Industry News
Australian biotech market today 02.04.09
Pharmaxis, Mesoblast, CathRx, Fluorotechnics, Sonic, Avita, Biota [ + ]
Minimising the spread of Hendra virus
Groundbreaking CSIRO research into how the deadly Hendra virus spreads promises to save the lives of both horses and humans in the future.
[ + ]Hard proof that clean-up works
Concrete proof that Australia can clean up highly contaminated sites thoroughly, safely and economically is emerging from a new national program.
[ + ]Australian biotech market today 31.03.09
Pharmaxis, Cochlear, CSL, HeartWare, Sirtex, Progen [ + ]
Cane toads the meat in the ant’s sandwich
Team Bufo may have found cane toad’s Achilles heel – meat ants [ + ]
Lousy little secret for blood suckers
Normal animals have one mitochondrial chromosome, but blood-sucking lice have 18 [ + ]
Australian biotech market today 30.03.09
Progen, Cytopia, Avexa, Acrux, Biota, Cellestis [ + ]
Shock! Biotech raises money
Mesoblast raises $10 million from new and existing investors [ + ]
ChemGenex scores high on leukaemic stem cells
ChemGenex’ lead candidate kills cancer stem cells in animal model [ + ]
Patent echoes for Viralytics
Viralytics granted patent in US for oncolytic echoviruses [ + ]
TGR’s Crouch wins BioBusiness award
TGR BioSciences CSO Michael Crouch wins Advancing BioBusiness Award [ + ]
Biota partner to market
Biota’s partner Daiichi Sankyo applies for marketing licence, finishes Phase III enrolment [ + ]
Australian biotech market today 26.03.09
Cochlear, CSL, Progen, Genera Biosystems, Peplin [ + ]
Fellowship feeling for AAS
16 new fellows elected to Australian Academy of Science [ + ]
$1 million R&D competition for NZ
The 'What's Your Problem New Zealand?' competition gives New Zealand enterprises, big or small, the chance to win up to $1 million in research and development services from one of New Zealand’s leading technology partners.
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