Aussie's Phylogica partners with UK firm for Phylomer libraries

Singapore: Australia based Phylogica has entered into a licensing agreement with PhoreMost, a UK based private biotechno...

April 7, 2015 | Tuesday | News
Pevion Biotech to manufacture HER-Vaxx

Singapore: Biolife Science has signed a letter of intent with Swiss company Pevion Biotech for the manufacture of Biolif...

March 18, 2013 | Monday | News
Aspirin to fend off dementia?

Singapore: Australian researchers are investigating the powers of aspirin to fight the neurodegenerative disorder- demen...

January 7, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Aussie firm gets FDA green flag for oncology drug

Singapore: Australia biotech firm, Prescient Therapeutics, a clinical stage oncology company, has secured agreement from...

April 2, 2015 | Thursday | Regulatory
Australia is the new hotspot for clinical research

As everyone already knows, the international pharmaceutical industry is currently undergoing a number of significant cha...

September 4, 2012 | Tuesday | Opinion
Victoria to address skill shortage in biotech industry

Singapore: The Victorian Coalition Government in Australia has unveiled a new plan to help Victoria's growing biotechnol...

November 8, 2012 | Thursday | News
Samsung Medison launches first premium ultrasound system in Australia

Singapore: Korea-based medical devices company Samsung Medison has announced showcasing of two new ultrasound systems in...

October 7, 2013 | Monday | News
Resmed dominates the niche sleep disorder market

A distinguished name in treating, diagnosing and managing sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and other respiratory disor...

June 4, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Signostics unveils new ultrasound device

Singapore: Signostics, an Adelaide-based medical devices company, has unveiled its new ultrasound device Signos RT. The ...

March 1, 2013 | Friday | News
PharmaJet, CSL to make needle free flu vaccines

Singapore: US-based PharmaJet entered into a collaboration with CSL to enable Afluria influenza vaccine to be delivered...

November 30, 2012 | Friday | News
iNova Pharma relocates regional HQ to Singapore

Singapore: iNova Pharmaceuticals, a Valeant company, is relocating its regional headquarters from Sydney, Australia, to ...

October 22, 2012 | Monday | News
Aussie firm raises $7 mn on first day of IPO listing

Singapore: Australia firm, Anatara Lifesciences, developer of therapeutics for gastrointestinal diseases for animals and...

October 16, 2014 | Thursday | News
Spinifex capitalizes on pain management market

Realizing the need for improved therapies in the highly unmet field of pain management, Australia-based Spinifex has bee...

March 14, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Allied Healthcare cancer vaccine study is a success

Singapore: Australian biomedical company, Allied Healthcare, achieved successful results of its initial study of a novel...

November 16, 2012 | Friday | News
Strides to acquire Aspen's generic business in Australia

Singapore: India's Strides Arcolab recently announced that two of its subsidiaries Strides Pharma Global (Singapore), an...

May 22, 2015 | Friday | News
Gene expression for personalized medicine: Report

Singapore: Gene expression profiling can bring significant improvements to disease profiling and diagnoses based on gene...

June 10, 2014 | Tuesday | Analysis
Novartis launches joint pain gel Voveran

Singapore: Novartis launched a topical diclofenac gel, which has been formulated with Australia-based Phosphagenics' pro...

January 21, 2014 | Tuesday | News
TGA to get adverse medtech events report online

Singapore: Sponsors and manufacturers of medical devices are now able to update adverse event reports that they have sub...

August 5, 2013 | Monday | Regulatory
Start-Up Innovation: Device to stop sternal bleeding

Singapore: Dr Randall Moshinsky, a cardio-thoracic surgeon in Australia, was frustrated by bleeding from the cut edge of...

April 8, 2014 | Tuesday | Influencers
First-of-its kind bionic eye gives vision to blind

Singapore: In a major development, Bionic Vision Australia researchers have successfully performed the first implantat...

September 3, 2012 | Monday | News
Australia worried about low child immunization rates

Singapore: National Health Performance Authority in Australia has revealed that while Australia has high immunization ra...

April 11, 2013 | Thursday | News
HIV trial validates novel drug mechanism

Singapore: Biotron has announced preliminary results from a human trial of its lead antiviral drug BIT225 to treat HIV i...

March 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
How to get your drug registered in Australia?

The life sciences sector in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region provides numerous opportunities for firms that are looking fo...

September 26, 2012 | Wednesday | Regulatory
Phosphagenics appoints new CEO

Singapore: Australia-based Phosphagenics recently announced the appointment of Dr Ross Murdoch as the chief executive of...

January 14, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Cell therapy could be the solution of kidney diseases'

Singapore: Australia biotech firm, Mesoblast, has successfully concluded phase 2 trial of infusion of its cell therapy c...

