AusBiotech has welcomed the TGA's announcement that it has introduced a streamlined way for sponsors to submit adverse event reports for medicines and vaccines, to ease the administrative burden of the 7000-8000 annual reports. [ + ]

During a recent trial, heart failure patients on assisted circular support demonstrated improved cardiac function when injected with Mesoblast (ASX:MSB) MPCs at time of LVAD implantation. [ + ]

A philanthropic donation of $10 million for Indigenous health has been gifted to the University of Western Australia. [ + ]

A new technique that can distinguish between closely related strains of bacteria could lead to improved infection diagnosis. [ + ]

Researchers from James Cook University (JCU), who recently developed a highly sensitive and rapid multiplex diagnostic test for melioidosis, have launched a crowd funding campaign to help make their test a reality. [ + ]

The Synchrotron Light Source Australia (SLSA) Board today announced the appointment of Professor Andrew Peele as Director of the Australian Synchrotron. Professor Peele has held the role on an interim basis since the beginning of 2013, overseeing the day-to-day delivery of world-class science at the facility. [ + ]

Physicist Dr Daniel Creedon was yesterday awarded the prestigious federal government National Measurement Institute (NMI) Prize at a ceremony in Sydney, where he gave a seminar on his award-winning work. Dr Creedon was announced as the winner of the prize on World Metrology Day earlier this year. [ + ]

Patrys has been granted a second Australian patent - its seventh globally - covering anticancer antibody PAT-SM6. [ + ]

The government plans to remove access to the R&D tax incentive for big business.  [ + ]

AusBiotech is urging the Coalition government to deliver on its pro-business rhetoric and pass the R&D Tax Incentive's quarterly payments legislation. The much-anticipated measure has been earmarked as "further consultation required" in Treasurer Joe Hockey's plan to deal with the backlog of unlegislated tax measures: 'Restoring Integrity in the Australian Tax System'. [ + ]

Pharmaceutical manufacturing company IDT Australia (ASX:IDT) has filed the first of a series of planned marketing applications for generic drugs, with a US filing for chemotherapy temozolomide. [ + ]

The overriding drive for protein in our diet could play a key role in the global obesity epidemic. [ + ]

Scientists at the University of Melbourne's School of Physics have built a rotating anode source that turns ordinary X-rays into super X-rays, thus developing the world's most powerful X-ray machine. [ + ]

Novogen (ASX:NRT) has teamed with Genea biocells to test a line of compounds which are effective against cancer stem cells in a range of genetic and degenerative disorders. [ + ]

Applications are open for funding and postgraduate scholarships from Sugar Research Australia (SRA) to conduct research that supports the Australian sugar cane industry. [ + ]