Ex-UniQuest MD gets Order of Australia award

Singapore: Dr David Evans, who was the managing director of UniQuest from 1994-2000 received an Order of Australia award...

January 28, 2013 | Monday | Influencers
Dow collaborates with Australian center to improve crops

Singapore: Dow AgroSciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, and the Australian Center for Plant ...

August 16, 2012 | Thursday | News
BioDiem granted Japanese patent for BDM-1

Singapore: Australian infectious disease therapy development company BioDiem has been granted a key Japanese patent for...

November 23, 2012 | Friday | News
Cellmid gets positive sign with Midkine antibody for kidney disease

Singapore: Australia's Cellmid has completed its first in-life diabetic nephropathy study with anti-midkine antibodies (...

April 24, 2014 | Thursday | News
Caliber adds 2 distributors for Brazil, Aus /NZ markets

Singapore: Caliber Imaging & Diagnostics, formerly known as Lucid, added two new distributors for its platform of Vi...

September 18, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Australian firm LINK Healthcare expands in Asia, Africa

Singapore: Australian company LINK Healthcare, a pharmaceutical and medical technologies firm, is expanding its operatio...

September 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
AtCor expands supply contract of SphygmoCor

Singapore: Australia's AtCor Medical signed an expansion to an existing contract to supply its SphygmoCor systems and cl...

February 25, 2013 | Monday | News
LEC gets Aus investment board nod

Singapore: Lignol Energy (LEC) has applied for and has been granted approval by the Australian Foreign Investment Review...

January 24, 2013 | Thursday | News
Report: Australians smoking, drinking less

Singapore: The national health report released by the Federal Government's Australian Institute of Health and Welfare ha...

July 2, 2014 | Wednesday | News
Multi-year investigation of flu vaccine clinched'

Singapore: CSL announced that it had successfully completed the four year investigation, probing into the side effects c...

June 13, 2014 | Friday | News
Prana Alzheimer's trial shows +ve results

Singapore: Prana Biotechnology reported on the progress of its lead development asset PBT2, which is in phase II trials ...

April 8, 2013 | Monday | News
AIDS 2014 kicks off in Melbourne

Singapore: 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014), kicked off in Melbourne on July 20th, with a gathering of ove...

July 21, 2014 | Monday | News
Allied sales rise 13% to $3.7 mn in H2, 2012

Singapore: Australia-based Allied Healthcare has marked a stronger sales with revenues up at 13 percent to $3.7 million ...

February 22, 2013 | Friday | News
Australia launches nanotech R&D plan

Singapore: Senator Kate Lundy, the Australian minister assisting for industry and innovation,  has launched Australian ...

December 7, 2012 | Friday | News
AtCor wins $1.1 mn contract for SphygmoCor system

Singapore: Australian firm AtCor Medical, a developer and marketer of the SphygmoCor system that measures central aorti...

August 21, 2012 | Tuesday | News
ResMed launches sleep apnea device in the US

Singapore: ResMed, Australian developer, manufacturer and distributor of sleep and respiratory medical equipment, has l...

June 15, 2012 | Friday | News
Invida gets COPD drug rights in Australia, NZ

Singapore: Almirall granted commercial rights for Aclidinium in Australia and New Zealand for the treatment of chronic ...

October 17, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Viralytics commences trading on US OTCQX

Singapore: Viralytics' American Depository Receipts (ADRs) have commenced trading on OTCQX International. ADRs trade und...

August 5, 2013 | Monday | News
Allied applies for heart patch approval in US

Singapore: Allied Healthcare has lodged its Premarket Notification 510(k) Submission for CardioCel in the US. The FDA 51...

April 2, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Distinguished AIDS researcher, Prof Joep Lange, dies in MH17 crash

Singapore: Eminent AIDS researcher, Prof Joep Lange, died in the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 crash on July 17 while h...

July 18, 2014 | Friday | Influencers
New tech promises revenue boost for drug makers

Australian drug delivery technology company Imugene has developed Linguet, a drug delivery technology platform, to impro...

June 12, 2013 | Wednesday | Influencers
Mr Paul Wright, Universal Biosensors: Point-of-care-diagnostics will continue to grow in 2013

I think there will be continuing of existing trends in 2013 as well. We expect to see ongoing growth in the point-of-car...

December 26, 2012 | Wednesday | Opinion
World leader discuss health challenges at Qatar

Singapore: World leaders and policy makers have gathered in Doha, Qatar, to discuss innovative solutions to the most pre...

December 11, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Aussie firm Mayne to acquire GSK's Kapanol

Singapore: Australia's Mayne Pharma plans to acquire Kapanol and related assets in Australia from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)....

January 7, 2013 | Monday | News
Patrys progresses myeloma trial to patient group

Singapore: Patrys, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, received approval to progress its phase I/IIa PAT-SM6 mu...

