Health Minister Mark Butler has ordered his department to find ways to improve uptake of its medical costs comparison platform following revelations the $24 million website has just 20...
Health and Med Tech
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Melbourne venture capital firm Brandon Capital on Tuesday announced the first close of its sixth fund, which raised $270 million for local and global BioTechs. It takes the 2007...
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A new National Health and Medical Research Strategy will be developed by the federal government as it commits $19 million to streamline regulatory processes through a ‘National One Stop...
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Six telehealth research projects will share in more than $5 million in grants to build an evidence-base for how the service can be best used, after broad uptake during...
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A wearable “lab-on-a-chip” solution for hormone monitoring, a gum disease vaccine and technology for creating 3D models of human brain tissue are among the ideas that have piqued the...
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The federal government has extended the life of the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre to ensure its R&D program can reach translation and commercialisation stages, but has committed no...
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A new biomedical incubator run by Cicada Innovations has opened in New South Wales, offering a workspace and support services for research projects, pre-revenue startups, and established businesses. The...
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The Western Australian government has unlocked $110 million in grant funding for health and medical research infrastructure through the Future Health Research and Innovation Fund. On Tuesday, the state...
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Breakthrough Victoria has invested $2 million in Cyban, a Melbourne-based medtech startup pioneering a way to monitor brain oxygen levels without invasive surgery. The investment through the state’s $2...
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Australia’s MedTech and Pharmaceutical industry growth centre MTPConnect is warning antimicrobial resistant ‘superbugs’ could cause 10,000 deaths annually by 2050 if immediate action to correct a research and development...
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The Research and Development Tax Incentive is estimated to have generated $9.1 billion in economic activity in the Australian biotech sector in the decade to 2021, according to analysis...
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A virtual reality training program will be rolled out across dozens of hospitals in New South Wales to provide hands-on experience to emergency department nurses responding to people presenting...
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A $50 million MedTech incubator funded by the federal government’s Medical Research Future Fund is now open for expressions of interest. The CUREator+ BioMedTech incubator program, run by Brandon...
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Biotechnology giant Moderna has opened a new research centre and regional headquarters in Melbourne in anticipation of the arrival of its mRNA manufacturing facility next year. The Asia-Pacific Regional...