June 10, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Stem cells have much to offer, says Dr Silviu Itescu

Dr Silviu Itescu formed Mesoblast in 2004 to commercialize orthopedic applications of proprietary adult stem cell techno...

March 15, 2012 | Thursday | Influencers
Dendrimers improve anticancer efficacy of drugs

Singapore: Starpharma Holdings announced the results of an animal study which shows that a dendrimer-based formulation o...

March 5, 2013 | Tuesday | News
AIDS 2014: Sir Bob Geldof slams developed nations for fund cuts

Singapore: Sir Bob Geldof, widely recognised for his anti-poverty campaigns, slammed the developed nations for restricti...

July 25, 2014 | Friday | Influencers
CRO survey: India, China dominate market

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November 24, 2012 | Saturday | Analysis
Australia has a strong budget to fund research'

Singapore: During their recent visit to India, Australian lifesciences and healthcare mission delegates highlighted that...

October 6, 2014 | Monday | News
'Extraordinary measures needed to curb Ebola'

Singapore: Death, confusion, poverty, hunger, and hysteria are the concerns Africa is currently grappling with. Everywhe...

October 8, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Imugene appoints Mr Charles Walker as CEO

Singapore: Australian drug discovery firm, Imugene, has appointed Mr Charles Walker as Chief Executive Officer of Imugen...

August 26, 2014 | Tuesday | Influencers
AIDS 2014 concludes in Melbourne

Singapore: AIDS 2014, 20th International AIDS Conference concluded in Melbourne, Australia calling on governments and or...

July 25, 2014 | Friday | News
Scientists discover 'excessive drinking' gene

Singapore: A team of researchers led by Professor Howard Thomas from Imperial College London have identified the mutated...

December 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Japan's Otsuka expands in Australia

Singapore: Japan's firm, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, has established a direct presence in Sydney, Australia, to bring innovat...

January 29, 2015 | Thursday | News
Global prophylactic HPV vaccine market to reach $2.2bn by 2022'

Singapore: The global prophylactic human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine market value is forecast to experience moderate gr...

March 20, 2014 | Thursday | News
Australia: Controls healthcare cost, drives market

Increase in aging population along with rising burden of non communicable diseases in Australia have been putting pressu...

May 14, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
AusBiotech opens nominations for board of directors

Singapore: With the forthcoming election for the board of directors of AusBiotech for 20013-14, nominations are now open...

September 2, 2013 | Monday | News
Takeda partners with Monash University

Singapore: The Japanese pharma major Takeda, recently announced that the company has entered into a strategic partnershi...

December 11, 2014 | Thursday | News
Sydney sounds measles health alert

Singapore: A public health alert has been sounded in Sydney after a person contracted the highly infectious virus. The d...

July 31, 2014 | Thursday | News
Uniting care inaugurates Australia's first digital hospital

Singapore: Uniting healthcare recently inaugurated Australia's first digital hospital in Queensland. The $96 mn hospital...

December 10, 2014 | Wednesday | News
CSL subsidiary gets $1.5 bn US govt Influenza vaccine contract

Singapore: CSL Biotherapies, a subsidiary of CSL Limited, has been awarded a contract by the US Department of Health and...

September 12, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Aus disinfection technology gets Korea FDA nod

Singapore: The Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has approved Australia-based medical device firm Nanosonics' ...

August 30, 2013 | Friday | News
Asia bioscience grows 11 percent, crosses $150 bn

During the year 2012, the bioscience industry in the Asia Pacific region clocked $154.40 billion in revenues, recording ...

June 21, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
Boehringer Ingelheim acquires Pharmaxis' anti-inflammatory drug candidate

Singapore: Boehringer Ingelheim has acquired investigational drug PXS4728A from Australia based Pharmaxis, to develop it...

May 18, 2015 | Monday | News
Aussie firm gets FDA nod to inititate trial of wet AMD drug

Singapore: Australia based, Circadian Technologies, through its wholly owned subsidiary Opthea has recieved USFDA approv...

June 15, 2015 | Monday | News
AusBiotech, KoreaBIO join hands for mutual growth

Singapore: AusBiotech and Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization (KoreaBIO) are signing a memorandum of understanding...

October 29, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Australia to ban sunbeds to reduce skin cancer cases

Singapore: In a bid to reduce the soaring cases of skin cancer in the country, many states of Australia are set to ban c...

January 1, 2015 | Thursday | News
Tissue patches to repair congenital heart defects

Singapore: Australian biomedical company Allied Healthcare launched cardiovascular tissue patch, CardioCel, to surgicall...

