Starpharma VivaGel® BV secures TGA approval for prevention of BV
8 October 2020 Release date: 25 September 2020 Highlights: VivaGel® BV approved claims in Australia have been expanded to also include prevention of recurrent bacterial vaginosis (BV) VivaGel® BV is the only OTC pharmacy product in Australia to…
4DMedical Receives TGA Approval For XV Lung Ventilation Analysis Software (XV LVAS)
8 October 2020 Release date: 30 September 2020 Highlights The Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has approved 4DMedical’s XV Lung Ventilation Analysis Software (XV LVAS) for inclusion in the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) XV LVAS utilises…
R&D Tax Incentive – Federal Budget (October 2021)
8 October 2020 As provided to BioMelbourne Network Members in Insider, 8 October 2020. The following is a summary of the R&D Tax Incentive. Overall the news is good with the Federal Government enhancing some aspects of the…
Skills Impact: New National Vocational Skills Standards
8 October 2020 Provided by Skills Impact. A skill set has been developed to support the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry’s urgent response to the COVID-19 health crisis. The skill set includes four national units of competency. It is available…
Tricycle Developments love to solve problems that improve lives and create positive impact
Posted 8 October 2020 This is a BioMelbourne Network Good News Story – click here to find out more and submit yours. Tricycle Developments love to solve problems that improve lives and create a positive impact. Located in Melbourne, Tricycle provides design and…
Digital Business Plan To Drive Australia’s Economic Recovery
8 October 2020 Release date: 29 September 2020 The Morrison Government is investing almost $800 million to enable businesses to take advantage of digital technologies to grow their businesses and create jobs as part of our economic recovery…
RMIT research confirms link between sleep apnea and Alzheimer’s disease
8 October 2020 Release date 29 September 2020 New research led by RMIT University has confirmed long-suspected links between sleep apnea and Alzheimer’s disease, finding identical signs of brain damage in both conditions. While the cause of Alzheimer’s…
WHO endorses Burnet HIV diagnostic
8 October 2020 Release date 25 September 2020 A Burnet-designed rapid point-of-care test for HIV has been accepted for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) list of prequalified in vitro diagnostics. The VISITECT® CD4 Advanced Disease Test, developed by…
Epilepsy diagnosis fast-tracked with Monash machine learning technology
8 October 2020 Release date: 25 September 2020 Researchers at Monash University have applied advanced machine learning technology to provide epilepsy patients with a more accurate and rapid diagnosis. Together with Alfred Health and The Royal Melbourne hospital,…
Neurological consequences of COVID-19: The ‘Silent Wave’
8 October 2020 Is the world prepared a wave of neurological consequences that may be on its way as a result of COVID-19? This question is at the forefront of research underway at the Florey Institute of Neuroscience…
WEHI researchers taking the STING out of MND
8 October 2020 Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers are working towards a potential treatment to slow the progression of motor neuron disease (MND), offering hope to people with this debilitating and incurable illness. The research team have…
MTPConnect release second edition of COVID-19 Impact Report
8 October 2020 Via MTPConnect With Australia confirming its first case of the coronavirus on 25 January 2020, it wasn’t long before COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, emerged as a public health and economic crisis. The medical…