January 18, 2013 | Friday | News
AtCor to report full year maiden profit

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

July 22, 2013 | Monday | Company results
Starpharma's new condom gel will fight STIs

Singapore: Australia's biotechnology company, Starpharma has received a regulatory approval for the sale of its revoluti...

July 21, 2014 | Monday | News
Russell Howard to join Prima BioMed board

Singapore: Prima BioMed has appointed Dr Russell J Howard as a non-executive director with immediate effect. Dr Howard b...

May 9, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
Prana provides update on Huntington Disease trial

Singapore: Melbourne-based Prana Biotechnology released an update on the Huntington Disease trial. The company reported ...

November 15, 2012 | Thursday | News
Starpharma to receive $6 mn for overseas R&D

Singapore: Australia-based Starpharma is eligible to receive approximately $6 million cash in R&D tax incentives for...

November 23, 2012 | Friday | News
Bluechiiip signs deal with Inpeco

Singapore: Bluechiip has signed a term sheet to execute a collaborative co-development agreement with swiss company Inp...

October 22, 2012 | Monday | News
CardioCel tissue patch enhances stem cell survival

Singapore: Australia's Allied Healthcare's CardioCel tissue patches has shown superiority for stem cells survival and gr...

February 6, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Hatchtech publishes safety data for DeOvo

Singapore: Australia-based specialty pharmaceutical company Hatchtech published data describing the mechanism of action ...

November 27, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Phylogica to convert notes to raise $1.6 mn

Singapore: Phylogica has agreed to raise $1.6 million of new capital through a placement of 16,000 unlisted converting n...

October 16, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Aus univ gets massive funding for TB, HPV R&D

Singapore: University of Queensland (UQ) has secured support from the federal government for two research of its project...

January 11, 2013 | Friday | News
Quest signs $2mn development deal with Korean firm

Singapore: Quest PharmaTech, a pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products for the treatment of cance...

July 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
BREVAGen's launch features on Australian TV

Singapore: Genetic Technologies revealed that a story highlighting the BREVAGen test and its successful US launch featur...

May 16, 2012 | Wednesday | News
APAC healthcare industry becomes cloud friendly

Singapore: A recent report presented by Frost & Sullivan has said that the healthcare industry in Asia Pacific is em...

November 7, 2013 | Thursday | News
Starpharma's VP becomes CEO of Viralytics

Singapore: Starpharma's vice president, Dr Malcolm McColl, has been appointed CEO, Viralytics. Prior to this, Dr McCol...

November 15, 2012 | Thursday | News
Bluechiip, Gentris sign cryogenic sample management deal

Singapore: Bluechiip, which has developed a unique temperature sensing and tracking solution initially for cryogenic sa...

August 30, 2012 | Thursday | News
Heartware receives FDA approval for HeartWare Ventricular Assist System

Singapore: HeartWare International, a leading innovator of less invasive, miniaturized circulatory support technologies...

November 21, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Bionomics begins phase I trial of anxiety drug

Singapore: Bionomics has been advised by its licensee, Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, that following the submission of an In...

December 21, 2012 | Friday | News
TGA admits error in clinical trial tracking

Singapore: Australia's Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has identified errors in its internal reports regarding t...

August 6, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Telesso gets $6.5m to develop acne treatment

Singapore: Australia-based Telesso Technologies raised $6.5 million capital in connection with its acquisition of Mimeti...

September 2, 2013 | Monday | News
Top 20 APAC Country Analysis: Korea

Singapore: South Korea is the fourth largest contributor to the lifescience market in the region. • Korean Minis...

June 20, 2015 | Saturday | Analysis
No of AMD patients to reach 1.7 mn by 2030 in Aus

Singapore: The number of Australians with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is expected to grow to over 1.7 million...

May 6, 2013 | Monday | Analysis
Bionomics cancer trial shows +ve results

Singapore: Australian drug discovery firm, Bionomics, has received positive results in the phase I clinical trial of its...

February 3, 2014 | Monday | News
Melanoma study reaches efficacy milestone

Singapore: Australia-based Viralytics in its ongoing US-based phase II melanoma trial of its virotherapy candidate Cava...

December 13, 2012 | Thursday | News
NovaBay gets patents in Australia, NZ, Japan for Aganocide compounds

Singapore: NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing first-in-class non-antibiotic, ant...

June 1, 2012 | Friday | Regulatory
Medigene, SynCore expand deal for Veregen

Singapore: Germany-headquartered Medigene and SynCore Biotechnology, a member of Sinphar Pharmaceutical Group, have expa...

March 20, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Kane Biotech issued patent in Australia for Aledex

Singapore: Canada-based Kane Biotech, which is engaged in the development and commercialization of products that prevent...

