Tag: biotech

Life sciences are a sleeping giant for the economy

Posted on   |  by Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah
Key to securing Australia’s high standard of living is in diversifying our economy from one that is skewed toward commodity export and focus more to value-adding. It will mean...

Unlocking a boom in ground-breaking cancer treatment

Posted on   |  by Professor Fabienne Mackay
Australia has the potential to become one of the world’s leading suppliers of cancer-fighting cell therapy treatments, but our leadership must make some bold decisions if we are to...

Vaxxas granted licence to develop new needle-free vaccine

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Brisbane-based vaccine patch company Vaxxas is developing the first room temperature-stable needleless vaccine for one of the world’s most common cold-like diseases, weeks after launching efforts to raise $100...

MTPConnect secures $28.5m for MedTech accelerator

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A $28.5 million commercialisation boost will soon be available to MedTechs fighting heart disease and diabetes under the latest round of a Medical Research Future Fund program. The second...

La Trobe Uni opens $8m BioTech and AgriTech innovation hub

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A new BioTech hub located at La Trobe University’s Melbourne campus has launched, offering world-class wet lab facilities to early-stage companies looking to commercialise their research. The $8 million...

Synthetic tissue BioTech completes pre-seed capital raise

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Brisbane-based startup Gelomics, which technology to support the cultivation of synthetic tissue, has completed a $2.2 million pre-seed capital raise with the support of local investors, including the state-owned...

Incubator opens $50m funding round to focus the mind

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A national BioTech incubator backed by the Medical Research Future Fund has launched its first funding round for innovative health technologies that promise to improve the lives of people...

$65m biotech incubator names first 16 residents

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
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...