Industry News
ResMed FY13 profit grows 21%
ResMed (ASX:RMD) has reported a 21% increase in FY13 net profit, but a decline in profit for the fourth quarter due to its $25m payout to the University of Sydney. [ + ]
Smart aquarium
A new aquarium that simulates the ocean will place Australian marine science at the forefront of marine research and discovery. [ + ]
Avita enrols first patients for leg ulcer trial
Avita Medical (ASX:AVH) has signed up the first patients for a trial of its ReCell Spray on Skin product for the new application of treating venous leg ulcers. [ + ]
Bacteria invest in evolutionary success
Researchers at Sydney and Exeter Universities have, for the first time, recreated and analysed the complex interplay between bacterial investment strategies and their outcomes. [ + ]
Rigaku and Emerald Bio announce strategic alliance in protein crystallography
Rigaku, a supplier of X-ray instrumentation and automation equipment for structural biology, has acquired the crystallisation reagent and consumable business, including Wizard screens, from protein science company Emerald Bio. [ + ]
Why one person’s mutation kills when the same mutation in someone else is benign
Scientists have begun to understand how the rest of the genome interacts with mutations, explaining why not everyone with identical genetic mutations develops a disease. [ + ]
Sea simulator to solve the ocean’s mysteries
Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Senator Kim Carr and Senator for Queensland Jan McLucas yesterday opened the National Sea Simulator (SeaSim) at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) in Townsville. [ + ]
GTG raising up to $10.6m for BREVAGen expansion
Genetic Technologies (ASX:GTG) is conducting a capital raising worth up to $10.6m and will use the funds to expand its US market reach for breast cancer risk test BREVAGen. [ + ]
Supercomputer switched on
Ranked as one of the largest supercomputers in the world, Australia’s fastest supercomputer has been turned on. [ + ]
Dr Greg Roger appointed as Medical and Scientific Technologies Supplier Advocate
Medical technology industry expert Dr Greg Roger has been appointed by the federal government as the Supplier Advocate for the growing medical technologies market. [ + ]
Australian Synchrotron home to world’s widest X-ray beam
Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr yesterday opened a new $25 million imaging and medical beamline (IMBL), which will offer high-resolution, phase-contrast X-ray imaging of biomedical samples and a wide range of engineering materials. [ + ]
Biotron completes recruitment for HIV/HCV trial
Biotron (ASX:BIT) has signed up the 12th and final subject for a phase II open-label trial of BIT225 in patients co-infected with - and receiving treatment for - HIV and HCV. [ + ]
Recycling helium
An onsite helium recovery system will make helium use more sustainable and help this finite resource be retained. [ + ]
New WHO centre in Sydney
A new WHO centre for chronic diseases has been established in Sydney. [ + ]
Gtech International to merge with Simavita Holdings
Gtech International Resources, subsidiary of Genetic Technologies, has moved to acquire Simavita Holdings. [ + ]
