Global diagnostics leader Hany Massarany joins Planet Innovation Board
20 August 2020 Hany Massarany, a renowned leader in the global diagnostics industry, is joining the Planet Innovation Board as a non-executive director. Hany brings more than 25 years of healthcare, life sciences and diagnostics experience, most recently as…
Digital health companies defy downturn to deliver significant growth in H1 2020
20 August 2020 ANDHealth, Australia’s leading organisation in accelerating the commercialisation of evidence-based digital health technologies, today announced new outcomes achieved by the Australian companies which participated in the two-year pilot of the ANDHealth+ Program. The companies report…
ANDHealth to deliver unique commercialisation expertise to Western Australian digital health companies
18 August 2020 ANDHealth has been funded to deliver its unique commercialisation framework and expertise to Western Australian digital health companies throughout 2020, alongside the Telethon Kids Institute, supported by the Western Australian State Government’s New Industries Fund.…
University of Melbourne rises in latest Academic Ranking of World Universities
18 August 2020 Release date 16 August 2020 The University of Melbourne is ranked the 35th best institution in the world according to the latest Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). Overall, the University improved six places on its 2019…
Davies Collison Cave Law Launches Issue 8 of Resource Centre
18 August 2020 Release date: 10 August 2020 Davies Collison Cave has launched Issue 8 of their DCCL Resource centre, containing helpful up-to-date resources for clients, including sharing a number of recent webinars on topics including: Hardship and…
EY Australia announces $2.13 billion revenue for FY20, up 12.7 per cent
18 August 2020 Release date 6 August 2020 EY Australia announced $2.13 billion revenue, up 12.7 per cent, for the 12 months to June 30. Strong momentum as COVID-19 hit, the resilience of the business and the outstanding…
Immutep Completes Recruitment For Stage 1 Of Part B In TACTI-002 Study
18 August 2020 Immutep Limited is pleased to report it has enrolled and safely dosed the last patient for stage 1 of Part B of its TACTI-002 Phase II study, completing recruitment of stage 1 of Part B.…
Hub Services Contract With DMTC Extended
17 August 2020 A $3.9 million contract extension will help put cutting-edge capabilities into the hands of Australia’s service men and women, and build industrial supply chain capacity. Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said the contract extension…
MTPConnect’s REDI Initiative Partners With APR.Intern
18 August 2020 A new funding partnership between APR.Intern and MTPConnect will increase workforce capabilities and strengthen research translation within Australia’s medtech, biotech and pharmaceutical sector. Under the agreement, MTPConnect’s REDI initiative will provide 20 businesses in the medtech,…
Starpharma signs new DEP® partnership with Chase Sun
17 August 2020 Starpharma today announced that it has signed a new research partnership with leading Chinese Pharmaceutical company Tianjin Chase Sun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd[1]. (stock code 300026; Chase Sun), to develop several DEP® nanoparticle formulations for an anti-infective…
Australia leads on elimination of global cervical cancer
14 August 2020 Release Date: 12 August 2020 Australia has led the way by sponsoring a resolution at the most recent World Health Assembly calling for World Health Organization (WHO) Member States to adopt the WHO Global Strategy:…
$2 million project to transform University of Melbourne’s Dookie Agricultural College
13 August 2020 Upgrades will be made to the University of Melbourne’s Dookie campus thanks to a $2 million funding boost announced today by the Minister for Training and Skills and Higher Education Gayle Tierney. The funding will…