November 8, 2012 | Thursday | Regulatory
Aus, NZ progress on joint regulatory agency

Singapore: Ministers from Australia and New Zealand attended the second meeting of the Australia New Zealand Therapeutic...

December 3, 2012 | Monday | News
Aerocrine receives Australian TGA approval

Singapore: Aerocrine received marketing approval for its airway inflammation monitor, NIOX MINO and NIOX MINO Test Kit, ...

May 25, 2012 | Friday | News
Lipitor leads in Australia

Australia, with its 2011 revenue of $13 billion, occupies the second largest share of the Asia Pacific pharma market fol...

June 11, 2012 | Monday | Analysis
Innova, TGR to co-market ELISA technology

Singapore: Australia-based, TGR BioSciences, a life sciences company focused on the development of rapid, high sensitivi...

January 20, 2014 | Monday | News
Alchemia appoints new chairman

Singapore: Alchemia, Australia based drug discovery and development company, has appointed Mr. Santo J. Costa as non-exe...

February 11, 2014 | Tuesday | Influencers
Bionomics, Merck Serono end agreement

Singapore: Australian company Bionomics and Merck Serono, a division of Merck, Darmstadt Germany, have mutually ended t...

June 15, 2012 | Friday | News
AstraZeneca, Alchemia sign $240 mn drug deal

Singapore: Alchemia signed a multi-target, drug discovery collaboration with AstraZeneca. The collaboration includes the...

April 23, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Victoria court approves Biota's merger with Nabi Biopharma

Singapore: The Supreme Court of Victoria has approved the scheme of arrangement between Biota Holdings and the holders o...

November 2, 2012 | Friday | News
Eisai gets approval for Halaven in Australia

Singapore: Eisai Australia, a subsidiary of the Japanese firm Eisai, has received approval from the Australian Departme...

September 10, 2012 | Monday | Regulatory
GI Dynamics starts US trial of EndoBarrier

Singapore: GI Dynamics has initiated its US multicenter pivotal clinical trial of EndoBarrier, the Endo trial, for the ...

January 16, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Pharmaxis for Prix Galien UK award

Singapore: Six companies have been short listed for this year's internationally recognised Prix Galien award UK Orphan D...

July 1, 2014 | Tuesday | News
Genome of extinct frog revived for fresh egg

Singapore: The genome of an extinct Australian frog has been revived and reactivated by a team of scientists using sophi...

March 18, 2013 | Monday | News
Protagonist, Ironwood expand peptide R&D deal

Singapore: US-based Protagonist Therapeutics and Australia-based Ironwood Pharmaceuticals expanded their research collab...

December 21, 2012 | Friday | News
Luminex restructures, shuts down Australian office

Singapore: Luminex entered a restructuring plan focused on its assay and related products (ARP) segment's newborn screen...

August 12, 2013 | Monday | News
Lonza produces Bionomics' stem cell cancer drug

Singapore: Bionomics has initiated manufacturing activities for BNC101, its lead anti-cancer stem cell candidate followi...

April 25, 2013 | Thursday | News
Irish firm's track-&-trace system to curb fake drugs

Singapore: Horizon, an Irish engineerng consultancy firm, has completed testing of its new tracking system that aims at ...

June 19, 2013 | Wednesday | News
iSonea launches asthma monitoring device in Australia

Singapore: Australian medical technology company, iSonea, launched AirSonea wheeze monitoring device, in the Australian ...

September 24, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Will the next blockbuster emerge from Asia?

Blockbusters and super profits. Will the bioscience industry in this decade see these words come to life? More important...

October 17, 2012 | Wednesday | Opinion
One compound to kill all known malarial strains

Singapore: A recently discovered compound from the aminopyridine class could be a potential single-dose cure for all str...

September 6, 2012 | Thursday | News
Bionomics seeks $4.2 mn R&D tax incentive

Singapore: Bionomics has lodged its FY 2012 tax return and registered with AusIndustry (on behalf of Innovation Austral...

January 16, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Indian, Australian science academies sign MoU

Singapore: The Australian Academy of Science (AAS) and Indian National Academy of Science (INAS) renewed their commitme...

December 5, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Bionomics acquires US cancer firm

Singapore: Adelaide-based biotechnology company Bionomics has strengthened its presence in the US with the acquisition o...

September 17, 2012 | Monday | News
Hettich, LBT form landmark bio-software JV

Singapore: Medical technology company, LBT Innovations, signed a landmark agreement with Switzerland-based laboratory in...

June 26, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Spinifex phase II postherpetic neuralgia trial is a success

Singapore: Spinifex Pharmaceuticals, an Australian pain drug development company, revealed positive headline results fr...

