Australian sandalwood maker buys two US pharma firms

Singapore: West Australian sandalwood producer TFS Corporation has announced the acquisition of two US pharma firms in a...

June 22, 2015 | Monday | News
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