore: Australian technology company, Global Kinetics Corporation (GKC), is set to roll out a new mobile health tech...

August 25, 2014 | Monday | News
What's the stem cell regulatory scenario like in APAC?

The pioneering work of Nobel Laureates Sir John Gurdon and Dr Shinya Yamanaka on reprogramming adult stem cells has open...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | Analysis
Virax to acquire cancer drug developer AKTivate

Singapore: Australian biotechnology company Virax plans to acquire oncology company AKTivate Therapeutics and its novel ...

October 17, 2014 | Friday | News
Proteomics develops predictive test for diagnosis of diabetic kidney disease

Singapore: Australia based biotech company, Proteomics International Laboratories, has produced and validated a predicti...

June 11, 2015 | Thursday | News
Aussie firm Vaxine gets research contract from NIH

Singapore: Australia-based vaccine research firm, Vaxine, is one of the seven recipients of research contracts by Nation...

September 30, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Fortis sells Dental Corporation for $284 mn

Singapore: Fortis Healthcare is selling its 64 percent stake in Dental Corporation (DC), Australia, to healthcare compan...

December 18, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Australia launches website to enroll trial patients

Singapore: Ms Tanya Plibersek, federal Minister for Health, and Mr Greg Combet, Minister for Innovation and Industry, Au...

October 18, 2012 | Thursday | News
Tech drive demand for 3D medical imaging

Singapore: Global Industry Analysts (GIA) announces the release of a comprehensive global report on 3D medical imaging m...

July 12, 2013 | Friday | News
Aussie, Indonesia to co-develop AIDS, cancer drugs

Singapore: Australia and Indonesia are jointly working towards the research to understand prevalence of AIDS and cancer ...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
BSA-CMR Survey: CROs hopeful despite stifled growth

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

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | Analysis
Bionomics, Merck collaborate on drug development

Singapore: Australian biotech firm, Bionomics, has partnered with Merck for research and license agreement for its BNC37...

June 24, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Aussie start-up firm gets MRCF funding

Singapore: Australia's Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) has funded the start-up firm Solvanix, an early st...

January 16, 2015 | Friday | News
Fujifilm Australia wins National iAward

Singapore: At the 20th year celebration of iAwards, the group honoured the 'best of the best' from companies at the cutt...

September 4, 2014 | Thursday | News
Monash Univ finds how IFNβ activates immune response

Singapore: Monash University researchers have gained new insights into the early stages of immune response, providing no...

July 26, 2013 | Friday | News
Asia gets $15 mn donation for better sanitation

Singapore: Last year, the Asian Development Bank created the Sanitation Financing Partnership Trust Fund to help provide...

March 21, 2014 | Friday | News
Asia witnessing rise in COPD, says Dr David Price

Professor (Dr) David Price has been fighting the scourge of respiratory diseases throughout his life and is considered o...

July 6, 2012 | Friday | Influencers
OncoSil Medical introduces new device that treats cancer

Singapore: Australia-based lifesciences company Oncosil Medical recently announced the commercialization of its device-O...

May 22, 2015 | Friday | News
How to get your drug registered in Asia Pacific?

The life science industry in Asia Pacific (APAC) countries presents a plethora of opportunities for businesses that are ...

September 25, 2012 | Tuesday | Regulatory
US FDA issues a warning letter to Hospira

Singapore: Hospira plant in Australia, that makes specialty injectable drugs, has received a warning letter from the US ...

October 8, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Aussie firm progresses with cancer anorexia drug

Singapore: Australia-based biopharmaceutical company, Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA), has achieved positive re...

September 29, 2014 | Monday | News
Transcatheter embolization market up in APAC'

Singapore: Asia Pacific market for transcatheter embolization and occlusion (TEO) devices in countries including Austral...

August 12, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
Alchemia recruits patients for rectal cancer trial

Singapore: Brisbane-based R&D company Alchemia has recruited the 390th patient for the pivotal phase III clinical tr...

February 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer treatment market to touch $7.9 bn by 2020'

Singapore: Global Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) treatment market value will increase from USD5.1 billion in 2013 to...

September 11, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
PPP is essential for ebola therapy'

Singapore: In the battle against Ebola, incentives from government and healthcare policymakers have been vital for advan...

October 16, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Telstra Health acquires India based e-solutions firm

Singapore: Australia-based Telstra Health has acquired India-based health software solutions provider, IdeaObject Softwa...

December 19, 2014 | Friday | News
bioCSL to partner New Zealand's ALK

Singapore: Australia-based bioCSL has joined forces with New Zealand-based ALK to commercialize three ALK allergy immuno...

February 13, 2015 | Friday | News
Why do dieters regain weight after losing it?