October 18, 2012 | Thursday | News
Cure for peanut allergies found?

Singapore: Peanut allergy is one of the most dreaded forms of allergies across the globe. It is recognized as some of th...

February 4, 2015 | Wednesday | News
Australia lists pancreatic cancer drug in reimbursement scheme

Singapore: Australian biopharmaceutical company, Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA)'s Abraxane (nanoparticle album...

November 4, 2014 | Tuesday | News
BioDiem gets European patent for BDM-1 antimicrobial

Singapore: Australian vaccine development company BioDiem has been grated a key European patent for its synthetic antim...

August 9, 2012 | Thursday | News
Prana raises $6 million for clinical trials

Singapore: Prana Biotechnology has raised $6 million (A$6 million) approximately through a placement of 32,500,000 ordin...

October 3, 2012 | Wednesday | News
AusBiotech CEO: Biotech is unpredictable economic market

AusBiotech, which is Australian biosciences' flagstaff industry organization comprising of a network of over 3,000 life ...

April 18, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
Smartphones preferred channel for healthcare'

Singapore: Smart phones are the preferred tool for patient's engagement and communication with their healthcare provider...

July 6, 2014 | Sunday | Analysis
ResMed announces record financial results

Singapore: ResMed reported a record revenue of $371.9 million, a nine percent increase (and a 13 percent rise on a const...

August 3, 2012 | Friday | Company results
AIDS 2014: India HIV Alliance raises human rights issue

Singapore: At the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) being held in Melbourne from July 20th-25th, India HIV/...

July 22, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Aussie firm Phosphagenics raises $11.45 mn

Singapore: Australian drug delivery company, Phosphagenics, has raised $11.45 million of its $15.29 million capital rais...

July 22, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Patrys gets nod to progress myeloma trial

Singapore: Patrys, Australia's clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, has received approval to progress its phase I/I...

January 14, 2013 | Monday | News
Study: Uscom protocol slashes sepsis death

Singapore: Non-invasive cardiac monitoring company Uscom announced the international presentation of independent data t...

January 24, 2013 | Thursday | News
Activation of mTorc1 causes colon, gastric cancers

Singapore: Associate Professor Matthias Ernst and colleagues from Australia's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have ident...

January 22, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Genetic Technologies files patent infringement suit

Singapore: Australia based-Genetic Technologies filed a patent infringement suit in respect of its non-coding DNA techno...

September 3, 2012 | Monday | News
Australia gets new agricultural biotechnology council

Singapore: AusBiotech, CropLife Australia, Grains Research and Development Corporation and the National Farmers' Federat...

September 18, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Aus to deliver $120 mn fund for nanotech research

Singapore: Australian government will deliver a fund for the new Australian Institute for Nanoscience (AIN), which will ...

July 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
OP Bioscience Managers hires healthcare analyst Dr Graeme Wald

Singapore: Octa Phillip Bioscience Managers (OP Bioscience Managers) has taken another step in fulfilling its ambition o...

May 14, 2012 | Monday | News
Cochlear launches new implant in EU

Singapore: The company's advanced Cochlear Nucleus Profile implant with the Contour Advance electrode, the first of new ...

June 12, 2014 | Thursday | News
AIBN partners with Biosceptre to create cancer mABs

Singapore: The Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN) entered into a research collaboration w...

May 17, 2012 | Thursday | News
Pharmaxis appoints Gary Phillips as new CEO

Singapore: The Pharmaxis board has appointed Mr Gary Phillips to the position of chief executive officer with immediate...

March 14, 2013 | Thursday | News
Ian Frazer gets $200k to make HPV DNA vaccine

Singapore: Professor Ian Frazer and his team at the University of Queensland, have been awarded grant from Australia's N...

December 20, 2012 | Thursday | News
Australian firm gets rights to Anamorelin

Singapore: Melbourne-based biopharmaceutical company Specialised Therapeutics Australia (STA) has been granted exclusive...

October 15, 2012 | Monday | News
Australia biotech needs to overcome skill crisis

Singapore: One of the Asia Pacific region's most successful biotech executives says that Australia's biotech industry is...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | News
Sunshine to buy $25 mn shares of Aspire

Singapore: Sunshine Heart, a global medical device company focused on innovative technologies for moderate heart failur...

January 21, 2013 | Monday | News
Customizing kits for diagnosis of infectious diseases

          India is a highly populated country with large tracts of sub-tropical and tropical environment, wh...

August 10, 2012 | Friday | Opinion
FDA nod for ph II trial of Mesoblast's arthritis treatment

Singapore: Australian regenerative medicine company Mesoblast has received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administ...

January 31, 2013 | Thursday | News
Pressure BioSciences signs agreements to expand

Singapore: Pressure BioSciences has entered into distribution agreements with three companies having combined sales cove...

