Australia leads world-first clinical trial on benefits of losing weight prior to pregnancy

The University of Sydney, Australia is leading the world's largest clinical trial exploring how losing weight prior to p...

January 13, 2022 | Thursday | News
Australia invests $44 M to expand health and medical research capability

The Australian government is investing in the future competitiveness of Australian health and medical research with more...

January 12, 2022 | Wednesday | News
Australia discovers new treatments for infectious diseases

  Researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) in Australia have disc...

January 11, 2022 | Tuesday | News
Rare cancers & rare diseases research receives $63.4M boost in Australia

Research into some of the world’s rarest forms of cancer and disease have received a boost, with the Australian go...

January 10, 2022 | Monday | News
Mental health clinical trials receive funding worth $14.8 M in Australia

Seven clinical trials testing the use of potential breakthrough combination therapies to treat debilitating mental illne...

January 7, 2022 | Friday | News
Australia injects $5.5 M for clinical trials to treat low-survival breast cancers

Two clinical trials which could save lives through new therapies to treat breast cancers that have low rates of survival...

January 6, 2022 | Thursday | News
Australia grants provisional determination to AstraZeneca's Evusheld for adolescents

On 4 January 2022, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia granted a further provisional determination t...

January 4, 2022 | Tuesday | News
T-cell responses by vaccines and boosters effective against Omicron: Australian study

Research from the University of Melbourne in Australia and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKU...

January 3, 2022 | Monday | News
Australia identifies drivers of kidney disease

For the first time, researchers from Australian National University have identified a gene which shows the kidney has it...

December 28, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia forms world-first consortium to fight global blindness

Australian leaders in corneal bioengineering have collaborated to form BIENCO, a consortium to develop bioengineered eye...

December 27, 2021 | Monday | News
Nasal spray to fight COVID-19 heads to clinical trial in Australia

An at-home nasal spray treatment for COVID-19 will be put to the test by Melbourne biomedical researchers, as the Univer...

December 24, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia links walking style with ‘future osteoarthritis’

The way people move and unconsciously place pressure on certain joints when walking could play a role in future onset an...

December 23, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia updates COVID-19 calculator for Pfizer vaccine efficacy

The University of Queensland in Australia has updated a calculator to help people understand their risk factors for COVI...

December 22, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia works on retinal immune cells for preventing diabetes-related vision loss

New research could form the basis for developing life-changing therapies that limit the impact of diabetic eye disease, ...

December 21, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia using ‘manikin’ to track COVID-19 within indoor spaces

Using a breathing manikin (one of a kind in Australia), together with an inert, traceable gas that simulated SARS-CoV-2 ...

December 20, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia connects differences in brain structure and genetics with chronic pain

Genetic factors partly explain the link between brain structure and chronic pain, according to Australia's University of...

December 16, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia develops copper surface that eliminates bacteria in 2 minutes

The new copper product is the result of a collaborative research project with RMIT University and Australia’s nati...

December 15, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Moderna to bring mRNA manufacturing to Australia

US-based Moderna, Inc. has announced an agreement in principle with the Australian Government to build a state-of-the-ar...

December 14, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia invests $23.7 M to boost preventative health

Twenty-one health groups across Australia will share $23.7 million over three years thanks to the Australian Government&...

December 13, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia uses closed-loop therapy for diabetes treatment in elders

Closed-loop insulin-delivery could be the key to treating older adults with long-duration type 1 diabetes, according to ...

December 10, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia links antidepressants with post-surgery delirium

Older people taking a medicine used to treat anxiety and insomnia – nitrazepam – as well as those on antidep...

December 9, 2021 | Thursday | News
$540 M to continue and expand Australia’s COVID-19 response

The Australian government has invested a further $540 million in response to the COVID-19 pandemic including significant...

December 8, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia lays focus on creating continuous medical education pathway

One hundred future doctors will be training in the Darling Downs and South West regions in Australia within three years ...

December 7, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Victoria makes Australia’s first mRNA vaccine candidate

Victorian scientists and manufacturers have created Australia’s first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate – Aust...

December 6, 2021 | Monday | News
Bionic eye study in Australia paves way towards human trials

A bionic eye being developed by a team of biomedical researchers at the University of Sydney and University of New South...

December 3, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia announces $50 M investment for HIV and blood borne viruses

The Australian government marked World AIDS Day on 1 December by announcing over $50 million in new funding to extend ac...

December 2, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia invests $37.2 M for Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder support

The Australian government is investing more than $37 million for Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) diagnostic serv...

December 1, 2021 | Wednesday | News
World-first lung cancer screening facility in Australia increases chance of cure

A semi-trailer will be converted into the world’s first mobile lung cancer screening facility to help boost early ...

November 30, 2021 | Tuesday | News
New biotech incubator in Australia to drive world-class medical research

CSL, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI), and the University of Melbourne have secured funding to creat...