August 30, 2012 | Thursday | News
Australia is 3rd largest in terms of total company revenues

Australia emerged as the third largest country in terms of the total revenue generated by companies during the calendar ...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | Analysis
Real-Time Location Systems are a big hit in Asia

Singapore: Rising costs are compelling hospitals in South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) to streamline their...

March 1, 2013 | Friday | Analysis
Genetic Technologies gets US patent update

Singapore: The US patent and trademark office (US PTO) has issued an action reaffirming the validity of certain claims c...

March 18, 2013 | Monday | News
Japanese I'rom acquires 18% in Australian IDT

Singapore: Japanese company I'rom Holdings will acquire an 18.8 percent stake in IDT Australia. I'rom is listed on the T...

May 7, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Nancy Millis - 'First Lady' of Australian biotech - passes away

Singapore: Eminent Australian microbiologist Emeritus Professor Nancy Millis AC, who served as the chancellor of La Trob...

October 3, 2012 | Wednesday | News
Prima recruits patients for cancer vaccine trial

Singapore: Prima BioMed has commenced recruitment of patients into the Canvas (Cancer Vaccine Study) trial in Europe. P...

March 1, 2013 | Friday | News
Merck pays Bionomics $172mn for pain molecules

Singapore: Bionomics entered in an agreement with Merck, which is also known as Merck Sharp and Dohme outside the US and...

August 1, 2013 | Thursday | News
Phosphagenics gearing up to enter South East Asia

Singapore: Australian drug delivery technology company Phosphagenics will launch its TPM technology in the global raceh...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
Alchemia demerges Audeo on NASDAQ, ASX

Singapore: Alchemia has demerged its subsidiary, Audeo Oncology, on NASDAQ and the ASX. The company has announced that i...

January 2, 2013 | Wednesday | News
FDA approves clinical trial of EndoBarrier

Singapore: GI Dynamics has received full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to commence a 25-site...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
AusBiotech appoints new board member

Singapore: AusBiotech announced the appointment of Mr Lawrence Gozlan as a non-executive director, bringing to the Boar...

April 24, 2013 | Wednesday | News
FDA agrees to Mesoblast MPC supply in the US

Singapore: Mesoblast announced that US FDA is in agreement for the supply of its proprietary Mesenchymal Precursor Cell...

February 15, 2013 | Friday | News
Academy discusses future of Australian science

Singapore: The Australian Academy of Science's recently established Early-Mid Career Researcher Forum held its first nat...

September 25, 2012 | Tuesday | News
Asia vaccine strategists call for collaboration

Asia needs a solution, that goes beyond traditional structure, models and pathways, to meet the essential vaccine supply...

June 18, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Lose weight and treat diabetes at the same time

Singapore: Doctors at St Vincent's Clinic and Macquarie University Hospital (MUH) in Sydney are now offering EndoBarrier...

September 24, 2012 | Monday | News
Transgene out-licenses TG1042 to Ascend Pharma

Singapore: French biotech firm Transgene SA has granted Ascend Biopharmaceuticals, an emerging privately-held Australian...

July 8, 2013 | Monday | News
NeuClone, Serum Institute join hands

Singapore: Sydney-based biotechnology firm, NeuClone has signed a major licensing agreement and joint development partne...

July 7, 2014 | Monday | News
Victoria is on mission to tap the Indian market

Hyderabad: BioAsia 2013, which was held recently from January 28-30, 2013, at Hyderabad, India, saw participation from 5...

February 4, 2013 | Monday | Analysis
Muted growth for Australia in 2011

Despite concerns over the operating environment in Australia and predictions of receding demand in the domestic market, ...

May 29, 2012 | Tuesday | Analysis
New drug delivery polymer to treat cancer

Singapore: Dr Lingxue Kong and research colleagues at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia, have combined two polym...

January 1, 2013 | Tuesday | News
Study visualizes link between gluten and immune system

Singapore: A link between gluten and the immune system has literally been visualized in new research published in the sc...

October 12, 2012 | Friday | News
Phylogica, Cubist evaluate antimicrobial phylomers

Singapore: Phylogica is collaborating with Cubist Pharmaceuticals in order to evaluate several of its antimicrobial Phyl...

July 26, 2013 | Friday | News
Kevin Buchi joins Benitec board

Singapore: Benitec Biopharma appointed Mr Kevin Buchi to its board of directors. Mr Buchi served as CEO of Cephalon, thr...

April 11, 2013 | Thursday | Influencers
Osiris successfully defends patent challenge in Australia

Singapore: Osiris Therapeutics, a Columbia-based company focused on developing and marketing stem cell products to treat...

February 26, 2013 | Tuesday | Regulatory
Gene discovery to avoid fatal baby disease

Singapore: One of the genes which causes a muscle disease so severe that newborn babies rarely survive beyond a few days...

June 10, 2013 | Monday | News