BioCurate launches first round of project investments
BioCurate Pty Ltd has achieved an important milestone announcing investments in six early drug discovery projects from research groups at The University of Melbourne and Monash University. These projects represent the first tranche of investments for BioCurate: Dr…
Victorian Cancer Agency Cancer Health Services Research grants awarded
As part of the Victorian Government’s Victoria Cancer Action Plan 2016-2020, five of the state’s most brilliant scientific minds will receive $1.5 million in grants to support their ground-breaking discoveries and medical breakthroughs in cancer research. The grants,…
Professional development opportunity: Women in Leadership Development (WILD)
Applications are now open for the Women in Leadership Development (WILD) Program. WILD is open to Victorian women in the science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) sector. The program builds qualifications, skills and confidence to help women attain senior leadership…
Expressions of interest for Springboard Enterprises Australia Accelerator now open
The Springboard Enterprises Australia Accelerator provides women-led companies access to a suite of relevant experts and resources to assist them in building scalable, sustainable businesses. The program serves as the on-ramp into the Springboard Alumnae Network: a global…
Digital health companies announced for industry-led accelerator
Five digital health companies have been announced as the successful applicants for ANDHealth+ 2018, Australia’s only mid-stage digital health, market and investment readiness program. ANDHealth+ addresses an unmet need in company support available for digital health companies by…
Expressions of interest for membership to TGA’s statutory advisory committees
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from professionals with expertise in relevant scientific and medical fields or appropriate consumer health issues to support our functions as a best practice regulator. As a committee…
Kesem Health selected for ANDHealth+ 2018
Kesem Health announced today it succeeded in securing a place in Australian’s only mid-stage digital health program, ANDHealth+. Kesem Health will receive up to $60,000 worth of specialist third-party services and up to $150,000 of in-kind support to…
Davies Collison Cave announces 20 promotions and expands it service offering with lateral hire of a new team.
New team and service offering Davies Collison Cave Law is pleased to announce that it has expanded its service offering into the corporate and private client advisory, mergers and acquisitions, tax and property areas with the appointment of…
2018 ATSE Clunies Ross Award Recepients
2018 ATSE Clunies Ross Entrepreneur of the Year: Dr Erol Harvey FTSE TRANSLATING MICRO AND NANO TECHNOLOGY Scientist, educator and entrepreneur Dr Erol Harvey has made outstanding contributions to Australia through the world-leading microfluidic engineering company MiniFAB, his…
Cynata Announces Research Collaboration with University of New South Wales to Develop Stem Cell Therapies for Coronary Artery Disease
Melbourne, Australia; 18 June 2018: Australian stem cell and regenerative medicine company Cynata Therapeutics Limited (ASX: CYP) is pleased to announce that it has commenced a preclinical research collaboration with UNSW Sydney (the University of New South Wales)…
Prana to commence Phase 1 clinical trial of PBT434 for treatment of parkinsonian diseases
Prana receives ethics committee approval for a clinical trial evaluating first in human dosing of PBT434 Recruitment has commenced for the first cohort of healthy volunteers Study conducted by leading Australian early phase clinical trial facility Nucleus Network,…
ASX 100 reaches 30 per cent target but board appointments slow
ASX 200 boards have made substantial progress since 2009 when the percentage of female directors stood at just 8.3%. It now stands at 27.7%. The Australian Institute of…
