Industry News
Cell Therapies names new CEO
Cell Therapies has selected Dr Tim Oldham to become its new CEO to help drive the company's South-East Asian growth strategy. [ + ]
Successful antibody screening study
Therapeutic antibody supplier MorphoSys and technology company Biametrics will continue their collaboration in the area of high-throughput antibody screening following a successful feasibility study. [ + ]
Phosphagenics completes enrolment in acne trial
Phosphagenics has completed enrolment for a phase II trial of an acne treatment candidate that uses its TPM transdermal drug delivery technology. [ + ]
UNSW physicist joins elite US academy
Scientia Professor of Physics Michelle Simmons, from the University of New South Wales (UNSW), has been elected as a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She is one of only 10 Australians to have received such an honour. [ + ]
Export study reveals barriers for Australian companies
The most comprehensive export survey of its type, Australia's International Business Survey, was conducted to understand and highlight the major issues facing exporters. [ + ]
Funding research into antibiotic resistance
Monash University has been awarded almost $10 million to develop new treatments for life-threatening infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. [ + ]
Analytica launches $3m capital raising
Analytica (ASX:ALT) is raising up to $3m through a placement and entitlement offer to help accelerate its marketing efforts for female urinary incontinence treatment device PeriCoach. [ + ]
Whooping cough bacterium is evolving
Research led by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has found that the bacterium that causes whooping cough, Bordetella pertussis, has changed - most likely in response to the vaccine used to prevent the disease. [ + ]
Coastal research centre for China and New Zealand
The University of Waikato has signed an agreement with the Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, to establish a coastal biotechnology research centre. With bases in both Tauranga and China, the China-New Zealand Coastal Biotechnology Joint Research Centre would aim to integrate China and New Zealand's coastal biotechnology research experts. [ + ]
Algorithm to catch nuclear traffickers
A US research team has discovered that coupling commercially available spectral X-ray detectors with a specialised algorithm can improve the detection of uranium and plutonium in small, layered objects such as baggage. [ + ]
University of Otago and GE Healthcare partner on medical imaging
Medical technology company GE Healthcare has signed a partnership agreement with the University of Otago's Centre for Bioengineering & Nanomedicine to work together on medical imaging technology projects. [ + ]
CNS to help plan pancreatic cancer trial
CNS has secured a deal to provide clinical and regulatory services for a Nuvilex pancreatic cancer treatment candidate, including planning for an Australian phase IIb trial. [ + ]
Funding for prostate cancer research
Funding is available for translational research in prostate cancer. [ + ]
Collision in pitch drop experiment
The University of Queensland's (UQ) pitch drop experiment marked a milestone last week as the ninth drop of pitch slowly collided with the eighth drop in the bottom of the beaker. [ + ]
ResMed launches two new AirFit masks
ResMed (ASX:RMD) has added a new nasal mask and a full-face mask to its AirFit line of sleep-disordered breathing therapy devices. [ + ]