Singapore: A latest research conducted by the New University of Adelaide has established the reason why dieters tend to ...

September 17, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Western Allergy expands into Australia

Singapore: Western Allergy, the 42-year-old vaccine firm, has announced the expansion of its business into Australia. Th...

October 21, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Benitec inks deal with China's Biomics Biotechnologies

Singapore: Australia-based Benitec biopharma has acquired the full rights to the pre-clinical ddRNAi-based hepatitis B (...

July 15, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Pfizer sues Mayne pharma's US arm

Singapore: Australia-based drug giant, Mayne pharma has reportedly filed an application seeking rights to produce and ma...

November 18, 2014 | Tuesday | News
FDA warns Hospira's Australia made drugs are adulterated

Singapore: After a recent inspection of Hospira's Melbourne based facility, FDA has labelled the pharma giant's drugs as...

November 10, 2014 | Monday | News
Novavax begins human trial of Ebola vaccine

Singapore: The US-based Novavax recently announced that it has begun human trials for its Ebola vaccine shot. The devel...

February 13, 2015 | Friday | News
Digital healthcare ushers in a new era of cognitive testing

As per the estimates, currently, there are more than 36 million people living with dementia worldwide. Further, it is ...

August 29, 2013 | Thursday | Opinion
Algae.Tec opens new facility in Australia

Singapore: Algae.Tec, an advanced algae to biofuels company, has opened a new facility Shoalhaven One at Nowra, south of...

August 16, 2012 | Thursday | News
Prima BioMed acquires Immutep

Singapore: Australia-based Prima BioMed has announced the acquisition of France-based Immutep, a private biopharmaceutic...

October 6, 2014 | Monday | News
APAC colorectal cancer market to touch $2.9 bn by 2020

Singapore: Colorectal Cancer (CRC) therapeutics market in Asia-Pacific (APAC) is set to increase in value, from $1.9 bil...

December 18, 2014 | Thursday | Analysis
Patrys gets nod to continue myeloma trial

Singapore: Patrys received approval to progress its phase I/IIa PAT-SM6 multiple myeloma trial based on safety data from...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Riverside to invest $100mn in Australia's health

Singapore: The global private equity firm, Riverside Company has said that it would be investing about $100 million in A...

August 11, 2014 | Monday | News
Samsung Australia's MedTech unit opens

Singapore: A new health and medical equipment division has been launched by global technology giant, Samsung, in Austral...

September 12, 2014 | Friday | News
Cytomedix plasma preparation device gets TGA nod

Singapore: Cytomedix's Angel cPRP System has been listed by the TGA (Therapeutic Goods Administration) in Australia. Fo...

February 12, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
NIH places GSC's 25 stem cell lines on its registry

Singapore: Genea Stem Cells (GSC), a supplier and developer of disease-specific human stem cells, announced that 25 of ...

January 15, 2013 | Tuesday | News
OccuRx kick starts with $5.21 mn investment

Singapore: OccuRx, an Australian biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of drugs to prevent health burden due ...

May 18, 2015 | Monday | News
APAC Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma treatment market to touch $1.7 bn'

Singapore: Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) treatment market in Asia-Pacific (APAC) countries including India, Australia, Chin...

September 26, 2014 | Friday | Analysis
CSL to buy Novartis' influenza vaccine unit

Singapore: Novartis has agreed to sell its influenza vaccines business to Australia's CSL, a blood products and vaccines...

October 27, 2014 | Monday | News
Researchers discover antibody to prevent dengue

Singapore: A group of international researchers, including from University of Melbourne, have discovered a new class of ...

December 31, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Prana drug reduces cognitive impairment

Singapore: Prana Biotechnology announced the upcoming presentation of new data demonstrating the ability of PBT2 to redu...

March 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Aussie firm's new breakthrough in bladder cancer

Singapore: Australia-based startup company Sienna Cancer Diagnostics, has inked a pact with an American pathology compan...

January 10, 2015 | Saturday | News
Brain cancer drug may be effective in melanoma treatment

Singapore: Australia based Novogen's lead candidate, TRXE-009, developed for the treatment of brain cancers, has shown t...

December 17, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Australia to review kids' asthma drugs

Singapore: Department of Health and Ageing under the Australian Government's National Medicines Policy framework, is con...

February 20, 2013 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Aus minister launches code book for directors

Singapore: Australia's Minister for Technology, Mr Gordon Rich-Phillips launched the two-day Australia Biotech Invest 20...

October 29, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Aussie firm initiates bronchitis drug trial for smokers

Singapore: Australia-based clinical-stage drug development company, Invion, initiated and commenced patient enrolment in...