November 29, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia suggests anxiety symptoms as early indicator of Alzheimer’s disease

New research suggests that anxiety symptoms in late-middle-aged adults may be an indicator of the earliest stage of Alzh...

November 26, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia establishes national aged care advisory council

Seventeen prominent Australians will provide expert advice on aged care issues and the implementation of the Australian ...

November 25, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia uses nanotechnology to offer pain relief for tooth sensitivity

In an Australian first, researchers from the University of Queensland have used nanotechnology to develop effective ways...

November 24, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia offers new analysis to predict how well vaccines will work against COVID-19 strains

The researchers from the Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases at the University of Sydney, UNSW Sydney&rsq...

November 23, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia focuses on state-of-the-art equipment to assist cancer treatment

The government is strengthening the safety and quality of Australia’s cancer treatment programs by securing $2.5 m...

November 22, 2021 | Monday | News
EQT Infrastructure buys Australia’s largest integrated cancer care provider

UK-based EQT Infrastructure has agreed to acquire Integrated Clinical Oncology Network Pty Ltd (Icon Group) from a ...

November 19, 2021 | Friday | News
mRNA Victoria, Ginkgo Bioworks to grow bioeconomy & biosecurity capabilities in Australia

mRNA Victoria, the agency of the Australian State of Victoria Government charged with building the State's mRNA man...

November 18, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia designs imaging software to accurately diagnose jaundice

Engineers from the University of South Australia and Middle Technical University have designed imaging softwar...

November 17, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Illumina invests $5M into genomics lab in Australia

US-based Illumina, Inc. has announced the opening of a new, fully equipped laboratory to help Australian researchers and...

November 16, 2021 | Tuesday | News
New 10 year plan to support Australians with diabetes

The Australian government has marked World Diabetes Day (on 14th November) by releasing a new 10 year plan to better sup...

November 15, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia provides additional support to patients with rare skin conditions

The Australian government is providing additional support, reducing the out of pocket costs for hundreds of Australians ...

November 12, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia puts focus on advanced 3D personalised medical manufacturing

The University of Melbourne, in partnership with 3DMEDiTech, will launch a new Joint Research and Training Centre (JRTC)...

November 11, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia launches Centre to transform treatments for mental health disorders

Monash University in Australia is launching an end-to-end, cross-disciplinary Centre to drive novel psychiatric drug dis...

November 10, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia discovers new solution to fight chronic middle ear infections

Bacteria found in children’s upper respiratory systems could help fight chronic middle ear infections, the leading...

November 9, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia announces funding worth $239M for 248 medical research projects

248 innovative research projects will receive a share of $239 million from the Morrison Government to help advance our u...

November 5, 2021 | Friday | News
New strategy shot in the arm for medical innovation at Australia

Western Australia has launched its first-ever Health and Medical Life Sciences Industry Strategy, as announced by the St...

November 3, 2021 | Wednesday | News
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
Australia launches new program for way forward after dementia diagnosis

An innovative new program launched on 11 October aims to assist the estimated 60,000 Australians diagnosed with dement...

October 11, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia launches new projects to combat brain injury in sports

The Australian government will boost funding to improve research and prevention of brain injuries and concussion for Aus...

October 8, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia's SpeeDx expands portfolio of SARS-CoV-2 genotyping reagents

SpeeDx., based in Australia, continues to expand its line of research reagents for the analysis of COVID-19 variants.&nb...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
CellVec to strengthen manufacturing and supply capacity of lentiviral vectors

Southeast Asia’s first GMP-compliant CDMO for viral vector manufacturing CellVec Pte Ltd has entered a strate...

October 7, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia to develop environmentally-friendly mosquito control tools

In a first for the Southern Hemisphere, researchers in Australia have shown a bacteria can successfully sterilise and er...

October 6, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Partnership ignites new medical R&D lab in Australia

A specialised medical research facility that will transform ground-breaking research into new medical equipment and tech...

October 5, 2021 | Tuesday | News
First facility sets-in at Australia with bioengineering expertise

The opening of new manufacturing facility Neo-Bionica sees the beginning of a new era in medical device development capa...

October 4, 2021 | Monday | News
“Aiming for Australia-India synergistic collaboration in Life Sciences Sector”

What role is the AIBX Programme playing in the healthcare and pharma sector? AIBX is a response to the ‘India Ec...

October 1, 2021 | Friday | Opinion
Philips, Teladoc Health to deliver virtual healthcare solutions in Australia & NZ

Royal Philips has signed a new partnership with Teladoc Health. The partnership is the first of its kind in Australia an...

October 1, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia targets key protein to fight inflammatory diseases

For the first time, researchers have identified key molecules within the immune system that may help fight the inflammat...

September 30, 2021 | Thursday | News
Anatara Lifesciences to launch First-of-its-kind Decentralized Clinical Trial in Australia

ObvioHealth, a global Virtual Research Organization (VRO), is set to launch a first-of-its-kind clinical trial in A...

