Investment In Artificial Intelligence Is Real Deal For Victoria
26 June 2020 The Victorian Government today announced it would contribute $1.5 million to the establishment of Australia’s first multimillion-dollar accelerator and investment fund for Artificial Intelligence (AI) scaleups. Backed by LaunchVic, Victoria’s startup agency, Boab AI in…
$19 million for Artificial Intelligence health research projects
29 June 2020 The Morrison Government is investing $19 million in transformative medical research projects using game-changing applied artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, to improve the ways we prevent, diagnose and treat a wide range of health conditions. The…
Immutep Completes Recruitment For Part A Of Phase II TACTI-002 Study
29 June 2020 Immutep Limited, a biotechnology company developing novel immunotherapy treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases, is pleased to report it has enrolled and safely dosed the last patient for stage 2 of Part A (1st line…
New Real-World Data from Medtronic Global SYMPLICITY Registry Show Renal Denervation Lowered Blood Pressure in Hypertension Patients
25 June 2020 Medtronic plc, the global leader in medical technology, today reported new data from the Global SYMPLICITY Registry (GSR), which showed that renal denervation (RDN) with the Medtronic Symplicity™ Renal Denervation System significantly reduced blood pressure…
Use of saliva as a diagnostic specimen for COVID-19
25 June 2020 The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity (Doherty Institute) has been working to validate the use of saliva as a diagnostic specimen for COVID-19. Professor Deborah Williamson, Director of the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Department…
RMIT, Siemens and Festo partner to create new Industrial Digital Innovation Hub
25 June 2020 RMIT, Siemens and Festo have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore major areas of cooperation to help drive workforce transformation for Industry 4.0 in the Australasian region, including the establishment of an…
Small Business Tax Cuts Kick in from 1 July 2020
30 June 2020 As of tomorrow, Australia’s 3.5 million small and family businesses will be paying less tax as a result of legislated company tax cuts passed by the Morrison Government. By bringing forward tax relief, the Morrison…
Sienna Diagnostics Calls Notting Hill Home
26 June 2020 Sienna relocates to 23 Normanby Road, Notting Hill. Sienna leaves the STC precinct after a successful 5 years. Development, commercialisation and launch of the hTERT IVD in the USA (2016) Successful registrations and l istings…
Planet Innovation wins global manufacturing contract for decontamination products used worldwide for infectious disease control
26 June 2020 TOMI Environmental Solutions, a global company specializing in decontamination and disinfection, has selected Planet Innovation, a healthtech innovation and commercialization company, to manufacture its SteraMist® range of products used worldwide for infectious disease control, including…
CSL Behring Agrees to Acquire Novel Late-Stage Gene Therapy Candidate for Hemophilia B Patients from uniQure
24 June 2020 Global biotherapeutics leader CSL Behring announced today that it has agreed to acquire exclusive global license rights to commercialize an adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy program, AMT-061 (etranacogene dezaparvovec), for the treatment of hemophilia B from uniQure (NASDAQ:…
Medicinal cannabis may reduce behavioural problems in kids with intellectual disabilities
25 June 2020 Cannabidiol, a type of medicinal cannabis, may reduce severe behavioural problems in children and adolescents with an intellectual disability a new study has found. The pilot study, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published…
ARMI Scientists Harness Computing Power to Unlock Biological Networks
23 June 2020 A new algorithm developed by ARMI researchers is set to become the gold standard in network analysis. Called “Integrated Value of Influence (IVI),” the algorithm will help systems biology scientists better understand development and…
