Meditech company ResMed's latest sleep apnoea devices, the S7 Elite CPAP and AutoSet Spirit autotitrating devices, have been approved by the FDA for sale in the USA. [ + ]

Nominations for two major Australian science prizes, the Clunies Ross Award and the Unsung Hero of Australian Science, close this Friday. [ + ]

A team of scientists and university administrators from the University of Technology, Sydney, has returned from a world tour that established new contacts and showcased the University's research activities. [ + ]

Think twice before you next swat an insect - it could end up saving your life. A collaboration of leading research organisations has formed a private company to screen an insect library for potentially therapeutic molecules. [ + ]

A new deal will see an unnamed UK biopharma using nanotechnology developed by Perth biotech pSivida in vaccine delivery trials. [ + ]

Laser drug delivery group Norwood Abbey has finalised an agreement with United States drug company Ferndale Laboratories over the joint marketing of an anaesthetic product. [ + ]

Perth life science company Rockeby Biomed is expanding in several directions simultaneously. [ + ]

The New Zealand government will seek further advice to supplement the Law Commission's report on liability issues for GMOs, which was released this week. [ + ]

A series of meetings will take place this month to set the intellectual property ground rules for the new Centre for Stem Cells and Tissue Repair. [ + ]

Leading South Australian agricultural scientists are alarmed by a proposed Bill by South Australian Democrat Ian Gilfillan to place a five-year moratorium on GMOs in South Australia. [ + ]

CSIRO has appointed Dr Martyn Jeggo, international expert on livestock disease detection and control, as the new director of the Australian Animal Health Laboratory in Geelong. [ + ]

An edible vaccine project is among the research programs to be introduced by incoming Burnet Institute director Prof Steven Wesselingh. [ + ]

CSL's Swiss subsidiary has struck a deal with drug company Novartis over the marketing and distribution of its intravenous immunoglobulin product. [ + ]

Victorian Innovation Minister John Brumby officially opened a $12 million proteomics facility within the Bio21 precinct at Parkville today. [ + ]

Biosensor developer Ambri has appointed a new business development manager to drive sales of its SensiDx System throughout the Asia Pacific region. [ + ]