Australia reports no specific risk for Pfizer vaccine in elderly patients

On January 14, 2021 the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) received reports of about 30 deaths in over 40,000 e...

February 2, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia provisionally approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has provisionally approved the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for use in Au...

January 25, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia secures additional vaccine workforce

The Australian government is preparing for the COVID-19 vaccine rollout by securing an additional vaccine workforce and ...

January 22, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia develops test to accurately predict mood disorders

Scientists at the University of South Australia (UniSA) have developed the world’s first test to accurately predic...

January 21, 2021 | Thursday | News
Researchers look at several scenarios to influence vaccine policy in Australia

The level of vaccination uptake will be the most important factor in controlling the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a n...

January 20, 2021 | Wednesday | News
New U Life pre-launches healthcare products in NZ, Australia

New U Life, a US based wellness company that creates products that unify the body and mind to help individuals achieve w...

January 19, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia invests $44 M to extend dementia training, education and support

The Australian Government announced the extension of grant agreements for programs providing support, training...

January 14, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia puts $38 M for research into diabetes, heart disease

Two new medical research centres will be funded by the Australian government to produce rapid improvements in preventing...

January 12, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australian researchers invent a device to better identify and treat pain

A team of Griffith health technology researchers has won the iAwards 2020 Business Industry Solution of the Ye...

January 11, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia invests additional $3M to assist breast care nursing services

Australian Government commits to continue supporting The McGrath Foundation’s breast care nurses with a $3 mi...

January 11, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia reports new defence against mosquito-borne viruses

A team of researchers at Australia's The University of Queensland, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences ha...

January 11, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia injects $10 M for high potential COVID-19 related clinical trials

By mid-2021, volunteers aged between 18 and 75 years will be recruited for an accelerated clinical trial of two ‘n...

January 4, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia rolls out strategies for COVID-19 vaccine supply and distribution

Australian Government has announced that it has signed contracts with the companies to partner for safe distributio...

December 28, 2020 | Monday | News
Australia supports medical research by investing $172.5 M more in fund

The Australian Government contributes an additional $172.5 million to supplement the Medical Research Future Fund (...

December 24, 2020 | Thursday | News
Alterity, UniQuest team up to reverse bacterial resistance to antibiotics

Alterity Therapeutics has announced it has been granted a licence by UniQuest, the commercialisation company of The ...

December 22, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Australia develops world-first antiviral textile technology

Australian materials science and technology start-up, Xefco®, in collaboration with Swiss textile innovator, HeiQ, h...

December 18, 2020 | Friday | News
Australia, UK focus on respiratory complications in recovered Covid-19 patients

CN Bio, a leading cell culture company based in the UK, has announced a collaboration with the University of Melbourne i...

December 17, 2020 | Thursday | News
Australia invests $300 M in medical research projects for better healthcare

The Australian Government is investing $300 million in ground-breaking health and medical research projects across ...

December 16, 2020 | Wednesday | News