A new biotech incubator backed by $65 million in industry and government investment has launched, offering innovative Australian startups access to a wet lab space and other facilities in...
Health and Med Tech
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A multi-million-dollar manufacturing facility capable of producing needle-free vaccine patches in Queensland within the next five years has been completed by Brisbane-based biotechnology company Vaxxas. The Vaxxas Biomedical Facility,...
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The Western Australian government has named the 10 finalists that will compete in a $5 million digital health challenge that attracted almost 100 submissions from across the world. Jointly...
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Western Australia’s Future Health Research and Innovation Fund will award 70 per cent more money than originally forecast over the forward estimates following the mid-year review. The state’s Investment...
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To bolster innovation in regional health solutions, the Western Australian government has launched a $5 million global competition to innovate on healthcare delivery in the Pilbara. And on the...
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Digital health commercialisation outfit ANDHealth has been given $2.4 million from the Victorian state government to establish a new health innovation and commercialisation hub. Funded through the state’s $20...
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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...
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Four new areas of focus have been unveiled for the Western Australian government’s Future Health Research and Innovation fund. Building on the four strategic themes outlined in the WA...
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Australia has a brand new HealthTech and BioTech venture capital outfit called Tenmile and backed with $250 million in capital from Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s investment group Tattarang. Based...
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The final round of a clinical translation and commercialisation program for SMEs delivered by federal government’s MedTech and pharmaceutical growth centre MTPConnect will open for expressions of interest on...
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The latest program under the Western Australian government’s Future Health Research and Innovation fund calls on members of the community to propose their own research and innovation initiative. Through...
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More than $35 million will go towards a Queensland vaccine manufacturing facility as part of the state budget next week. The funds will support the development of a translational...
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The Victorian government has awarded $2 million to 12 mRNA projects through the state’s new Research Acceleration Fund. Launched by mRNA Victoria in April last year, the $25 million...
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Australia’s BioTech delegation will return in-person to the world’s largest annual BioTech conference next week for the first time in three years. The Biotechnology Innovation Organisation (BIO) International Convention...