Tag: medical

Melbourne VC pulls in $270m for BioTech push

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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...

Additional $50m for BioMedTech commercialisation program

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Digital health accelerator ANDHealth and biomedical commercialisation fund Brandon BioCatalyst have been awarded $50 million to launch another round of their CUREator+ BioMedTech program to support commercialisation and translation...

Govt to scope health and medical research workforce

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The Health department has ordered an independent audit of Australia’s health and medical research workforce to inform the development of national policy amid a “paucity of recent data”. The...

WA Innovation minister adds ‘synergistic’ portfolios

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Western Australia Innovation and Digital Economy minister Stephen Dawson will take on the Science portfolio in Premier Roger Cook’s new Cabinet. Announced on Wednesday, Mr Dawson will add Minister...

Local vaccine manufacturing key to future pandemics: CSIRO

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The national science agency CSIRO has released a report into Australia’s pandemic preparedness, making 20 recommendations to government in six science and technology focus areas, including the development of...