Grey Innovation to Lead Industry Consortium to Build Ventilators in Victoria
9. April 2020 Grey Innovation is pleased to announce that as the leader of a Victorian industry consortium, it has received backing from the Victorian Goverment in the form of a $500 thousand grant for the project’s feasibility…
Researchers design ventilation hoods for hospital beds to help contain COVID-19 spread
9 April 2020 University of Melbourne researchers working in collaboration with Western Health have designed a personal ventilation hood for hospital beds to help contain the droplet spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in intensive care units (ICUs). The transparent,…
Immutep’s Partner, EOC Pharma, Continues to Advance Efti in Breast Cancer
8 April 2020 Immutep Limited (ASX: IMM; NASDAQ: IMMP) (“Immutep” or “the Company”), is pleased to inform that EOC Pharma (“EOC”) and Immutep jointly discussed the current AIPAC results and confirmed plans to continue advancing Efti (designated as…
Post-Deployment In Wuhan Hospitals, MUVi Is Now Seeking To Scale-Up UV Light Productions For Australian Healthcare Facilities
7 April 2020 Murray McDonald, the director of Australian MedTech startup MUVi (Mobile UV innovation) is seeking $200K to produce an additional batch of UV lights to supply Australian hospitals. “We are rapidly scaling up our UV lights…
A test for COVID-19 risk, infectivity and immunity
7 April 2020 Monash scientists are repurposing technology they developed recently to make a rapid test to determine who: has immunity to coronavirus remains infectious is at risk of developing a severe form of the disease. A team,…
Robert Bosch Australia – Manufacturers FOR Manufacturers
7 April 2020 Posted on behalf of Robert Bosch Australia in regards to COVID-19 assistance: “We are designers and builders of manual to automated manufacturing systems, robotics and testing systems which can be used in the manufacturing of anything…
Global Plasma Leaders Collaborate to Accelerate Development of Potential COVID-19 Hyperimmune Therapy
7 April 2020 Biotest, BPL, LFB, and Octapharma have joined an alliance formed by CSL Behring (ASX:CSL/USOTC:CSLLY) and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) to develop a potential plasma-derived therapy for treating COVID-19. The alliance will begin immediately with the investigational development of one,…
CSIRO – Nation’s disease response bolstered
4 April 2020 With the increasing threat of diseases spreading from animals to humans, including COVID-19, $220m will be directed to upgrading the high containment biosecurity research facility in Geelong, currently testing vaccines to combat the disease. Operated…
Possible coronavirus drug identified by Monash University scientists
3 April 2020 A collaborative study led by the Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) with the Peter Doherty Institute of Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute), a joint venture of the University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital, has shown that…
New international collaboration showcases drug development potential
3 April 2020 New research from Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS), in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute, Mayo Clinic, University of Auckland, University of Essex and University of Tokyo, has uncovered new structures of protein receptors,…
CSIRO begins testing COVID-19 vaccines
2 April 2020 CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, has commenced the first stage of testing potential vaccines for COVID-19. The testing, expected to take three months, is underway at CSIRO’s high-containment biosecurity facility, the Australian Animal Health Laboratory…
BCG vaccine trial to protect Australian healthcare workers has begun, enabled by major philanthropic backing
2 April 2020 News at a Glance The BRACE trial to test whether BCG vaccination reduces the impact of COVID-19 has begun in Melbourne 300 staff at the Melbourne Children’s Campus of the planned 4000 healthcare workers across…
