Industry News
Pond scum and the biofuel revolution
Murdoch Uni wins grant to research turning algae into energy [ + ]
Heaves hit for Stirling
Stirling wins patent for equine heaves treatment [ + ]
Clinuvel granted orphan designation
Clinuvel's CUV1647 granted orphan drug designation by US FDA [ + ]
Tutti frutti for Kiwis
Large EST library for kiwifruit published, fleshing out apples and pears [ + ]
Life to appeal Federal Court decision
Life Therapeutics to appeal federal court decision preventing its planned share sale [ + ]
LCT is US-bound
Living Cell Technologies appoints new US-based CEO [ + ]
CogState releases details of UBC agreement
Parties will combine to launch a new product but will remain separate entities [ + ]
Biotech: worst year on record
Final quarter of FY08 down again, year the worst on record: PwC [ + ]
Bacteria eaters win out
Special Phage Holdings wins NSW commercialisation award [ + ]
Phage therapy wins commercialisation award
A Sydney company that has developed an innovative medical treatment for antibiotic resistant infections using bacteria-eating viruses has won the NSW government's 2008 BioFirstCommercialisation Award.
[ + ]Arana expands clinical research
Arana Therapeutics adds new face to clinical research team [ + ]
IP Australia sits US exams
IP Australia named as search and examination authority for US patent office [ + ]
Combination therapy for HIV
Merck drug raltegravir shows good results as part of combination therapy [ + ]
Cash for medical research support
The NHMRC has announced $29 million for medical research institute support services [ + ]
Opinion: Cash, not coddling, needed from Carr
The biotechnology sector in Australia is fuming at the Federal Government, according to the editorial in the latest issue of ALS [ + ]
