Australia’s life sciences industry is a quiet and unfortunately, regularly misunderstood achiever. With billions in annual revenues, the sector not only delivers world-class research, it also provides everyday Australians...
Health and Med Tech
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Three Victorian HealthTech startups have secured pre-seed funding from Breakthrough Victoria and Monash University, marking the official launch of a new $15 million fund and the university’s new commercialisation...
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New Labor Senator Michelle Ananda-Rajah has urged federal parliament to lift its focus on solving the “mystery of the missing middle” holding back Australia’s world-class biotech sector. In her...
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The National Reconstruction Fund Corporation has invested $150 million in life sciences venture capital firm Brandon Capital, in a major push to keep Australia’s medical breakthroughs from heading offshore...
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A UK company developing technology spun out of the University of Queensland is poised for growth after being acquired by biopharmaceutical giant Sanofi for up to $1.6 billion. In...
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Australia’s flagship digital health accelerator program ANDHealth+ has secured $33 million in fresh funding from the federal government to expand its support for high-growth digital and connected health startups,...
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The WA government has refocused its flagship health and medical research fund to deliver “intentional impact” on areas that are unique to Western Australia or where it believes the...
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Australia’s health and medical research translation centres will each receive a $1 million boost from the federal government to continue work towards better health outcomes. Federal Health minister Mark...
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Melbourne-headquartered Telix Pharmaceuticals has expanded its United States presence with the acquisition of $73 million in proprietary technology and a research facility from Californian BioTech firm ImaginAb. Telix announced...
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Government support that helps older Australians remain in their homes and still receive care falls “woefully short” of what’s required to integrate internet-connected devices, according to a university-backed consortium....
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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...
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New laws that will force health providers to upload pathology and diagnostic imaging to My Health Record by default or forgo Medicare payments will be introduced to Parliament next...
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Five Australian health science startups will share in $3.25 million in additional funding from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) as part of stage two of a program being...
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PwC spin-off Scyne Advisory will be paid almost $250,000 for an open-ended review of Western Australia’s $1.8 billion health innovation future fund based off a 10-year review schedule first...