Kogan Online – Access to bulk products
16 April 2020 Kogan Online is an online retail department store with access to high volume stocks of various face masks and hand sanitiser products. Under usual circumstances BioMelbourne Network would not promote products available from external companies.…
Novavax to commence COVID-19 vaccine trial with Nucleus Network
15 April 2020 US-based clinical-stage biotechnology company Novavax (NASDAQ: NVAX) has called upon the expertise of Australian based Nucleus Network (Nucleus) to commence Phase 1 clinical trials for its COVID-19 vaccine trials. As part of the urgent global…
Cancer diagnostic companies Sienna and BARD1 announce merger
14 April 2020 (Announced 8 April 2020) The merger of Sienna Cancer Diagnostics Ltd (“Sienna”, ASX:SDX) and BARD1 Life Sciences Limited (“BARD1”, ASX:BD1) will create a well-resourced, Australian-based cancer diagnostics company with a global presence. The combined entity…
“The world is different now” – a follow up from our virtual COVID-19 BioBreakfast
14 April 2020 On Thursday 19 March, BioMelbourne Network held a virtual BioBreakfast to discuss “how to make a vaccine and why is Victoria so important?”. Our keynote speaker, Dr Rob Grenfell, Director of CSIRO’s Health Biosecurity Business…
SP6507: Quality Risk Management
14 April 2020 Event dates: 5/6 May 2020 Quality Risk Management (QRM) was introduced to the GMPs in 2009 and should now be an integrated part of your daily pharmaceutical manufacturing operations…but is it? Do you know…
NHMRC gives $2m for COVID-19 research in areas of urgent need
13 April 2020 The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) will provide an additional $2m of funding for COVID-19 research that will generate maximum benefits for the Australian public. The funding is for nine critical COVID-19 research projects as…
New virus in bats linked to AIDS-like disease decimating koalas
14 April 2020 Devastated by summer’s unprecedented firestorms, Australia’s koalas are facing a potentially more serious and enduring existential threat from a fellow mammal – the bat. A new collaborative study led by Burnet Institute and CSIRO scientists…
Burnet’s COVID-19 self-isolation study
14 April 2020 Understanding people’s experiences and needs and ability to successfully self-isolate for COVID-19 is the goal of a new Burnet Institute study to inform current and future pandemic response. Led by Professor Margaret Hellard AM, the…
Higher Education Relief Package
12 April 2020 Australians will use their time social distancing to develop skills for new jobs in National Priority areas such as nursing, teaching, health, IT and science under a plan from the Morrison Government. The cost to…
Weekly COVID1-19 Wrap Up – Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business
9 April 2020 Note: This COVID-19 information was curated by Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business, Senator for Western Australia. JOBKEEPER LEGISLATION NOW LAW Yesterday marked one of the most important…
Entrepreneur Programme gets $110m revamp
9 April 2020 James Riley, Editorial Director – InnovationAus. In a massive revamp of its flagship Entrepreneurs Programme, the Industry department has awarded four tender contracts worth a combined $110 million for delivering the program’s commercial outcomes. The contracts…
Exemption to enable the domestic manufacture and supply of ventilators
8 April 2020 Note: This advice is sourced from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). View all current TGA advice on COVID-19 here. Recent modelling of the COVID-19 outbreak indicates that up to 8,000 ventilators may be required to…
