Australia uses ‘Live’ brain models to hunt for Alzheimer’s treatment

Studying tiny ‘live’ models of the human brain has helped researchers understand its ageing and find a key t...

November 2, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia gives recognition to India's Covaxin & China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia has determined that Covaxin (manufactured by Bhar...

November 1, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia develops bionic technology to assist people with nerve damage

A shoe insole using bionic technology to help people with nerve damage maintain their balance has been designed by Unive...

October 29, 2021 | Friday | News
Clinical trial for generalised anxiety disorder receives ethics approval in Australia

Monash University in Australia has obtained ethics approval for a world-first clinical trial investigating psilocybin-as...

October 28, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster dose

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia has approved a booster dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for i...

October 27, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia makes breakthrough in vaccine development to prevent hookworm infection

There’s been a significant breakthrough in the development of a vaccine to prevent hookworm infection, a parasite ...

October 26, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia launches new tool to explain COVID-19 risks

A calculator to help people understand their risk factors for COVID-19 infection and vaccination has been launched by th...

October 25, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia invests $85M to find solutions for major questions in human health

Seventeen multidisciplinary research teams will each receive $5 million in funding from the Australian government to fin...

October 22, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia boosts stem cell research with grants worth $25M

The government is boosting Australian led stem cell research through $25 million in grants, to help find and develop inn...

October 21, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia's iQ Group offers saliva glucose biosensor to replace invasive finger-prick

Australia-based iQ Group Global, on behalf of its subsidiary, Life Science Biosensor Diagnostics Pty Ltd (LSBD), has ann...

October 20, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia explores 'cell fitness' for predicting health outcomes in COVID-19 patients

Cell fitness has been identified as a way of predicting health outcomes in COVID-19 patients, according to a University ...

October 19, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia secures access to two additional COVID-19 treatments

The Australian government has secured access to two additional COVID-19 treatments to support the National Plan to Trans...

October 18, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia approves COVID-19 rapid antigen self-tests

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the medicine and therapeutic regulatory agency of the Australian Government,...

October 15, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia's Topelia to raises $25M in Series A funding for Antiviral Triple Therapy (ATT)

Topelia Australia, a biotech company established to commercialize a novel ATT treatment for Australians in quarantine, h...

October 14, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia opens new grant opportunities worth $30M for medical research

The Australian government is investing up to $30 million in health and medical research to help bring ground-breaking di...

October 14, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia brings world’s first children’s mental health and wellbeing strategy

The Australian government has launched the world’s first National Children’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Str...

October 13, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Digital transformation- An expensive exercise

Increasing industry pressures in the medical devices (MedTech) sector, including complex regulation and operational inef...

October 12, 2021 | Tuesday | Opinion
Comprehensive AI Retinal Expert system offers new hope for APAC

An international group of researchers has successfully applied artificial intelligence (AI) technology to real-world ret...

October 12, 2021 | Tuesday | News