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Alchemia CSO wins Telstra businesswoman award

24 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Alchemia (ASX:ACL) Chief Scientific Officer Dr Tracey Brown has won the Telstra Victorian Business Woman of the Year award and is now eligible to win the national award as well.


Clinical Genomics, CSIRO settle on licence terms

22 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Clinical Genomics and the CSIRO have signed an international licensing agreement covering their jointly developed blood test for bowel cancer.


Over $500m for NHMRC grants

22 October, 2014

The Australian Government has allocated $580.2 million to fund 848 National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants.


Novogen's Trilexium shows promise in child cancers

22 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Novogen (ASX:NRT) said lab studies of drug candidate Trilexium show its potential in treating paediatric diffuse pontine glioma and paediatric neuroblastoma cells.


Link between viral infection and autoimmune disease

21 October, 2014

Australian scientists have discovered that common viral infections can pave the way to autoimmune disease.


Starpharma cancer drug shows good PK profile

20 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Starpharma (ASX:SPL) said preliminary analysis of the pharmacokinetic profile of DEP-docetaxel shows superior duration of exposure compared to the reference drug.


Sirtex completes SIRFLOX trial

20 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Sirtex Medical (ASX:SRT) has completed its SIRFLOX trial of its SIR-Spheres in inoperable liver cancer and is making progress recruiting patients in three other trials.


Prima's M&A target lines up AU cancer patent

15 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Prima BioMed (ASX:PRR) has announced that Immutep, the cancer immunotherapy company it has proposed to acquire, will be receiving an Australian patent covering its technology.


Biotron to raise $4.1m for BIT225 IND

15 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Biotron (ASX:BIT) has launched a $4.1m rights issue to fund trials and US IND preparation work for BIT225 in hepatitis C.


Bionomics' BNC105 improves survival in tumour model

14 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

A preclinical trial evaluating combining Bionomics' BNC105 with major cancer drugs Avastin, Votrient or Afinitor has delivered promising results.


Alchemia enters analysis stage for mCRC trial

13 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Alchemia (ASX:ACL) expects to be ready to announce the results of its key phase III trial of HA-Irinotecan in metastatic colorectal cancer by the end of the month.


Biotron's BIT225 effectively cures HCV in pilot trial

10 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

All five HCV genotype 3 patients completing treatment during a pilot trial of BIT225 with IFN/RBV had undetectable virus levels 12 weeks post-treatment.


Campaigning for medical research funding

08 October, 2014 by Brendan Crabb

With the potential to transform medical research, the Medical Research Future Fund needs the science community to get behind it.


A mathematical perspective for evolutionary biologists

07 October, 2014 by Susan Williamson

A new mathematical method provides a more efficient way to mine and analyse genetic data.


Prima BioMed to buy Immutep for up to $32m

03 October, 2014 by Dylan Bushell-Embling

Prima BioMed (ASX:PRR) has proposed to buy immuno-oncology company Immutep, in what chair Lucy Turnbull considers to be the most significant move in the company's history.


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