July 16, 2012 | Monday | News
Milestones in drug delivery technology in Asia

In 2007, Dabur Pharma, one of India's leading manufacturers of anti-cancer drugs, launched Nanoxel, a novel drug deliver...

March 14, 2012 | Wednesday | News
An app for the assessment of dementia

Singapore: ACEmobile is an iPad-based tool that is designed by the physician for the physicians, to support the assessme...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Novel CSL therapy can reduce recurrent heart attack risk

Singapore: Infusions of a novel formulation of apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) - the main component of high-density lipoprot...

November 20, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Now use online test to predict onset of Alzheimer's

Singapore: The early onset of Alzheimer's disease could be detected using a simple online test, according to scientists ...

January 10, 2013 | Thursday | News
Victoria starts program to test new technologies

Singapore: The Victoria state government in Australia will help companies trial new technologies through a $8 million Te...

November 5, 2012 | Monday | News
Breast cancer test BREVAGen gets CE Mark approval

Singapore: Genetic Technologies announced today that it has received European CE Mark approval for BREVAGen, the company...

August 8, 2012 | Wednesday | News
$1 mn fellowship program for Aus-India research

Singapore: The Australian Academy of Science has launched an Australia-India Fellowship program to enable Australian sci...

June 4, 2012 | Monday | News
LEO to sign research deals in 4 countries

Singapore: LEO Pharma will establish five long-term, strategic research collaborations in Australia, France, Germany an...

October 4, 2012 | Thursday | News
Aus: Dont embrace DNA tests and genetic mapping

Singapore: The Royal College of Pathologists has warned Australians to be cautious about embracing DNA tests and genetic...

July 18, 2013 | Thursday | News
GI Dynamics offers novel diabetes treatment

Type 2 diabetes, also known as non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, is a lifelong disease. US-based GI Dynamics is a...

July 13, 2012 | Friday | Influencers
Business mogul invests in emerging medtech firm

Singapore: Medical technology company iSonea raised $1.05 million via a private placement of shares to Investment Holdi...

September 3, 2012 | Monday | News
Allied increases stake in herpes vaccine firm

Singapore: Australia's Allied Healthcare has increased its holding in the platform vaccine development company, Coridon ...

July 1, 2013 | Monday | News
Mayne Pharma appoints a new vice president

Singapore: Australian drug maker Mayne Pharma announced Mr Blake Cullen as the new vice president of business developmen...

June 18, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Q-Sera puts snake venom to blood collection use

Q-Sera is a start-up firm that has put the lethal property of coagulation present in snake venom to good commercial use....

August 15, 2012 | Wednesday | Influencers
AstraZeneca, Starpharma enter cancer drug deal

Singapore: Australia-based Starpharma has given global pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca the right to test certain prop...

September 11, 2012 | Tuesday | News
iSonea launches health cloud for asthma app

Singapore: Medical technology company iSonea will unveil AsthmaSense Cloud monitoring technology at a national asthma ...

March 19, 2013 | Tuesday | News
BioDiem: WHO deal helped us penetrate China, India

Vaccines along with better hygiene are among the most effective solutions to reduce epidemics. It's a tried and tested f...

October 8, 2012 | Monday | Opinion
BioDiem gets paid for its vaccine technology

Singapore: Australian infectious disease therapy and vaccine development company, BioDiem, has received an early annual ...

February 13, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Biotech solutions for the modern world

Biotechnology has helped Jiangxi Copper, China's largest producer of copper, remove tons of copper from waste water at i...

June 21, 2012 | Thursday | Analysis
Medtronic opens Center of Excellence in Singapore

Singapore: Medtronic opened a global Center of Excellence (CoE) for Business Model Innovation in Singapore. This new Cen...

September 3, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Merck to use Vaxxas platform for vaccine candidate

Singapore: Vaxxas, a biotechnology company commercializing a novel vaccine delivery platform, has initiated a research c...

October 9, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Nobel Laureates to teach Australian scientists

Singapore: The best of the young Australian scientists will get a chance of a lifetime to be mentored by Nobel Prize win...

September 4, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Biota Pharma to axe two-thirds of its workforce

Singapore: Biota pharma has adopted a plan to restructure its operations, aiming to re-align and cut down its work force...

June 3, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Former Pfizer executive joins Agenix

Singapore: Australian drug development company Agenix has appointed international biomedical business development expert...

June 4, 2012 | Monday | News
2014's Top 20 Companies: RANK 2

Starting the year on a positive note, Australia's CSL with presence in over 27 countries, charted strong performance a...

July 14, 2014 | Monday | Analysis