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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…

Australians 65 and older become first in the world to access FLUAD® Quad

2 April 2020 Australians 65 and older have become the first in the world to access FLUAD® Quad (adjuvanted quadrivalent influenza vaccine) following addition to the National Immunisation Program in 2020(1) FLUAD® Quad is a new vaccine that…

Skills Australia – Essential industry survey: biopharmaceutical and medical technology manufacturing industry (lodged by Tijan Ventures & BioMelbourne Network)

Posted to web – 31 March 2020 Lodged by Tijan Ventures & BioMelbourne Network 27 March 2020 Julie Stratford Industry Engagement Manager Skills Impact By Email Dear Julie, Essential industry survey: biopharmaceutical and medical technology manufacturing industry The…

Australians impacted by stomach cancer drive funding

31 March 2020 Walter and Eliza Hall Institute stomach cancer researcher Dr Lorraine O’Reilly credits a recent boost in funding from Cancer Council NSW to the support she’s received from people with stomach cancer and their carers. At a glance…

AdAlta: Business update and COVID-19 response

31 March 2020 Highlights • Preparation continues for the healthy volunteer component of AD-214 Phase I study due to start in mid-2020 • GE Healthcare (GEHC) collaboration progresses to next stage; COVID-19 mitigation actions in place • Development…

Medtronic Shares Ventilation Design Specifications to Accelerate Efforts to Increase Global Ventilator Production

31 March 2020 Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today announced it is publicly sharing the design specifications for the Puritan Bennett™ 560 (PB 560) to enable participants across industries to evaluate options for rapid…

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