Tag: biotechnology

AusBiotech has welcomed the launch of the Medical Science Co-Investment Plan, which pinpoints four primary investment areas in the medical science domain: medical devices, complex therapeutics, digital health, and sustainability.

The Victorian Government announced a $12 million investment in Aravax, a local biotechnology firm, in a push to revolutionise peanut allergy treatment.

La Trobe University’s Melbourne campus will soon become home to a new BioNTech facility that will manufacture new investigational mRNA therapies for serious diseases like cancer. 

Biotech manufacturing startups and research teams in Victoria can now apply for grants as part of the third round of the mRNA Victoria Research Acceleration Fund. 

The 2023 Prime Minister's Prizes for Science are highlighting and celebrating Australian accomplishments in quantum science, biotechnology, and outstanding teaching, with the awardees being honoured and celebrated for their significant contributions.

Race Oncology Limited announced that Laurus Labs, an India-based pharmaceutical manufacturer, has produced its first batch of bisantrene dihydrochloride, Race’s active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), to a standard that meets the quality specified under the ‘Code of Good Manufacturing Practice’ (cGMP).

Breakthrough Victoria has announced that it is investing in medical technology company Atmo Biosciences and its world-first gas-sensing capsule designed to help diagnose functional gastrointestinal disorders. 

Dr Jiawen Li, a biomedical engineer from the University of Adelaide who developed a 3D-printed ultrathin endoscope, was named in the MIT Technology Review 2023 global list of Innovators Under 35. 

Global semiconductor developer BluGlass Limited is slated to unveil its improved gallium nitride (GaN) products at the Laser World of Photonics, Europe’s industry conference, taking place in Munich, Germany this week. 

Biotechnology company Vaxxas has completed work on its new needle-free vaccine technology manufacturing facility in Northshore Hamilton.