2023 Member Survey results
Posted: 6 March 2024 On 8 December 2023, BioMelbourne Network invited our members to complete the 2023 Member Survey which closed on 31 January 2024. We conduct this survey annually and track the trends year on year, so…
Potential to use Deoxymabs to treat autoimmune diseases
Posted: 5 March 2024 Patrys has announced that new data from preclinical studies using PAT-DX1 in animal models of anti neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) vasculitis will be presented at the 21st International Vasculitis Workshop in Barcelona next month. Dr Kim O’Sullivan…
Florey researchers paving way forward for MS treatments
Posted: 5 March 2024 Florey researchers Associate Professor Justin Rubio and Dr Sarrabeth Stone have been awarded a combined total of $900,000 to propel research looking into treatments for multiple sclerosis. Associate Professor Justin Rubio has been awarded $650,000…
Jobs Boost As World-Leading Company Makes Parkville Home
Posted: 5 March 2024 The Allan Labor Government is ensuring Parkville continues to grow as a world-leading biomedical precinct, attracting global investment and creating local jobs as more companies choose to make it their home. Minister for Precincts…
Monash University and Moderna Regional Research Centre appoint industry expert to lead mRNA medicine joint-venture
Posted: 5 March 2024 Monash University and Moderna have together appointed Professor Noelia Nebot as the inaugural Director of the Monash-Moderna Quantitative Pharmacology Accelerator (MMQPA), which was launched in 2023 to drive advancements in homegrown mRNA medicines. Professor Nebot will…
Major funding unlocks research pathways for innovative antiviral treatment against influenza
Posted: 1 March 2024 The University of Melbourne at the Doherty Institute has secured $3.1 million of funding from the Novo Nordisk Foundation to develop a novel antiviral drug to counter influenza. This could be a game changer…
New Guidance Document to Bolster AMR Surveillance in the Western Pacific
Posted: 1 March 2024 In the ongoing battle against the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the WHO Collaborating Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance at the Doherty Institute, in collaboration with the WHO Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WPRO),…
New insight into gene uncovers its link to incurable birth defect
Posted: 1 March 2024 Researchers have unravelled how mutations in a gene can lead to an incurable neurodevelopmental disorder that causes abnormal brain development in newborns and infants. The study, published in the journal eLife, is the first to…
Imbio Secures Research Agreement with U.S. Dept of Veteran Affairs
Posted: 28 February 2024 Respiratory imaging technology company 4DMedical Limited (ASX:4DX, “4DMedical”, or the “Company”) today announces the signing of a research agreement with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). VA research agreement 4DMedical’s wholly owned subsidiary,…
Telix Expands U.S. Development and Manufacturing Infrastructure with Acquisition of IsoTherapeutics
Posted: 28 February 2024 Telix today announces it has entered into an agreement to acquire IsoTherapeutics Group, LLC (IsoTherapeutics), a specialty radiopharmaceutical development and bioconjugation firm, based in Angleton, Texas. Founded in 2005, IsoTherapeutics is a privately held,…
DATA COLLECTION COMPLETE FOR FIRST INTERIM ANALYSIS IN ACTION3 PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL FOR FSGS KIDNEY DISEASE
Posted: 27 February 2024 Dimerix Limited (ASX: DXB, “Dimerix”), is pleased to confirm that data from the first 72 patients randomised in the ACTION3 Phase 3 trial of DMX-200 in patients with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) has successfully…
Clearer and faster: 5-minute MRI on the horizon
Posted: 27 February 2024 A 5-minute full-body MRI scan could soon become a reality with the help of a promising new AI method developed by Monash University engineers. In a study published in Computers in Biology and Medicine, researchers have…