September 30, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia-based SCHOTT MINIFAB expands biosensor printing capabilities

SCHOTT MINIFAB, an Australia-based subsidiary of SCHOTT that develops and manufactures microfluidic devices for point-of...

September 29, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia invests $1.5 million towards children’s mental health and wellbeing

Australia is providing a new, free phone application with information, ideas and guidance for parents to help them provi...

September 29, 2021 | Wednesday | News
SpeeDx, SynGenis partner for custom oligonucleotide synthesis

SpeeDx, a developer of innovative molecular diagnostic solutions announced an investment in SynGenis, an experienced oli...

September 28, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia injects $90 M to accelerate genomics and cardiovascular research

The Australian government is opening two medical research grant rounds, worth $90 million to help accelerate Australian-...

September 28, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia plans patient-focused clinical trial for brain cancer

Australians living with the most common and deadliest form of brain cancer will be given new hope thanks to a patient-fo...

September 27, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia injects $9.2 M in 12 new health and medical research projects

The Australian government is investing $9.2 million in 12 new health and medical research projects, transforming their i...

September 24, 2021 | Friday | News
Victoria’s Health Innovation Centre to create high-value jobs in Australia

Monash University in Australia will establish Victoria’s Health Innovation Centre, including a flagship cardiovasc...

September 23, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia identifies potential treatment for obesity and insulin resistance

Australia's Monash University researchers have shown for the first time that mesenteric (gut) lymphatic dysfunction is a...

September 22, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia invests $6.5 M for improving diagnosis of hepatitis C

To help improve the treatment times of those with hepatitis C, the Australian government will fund a new national point-...

September 21, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia injects $38.5 M to support dementia patients

Australia is set to establish a new National Centre for Monitoring Dementia to improve the care for those suffering...

September 20, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia pumps-in $4 M for traumatic brain injury research

To help support Australians living with and recovering from a traumatic brain injury, the government has launched the la...

September 17, 2021 | Friday | News
U.S. NIH supports an Australian Biopharma to develop antibiotics against crucial drug-resistant bacteria

SuperTrans Medical ("STM"), an Australian biopharmaceutical company developing novel antibiotics that target difficult-t...

September 17, 2021 | Friday | News
Australia develops nanoworms-based anti-viral coating for face masks

A coating developed at The University of Queensland in Australia has already proven effective in killing the virus that ...

September 16, 2021 | Thursday | News
Australia injects $472 M for health and medical research future

To further support Australia’s world-leading medical researchers, the Morrison Government will invest almost half ...

September 15, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia approves novel therapy to treat Advanced Small Cell Lung Cancer

Australian patients with an aggressive form of lung cancer (metastatic Small Cell Lung Cancer) can now access a new...

September 15, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Key players in psoriasis offer strong support through branded digital channels in Australia

Psoriasis (PsO) therapeutics market in Australia is dominated by biologics such as anti-TNF, anti-IL-17, anti-IL-23, and...

September 14, 2021 | Tuesday | Analysis
Australia brings world-first 3D imaging for melanoma detection

Australians could have skin cancer diagnosed earlier using world-first 3D scanning technology with the launch of the Aus...

September 14, 2021 | Tuesday | News
Australia invests $5M to find new antibody treatment for COVID-19

The Australian government is providing $5 million to researchers at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Resea...

September 13, 2021 | Monday | News
Australia to develop non-opioid painkillers for treating chronic pain

Australia's Monash University researchers have made a breakthrough discovery that could pave the way for the development...

September 9, 2021 | Thursday | News
World's first Nano cellular broad-spectrum COVID-19 vaccine developing in Australia

EnGeneIC Limited, an Australian, Sydney-based biotechnology company, has developed a globally unique nano cellular techn...

September 8, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia brings world's first nasal swab designed specifically for children

Rhinomed Limited, based in Australia, has completed development of the world's first nasal swab designed specifically fo...

September 8, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Australia inks new medicines agreements for significant patient benefits

Australians will have more affordable, improved and guaranteed access to medicines under landmark long-term strategic ag...

September 7, 2021 | Tuesday | News
“With an array of partners, we are tackling some of the biggest unmet needs in mental health diseases”

What unique initiatives are being taken by the company to connect microbiome with human health? Which are the major ther...

September 6, 2021 | Monday | Opinion
Australia conducts new research on brain and spinal cord repair

A new research from the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (ARMI) at Monash University has identified novel cell...

September 2, 2021 | Thursday | News
University of Western Australia opens cryo-EM facility to tackle critical research

A Nobel prize-winning technique that underpins worldwide efforts to understand and treat diseases, and develop new drugs...

September 1, 2021 | Wednesday | News
Synthetic biology ensuring upto $27B dividend, 44,000 jobs by 2040 for Australia

According to a new report released by Australia’s national science agency, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial ...

August 31, 2021 | Tuesday | News

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