Victorian patients with frontotemporal dementia to trial new drug
IN a world-first trial, Victorians with a devastating form of dementia that strikes in middle age will be given a drug aimed at slowing the disease. Thousands of Australians have the condition, which causes changes in personality and…
Discovery Award to support new test for sepsis
Burnet Institute’s Global Health Diagnostics Laboratory has been awarded a prestigious Longitude Prize Discovery Award to facilitate the development of a laboratory-based sepsis assay into a point-of-care test. The award will also support the Laboratory’s bid for a…
BioMelbourne Network has appointed Lusia Guthrie to the BioMelbourne Network’s Board of Directors as of September 2017
With over 35 years in pharmaceutical and bioscience industries, Lusia Guthrie is an experienced executive and medtech entrepreneur, with strong leadership skills and international industry networks. She started her career as a Medical Laboratory Scientist before joining the…
Attention all Victorians attending AusBiotech 2017 in Adelaide
The Victorian Government will be hosting a stand in the Exhibition Hall for the duration of the AusBiotech Conference, promoting Victoria as a leading global location for biotechnology. You are encouraged to drop by the stand to connect…
CSL Completes Transaction to Acquire a Majority Stake in Chinese Plasma Fractionator
CSL Limited (ASX:CSL; USOTC:CSLLY) today announced that it has closed a joint venture transaction with Humanwell Healthcare Group Co. Ltd. (Humanwell; Shanghai exchange: 600079) to acquire a majority stake in plasma-derived therapies manufacturer Wuhan Zhong Yuan Rui De Biological…
Global Connections Fund Bridging Grant Awardees 2017
The Global Connections Fund is an initiative of the Australian Government’s National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA) funded by the Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. You can see Bridging Grant Awardees here
Positive Data from Cynata MSCs in Second Preclinical Asthma Study
Positive Data from Cynata MSCs in Second Preclinical Asthma Study • Clear efficacy data for Cynata’s proprietary Cymerus™ MSCs in second preclinical study in a clinically-relevant model of asthma • Cymerus MSCs caused significantly greater reduction of airway…
Regenerative Medicine Industry Interface – a new industry collaboration in Victoria
Announcing RMI2 The Regenerative Medicine Industry Interface Regenerative Medicine An emerging field of medical science, regenerative medicine incorporates the use of cells, factors, and other biological building blocks, along with bioengineered materials and technologies for widespread clinical applications.…
Victorian medical emergency company Medical Developments International emerges as global leader
A Victorian emergency medicine company has risen to become a global leader, thanks to its range of respiratory medications. Offering new devices for asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Medical Developments International (MDI), is turning its attention…
New collaboration for Alzheimer’s Research – SVI & Janssen
SVI has entered into a collaboration and license agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Janssen”), one of the Janssen Pharmaceuticals Companies of Johnson & Johnson. The partnership is aimed at developing and commercialising small molecule modulators of microglial function…
An Australian first: Monash launches new Diabetes Department
Monash University today officially launched its new Department of Diabetes – the first and only university department in Australia dedicated to the disease. Opened by the Honourable Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health, the new Department is a…
LBT Innovations Receives 2017 SA Science Excellence Award for Collaboration
LBT Innovations Ltd (LBT) has been awarded the 2017 SA Science Excellence Award for “Excellence in Research Collaboration”. The award recognises excellence in developing a world leading intelligent medical device in South Australia, and the collaboration between the…
