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2011
August
New pharmaceutical centre brings 100 additional jobs to Melbourne’s South East
16 August 2011 - A new $12 million state-of-the-art pharmaceutical distribution facility opened in Dandenong South today, bringing 100 additional jobs to the Melbourne’s South East by the end of 2012.Formally opening the centre, Victorian Minister for Technology and member for South Eastern Metropolitan region Gordon Rich-Phillips said the investment in the high-tech and high-scale pharmaceutic... read more…
New Brain Research Facility at Royal Melbourne Hospital
12 August 2011 - A state-of-the-art neuroscience facility opened in Melbourne today offers new hope for Australians suffering from acute brain episodes such as a stroke and degenerative brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, other dementias and Parkinson’s disease.
The Melbourne Brain Centre at The Royal Melbourne Hospital was officially opened by Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Ro... read more…
CTA forms collaboration with Indian CRO Clininvent
CTA forms collaboration with Indian CRO Clininvent
Melbourne, Australia 9 August 2011/ Mumbai, India 9 August 2011. Cancer Trials Australia (CTA) announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Mumbai based Clininvent Research Private Limited (CRPL) with the aim to leverage complimentary capabilities in selected areas of clinical development and offer services spanning ... read more…
Australian Medical Research : Facts to Shape the Future
1 August 2011. A new report providing comprehensive data about the current status, future opportunities and challenges facing Australia’s health and medical research sector has been released today by Research Australia.
Professor Christine Bennett, Chairman of Research Australia, said the
Shaping Up: Trends and Statistics in Funding Health and Medical Research ... read more…
July
Australia's Strong International Innovation Position - Report
Friday, 29 July 2011
AUSTRALIA'S STRONG INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION POSITION
Innovative Australians are improving the things they make and the way they make them, ensuring a fairer, richer, healthier and greener future, according to the Australian Government’s latest Australian Innovation System Report.
“Innovation will make Australia more productive and competitive, and may answer the... read more…
Victorian Government releases annual biotechnology report
The Hon Gordon Rich-Phillips, Victorian Minister for Technology has released The Victorian Biotechnology Annual Report 2010, which showcases company and research highlights in the Victorian biotechnology sector and reports on outcomes achieved under priority action areas in 2010. Click here to downloand a copy of the report. read more…
Completion of Successful Capital Raising
27 July 2011Genetic Technologies Limited (ASX: GTG; NASDAQ: GENE) is pleased to announce to the market the successful completion of an AUD 11.7 million capital raising to institutional and sophisticated investors in Australia and the United States.The proposed private placement of 60,000,000 new shares at an issue price of AUD 0.195 per share will rank equally with existing shares. Geneti... read more…
Travelan Discovered to Affect E. coli Associated with European Food Poisoning
27 July 2011Immuron Limited (ASX: IMC) using in vitro testing has demonstrated that Travelan binds strongly to E. coli O104 surface antigen. This form of E. coli is the sub-type shown to cause the most recent outbreak of food poisoning in Europe. This finding suggests that Travelan could reduce the risk of infection in those exposed to the European E. coli outbreak strain as it does for... read more…
Commercialisation Australia – Building Businesses Through Innovation
22 July 2011Australians may soon benefit from a natural treatment for osteoarthritis, the improved management of Parkinson’s disease and a baby bottle that eliminates the need to carry separate formula containers, thanks to the Australian Government’s Commercialisation Australia program.Thirteen companies will share $5 million under the program and get help from highly-skilled case manager... read more…
New funding to commercialise medical research in Victoria
21 July 2011Victorian Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips today announced new funding of $1.6 million from the Victorian Government to support the operation of the Medical Research Commercialisation Fund over the next four years.The Medical Research Commercialisation Fund is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage commercialisation of medical research discoveries from its me... read more…