July 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Ascend to begin PhII trial for skin cancer

Singapore: Ascend Biopharmaceuticals, a Melbourne-based immunotherapy company, plans to begin a Phase 2 clinical trial o...

September 11, 2014 | Thursday | News
Cellmid midkine antibodies reduce kidney damage

Singapore: Cellmid completed its first in-life diabetic nephropathy study with two of its anti-midkine antibodies (MK-Ab...

January 25, 2013 | Friday | News
AusBiotech recognizes bioscience innovators

Singapore: Australia has acknowledged its bioscience innovators and companies through an industry excellence awards orga...

November 4, 2014 | Tuesday | News
New anti-typhoid gene discovered

Singapore: Researchers have found a new variant of a gene that can confer five-fold protection against typhoid fever. Th...

November 20, 2014 | Thursday | News
'Medical device regulatory is complex'

Singapore: Medical device industry is a complex one and even more complex is the regulatory landscape of the sector, ech...

November 4, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
Danish firm, Aussie instiute to co-develop pathological drugs

Singapore: Danish firm, Mirrx Therapeutics and Australia's Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology has f...

November 8, 2013 | Friday | News
Agilent opens $25 mn spectroscopy center in Aus

Singapore: Agilent Technologies has launched Spectroscopy Technology Innovation Center in Mulgrave, Australia, with an i...

August 30, 2013 | Friday | News
Novogen's chemotherapeutic agent set to enter human trial in 2015

Singapore: Cantrixil, a first-in-class experimental chemotherapeutic, developed by Australia/US-based biotech firm Novog...

December 16, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Auspherix raises $1 mn for antibiotics

Singapore: Auspherix, an early stage anti-infectives company developing novel antibiotics to treat resistant bacterial d...

October 23, 2014 | Thursday | News
Clinuvel's subisidiary develops drug candidate for vitiligo

Singapore: Australia and Switzerland based Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals' Singapore subsidiary Vallaurix has successfully com...

May 6, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Aus invests $1mn in antibiotics start-up Auspherix

Singapore: Australia's Medical Research Commercialisation Fund (MRCF) has invested around $1 million in an early stage a...

December 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BioDiem's live attenuated influenza virus give positive results

Singapore: Australian infectious disease therapy and vaccine development company BioDiem has achieved successful result ...

August 21, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Maree Smith: Treating other's pain is crucial to me

Eminent pain researcher Professor Maree Smith is a very good example of an academician, who turned towards the industry ...

December 5, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
Asthma therapy market to touch $23.1 bn by 2023

Singapore: Asthma treatment market value will grow from approximately USD15.9 billion in 2013, across eight major countr...

September 8, 2014 | Monday | Analysis
NZ firm to buy Aus pharma wholesaler for $1.1 bn

Singapore: New Zealand-based Ebos Group is going to buy Australia's pharmaceutical wholesaler and distributor, Symbion t...

May 31, 2013 | Friday | News
Research shows way to engineer high-yield crops

Singapore: New research has uncovered a mechanism that regulates the reproduction of plants, providing a possible tool f...

March 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
AIDS 2014

Singapore: AIDS 2014, the 20th International AIDS Conference ended in Melbourne, Australia today with a chorus of intern...

July 25, 2014 | Friday | News
Admedus herpes vaccine trial achieves endpoint

Singapore: Australian firm, Admedus, has achieved positive endpoint in its phase I trial of a therapeutic vaccine for H...

February 3, 2014 | Monday | News
APAC type 2 diabetes market to touch $10.5 bn by 2020'

Singapore: Type 2 diabetes treatment market in Asia-Pacific (APAC) will rise in value from an estimated $6.5 billion in ...

January 7, 2015 | Wednesday | Analysis
Sirtex, European firm to co-study radiation therapy for liver cancer drug

Singapore: Australia based Sirtex Medical and global firm Guerbet have entered into clinical studies collaboration in pr...

March 26, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Major biotech related announcements during forthcoming Australian PM's visit to India

Singapore: Ahead of the India next week on September 4, the Australian High Commissioner in New Delhi, Mr. Patrick Suckl...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Aussie firm to initiate oncology clinical trial in Europe

Singapore: Australia based drug discovery company, Viralytics, has recieved UK Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulat...

November 14, 2014 | Friday | News
100+ AIDS advocates die in MH17 crash

Singapore: Former president of International AIDS Society, Dr Joep Lange, along with a delegate of 100 HIV/AIDS advocate...

July 18, 2014 | Friday | News
Universal Biosensors achieves research milestone

Singapore: Universal Biosensors, which has delivered on its first developmental milestone in a collaboration with Siemen...

June 12, 2012 | Tuesday | News